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Risky Business #836 -- You can't patch the bugpocalypse

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by special guest co-host Brad Arkin. They discuss the week...

A rigged game: ScarCruft compromises gaming platform in a supply-chain attack

ESET researchers have investigated an ongoing attack by the ScarCruft APT group that targets the Yanbian region via back...

The Moonbase moment

The centerpiece of NASA's new lunar exploration plans is a lunar base announced at an event in March. Jeff Foust reports...

Governance is always late to the party. Here's why that's not an accident.

Regulation of space activities aways appears to lag their technical and economic feasibility. G. Theresa Quitto-Dickerso...

The global scramble for ports

The investment frenzy is driven by anxiety about China’s tightening grip on supply chains

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – April 2026 edition

Warnings about helpdesk impersonation scams and Iran-linked hackers targeting critical sectors in the US, plus the most ...

Risky Business #835 -- Why the Fast16 malware is badass

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by special guest-host Dmitri Alperovitch. They discuss the...

To fight Russia, Europe needs Ukraine

It is risky to let Ukraine into the EU. It’s more dangerous to keep it out

The great launch constraint

Blue Origin's New Glenn suffered a failure on its third launch last week when an upper stage malfunction placed its payl...

A Fortress Moon for cislunar security

Cislunar space is evolving from one of primarily scientific interest to one with more strategic importance. Alan Dugger ...

Redefining success in space diplomacy: emerging space nations in the Artemis Era and the case of Turkey

The role of space in diplomacy is changing as countries shift from seeking technical dominance to influence over governa...

The TWINSTAR mission concept: A pragmatic path to finding Earth 2.0

One of the driving goals of astrophysics is to be able to observe an Earthlike planet orbiting another star. Sherine Ahm...

The calm before the ransom: What you see is not all there is

A breach claims the systems as well as the confidence that was, in retrospect, a major vulnerability

Europe’s defence startups face even bigger hurdles than America’s

They must contend with a fragmented market and hesitant customers

There is no better spur to military innovation than war

Defence firms in Ukraine make new weapons much faster and cheaper than most Western companies

GopherWhisper: A burrow full of malware

ESET Research has discovered a new China-aligned APT group that we’ve named GopherWhisper, which targets Mongolian gover...

Risky Business #834 -- Vercel gets owned, Mozilla dumps hundreds of Mythos bugs

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by special guest The Grugq. They discuss the week’s cybers...

A dangerous blind spot in Donald Trump’s Iran war strategy

America sets too little store by foreigners’ beliefs and values. It’s a costly mistake, each time

New NGate variant hides in a trojanized NFC payment app

ESET researchers discover another iteration of NGate malware, this time possibly developed with the assistance of AI

Commercial space station developers make their business case to NASA

Last month, NASA proposed major changes to its program supporting the development of commercial space stations, arguing ...

When the orbital layer is the kill chain

Experts have debated the role that artificial intelligence has played in the ongoing conflict with Iran. Bharath Gopalas...

What the ransom note won’t say

An attack is what you see, but a business operation is what you’re up against

Anduril, Palantir and SpaceX are changing how America wages war

The Trump administration is cosying up to a new clique of “neo-primes”

The game theory behind violating ceasefires

Truces like the one in the Gulf get broken all the time. But they still work

Millions will go hungry if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed

Expensive fuel and fertiliser will lead to smaller harvests and higher prices

Risky Business #833 -- The Great Mythos Freakout of 2026

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James Wilson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover: Ever...

Local Insights: At the 13th Baku Global Forum, global participants look to China for new path of multilateralism and stability

If it starts, a nuclear-arms race will be unstoppable

A sobering interview with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Artemis 2, Apollo 8, and the problem with history

Artemis 2 has drawn parallels to Apollo 8 not just because of the profile of the missions but also because of geopolitic...

Opening the path to the lunar surface

The splashdown of Artemis 2 Friday marked both the successful end of the mission and the completion of a key step in NAS...

Strategic celestography and lunar competition: Artemis, CLEP, and the struggle for positional advantage

As the United States and China race to the Moon, both countries are considering bases in the same south polar region. Gl...

A tale of two Martian cities

What is the right governance model for future Martian settlements? Thomas Gangale examines two very models for how peopl...

Risky Business #832 -- Anthropic unveils magical 0day computer God

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James Wilson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover: Anth...

When emigration helps bad rulers survive

A new book finds links between mass migration and democratic backsliding worldwide

Artemis eclipses

Artemis 2 successfully launched last week, with the Orion spacecraft flying around the Moon on the first crewed lunar mi...

Ownership without oversight: Australia's on-orbit supervision gap

The recent sale of an imaging satellite already in orbit to an Australian company has uncovered a gap in how the country...

How the World Got Owned Episode 2: The 1990s, Part One

In this special documentary episode, Patrick Gray and Amberleigh Jack take a look back at hacking throughout the 1990s, ...

Risky Business #831 -- The AI bugpocalypse begins

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray, Adam Boileau and James Wilson discuss the week’s cybersecurity news. They cover: Thos...

Hurricane Trump threatens to blow China off course

Chinese elites do not agree on who may win from the war in Iran

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – March 2026 edition

The past four weeks have seen a slew of new cybersecurity wake-up calls that showed why every organization needs a well-...