Risky Bulletin: Pentagon has more than 70,000 cyber personnel
America’s Government Accountability Office says the Pentagon employs more than 70,000 cyber personnel, hackers steal SonicWall firewall configs, DeepSeek returns insecure code for groups China doesn’t like, and two Scattered Spider members arrested in the UK.
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Risky Bulletin: Pentagon has +70K cyber staff, and a lot of overlap
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Srsly Risky Biz: US investment in spyware skyrockets
Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about why it is good news that US investment in spyware vendors has skyrocketed.
They also discuss the in-principle agreement for TikTok to remain in the US. It’s a win-win: a win for China and a win for TikTok, but not so much a win for US national security.
This episode is also available on YouTube.
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Risky Bulletin: Android switches to risk-based security updates
Android will only issue monthly updates for high-risk vulnerabilities, a self-replicating attack hits the npm registry, BreachForums’ admin resentenced on appeal, and hackers breach Gucci’s parent company.
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Risky Bulletin: AI chatbot disinformation doubles in a year
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Between Two Nerds: The limits of cyber power
In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about the limits of a state’s cyber power.
This episode is also available on YouTube
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Dave Aitel's CyberSecPolitics post on cyber power metrics
Lawfare Post
BTN 117, The fate of nations
BTN 120, Should US spies steal Chinese commercial secrets
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Risky Bulletin: DC sues crypto ATM operator for profiting from scams
The US sues a crypto ATM operator for profiting from scams, SMS blasters make their way into Switzerland, the US and Portugal tussle over the extradition of the RaidForums admin, and Samsung patches a zero-day in its phones.
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Risky Bulletin: US largest crypto ATM operator sued for profiting from scams
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