Episode 102 - End of an Era

This Week in Infosec (09:52)

With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield

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Rant of the Week (10:59)

https://twitter.com/johnjhacking/status/1520877711094394884?s=21&t=nryrC32Sfqnyb1x0_0K2YA

Full story:

https://twitter.com/johnjhacking/status/1521629688120156160?s=21&t=nryrC32Sfqnyb1x0_0K2YA

Billy Big balls of the Week (19:45)

The Indian government has issued new directives requiring organizations to report cybersecurity incidents to CERT-IN within six hours, even if those incidents are port or vulnerability scans of computer systems.

This requirement was promoted by India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), who states it has identified specific gaps causing difficulties in security incident analysis and response, and to address them, it needs to impose more aggressive measures.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/india-to-require-cybersecurity-incident-reporting-within-six-hours/

Industry News (27:49)

HHS Information Security Program 'Not Effective'

SIM Fraud Solution Sparks Privacy Fears

Groundbreaking Cybersecurity Book Published

GitHub to Enforce Two-Factor Authentication

Hunter Biden Laptop Repairman Sues Over Hacker Allegations

NHS Inboxes Hijacked to Send 1000+ Malicious Emails

Microsoft, Apple and Google Team Up on Passwordless Standard

Ukrainians DDoS Russian Vodka Supply Chains

Special Police Constable Used Encrypted Chat to Post Child Abuse Content

Tweet of the Week (39:24)

https://twitter.com/joehelle/status/1521241363785953280?s=21&t=nryrC32Sfqnyb1x0_0K2YA

https://twitter.com/soychotic/status/1520126831478951936?s=20&t=hpsXh46fM3YmrHtbI3mkuw

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