Risky Bulletin: Europol arrests massive credit card fraud ring
Payment service provider executives arrested over a credit card fraud ring, Meta makes a fortune showing scam ads, South Korean telco KT tried to hide a second breach and five more scammers are sentenced to death in China.
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Risky Bulletin: Europol arrests payment service executives for role in credit card fraud ring
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Srsly Risky Biz: The cyber regime change pipe dream
Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about aggressive US cyber operations targeting the Venezuelan government in President Trump’s first term. These were narrowly successful in that they achieved their immediate operational goals, but they didn’t achieve Trump’s broader policy goal of ousting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
They also talk about why the adtech ecosystem is a national security problem all round the world and how cybercriminals are collaborating with organised crime to steal cargo from logistics companies.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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Risky Bulletin: US indicts two rogue cybersecurity employees for ransomware attacks
The US indicts two cybersecurity employees over ransomware attacks, hackers extort customers of South Korean massage parlors, another crypto firm gets hacked for $128 million dollars, and cargo thieves collab with hackers to target freight companies.
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Risky Bulletin: US indicts two rogue cybersecurity employees for ransomware attacks
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Between Two Nerds: Lost in transmission
In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq discuss the futility of using aggressive cyber operations to send messages between states.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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The Record, Volt Typhoon was not successful
Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics by Joshua Rovner, Rory Cormac and Lennart Maschmeyer
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Risky Bulletin: Norway skittish of its Chinese electric buses
Norway finds remote control features in its Chinese electric buses, the US CyberCorps program may saddle students with debt, Edge and Chrome get AI-based scareware blockers, and a Conti member has been extradited to the US.
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Risky Bulletin: Norway skittish of its Chinese electric buses
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