Risky Business #667 -- "Shields Up" for cyber's forever war

<p>On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including:</p> <ul> <li>“Shields Up” advice is now provably meaningless</li> <li>Russia to ditch offshore comms apps like WhatsApp</li> <li>Evil Corp’s Lockbit sanctions evasion attempt backfires</li> <li>Binance is a cesspit of shady financial dealings</li> <li>Apple’s passkey release foreshadows FIDO mass adoption</li> <li>Much, much more</li> </ul> <p>This week’s sponsor interview is about Elastic’s teardown on some really interesting APT linux malware called BPFdoor. Jake King and Colson Wilhoit joined the show for that interview.</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://news.sky.com/story/us-military-hackers-conducting-offensive-operations-in-support-of-ukraine-says-head-of-cyber-command-12625139">US military hackers conducting offensive operations in support of Ukraine, says head of Cyber Command | Science &amp; Tech News | Sky News</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-cyber-activity-not-against-russia-policy-2022-06-01/">White House: cyber activity not against Russia policy | Reuters</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cyberscoop.com/shields-up-easterly-inglis-op-ed/">&#39;Shields Up&#39;: the new normal in cyberspace</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5381031">Governors are being contacted - Newspaper Kommersant No. 95