The Host Unknown Podcast Episode 53 - The Non Fungible Podcast
This week in Infosec takes us back to a time Microsoft devalued a company, before buying it and another case of something being referred to as electronic graffiti.
Rant of the week is about this one time, at basecamp
Industry News brings us the latest and greatest infosec news from around the globe
Billy Big Balls talks about Apple’s app transparency
Tweet of the week tells us why the CEO of a $2bn Bay Area tech biz was fired (the real reason may SHOCK you)
It’s hard being overlooked all the time and that is all we have to say on the topic of Little People this week.
This week in Infosec
Liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account:
23rd April 2008: Microsoft announced that some of its antivirus tools had mislabeled Skype as adware for several days due to a bad definition update. 3 years later Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2787019/microsoft-mislabels-skype-as-adware.html
https://www.theregister.com/2010/04/21/mcafee_false_positive/
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1253558642537713664
27th April 1986: In protest of rates for satellite dish owners, Captain Midnight jammed HBO's satellite signal for 4 minutes.
Why did he do it? To raise awareness about unfair pricing and restrictive trade practices.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Midnight_broadcast_signal_intrusion
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/captain-midnight-hbo/
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1254799686906425346
Rant of the Week
1. No more societal and political discussions on our company Basecamp account.
2. No more paternalistic benefits.
3. No more committees.
4. No more lingering or dwelling on past decisions.
5. No more 360 reviews.
6. No forgetting what we do here.
https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5
Wider fallout:
https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1387195551205105666
https://twitter.com/jonasdowney/status/1386792772334768130
https://twitter.com/fox/status/1386836877857099777
Billy Big Balls of the Week
Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency for iOS 14.5 is finally out. Here’s what it means for your privacy.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/apples-apptrackingtransparency-upending-mobile-phone-tracking
Industry News
Lockdown Hotel Bookings at Risk Due to DMARC Fail
Last Chance for Forensics Teams Ahead of Emotet Sunday Deadline
Space Command to Launch Dedicated Cyber Center
Threat Actors Impersonate Chase Bank
REvil Removes Apple Extortion Attempt from Site: Report
#COVID19 Rattles Banks and Insurers as Security Budgets Are Slashed
Emotet Group Harvested Over 4.3 Million Victim Emails
US Arrests Alleged Crypto Mixer
The Cellebrite Physical Analyzer – the most intrusive phone-cracking tool offered by the company – no longer supports the direct extraction of iPhone data
https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/27/cellebrite-physical-analyzer-iphone/
Tweet of the Week
https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1387046218602225667
https://www.bloomberg.com/technology?sref=yYYRek8e
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/arts/disaster-girl-meme-nft.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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