Risky Business #805 -- On the Salesloft Drift breach and "OAuth soup"

Listen to this episode from Risky Business on Spotify. On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: The Salesloft breach and why OAuth soup is a problem The Salt Typhoon telco hackers turn out to be Chinese private sector, but state-directed Google says it will stand up a “disruption unit” Microsoft writes up a ransomware gang that’s all-in on the cloud future Aussie firm hot-mics its work-from-home employees’ laptops Youtube scam baiters help the feds take down a fraud ring This episode is sponsored by Dropzone.AI. Founder and CEO Edward Wu joins the show to talk about how AI driven SOC tools can help smaller organisations claw their way above the “security poverty line”. A dedicated monitoring team, threat hunting and alert triage, in a company that only has a couple of part time infosec people? Yes please! This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes The Ongoing Fallout from a Breach at AI Chatbot Maker Salesloft – Krebs on Security Salesloft: The Leading AI Revenue Orchestration Platform Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler customers impacted by supply chain attacks | Cybersecurity Dive The impact of the Salesloft Drift breach on Cloudflare and our customers China used three private companies to hack global telecoms, U.S. says CSA_COUNTERING_CHINA_STATE_ACTORS_COMPROMISE_OF_NETWORKS.PDF Google previews cyber ‘disruption unit’ as U.S. government, industry weigh going heavier on offense | CyberScoop Ransomware gang takedowns causing explosion of new, smaller groups | The Record from Recorded Future News Hundreds of Swedish municipalities impacted by suspected ransomware attack on IT supplier | The Record from Recorded Future News Storm-0501’s evolving techniques lead to cloud-based ransomware | Microsoft Security Blog The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived | WIRED Between Two Nerds: How threat actors are using AI to run wild - YouTube Affiliates Flock to ‘Soulless’ Scam Gambling Machine – Krebs on Security UK sought broad access to Apple customers’ data, court filing suggests ICE reactivates contract with spyware maker Paragon | TechCrunch WhatsApp fixes 'zero-click' bug used to hack Apple users with spyware | TechCrunch Safetrac turned staff laptops into covert recording devices to monitor WFH Risky Bulletin: YouTubers unmask and help dismantle giant Chinese scam ring - Risky Business Media