Risky Business #807 -- Shai-Hulud npm worm wreaks old-school havoc
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Episode Risky Business #807 -- Shai-Hulud npm worm wreaks old-school havoc
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:
• Shai-Hulud worm propagates via npm and steals credentials • Jaguar Land Rover attack may put smaller suppliers out of business • Leaked data emerges from the vendor behind the Great Firewall of China • Vastaamo hacker walks free while appeal is underway • Why is a senator so mad about Kerberos?
This week’s episode is sponsored by Knocknoc. Chief exec Adam Pointon joins to talk through the surprising number of customers that are using Knocknoc’s identity-to-firewall glue to protect internal services and networks.
This week’s episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
• Self-Replicating Worm Hits 180+ Software Packages – Krebs on Security • Jaguar Land Rover: Some suppliers 'face bankruptcy' due to hack crisis • Jaguar Land Rover production shutdown could last until November • U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China - WSJ • U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China - WSJ • How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate | WIRED • Mythical Beasts: Diving into the depths of the global spyware market - Atlantic Council • Hacker convicted of extorting 20,000 psychotherapy victims walks free during appeal | The Record from Recorded Future News • US national charged in Finnish psychotherapy center extortion | The Record from Recorded Future News • BreachForums administrator given three-year prison stint after resentencing | The Record from Recorded Future News • Microsoft, Cloudflare disrupt RaccoonO365 credential stealing tool run by Nigerian national | The Record from Recorded Future News • Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting” - Ars Technica • Exclusive: US warns hidden radios may be embedded in solar-powered highway infrastructure | Reuters • Israel announces seizure of $1.5M from crypto wallets tied to Iran | TechCrunch
Links in the notes 13
- https://youtu.be/LzCRbNX_Z0s
- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/self-replicating-worm-hits-180-software-packages/
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdjn0lv64ro
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/09/15/jaguar-land-rover-production-shutdown-november/
- https://www.wsj.com/tech/details-emerge-on-u-s-china-tiktok-deal-594e009f
- https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-how-chinas-surveillance-industry-actually-works/
- https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/mythical-beasts-diving-into-the-depths-of-the-global-spyware-market/
- https://therecord.media/finland-vastaamo-hacker-free-during-appeal-conviction
- https://therecord.media/finland-vastaamo-hack-us-national-charged
- https://therecord.media/conor-fitzpatrick-pompompurin-three-year-sentence-breachforums-administrator
- https://therecord.media/microsoft-cloudflare-disrupt-raccoono365-credential-stealing-tool
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/senator-blasts-microsoft-for-making-default-windows-vulnerable-to-kerberoasting/
- https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-warns-hidden-radios-may-be-embedded-solar-powered-highway-infrastructure-2025-09-10/
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