Risky Business #671 -- The case for an American-owned NSO Group

<p>On this week’s show Patrick Gray and guest cohost Dmitri Alperovitch discuss the week’s security news, including:</p> <ul> <li>Why an American defence contractor acquiring NSO Group would be a nonproliferation win</li> <li>A look at Microsoft’s botched macro measures</li> <li>iPhone’s Lockdown Mode</li> <li>Ukraine goes big on Yubikeys</li> <li>Aerojet Rocketdyne pays millions over poor security controls, CISO whistleblower gets bag of cash</li> <li>Much, much more</li> </ul> <p>This week’s show is sponsored by Proofpoint. Ryan Kalember, Proofpoint’s Executive Vice President of Cybersecurity Strategy, joins us in this week’s sponsor interview to talk about changes he’s observed in the criminal ecosystem.</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/dalperovitch">Dmitri&gt;Dmitri</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://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/10/nso-spyware-l3harris-talks-ended/">L3Harris drops bid for NSO spyware following U.S. concerns - The Washington Post</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/apple-introduces-lockdown-mode-iphone-feature-block-elite-spyware-rcna36783">Apple introduces &#39;Lockdown Mode&#39; iPhone feature to block elite spyware</a></li> <li><a href="https://riskybiznews.substack.com/p/risky-biz-news-thousands-of-yubikeys">Risky Biz News: Thousands of Yubikeys have been deployed in Ukraine, more to come</a></li> <li><a href="https://portswigger