Risky Business #721 -- Why Storm-0558's Microsoft hack should have failed

Risky Biz

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news. They cover:

• How Storm-0558 stole Microsoft’s signing key
• Cisco 0day being used by ransomware crews
• We were right about Elon stumbling into the Ukraine war
• Someone’s amazing image library 0day just got crushed
• Much, much more!

This week’s show is brought to you by Nucleus Security. Co-founder Scott Kuffer is this week’s sponsor guest.

Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Mastodon if that’s your thing.

Show notes

• Results of Major Technical Investigations for Storm-0558 Key Acquisition | MSRC Blog | Microsoft Security Response Center
• Microsoft reveals how hackers stole its email signing key… kind of | TechCrunch
• Kevin Beaumont: "One extra thing to highlight -…" - Cyberplace
• Preventing Authentication Bypass: A Tale of Two Researchers - YouTube
• BEC phishing kit hits thousands of Microsoft 365 business accounts | Cybersecurity Dive
• Microsoft Teams phishing attack pushes DarkGate malware
• CISA warns of attacks using Microsoft Word, Adobe bugs
• New Emergency Chrome Security Update After Critical iOS 16.6.1 Release
• Mozilla patches Firefox, Thunderbird against zero-day exploited in attacks
• Cisco security appliance 0-day is under attack by ransomware crooks | Ars Technica
• Cisco BroadWorks vulnerability snags highest CVSS score | Cybersecurity Dive
• High-profile CVEs turn up in vulnerability exploit sales | Cybersecurity Dive
• MGM Resorts takes systems offline following cyberattack
• Save the Children International hit with cyberattack, but says operations weren’t impacted
• Sri Lankan government loses months of data following ransomware attack
• (6) Risky Biz News: US and UK dox and sanction 11 more Trickbot/Conti members. Charges included too.
• Opinion | The untold story of Elon Musk’s support for Ukraine - The Washington Post
• Elon Musk on X:
• SpaceX unveils Starshield, a military variation of Starlink satellites
• China-Linked Hackers Breached a Power Grid—Again | WIRED
• Just waiting for a mate - YouTube
• North Korea-backed hackers target security researchers with 0-day | Ars Technica
• Cars are collecting data on par with Big Tech, watchdog report finds
• Crypto Town Hall on X: "Crypto Kingpin's Downfall: 11,196 Years Behind Bars!"https://t.co/1RCNJ8um4c" / X