Τα καλύτερα Risky Business podcast (2025)

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How Trump is Getting the Game Theory Wrong 40:19

5d ago40:19

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This week, Nate and Maria discuss Trump’s tariffs and analyze his strategy from a game theory perspective. They get into the difference between zero-sum and cooperative games, speculate on how Trump would act in the dictator game, and discuss the rationality of revenge. Then, they talk about the reboot of the infamous Fyre Festival, and why con art…

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Risky Business #782 -- Are the USA and Russia cyber friends now? 50:12

6d ago50:12

50:12

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: Did the US decide to stop caring about Russian cyber, or not? Adam stans hard for North Korea’s massive ByBit crypto-theft Cellebrite firing Serbia is an example of the system working Starlink keeps scam compounds in Myanmar running Biggest DDoS botnet yet push…

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Thinking Smart About Low-Probability Events 43:28

12d ago43:28

43:28

This week, Nate and Maria discuss the asteroid that had a 3% chance of colliding with Earth. That risk is now closer to 0%—but, what does this example reveal about how to consider extremely costly events that are fairly unlikely to come to pass? Then, they touch on the latest World Series of Poker drama and challenge each other to a game of Roshamb…

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Risky Business #781 -- How Bybit oopsied $1.4bn 1:02:40

13d ago1:02:40

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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: North Korea pulls off a 1.5 billion dollar crypto heist Apple pulls Advanced Data Protection from the UK Black Basta ransomware gang’s internal chats leak Russians snoop on Signal with QR codes And Myanmar ships thousands of freed scam compound workers to Thail…

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Wide World of Cyber: DeepSeek lobs an AI hand grenade 41:02

18d ago41:02

41:02

In this episode of the Wide World of Cyber podcast Risky Business host Patrick Gray chats with SentinelOne’s Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos about AI, DeepSeek, and regulation. From its bad transport security to its Chinese ownership and the economic implications of China “entering the chat”, everyone’s freaking out over this new model. But should they…

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Trust and Facing the Unknown (with Rachel Botsman) 42:20

19d ago42:20

42:20

This week, Maria speaks with trust expert Rachel Botsman about her new audiobook How To Trust and Be Trusted. What is trust? Why, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, do we sometimes trust the wrong people? And what can a luxury hotel teach us about how to repair a trust that’s been broken? And – for Pushkin+ subscribers – Nate and Maria answ…

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Risky Business #780 -- ASD torched Zservers data while admins were drunk 1:00:35

20d ago1:00:35

1:00:35

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Australian spooks scrubbed Medibank data off Zservers bulletproof hosting Why device code phishing is the latest trick in confusing poor users about cloud authentication Cloudflare gets blocked in Spain, but only on weekends and because of… football?…

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Risky Biz Soap Box: Run your own open source IDP with Authentik 38:02

25d ago38:02

38:02

In this SoapBox edition of the show Patrick Gray chats to Fletcher Heisler, the CEO of open-source identity provider Authentik. The whole idea of Authentik is you can take control of an essential IT and security function: identity. Because Authentik is open source it’s extremely flexible, and if you’re running it yourself, you get to decide where y…

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Trump’s First Three Weeks: What Actually Matters? 41:10

26d ago41:10

41:10

Amid a maelstrom of executive orders and other presidential actions, Nate and Maria discuss best practices for staying focused on the important things. They also give their takes on what those important things are. And, they follow up on their Super Bowl prop bet – were there tears during the National Anthem? (They disagree – weigh in below.) Plus,…

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Risky Business #779 -- DOGE staffer linked to The Com 58:48

27d ago58:48

58:48

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Musk’s DOGE kid has a history with The Com Paragon fires Italy as a spyware customer Thailand cuts power to scam compounds… … and arrests Phobos/8Base Russian cybercrims The CyberCX DFIR report shows non-U2F MFA is well and truly over And much, much …

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Air Travel, Alcohol, and How to Bet On a Coin Toss 43:34

1M ago43:34

43:34

Our intuitive risk assessments can be way off–we’re too scared of hijackings, and not scared enough of crossing the street. This week, Nate and Maria discuss the real risks of plane travel, and of drinking alcohol. Then, they debate whether the sharp money is on heads or tails in the Super Bowl coin toss, and make a very serious bet about whether t…

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Risky Business #778 -- Musk's child soldiers seize control of FedGov IT systems 56:28

1M ago56:28

56:28

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: DeepSeek leaves an unauthed database on the internet Russia hacked UK prime minister’s personal mail Australia sanctions a Telegram group… which is more sensible than it sounds Medical device backdoor turns out to be just poorly thought out upgrade f…

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Should You Learn Poker from ChatGPT? And Other AI Questions 46:51

1M ago46:51

46:51

In the wake of DeepSeek’s explosive entrance into the AI chatbot world, Nate and Maria talk AI strategy. At the national level and the personal level, what benefits does this technology actually have – and is it worth it? Plus, we tackle a question from listener Hugh about how to win big at his friendly, amateur poker night. Good luck, Hugh! For mo…

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Risky Business #777 -- It's SonicWall's turn 51:26

1M ago51:26

51:26

Coming to you from the same room in Risky Business headquarters Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They talk through: Sonicwall firewalls hand out remote code exec like candy Mastercard make a slapstick-grade mistake with their DNS The data breach at PowerSchool and other niche SaaS providers Academic research prop…

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Trump’s Strategy: Distraction and Executive Action 48:26

2M ago48:26

48:26

What do the decisions Trump has made so far tell us about his strategy for his second term? And what strategic options do the Democrats have? Nate and Maria talk birthright citizenship, tech CEOs, memecoins, and pardons. And, Nate and Maria answer a listener question about the status of their driver’s licenses. For more from Nate and Maria, subscri…

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Risky Business #776 -- Trump will flex American cyber muscles 1:03:53

2M ago1:03:53

1:03:53

Risky Business returns for its 19th year! Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news and there is a whole bunch of it. They discuss: The incoming Trump administration guts the CSRB Biden’s last cyber Executive Order has sensible things in it China’s breach of the US Treasury gets our reluctant admiration Ross Ulbricht - the…

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Wildfires, Insurance, and Planning for Disaster 47:44

2M ago47:44

47:44

Nate and Maria discuss the California wildfires. How do incentives in insurance markets drive decisions by homeowners – and by insurers? What’s the best way to make rational decisions about the disaster risks we all face? And they discuss a question from listener JM who asks what happens when the River and the Village mix it up in Washington? Furth…

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Nate and Maria’s 2025 Predictions 40:10

2M ago40:10

40:10

Nate and Maria share their predictions for the year to come, covering everything from the price of Bitcoin, to the fate of President Trump’s cabinet picks, to whether Nate will wear skinny jeans. For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters: The Leap from Maria Konnikova Silver Bulletin from Nate Silver See omnystudio.com/listener f…

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Learning From Failure, Avoiding Regret, and Managing Risk with Restaurateur Henry Rich 45:16

2M ago45:16

45:16

Maria talks to her friend Henry Rich about how he’s managed to find success in one of the world’s riskiest industries: restaurants. Themes include learning from failure, accounting for ruin, and finding meaning at work. For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters: The Leap from Maria Konnikova Silver Bulletin from Nate Silver See o…

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Risky Biz Soap Box: Cool compliance tricks with the Island enterprise browser 26:40

3M ago26:40

26:40

In this sponsored Soap Box edition of the show Patrick Gray talks to Island CEO Michael Fey about some of the cool tricks in the Island enterprise browser. You can use it to tick off so many compliance boxes, and not just cybersecurity boxes. This is largely a conversation about compliance, but it’s actually interesting and fun. These are words we …

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Luigi Mangione, the Rise of Bluesky, and High-Stakes Chokes 41:17

3M ago41:17

41:17

Nate and Maria talk about what Luigi Mangione can show us about the danger of black and white thinking, and how platforms like Bluesky and X create bubbles that make matters worse. Then, with the reigning world chess champion dethroned after a surprising choke, they discuss how they deal with high-stakes situations. Risky Business will be off next …

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Risky Business #775 -- Cl0p is back, SEC hack disclosures disappoint 1:01:06

3M ago1:01:06

1:01:06

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: The SEC’s cyber incident reporting isn’t very exciting after all China Telecom on the way to being thrown out of the US The NSA/Cybercom might get two separate hats The Cl0p ransomware crew are back and taking responsibility for the Cleo hacks (Yet …

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Wide World of Cyber: SentinelOne's Chris Krebs on Chinese cyber operations 50:04

3M ago50:04

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In this edition of the Wild World of Cyber podcast Patrick Gray sits down with SentinelOne’s Chief Intelligence and Public Policy Officer Chris Krebs to talk all about Chinese cyber operations. They look at the Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon campaigns, the last 20 years of Chinese operations, and the evolution of the cyber roles of China’s Ministry …

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The Riskies: The Best, Worst, and Most Interesting Decisions of 2024 40:19

3M ago40:19

40:19

What were the best, worst, and most interesting decisions of 2024, and what can we learn from them? Nate and Maria award the year’s most notable decisions in our first annual Riskies awards show. Also: degen of the year, nit of the year, and the cognitive bias that best explains 2024. Then, they give a quick poker update and answer a listener’s que…

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Risky Business #774 -- Cleo file transfer appliances under widespread attack 1:02:28

3M ago1:02:28

1:02:28

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Cleo file transfer products have a remote code exec, here we go again! Snowflake phases out password-based auth Chinese Sophos-exploit-dev company gets sanctioned Romania’s election gets rolled back after Tiktok changed the outcome AMD’s encrypted V…

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Risky Biz Soapbox: Enterprise Yubikeys can now be pre-registered 29:56

3M ago29:56

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In this interview Patrick Gray talks to Yubico’s COO and President Jerrod Chong about a new Yubikey feature: pre-registration. You can now ship pre-registered Yubikeys to your staff so you don’t need to rely on your staff to enrol them. They’ve achieved this with really slick Okta and Entra ID integrations. Jerrod also talks about a recent trip to …

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Presidential Pardons and Other Family Gift-Giving Strategies 44:12

3M ago44:12

44:12

Is Biden on tilt? Nate and Maria analyze the Hunter Biden pardon and try to find the line between false equivalence and equivalence. Then, inspired by the president’s present, they offer some thoughts on game-theory optimal gift giving for the holiday season. By the way, Nate and Maria will be hosting a poker meet up at the Bellagio next week! 12pm…

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Risky Business #773 -- Cybercriminals are dropping like flies in Russia 57:02

3M ago57:02

57:02

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: The FTC decides its time to take another look at Microsoft Exxon’s opponents targeted by hackers Russian hackers keep getting sentenced and it confuses us The Feds recommend Signal, because throwing hackers out of telcos ain’t gonna happen A South K…

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STEAM - The Spark of The Idea 10:13

3M ago10:13

10:13

This Ep is all about how I got to be in the position to set up a STEAM programme at our school. I also chat about the key things for me, girls in STEAM and culturally responsive practice. Here are some notable links from the show: Pacific STEAM posters Overcoming Gender Bias in STEM: The Effect of Adding the Arts…

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Season 4 Teaser 2:01

3M ago2:01

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This is an overview of what season 4 will bring.

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Maria and Nate’s Guide to GTO Travel 42:50

3M ago42:50

42:50

Nate and Maria share their game-theory-optimal travel strategies – the best time to get to the airport, the optimal airport meal, the value of rental car insurance, and more. Also: The biggest travel mistakes they ever made. Then, Maria breaks down a scandal in academic psychology research – and she and Nate discuss the underlying incentives that h…

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Risky Business #772 -- Salt Typhoon is truly a national security disaster 1:01:05

3M ago1:01:05

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On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: A ransomware attack has crippled US supply chain software provider Blue Yonder Russian spies hack nearby wifi to get to their targets, but that doesn’t seem surprising? Salt Typhoon’s attacks on telcos are hard to solve and big on impact China’s sur…

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How Senators and NFL Players Make High Risk Decisions 38:50

4M ago38:50

38:50

Nate and Maria talk through the game theory of how moderate Republican Senators are likely to react to Trump’s controversial cabinet nominees. Then, they discuss the new “Guardian Caps” the NFL has approved to lower the risk of concussion – and explain why most players are deciding not to wear them. For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their …

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Risky Business #771 -- Palo Alto's firewall 0days are very, very stupid 1:01:12

4M ago1:01:12

1:01:12

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Microsoft introduces some sensible sounding post-Crowdstrike changes Palo Alto patches hella-stupid bugs in its firewall management webapp CISA head Jen Easterly to depart as Trump arrives AI grandma tarpits phone scammers in family-tech-support hell…

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