Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren and edited by Amberleigh Jack. This week’s edition is sponsored by Sondera. You can hear a podcast discussion of this newsletter by searching for “Risky Business News” in your podcatcher or subscribing via this RSS feed. Photo by Chris Sabor on Unsplash...Read More
As LLMs become more complex and get used in a wider variety of tasks—especially in the form of agents, which can interact with computer files, websites, and third-party code as well as other agents—it’s hard for teams of people by themselves to keep up with all the types of attacks that might take place. “The...Read More
Written by Deep Pal and Sukanya Thapliyal Recently, e-rickshaws on Delhi’s streets suddenly began stalling in the middle of the road. It turned out that one could use certain Chinese apps to disable their batteries by exploiting their Battery Management Systems (BMS). The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) swiftly had Google and Apple...Read More
The cybercriminal underworld continues to evolve in unexpected ways, and a recent development has raised fresh concerns about the ability of correctional facilities to prevent digital crime. Reports suggest that two teenagers accused of participating in high-profile cyberattacks targeting the Transport for London (TfL) have allegedly continued engaging in cybercrime while awaiting the outcome of...Read More
Suno has long acknowledged that its AI music generator relied on the scraping of millions of songs available across the internet, but a new hack reveals just how the company pulled from streaming services and websites such as YouTube Music, Deezer and Genius to power its product — all while user information remained vulnerable. A report...Read More
Seoul plans to roll out a homegrown cybersecurity AI model by year’s end as export controls and rising digital threats sharpen calls for stronger defenses. Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon, center, speaks during a policy briefing presided over by President Lee Jae Myung at the Blue House on July 16.JOINT PRESS CORPS Korea will launch a...Read More
An indictment has been unsealed in the Northern District of Ohio charging three Russian nationals and two related “bulletproof hosting” companies for their roles in cybercrimes against U.S. victims, causing tens of millions of dollars in losses. The indictment, returned in December 2024, charges Alexander Alexandrovich Volosovik, 43, of St. Petersburg, Russia; Kirill Andreevich Zatolokin,...Read More
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) on Wednesday (15 July) rejected claims of a “sensitive data breach” at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), after reports emerged that a ransomware group had obtained confidential files from a contractor’s server, The Hindu reported. The corporation maintained that the leaked material relates only to “conventional...Read More
[Shenzhen, China, July 16, 2026] The Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG), a leading technology analyst firm, recently released its 2026-27 DCIG TOP 5 Cyber Resilient PBBAs report. Huawei’s OceanProtect data protection products were recognized in the report for their excellent cyber resilience, standout backup and recovery performance, industry-leading data reduction capabilities, and enterprise-grade reliability. The...Read More
As it turns out, the batch of expiring Secure Boot certificates isn’t the only Secure Boot-related concern that Microsoft and the public need to worry about this year. ESET Researchers have uncovered 11 vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders signed and forgotten by Microsoft for a decade. The nature of these shims allows them to be flashed...Read More
