Month: May 2023

In this episode, Erich and Javvad talk about Dish breach, an IT worker that piggybacked on a hackers extortion attempt, Googles new .zip and .mov domains, Met’s huge $1.3B fine, and much more #cybersecurity news!

 

Stories from the show:

Dish confirms 300,000 peoples data was exposed in February’s attack
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/23/dish_networks/ 

IT Worker Admits Piggybacking on Hacker’s Extortion Attempt 
https://www.inforisktoday.com/worker-admits-piggybacking-on-hackers-extortion-attempt-a-22142 

18-year-old charged with hacking 60,000 DraftKings betting accounts
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/18-year-old-charged-with-hacking-60-000-draftkings-betting-accounts/

Google’s .zip, .mov Domains Give Social Engineers a Shiny New Tool
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/google-zip-mov-domains-social-engineers-shiny-new-tool

Meta Hit With $1.3B Record-Breaking Fine for GDPR Violations
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/meta-hit-1-3b-record-breaking-fine-gdpr-violations

 

In this episode Erich and Javvad discuss the weekly stories in #cybersecurity, including the Tik Tok ban in Montana, insured organizations are more likely to be ransomware victims, OpenAI CEO calls for slowing and more! 

 

 

Stories from the show:

TikTok: Montana to become first US state to ban app on personal devices

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65630201

 

Insured companies more likely to be ransomware victims, sometimes more than once

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3696350/insured-companies-more-likely-to-be-ransomware-victims-sometimes-more-than-once.html

 

UK Pension Scheme: Members Should Assume Capita Data Theft

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/pension-scheme-members-capita-data/

 

Sam Altman: CEO of OpenAI calls for US to regulate artificial intelligence

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65616866

 

Upstart encryption app walks back privacy claims, pulls from stores after probe

https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/17/converso_e2ee_app/ 

In this episode, Javvad and Erich recover from a crazy April and early May, but are back live to chat about some top cyber stories. 

 

Stories from the show:

Deconstructing a Cybersecurity Event
https://www.dragos.com/blog/deconstructing-a-cybersecurity-event/ 

European Parliament points to Morocco as ‘possibly’ responsible for Pegasus spying 
https://thediplomatinspain.com/en/2023/05/european-parliament-points-to-morocco-as-possibly-responsible-for-pegasus-spying/ 

India to send official whassup to WhatsApp after massive spamstorm
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/12/india_whatsapp_spam_privacy_demands/ 

HP Firmware update blocks 3rd party ink
https://twitter.com/dcuthbert/status/1656926678096986112?s=20 

NCSC and ICO Dispel Incident Reporting Myths
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ncsc-ico-dispel-incident-reporting/ 

Bad Bots Now Account For 30% of All Internet Traffic
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/bad-bots-now-comprise-30-of-all/

Ransomware payments nearly double in one year
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/10/ransomware-payments-nearly-double-in-one-year

Millions of mobile phones come pre-infected with malware, say researchers
https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/11/bh_asia_mobile_phones/