On this week’s SURPRISE edition, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news. They cover:


Their disappointment over last week’s SEC Twitter hack
China rainbow-tables Airdrop
Enterprise bugs galore…
… and why patching fast is hard when there isn’t even a patch yet
UEFI flaws get trad-BIOS-era vendor response
and much, much more…


This week’s show is unsponsored, we’re just here for the fun of it.





Show notes




The SEC’s Official X Account Was ‘Compromised’ and Used to Post Fake Bitcoin News | WIRED

Apple AirDrop leaks user data like a sieve. Chinese authorities say they’re scooping it up. | Ars Technica

FireChat – the messaging app that’s powering the Hong Kong protests

End-of-life Cisco routers targeted by China’s Volt Typhoon group

Ivanti Connect Secure attacks part of deliberate espionage operation | Cybersecurity Dive

Ivanti Connect Secure VPN Exploitation Goes Global

NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2023-6548 and CVE-2023-6549

Aria Automation Missing Access Control Vulnerability (CVE-2023-34063)

Security Bulletin - January 16 2024

Stable Channel Update for Desktop

“MyFlaw” — Cross Platform 0-Day RCE Vulnerability Discovered in Opera’s Browser

PixieFail: Nine vulnerabilities in Tianocore's EDK II IPv6 network stack.

LeftoverLocals: Listening to LLM responses through leaked GPU local memory

Bigpanzi TV Botnet

Southeast Asian casino industry supercharging cyber fraud, UN says