Risky Bulletin

Iranian password spraying targets Israel ahead of missile strikes, a major npm package gets hacked, Iran says it will bomb US tech firms in the Middle East, and Flint24 hackers are sentenced to prison in Russia.



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Risky Bulletin: Iranian password sprays came first, then came the missiles

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about hacking and scams. While hacking is disappearing as a threat for most people, it is a new golden age for scammers. Even Tom has been scammed!

This episode is also available on Youtube.



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We Are All Targets, How Renegade Hackers Invented Cyber War and Unleashed an Age of Global Chaos


The $1.25 million scam

Apple adds a ClickFix warning to macOS, Handala hacks Kash Patel’s personal email, Balancer crypto platform shuts down after last year’s hack, and the EU proposes a ban on AI nudify apps.



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Risky Bulletin: Apple adds ClickFix warning to macOS terminal

In this Risky Business sponsored interview, James Wilson chats with Adam Pointon, CEO of Knocknoc, about how AI is making old school security controls and paradigms like deny-by-default cool again.

Today, patches are being reversed by AI systems into exploits in a matter of hours. The days of being able to rely on timely patching as a primary control are over. James talks to Adam about this new reality and how Knocknoc can help.



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Russia will use a custom crypto-algorithm for its 5G network, the Hungarian opposition accuses the government of using spyware, Kaspersky says it tied Coruna to the “Operation Triangulation” attacks, and malware was deployed on thousands of Luxembourg government phones.



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Risky Bulletin: Russia to use custom crypto-algorithm for its 5G network