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Risky Bulletin, page 3
by Risky Business Media · English
Regular cybersecurity news updates from the Risky Business team...
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Risky Bulletin: Russia tells data centers to deploy drone defenses
A Risky Bulletin roundup of cybersecurity and cyber-physical security news, including Russia’s drone-defense orders for data centers, major breaches (Dropbox, TVing, Jack Henry), spyware targeting…
4 Sep 2026 · 10m · 8 chaptersSrsly Risky Biz: China's botnets are worth disrupting
Chinese private-sector botnets used for espionage and covert communications; implications of a recent ATF ransomware incident; and whether a Trump “Watershed 250” style push can sustainably improve…
3 Sep 2026 · 22m · 10 chaptersRisky Bulletin: BGP hijack delivers malicious Virtualizor updates
A rapid roundup of cybersecurity incidents and policy moves, led by a major BGP hijack that pushed malicious Virtualizor updates, plus crypto theft attempts, AI evaluation breaches, infrastructure…
2 Sep 2026 · 9m · 7 chaptersBetween Two Nerds: The perfect hacker
The “perfect hacker” behavior of AI models, using two examples: (1) Bitdefender Labs’ report that a Chinese APT uses AI to speed and diversify malware development, and (2) OpenAI’s report on the…
31 Aug 2026 · 29m · 16 chaptersRisky Bulletin: New powers for Dutch intelligence services
This Risky Bulletin episode covers Dutch intelligence reform, major cybercrime cases, sanctions, and new vulnerabilities.
31 Aug 2026 · 7m · 6 chaptersSponsored: Attackers need to be right more than once
The episode argues that “attackers only need to be right once” is misleading because modern intrusions require many additional steps (recon, lateral movement, privilege escalation, persistence,…
30 Aug 2026 · 21m · 8 chaptersRisky Bulletin: Two TeamPCP members arrested in Australia
Cybersecurity news roundup (“Risky Bulletin”) covering arrests, ransomware, botnets, critical infrastructure, surveillance, and AI-driven threats.
28 Aug 2026 · 11m · 9 chaptersSrsly Risky Biz: China's AI-Enabled APT Operations Are Getting Interesting
How AI is changing Chinese APT malware development and attribution, plus a US sanctions/indictment push against Iranian hackers and an AI critical-infrastructure policy debate.
27 Aug 2026 · 20m · 12 chaptersRisky Bulletin: Russia starts blocking DoH and DoT
This Risky Bulletin episode (Aug 26) covers: Russia begins blocking DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT) via Roskomnadzor, despite no official confirmation, because these protocols helped…
26 Aug 2026 · 9m · 13 chaptersBetween Two Nerds: Attribution is dead, long live attribution
How AI-driven hacking may erode attribution by reducing evidence quality and increasing generic, reusable tradecraft; “attribution is dead, long live attribution” via anti-forensics,…
24 Aug 2026 · 33m · 16 chaptersRisky Bulletin: Expired credit cards can be used for malicious transactions
Risky Bulletin roundup of cyber incidents and security research. Key claims: academics from University of Massachusetts Amherst say expired Visa cards can be used for NFC payments by intercepting…
24 Aug 2026 · 6m · 8 chaptersSponsored: Passkeys won’t stop authorisation phishing
Attackers are shifting from authentication phishing (stealing passwords/MFA) to authorization phishing, where the victim is tricked after login into approving OAuth-based access.
23 Aug 2026 · 20m · 9 chaptersRisky Bulletin: US warns of AI-assisted attacks against Siemens PLCs
This Risky Bulletin covers multiple cybersecurity incidents and research findings.
21 Aug 2026 · 6m · 11 chaptersSrsly Risky Biz: Trump's private hacker memo is the right idea
The episode discusses (1) President Trump’s “private hacker” memo that would let vetted private companies conduct limited cyber operations for the US, and (2) Ukraine’s attacks on Wildberries…
20 Aug 2026 · 31m · 11 chaptersRisky Bulletin: Slovakia finds Russian backdoors on its speed cameras
Risky Bulletin covers multiple cyber and security incidents worldwide, led by Slovakia’s discovery of Russian backdoors in newly installed speed cameras, plus scams, ransomware, breaches, DDoS…
19 Aug 2026 · 8m · 10 chaptersBetween Two Nerds: The eye of Sauron
Proactive Environmental Control for persistent cyber defense. The episode discusses Vladimir Styran’s paper “Offense Death Cycle: Proactive Environmental Control as a Method of Persistent Cyber…
17 Aug 2026 · 32m · 12 chaptersRisky Bulletin: The EU publishes its upcoming cybersecurity standards
This episode of Risky Bulletin covers EU and global cybersecurity news.
17 Aug 2026 · 9m · 7 chaptersSponsored: What npm 12 fixes… and what it doesn’t
npm v12 GA changes to reduce supply-chain risk by disabling install scripts, blocking dependency resolution, and restricting remote URL dependencies unless explicitly allowed; gaps attackers exploit;…
16 Aug 2026 · 18m · 8 chaptersRisky Bulletin: US will let private companies carry out offensive cyber ops
This Risky Bulletin episode covers a rapid roundup of cyber and privacy news.
14 Aug 2026 · 11m · 13 chaptersSrsly Risky Biz: Data extortion is booming. Hooray!
The episode argues that “data extortion” (stealing data and threatening to publish it) is rising as a more targeted, reputation-focused evolution of ransomware, and that governments should keep…
13 Aug 2026 · 31m · 12 chaptersRisky Bulletin: Russian hackers jump on the fake job interview train
This Risky Bulletin covers a week of cybercrime and security news.
12 Aug 2026 · 9m · 7 chaptersBetween Two Nerds: The cyber resistance!
Cyber resistance and how cyber operations translate (or fail to translate) into strategic advantage.
10 Aug 2026 · 30m · 12 chaptersRisky Bulletin: Two law firms pay giant ransoms
This Risky Bulletin episode covers: two major US law firms paying ransoms (Wilma Hale at least $18M; Goodwin Proctor $10M) to Lunar Moth/Silent Ransom Group, which uses voice phishing and social…
10 Aug 2026 · 8m · 13 chaptersSponsored: Island's expansion to SASE and enterprise AI
Island’s expansion from an enterprise browser to SaaS/SASE and enterprise AI controls, adding Island Desktop and an AI-focused control plane (MCP gateway, LLM gateway integrations, compliance APIs,…
9 Aug 2026 · 17m · 6 chapters