Episode 180 - Its a Full House Episode

This week in InfoSec  (09:34)

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

11th January 2000: Newly declassified documents proved the existence of ECHELON, a global eavesdropping network run by the NSA.

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1745518896495390826  

13th January 2009: The domain name http://clintonemail.com was registered - the one used for email addresses on the Clinton family's private email server, which drew controversy when it was revealed that then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used it for official communications.

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1746214861091053961    

Rant of the Week (15:53)

The 'nothing-happened' Y2K bug – how the IT industry worked overtime to save world's computers

Forty years ago, both Jerome and Marilyn Murray saw their brainchild reach the light of day. In 1984, their book, Computers in Crisis, was published, becoming the first authoritative guide to the Millennium Bug coding problem, which, in the final year of the century, would consume media, political and business attention.

Today, more than 20 years after the date-field imposed deadline passed, the Millennium Bug — or Y2K problem — still gets a mixed reception. 

While many in the industry see it as a job well done — or at least adequately done — it has also become a byword for the over-reach of experts.

Billy Big Balls of the Week (26:55)

Woman films herself being fired by HR to expose how cold U.S. corporate culture can be (Link to actual TikTok video in here)

Forbes article: Viral TikTok Video Of Cloudflare Employee Is A Lesson On How To Not Fire Workers

Recently, many of the new workplace trends have emanated from TikTok. Influencers have ushered in new themes, such as bare minimum Mondays, acting your wage, quiet quitting and rage applying. A new phenomenon has arisen where employees are now documenting their layoffs on the social media platform.

This week, Brittany Pietsch, a mid-market account executive at Cloudflare, an Internet infrastructure provider that offers a variety of security, performance and reliability services for websites and applications, went viral after posting a video of her being let go from the tech company.

Pietsch anticipated her firing, as her “work bff” had been given the pink slip 30 minutes prior to her meeting. The account executive was joined on a video call by a member of the human resources team and another individual, who didn’t introduce himself and jumped right into the purpose of the call, “We have an important meeting today. We finished our evaluations of 2023 performance. This is where you have not met Cloudflare expectations for performance. We have decided to part ways with you.”

Industry News (36:02)

1.3 Million FNF Customers' Data Potentially Exposed in Ransomware Attack

HelloFresh Fined £140K After Sending 80 Million Spam Messages

British Library Catalogue Back Online After Ransomware Attack

Senators Demand Probe into SEC Hack After Bitcoin Price Spike

Tool Identifies Pegasus and Other iOS Spyware

Majorca Tourist Hotspot Hit With $11m Ransom Demand

AI, Gaming, FinTech Named Major Cybersecurity Threats For Kids

NCSC Builds New “Cyber League” Threat Tracking Community

Iranian Phishing Campaign Targets Israel-Hamas War Experts

Tweet of the Week (42:01)

https://twitter.com/0xdade/status/1747820425693045014

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