Risky Business #652 -- Cyber Partisans take down Belarusian rail systems

<p>On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including:</p> <ul> <li>Belarusian Cyber Partisans ransom train network</li> <li>A look at developments in Ukraine</li> <li>Merck wins NotPetya insurance lawsuit</li> <li>US VC firm in talks to acquire NSO Group</li> <li>Much, much more</li> </ul> <p>This week’s show is brought to you by Trail of Bits, the security engineering firm. Dan Guido joins us this week week to talk about zkdocs, a bunch of documentation Trail of Bits put together to provide guidance on how to implement some of these newfangled concepts – like zero knowledge proofs – that are popular in blockchain and cryptoland.</p> <p>Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow <a href="https://twitter.com/riskybusiness">Patrick</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/metlstorm">Adam</a> on Twitter if that’s your thing.</p> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h3 class="panel-title">Show notes</h3> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <ul> <li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/hactivists-say-they-hacked-belarus-rail-system-to-stop-russian-military-buildup/">Hactivists say they hacked Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup | Ars Technica</a></li> <li><a href="https://therecord.media/a-top-ukrainian-security-official-on-defending-the-nation-against-cyber-attacks/">A top Ukrainian security official on defending the nation against cyber attacks - The Record by Recorded Future</a></li> <li><a href="https://therecord.media/former-ukrainian-official-sanctioned-for-assisting-russian-cyberattacks/">Former Ukrainian official sanctioned for assisting Russian cyberattacks - The Record by Recorded