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Episode Synopsis
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news:
North Korea pulls off a 1.5 billion dollar crypto heist
Apple pulls Advanced Data Protection from the UK
Black Basta ransomware gang’s internal chats leak
Russians snoop on Signal with QR codes
And Myanmar ships thousands of freed scam compound workers to Thailand
Regular guest Lina Lau joins to discuss her work reading Chinese incident response reports on WeChat, and how that has people thinking that … she outed the NSA?
This week’s episode is sponsored by Airlock Digital, and allow-listing tragics Daniel Schell and David Cottingham are along with an amusing tale of using Windows’ own allow-listing software to block EDR from loading.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
Hackers drained $1.4 billion of cryptocurrency from Bybit exchange, CEO confirms | The Record from Recorded Future News
CertiK - Bybit Incident Technical Analysis
Hackers use ‘sophisticated’ macOS malware to steal cryptocurrency, Microsoft says | The Record from Recorded Future News
EU sanctions North Korean tied to Lazarus group over involvement in Ukraine war | The Record from Recorded Future News
Sanctions: Iranians Flock to Crypto; Int'l Actions Target Russia - Chainalysis
Apple turns off iCloud encryption feature in UK following reported government legal order | The Record from Recorded Future News
Swedish authorities seek backdoor to encrypted messaging apps | The Record from Recorded Future News
Leaked chat logs expose inner workings of secretive ransomware group - Ars Technica
Russian state hackers spy on Ukrainian military through Signal app | The Record from Recorded Future News
Meta Sues Alleged Violent Extortionist For Holding Instagram Accounts Hostage
Weathering the storm: In the midst of a Typhoon
Thailand to take in 7,000 rescued from illegal cyber scam hubs in Myanmar | The Record from Recorded Future News
Genea confirms cyber breach after ‘unauthorised third party’ accesses data | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
Managed healthcare defense contractor to pay $11 million over alleged cyber failings | The Record from Recorded Future News
Botnet looks for quiet ways to try stolen logins in Microsoft 365 environments | The Record from Recorded Future News
Director-General's Annual Threat Assessment 2025 | ASIO
An inside look at NSA (Equation Group) TTPs from China’s lense
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