Risky Business #810 -- Data extortion attacks have a silver lining

15/10/2025 1h 3min

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Episode Synopsis



In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:


FBI intervenes in Scattered Spider Salesforce leaksite
Clop loots Oracle E-Biz deployments
Plus so much more data extortion.. At least it’s not ransomware … we guess?
The US still can’t decide who’s gonna be in charge of NSA & Cybercom
Cambodian scam compounds get sanctioned and $15b in crypto is seized
NSO gets sold for pocket-lint-grade money
Bugs! Redis CVSS 10, Ivanti, Crowdstrike and… Internet Explorer?! zeroday?! In the wild?!!!?


This week’s episode is sponsored by Stairwell. Founder Mike Wiacek talks about how Stairwell brings VirusTotal-like visibility to private files, and about integrating the insights that brings into your SOC workflow.

This episode is also available on Youtube.



Show notes


FBI takedown banner appears on BreachForums site as Scattered Spider promotes leak | The Record from Recorded Future News

Dozens of Oracle customers impacted by Clop data theft for extortion campaign | CyberScoop

Well, Well, Well. It’s Another Day. (Oracle E-Business Suite Pre-Auth RCE Chain - CVE-2025-61882)

Clop is a Big Fish, But Not Worth Hunting - Risky Business Media

ShinyHunters Wage Broad Corporate Extortion Spree – Krebs on Security

The company Discord blamed for its recent breach says it wasn't hacked

Qantas confirms cybercriminals released stolen customer data | The Record from Recorded Future News

Red Hat confirms breach of GitLab instance, which stored company’s consulting data | CyberScoop

Risky Bulletin: Microsoft revamps Edge's "IE Mode" after zero-day attacks - Risky Business Media

Teenagers arrested in England over cyberattack on nursery chain Kido | The Record from Recorded Future News

Acting US Cyber Command, NSA chief won’t be nominated for the job, sources say | The Record from Recorded Future News

Layoffs, reassignments further deplete CISA | Cybersecurity Dive

Trump’s scandalous directive to AG Pam Bondi reached the public by accident

Feds sanction Cambodian conglomerate over cyber scams, seize $15 billion from chairman | The Record from Recorded Future News

US Congress committee investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centres | Myanmar | The Guardian

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data | WIRED

Netherlands invokes special powers against Chinese-owned semiconductor company Nexperia | The Record from Recorded Future News

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits | WIRED

Wiz Finds Critical Redis RCE Vulnerability: CVE‑2025‑49844 | Wiz Blog

SonicWall admits attacker accessed all customer firewall configurations stored on cloud portal | CyberScoop

SonicWall SSLVPN devices compromised using valid credentials | Cybersecurity Dive

Issues Affecting CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for Windows

ZDI Drops 13 Unpatched Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek

Jaguar Land Rover launches phased restart at factories after cyber-attack | Jaguar Land Rover | The Guardian

Windows 10 support ends today — here's who's affected and what you need to do




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