Risky Business #689 -- FBI baulks at Apple's iCloud encryption push
Risky Business #689 -- FBI baulks at Apple's iCloud encryption push  
Podcast: Risky Business
Published On: Tue Dec 13 2022
Description: On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Apple to introduce user-encrypted backups, FBI is sad Twitter ices e2ee plans for DMs RackSpace is getting sued over its hosted Exchange ransomware incident Dodgy driving: Microsoft signs some shady stuff Japan to change laws, release the Shibas A look at the US NDAA Much, much more This week’s show is sponsored by Obsidian Security. Obsidian co-founder Ben Johnson joins the show this week to talk through SaaS configuration security and visibility/monitoring. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Mastodon if that’s your thing. Show notes Apple Expands End-to-End Encryption to iCloud Backups | WIRED FBI Calls End-to-End Encryption 'Deeply Concerning' as Privacy Groups Hail Apple's Advanced Data Protection as a Victory for Users - MacRumors Apple Kills Its Plan to Scan Your Photos for CSAM. Here’s What’s Next | WIRED Elon Musk Wanted Twitter To Encrypt Messages. His New Safety Chief Says It’s On Hold I Solemnly Swear My Driver Is Up to No Good: Hunting for Attestation Signed Malware | Mandiant Japan to amend laws to allow for offensive cyber operations against foreign hackers - The Record by Recorded Future Amid Outrage, Rackspace Sends Users Email Touting Its Incident Response New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine – Krebs on Security Hackers Planted Files to Frame Indian Priest Who Died in Custody | WIRED Scammers Are Scamming Other Scammers Out of Millions of Dollars | WIRED Risky Biz News: Disgruntled member doxes and extorts URSNIF gang U.S. agency warns that hackers are going after Citrix networking gear | Reuters Police raid offices of Predator spyware seller Intellexa | eKathimerini.com $858 billion defense bill focuses heavily on cyber. These are some highlights. Australia and Vanuatu sign defense and cybersecurity pact - The Record by Recorded Future Fantasy – a new Agrius wiper deployed through a supply‑chain attack | WeLiveSecurity Ukrainian railway, state agencies allegedly targeted by DolphinCape malware - The Record by Recorded Future US Dept of Health warns of ‘increased’ Royal ransomware attacks on hospitals - The Record by Recorded Future ‘Crisis situation’ declared as two Swedish municipalities hit by cyberattack - The Record by Recorded Future Metropolitan Opera dealing with cyberattack that shut down website, box office - The Record by Recorded Future LockBit ransomware crew claims attack on California Department of Finance PLAY ransomware group claims responsibility for Antwerp attack as second Belgian city confirms new incident - The Record by Recorded Future Popular HR and Payroll Company Sequoia Discloses a Data Breach | WIRED Internet Explorer 0-day exploited by North Korean actor APT37 Four accused in business email compromise scheme which reaped millions from victims - The Record by Recorded Future JSON syntax hack allowed SQL injection payloads to be smuggled past WAFs | The Daily Swig Log4j’s Log4Shell Vulnerability: One Year Later, It’s Still Lurking | WIRED