The Host Unknown Podcast Episode 78 - A Record Breaking Breaking Episode
This Week in InfoSec (13:03)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account
20th October 1996: Twenty-five years ago today. Happy birthday, Ping of Death.
https://twitter.com/ajMSFT/status/1450833383597043713?s=20
15th October 1985: 50 FBI agents raided more than 20 homes, seizing 25 personal computers (mostly Commodore 64s) after a group of at least 23 teenagers in San Diego County remotely broke into Chase Manhattan Bank computer systems that July and August.
CHASE COMPUTER RAIDED BY YOUTHS
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1184283049204174849
On the Group Chat (20:27)
From @maxsec friend of the show:
Cybercrime gang sets up fake company to hire security experts to aid in ransomware attacks
https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1451241038908121099
Billy Big Balls of the Week (29:04)
https://twitter.com/ImposeCost/status/1449738212696641538?s=20
Industry News (36:50)
US Treasury Tracks $5.2bn of Ransomware Transactions in Six Months
Twitch: No Passwords Were Taken in Data Breach
UK in Midst of $200m Crypto Fraud Epidemic
Apple iCloud Hacker Steals Nudes
LightBasin Operation Compromises 13 Global Telcos in Two Years
Microsoft, Intel and Goldman Sachs Team Up For New Supply Chain Security Initiative
Twitter Pulls Account After Argentinian Mega Breach Claims
Data Scrapers Expose 2.6 Million Instagram and TikTok Users
US to Ban Export of Hacking Tools to Authoritarian States
Tweet of the Week (46:02)
https://twitter.com/ElJefeDSecurIT/status/1451232980463075332
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