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Linux adds PCIe encryption to help secure cloud servers Europol cracks down on violence as a service providers the International Criminal Court prepares for cyber enabled genocide and Cambodia busts a warehouse full of SMS blasters. This is the risky bulletin prepared by Catalyn Kim Panu and read by me, Claire Aird. Take today is the 10th of December and this podcast episode is brought to you by Mastercard. In today's top story, the Linux kernel is adding support for PCI Express Link encryption. The new feature is designed to protect communications between the CPU and components connected via the PCI Express interface in home computers. PCI Express connections are commonly used for graphics cards. However, the standard is also widely used by the servers that run cloud infrastructure. The new feature was developed by intel, AMD and ARM. It'll roll out with the upcoming version 6.19 release of the Linux kernel. In other news South Korean authorities have raided the headquarters of local e commerce giant Kupang. The raid sought evidence related to a recent hack that exposed the personal data of two thirds of the country's population. Local media reports have claimed the company had minimal cyber insurance coverage and poor data protection practices. Coupang filed a complaint against a former employee in relation to the hack. A identified only as a Chinese national. The US House and Senate have reached an agreement on the 2026 National Defence Authorisation Act. The bill includes several cybersecurity related clauses. One requires senior Department of Defence officials to use encrypted phones. Another will provide mental health services for cyber personnel. The bill also includes language to discourage the use of spyware against journalists and seeks to end the so called dual hat joint leadership of NSA and Cyber Command. The NDAA is expected to be submitted for a vote this week. The International Criminal Court will investigate genocide and war crimes that have been enabled through cyberspace. The ICC published a new policy this month that puts cyber on the same footing as crimes committed through more traditional means. Hacks, data leaks, propaganda and social media posts will now be accepted as evidence in ICC investigations. Polish authorities have arrested three Ukrainian men with a car full of hacking equipment. Officials seized Flipper zero devices, antennas, laptops, portable hard drives, SIM cards and routers. They also seized something authorities described as a spying device detector. The suspects did not say why they had the equipment in the car. Russian authorities have arrested three suspects accused of using NFC relaying malware. The trio stole more than $2.6 million from the bank accounts of Russian citizens. Valware used NFC radios on victims phones to communicate with their bank cards. The data was relayed to an accomplice who used it to withdraw cash from ATMs. Spanish police have arrested a 19 year old for selling data stolen from nine companies. The teen was arrested this week in the city of Igualada near Barcelona. He allegedly stole more than 64 million records which he attempted to sell on multiple hacking forums. Meantime, Europol has arrested 193 people associated with violence as the service providers. This includes platform operators, individuals who recruited people for violent acts and the actual perpetrators. The suspects were linked to shootings and attempted murders across several European countries. Cambodian authorities have raided a warehouse that stored a dozen SMS Blaster devices. The equipment was allegedly being prepared to be installed in cars and driven around the city of Phnom Penh. Police discovered the warehouse after stopping an SMS Blaster equipped car last week. And finally, Apple and Google have sent fresh spyware notifications to users in almost 80 countries. Neither company provided details about the specific spyware involved. However, the notifications were sent just days after Google published a report on the activity of spyware vendor Intellexa. And that is all for this podcast edition. Today's show is brought to you by our sponsor MasterCard. Find them@mastercard.com thanks for your company.