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Risky Bulletin

Risky Bulletin

Hosted by Risky Business Media

Episodes

100

Latest episode

Aug 2026

Language

EN

About the show

Regular cybersecurity news updates from the Risky Business team...

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August 17, 20268 min

Risky Bulletin: The EU publishes its upcoming cybersecurity standards

The EU publishes its upcoming cybersecurity standards, hackers breach France’s tax agency, threat actors exploit a GeoServer zero-day hours after disclosure, and an exploit unlocks old AMD CPUs with one instruction. Show notes Risky Bulletin: The EU publishes its upcoming cybersecurity standards

August 16, 202617 min

Sponsored: What npm 12 fixes… and what it doesn’t

In this Risky Business sponsored interview, Casey Ellis chats with Socket founder Feross Aboukhadijeh about npm 12’s move to disable install scripts by default. Attackers are already shifting payloads into package source code, and Feross explains why teams need to understand what third-party code actually does before allowing it into their environments. Show notes

August 14, 202611 min

Risky Bulletin: US will let private companies carry out offensive cyber ops

The White House will let private companies carry out offensive cyber ops, an AI hacking campaign breached Taiwan’s government, a macOS bug was exploited over the internet to drop cryptominers, and Kenya orders internet cafes to store logs. Show notes Risky Bulletin: White House lets private companies carry out offensive cyber ops

August 13, 202630 min

Srsly Risky Biz: Data extortion is booming. Hooray!

Tom Uren and James Wilson talk about the cybercrime ecosystem shifting towards data theft extortion, stealing sensitive data and extracting ransoms from victims by threatening to leak it. For organisations whose reputation is very important to them, data leaks are a bigger threat than having their files locked up. They also discuss how the rise of AI makes it worth reinvigorating CISA’s Secure by Design initiative. Show notes

August 12, 20269 min

Risky Bulletin: Russian hackers jump on the fake job interview train

Russian state hackers adopt fake job interview tactics, a Portuguese man will face trial for developing a malicious AI chatbot, an AI assistant hacks an Australian gym, and OpenAI releases cyber models for blue teams. Show notes Risky Bulletin: Russian hackers adopt the fake job interview tactics

August 10, 202629 min

Between Two Nerds: The cyber resistance!

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about examples of cyber resistance and whether they achieve their goals. This epsiode is also available on YouTube. Show notes The Record on the Belarus Cyber Partisans BTN6, How Ukraine could use its IT army

August 10, 20268 min

Risky Bulletin: Two law firms pay giant ransoms

Two American law firms pay multi-million dollar ransoms, a Metabase zero-day is being used in data theft attacks, Russian hackers disrupted a second power plant in Poland, and there’s a remote code execution bug in WordPress… again! Show notes Risky Bulletin: Pwnie Awards 2026 winners

August 9, 202616 min

Sponsored: Island's expansion to SASE and enterprise AI

In this Risky Business sponsored interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Michael Leland, Field CTO at Island, about the company’s seamless expansion into SASE and enterprise AI. Show notes About Michael Leland

August 7, 20267 min

Risky Bulletin: A Meta AI model also escaped a testing sandbox

A Meta AI model also escaped a testing sandbox, a cyberattack disrupts ports in North Carolina, the Philippines will establish a cybersecurity agency, and a Ransom Cartel admin gets 16 years in prison. Show notes Risky Bulletin: Meta's AI joins Anthropic and OpenAI in the hacky-hacky

August 6, 202622 min

Srsly Risky Biz: Being a North Korean hacker is about to be less fun

Tom Uren and James Wilson talk about North Korea losing control over some of its hacker workforce. Expect some tightening of controls and oversight, and perhaps even a reduction in the country’s ransomware operations. They also discuss escalating attacks on American water infrastructure. Although the impact of these attacks is relatively minor so far, the US government has been slow to respond from a political perspective. This episode is also available on YouTube Show notes

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