On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the weeks security news, including:


Russia’s disinformation peddlers face multifaceted sternness from the DoJ
Telegram is now law enforcement’s bestest new pal, all of a sudden
Iran’s banking industry arranges a payment plan for a ransom
Columbia investigates how it sent private jets full of cash to pay for Pegasus
Microsoft innovates with Un-Patch Tuesday
And much, much more.


This week’s sponsor is Kroll Cyber, and one of their incident responders Paul Wells joins to discuss that one weird trick that actually helps - preparing for an incident before hand, rather than learning all those hard lessons in the middle of a crisis.

This week’s episode is also available on Youtube.



Show notes


Risky Biz News: Doppelganger gets a kick in the butt from Uncle Sam

Russia focusing on American social media stars to covertly influence voters | Reuters

Russian pro-democracy nonprofit investigates alleged data breach by Kremlin-backed hackers

Biden administration hits Russia with sanctions over efforts to manipulate U.S. opinion ahead of the election

US hits Chinese companies with new sanctions over Russia-Ukraine war

Elon Musk’s Starlink backtracks to comply with Brazil’s ban on X | Elon Musk | The Guardian

Why It's So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil | WIRED

Durov says Telegram will tackle criticism of how it moderates content | Reuters

Navalny allies accuse Telegram and other platforms of censorship | Economy News | Al Jazeera

How India tamed Twitter and set a global standard for online censorship - The Washington Post

2 white supremacists tried to spark race war by soliciting murder and hate crimes on Telegram, feds say

Matthew Garrett: "Why clone a yubikey when you c…" - Nondeterministic Computer

Iran pays millions in ransom to end massive cyberattack on banks, officials say – POLITICO

Four Delaware men charged in international sextortion scheme that netted nearly $2 million | CyberScoop

Colombian president suggests prior administration illegally sent $11 million in cash to Israel for spyware

Poland’s constitutional court finds commission investigating use of Pegasus spyware unconstitutional | Notes From Poland

CISA says SonicWall bug being exploited as experts warn of ransomware gang use

SonicWall SSLVPN access control flaw is now exploited in attacks

Bug Left Some Windows PCs Dangerously Unpatched – Krebs on Security

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