Episode 79 - Is it a bird a plane or JavMan?
This Week in InfoSec (08:13)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account
29th October 1969: The first message sent over the ARPANET was from Leonard Kleinrock’s UCLA computer, sent by student programmer Charley Kline at 10:30 PM to the second node at Stanford Research Institute’s computer in Menlo Park, California.
The message was simply "Lo." But not on purpose.
Charley Kline Sends the First Message Over the ARPANET from Leonard Kleinrock's Computer
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1321861878985953282
25th October 2008: A 43-year-old woman in Japan was arrested after she hacked into the computer of the man she'd married in the online game MapleStory and erased his carefully constructed digital character after their relationship curdled.
Woman faces jail for hacking her virtual husband to death
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1320513559500128257
Rant of the Week (18:18)
Why You Should Delete Your Facebook App
A stark new warning for almost all iPhone users, as Facebook is suddenly caught “secretly” harvesting sensitive data without anyone realizing. And worse, there’s no way to stop this especially invasive tracking other than by deleting the app.
Billy Big Balls of the Week (27:15)
Teen bought Google ad for his scam website and made 48 Bitcoins duping UK online shoppers
The schoolboy set up a website impersonating gift voucher site Love2Shop. Having done that he then bought Google ads which resulted in his fake site appearing above the real one in search results.
Industry News (34:03)
Government Agents Compromise REvil Backups to Force Group Offline
Halloween Horror-Show for Candy-Maker Hit by Ransomware
New Cybersecurity World Record Set
Tesco App and Website Back Online After Cyber Incident
BlackMatter Bug Saved Victims Millions in Ransom Payments
Study Coordinator Falsified Clinical Trial Data
EC-Council Offers Free Cybersecurity Training
Ofcom's Scam Call-Blocking Plan Could Save Consumers Millions
North Korean Lazarus APT Targets Software Supply Chain
Tweet of the week (41:28)
https://twitter.com/coriplusplus/status/1453483418944159748
https://twitter.com/MegabitMeghan/status/1453398057312215042
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