Risky Business #797 -- Stuxnet vs Massive Ordnance Penetrators
Risky Business · Risky.biz
June 25, 20251h 2m
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Show Notes
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news:
- We roll our eyes over the “16 billion credentials” leak hitting mainstream news
- Some interesting cyber angles emerge from the conflict in Iran
- Opensource maintainer of libxml2 is fed up with this hacker crap
- Shockingly, there are yet more ways to trick people into pasting commands into Windows
- Veeam “patches” its backup software RCE like it’s 2002 … by breaking the public PoC
This week’s episode is sponsored by Internet-wide honeypot reconnaissance platform, Greynoise. Founder Andrew Morris joins to talk about their journey spotting Chinese ORB-builders hacking thousands of ASUS routers, and why they’re destined for the woodchipper.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
- No, the 16 billion credentials leak is not a new data breach
- Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group - Ars Technica
- Telecom giant Viasat breached by China's Salt Typhoon hackers
- WarTranslated on X: "Iran’s jamming GPS in the Strait of Hormuz, messing with ~970 ships, per Windward. UKMTO confirms the interference. Faulty AIS coordinates are screwing up navigation in the Persian Gulf. The IRGC threatens to shut the strait down in hours. https://t.co/kdMJvshOGC" / X
- Dmitri Alperovitch on X: "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine says @US_CYBERCOM supported this strike mission" / X
- Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House - POLITICO
- DHS warns of heightened cyber threat as US enters Iran conflict | Cybersecurity Dive
- Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say
- U.S. braces for Iran's response after overnight strikes on nuclear sites
- Assessing the Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program
- Iran Hacks Tirana Municipality in Retaliation Over MEK - Tirana Times
- Iran's government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks | TechCrunch
- Aflac discloses cyber intrusion linked to wider crime spree targeting insurance industry | Cybersecurity Dive
- Tonga Ministry of Health hit with cyberattack affecting website, IT systems | The Record from Recorded Future News
- Alleged Ryuk ransomware gang member arrested in Ukraine and extradited to US | The Record from Recorded Future News
- Russia releases REvil members after convictions for payment card fraud | The Record from Recorded Future News
- OneLogin, Many Issues: How I Pivoted from a Trial Tenant to Compromising Customer Signing Keys - SpecterOps
- Triaging security issues reported by third parties (#913) · Issue · GNOME/libxml2
- README: Set expectations straight (35d04a08) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab
- What’s in an ASP? Creative Phishing Attack on Prominent Academics and Critics of Russia | Google Cloud Blog
- FileFix - A ClickFix Alternative | mr.d0x
- Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway. - Ars Technica
- Researchers urge vigilance as Veeam releases patch to address critical flaw | Cybersecurity Dive
- ASUSpicious Flaw - Millions of Users’ Information Exposed Since 2022 | MrBruh's Epic Blog
- Perth dad who created ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi did so to access pictures of women
- GreyNoise Discovers Stealthy Backdoor Campaign Affecting Thousands of ASUS Routers