Tom Uren
@tom.risky.biz
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Author of the Seriously Risky Business cyber security newsletter
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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska
6 months ago
Good update from
@tom.risky.biz
about the evolving North Korea IT Worker threat and the pivot to Europe...and extortion.
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Bonjour, Fellow IT Workers
Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren and edited by Patrick Gray. It's supported by Lawfare with help from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. This week's edit...
https://news.risky.biz/bonjour-fellow-it-workers/
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Patrick Gray
6 months ago
Was great to get
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’s thoughts on the Signal drama in today’s seriously risky biz Audio:
risky.biz/SRB114/
Video:
risky.biz/video/srsly-...
Written analysis:
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Fergus Ryan
7 months ago
Fantastic piece by
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--couldn't agree more.
news.risky.biz/outside-amer...
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Outside America, Musk's X is a Foreign Influence Threat
Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren and edited by Patrick Gray. It's supported by Lawfare with help from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. This week's edit...
https://news.risky.biz/outside-america-musks-x-is-a-foreign-influence-threat/
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Patrick Gray
7 months ago
Have you watched or listened to Between Two Nerds with
@tom.risky.biz
and
@thegrugq.bsky.social
yet? You should! Deny, degrade, discombobulate! Audio:
risky.biz/BTN109/
Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEXg...
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Patrick Gray
9 months ago
My colleague
@tom.risky.biz
makes a compelling argument that two hats are better than two heads when it comes to how NSA and Cyber Command are run. Written analysis:
risky.biz/two-hats-are...
Audio discussion:
risky.biz/SRB106/
Video discussion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNw5...
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Srsly Risky Biz: Why two hats are better than two heads
YouTube video by Risky Business Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNw5NCYSeG8
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Patrick Gray
9 months ago
The Latest Between Two Nerds podcats with
@tom.risky.biz
and
@thegrugq.bsky.social
is out now:
risky.biz/BTN105/
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Between Two Nerds: The evolution of Russia's cyber operations in Ukraine - Risky Business
Between Two Nerds: The evolution of Russia's cyber operations in Ukraine
https://risky.biz/BTN105/
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Patrick Gray
10 months ago
Between Two Nerds with
@thegrugq.bsky.social
and
@tom.risky.biz
is now available on YouTube as well as all audio podcast platforms!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFuh...
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Between Two Nerds: How loose is too loose?
YouTube video by Risky Business Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFuh8bGhKDk
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Lawfare
10 months ago
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at Russia's use of cybercriminals to support its war effort in Ukraine, new Australian cyber security legislation, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by
@tom.risky.biz
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The PLA's Cyber Operations Go Dark
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-pla's-cyber-operations-go-dark
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Lawfare
10 months ago
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at what a second Trump term may mean for cybersecurity, a UN draft cybercrime treaty, why Italy is a hub for spyware, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by
@tom.risky.biz
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Expect More Covert Action Under Trump
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/expect-more-covert-action-under-trump
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Max Smeets
10 months ago
This is a good read from
@tom.risky.biz
on Trump's expected cybersecurity policy initiatives during his 2nd term
news.risky.biz/r/dc1486a0?m...
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Expect More Covert Action Under Trump
Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren and edited by Patrick Gray. It's supported by Lawfare with help from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. This week's edit...
https://news.risky.biz/r/dc1486a0?m=d3f2678f-9f08-4fd7-bd41-33aef906d973
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Lawfare
11 months ago
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at Russia's use of cybercriminals to support its war effort in Ukraine, new Australian cyber security legislation, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by
@tom.risky.biz
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Russia's GRU Thugs Double Down on Recruiting Cybercrooks
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/russia's-gru-thugs-double-down-on-recruiting-cybercrooks
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Oleg Shakirov
12 months ago
How is cyber conflict viewed from Russia and what implications does it have? I'm presenting this Wednesday at the The Fletcher School at Tufts University Hitachi Center. Stop by if you are around Boston.
myfletcher.tufts.edu/hctia/rsvp_b...
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RUnet Under Attack: Cyber Conflict Implications for Russia - Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs
Please join the Hitachi Center on Wednesday, October 9th at 12pm in Cabot 206 to hear from Oleg Shakirov from Johns Hopkins SAIS's research on the repercussions of cyber warfare in Russia.
https://myfletcher.tufts.edu/hctia/rsvp_boot?id=2136544
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Lawfare
12 months ago
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at Microsoft's update to its Secure Future Initiative, Indonesia's new cyber force, China's claim that Taiwan is running an influence campaign inside its borders, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by
@tom.risky.biz
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Neutering Volt Typhoon to Deter China
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/neutering-volt-typhoon-to-deter-china
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Lawfare
about 1 year ago
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at how the Cyber Safety Review Board should investigate the CrowdStrike incident, the fragmenting of the ransomware ecosystem, Russian malware attacks against Ukraine, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by
@tom.risky.biz
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How Chinese Illegal Gambling Infiltrates European Football
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-chinese-illegal-gambling-infiltrates-european-football
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Lawfare
over 1 year ago
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at the recent White House report on the adoption of memory-safe programming languages, a ÂŁ350k fine for the U.K. Ministry of Defence, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by
@tom.risky.biz
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White House's Software Engineering Advice + Child Safety and Encryption Bans
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/white-house's-software-engineering-advice-child-safety-and-encryption-bans
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This week's Seriously Risky Business: - The PRC's freewheeling cyber espionage market - Disruption kicks off - How state cyber groups use AI Thanks to Dakota Cary and Dr Huong Le Thu for their thoughts. listen:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
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over 1 year ago
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Oleg Shakirov
over 1 year ago
I listened to
@tom.risky.biz
&
@the.gru.gq
discussing Russian cyber doctrine on Between Two Nerds and had to write this because what they talk about is not Russian cyber doctrine but an almost random quote. Follow me into this not very deep rabbit hole
fromcyberia.substack.com/p/searching-...
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This week's Seriously Risky Business: - Spyware is an ecosystem - Ukraine adopts US 'defend forward' strategy - For China, evidence is optional Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
read here:
news.risky.biz/the-spyware-...
over 1 year ago
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Lawfare
over 1 year ago
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at how the U.S. is grappling with Chinese cyber actors who are building the capability to disrupt critical infrastructure, the growing problem of ransomware, the growing problem of ransomware, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by
@tom.risky.biz
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Volt Typhoon: Keep Calm and Carry On + VPNs Wounded in Cyber Knife Fight
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/volt-typhoon-keep-calm-and-carry-on-vpns-wounded-in-cyber-knife-fight
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This week's Seriously Risky Business - Volt Typhoon: Keep Calm and Carry On - VPNs Wounded in Cyber Knife Fight - Hack-for-hire Streisand Effect Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
or read:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
over 1 year ago
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Dmitri Alperovitch
over 1 year ago
Insightful analysis from
@tom.risky.biz
on what critics of Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) get wrong "In our view, the CSRB's mixed public-private composition is absolutely necessary to have any impact in today's cyber security environment"
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Smile! You've Been Sanctioned
PLUS: Microsoft's Midnight Blizzard Is Cold, Dark and Insecure
https://srslyriskybiz.substack.com/p/smile-youve-been-sanctioned#%C2%A7flying-high-what-critics-of-the-csrb-get-wrong
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Lawfare
over 1 year ago
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at the push by Sen. Wyden to stop U.S. intelligence agencies from buying Americans’ personal data from data brokers, how election disinformation is evolving, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by
@tom.risky.biz
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U.S. Data Dumpster Fire Singes NSA + The Evolution of Election Disinformation
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.s.-data-dumpster-fire-singes-nsa-the-evolution-of-election-disinformation
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This week's Seriously Risky Business: - US data dumpster fire singes NSA - The PRC's evolving election interference - Microsoft's dark winter Listen:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Or read:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
over 1 year ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business: - Smile! You've Been Sanctioned - Microsoft's Midnight Blizzard: Cold, Dark and Insecure - When SEC Disclosure Is Too Much of a Good Thing read and subscribe here:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
over 1 year ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business: - PRC: Not Stealthy, Just Annoying - The FTC's Geolocation Privacy Win Built on Shaky Foundations - When Takedowns Ain't Takedowns Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Or read here:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
over 1 year ago
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Lawfare
over 1 year ago
This week's Seriously Risky Business looks at the hack-for-hire industry, the evolution of Russia's cyberwar against Ukraine, what Predatory Sparrow, a hacktivist group alleged to be a persona of the Israeli military, is up to, and more. Read the weekly newsletter by
@tom.risky.biz
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Russia’s Cyberwar + Predatory Sparrow in the Middle East
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/russia-s-cyberwar-predatory-sparrow-in-the-middle-east
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This first Seriously Risky Business of 2024: - Russia's Cyber war gets smarter… And dumber - Predatory Sparrow strikes again - Russia hates Democrats, China loves China listen:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
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open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
over 1 year ago
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Thanks for your ideas here Gavin!
add a skeleton here at some point
almost 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business: - Interference-Free Elections? How Quaint! - Iran Attacks Our Precious Fluids - ChatGPT is Just Asking Questions Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Or read here:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
almost 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business: - Living off the Land Is the New Normal - When Hacks affect Housing Markets Listen here:
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almost 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business is out: - Ground zero of the hack-for-hire industry - If theft doesn't work... troll - Russia's search for hacking talent Listen here:
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almost 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business: - LockBit's Disastrous Success - Banks Pushed to Combat Fraud - NSO Group Re-emerges Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Or read here:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
almost 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Biz newsletter is out! - Microsoft Should Look to the Past for Its Security Future - EncroChat Interception Undone by Police Leaker Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Or read:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
almost 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business newsletter is out: - When good cyber security results in violence - The SEC's Halloween horror show - Breaking open Triangulation Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
O read:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
almost 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business newsletter: - Hacktivists strike at ransomware's soft underbelly - Ukraine's security service in bed with hackers? - AI phishing is faster but dumber Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Or read here:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
almost 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business newsletter: - Mature Organisations Still a Security Horror Show - Five Eyes to Watch Sticky Fingers - iOS sandboxing: Two Steps Forward listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
or read here:
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almost 2 years ago
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SRB this week: - Bringing humanitarian law to cyber war - EU needs to grow a spine on spyware - Chinese spies are in the mail Listen:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
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almost 2 years ago
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My latest Seriously Risky Business newsletter: - NSA Wants to Protect America's AI Edge - Rich Pickings at the Network Edge - From Timbuktu to Tokyo Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
almost 2 years ago
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My latest Seriously Risky Business Newsletter is out: - Lapsus$: From Flash in the Pan to Raging Fire - Russia Drops Cyber Hammer For Sickle plus much more. Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Or read and subscribe:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
almost 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business: - Pig Butchering Is Even Worse Than You Think - Telstra's Digicel Linked to Commercial Spy Operations - The Truth About Age Verification Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Or read here:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
about 2 years ago
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This week's SRB is out: - UK snoopers charter won't stop security updates - More on China's Barracuda Exploitation. A Lot More. Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Or read and subscribe here:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
about 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business is out: - Why Russia's Cyber War Against Ukraine Failed - Advanced Persistent Teenagers - The latest open source hippies Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/srslyris...
Or listen:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
about 2 years ago
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This Week's SRB: - Why Russia's Plan to Hide Spy Data Will Fail - Your Face Isn't Probable Cause - With Friends like North Korea, Who Needs Enemies? Listen here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/srslyriskybiz/p/why-russias-plan-to-hide-spy-data
about 2 years ago
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This week's Seriously Risky Business is out: - On Microsoft, Wyden's Bark May Have Some Bite - Slamming the Back Door Shut at the FBI - Amping Up Volt Typhoon Read and subscribe:
https://srslyriskybiz.substack.com/p/on-microsoft-wydens-bark-may-have?sd=pf
about 2 years ago
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