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Srsly Risky Biz: It Is Time to Ban Sale of Precise Geolocation
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (1488+ words) Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren and edited by Amberleigh Jack. This week's edition is sponsored by Corelight. You can hear a podcast discussion of this newsletter by searching for "Risky Business News…...
Risky Bulletin: Malicious LLM proxy routers found in the wild
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1670+ words) In other news: Fake Ledger crypto-wallet stole $9. 5m in two weeks; Silent group hit almost 40 law firms in a year; Google cracks down on back button hijacking. A recently published academic paper has studied the emerging ecosystem of LLM routers, a…...
FBI extracted Signal chats from an i Phone's notifications log
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (1655+ words) The main Risky Business podcast is now on You Tube with video versions of our recent episodes. Below is our latest weekly show with Pat, Adam, and James at the helm! LA CAO hack: The Los Angeles city attorney's office…...
Risky Bulletin: Cybercrime losses passed $20 billion last year
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1640+ words) In other news: Authorities disrupt APT28 router botnet that intercepted email logins; Iran hacks PLCs across US; exploitation wave hits Comfy UI and Flowise AI servers. Americans have lost almost $21 billion to cybercrime last year, more than any other since the…...
Srsly Risky Biz: America's Next Top (Cyber) Model
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (1340+ words) Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren and edited by Amberleigh Jack. This week's edition is sponsored by Knocknoc. You can hear a podcast discussion of this newsletter by searching for "Risky Business News…...
Iranian password sprays came first, then came the missiles
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1671+ words) In other news: Encryption-breaking quantum computers expected within a decade; major npm package Axios got hacked; Flint24 hackers sentenced to prison in Russia. A suspected Iranian APT group has conducted a wide-ranging password spray attack against the Microsoft 365 accounts of governments…...
Risky Bulletin: Apple adds Click Fix warning to mac OS terminal
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1691+ words) In other news: Handala hacks Kash Patel's email; Balancer shuts down after mega-hack; EU bans AI nudifier apps. Apple has added a secret security feature to mac OS to warn users about possible Click Fix attacks. The feature was silently…...
Srsly Risky Biz: FBI Says Why Get a Warrant When You Have Kash
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (1682+ words) Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren and edited by Amberleigh Jack. This week's edition is sponsored by Authentik. You can hear a podcast discussion of this newsletter by searching for "Risky Business News…...
Another residential proxy provider falls as authorities continue crackdowns
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (1681+ words) In other news: Iranian hackers wipe US medical device maker; DOGE dude stole SSA data; CISA asks for Cisco device logs. American and European law enforcement agencies have seized the infrastructure of a residential proxy provider named Socks Escort; the…...
Gen. Joshua Rudd confirmed as next Cyber Com and NSA head
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1631+ words) In other news: US to establish new inter-agency cyber cell; UK to launch Online Crime Centre in April; Coruna exploit kit traced back to L3 Harris. The US Senate has confirmed Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd as the next leader of…...