Month: August 2021

In this episode, Erich reminisces about Blackhat and DEFCON, comparing past years to 2021 and Javvad and him discuss some crazy news stories, including one where a cyber thief actually returns $260 million and a new UK governement software that adds a button to report emails to the ‘Ministry of Phishy Things’, or some such government entity. 

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Stories from the show:

Cryptocurrency heist hacker returns $260m in funds:
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58180692

New one-click button will flag dodgy emails directly to cyber experts:
https://news.sky.com/story/new-one-click-button-will-flag-dodgy-emails-directly-to-cyber-experts-12379104

Flight attendant interview video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFoXmnBuLw0

Show Contents:
00:00 – 1:00 Intro
01:00 – 13:30 Blackhat and DEFCON recap
13:30 –  18:27 Cryptocurrency heist hacker returns $260m in funds
18:27 – 28:49 New one-click button will flag dodgy emails directly to cyber experts
28:49 – 30:39 Smelling like regret (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFoXmnBuLw0)
30:39 – 31:04 Outro

In this quick daily recap, Erich and Javvad talk about the closing day of Black Hat and the start of DEFCON, conference speaking and much more.

In this episode, Javvad and Erich discuss the first day at Black Hat 2021. They discuss the low attendance at Black Hat, the topics and big vendors at the show and other observations from the show.

In addition they discuss a ransomware attack on a school, a huge amount of data leaked by a mystery company, security issues with a hotel capsule, and more. 

Look out for more updates from Vegas this year!

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Stories from the show:

Report: Over 63 Million US Citizens Exposed in Massive Data Leak:
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/report-onemorelead-leak/

Isle of Wight schools hit by ransomware attack:
https://www.bbc.com//uk-england-hampshire-58078670

Black Hat: Security Bugs Allow Takeover of Capsule Hotel Rooms:
https://threatpost.com/security-bugs-takeover-capsule-hotel/168376/