Episode 54 - A Life Half Lived

Author: Thom Langford, Carole Baskin, Javvad Malik, Andrew Agnês
Published: Fri 07 May 2021
Episode Link: https://podcast.hostunknown.tv/episodes/episode-54-a-life-half-lived-PbVyKhjD

This Week in InfoSec

Liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account

4th May 1990: Robert Tappan Morris was sentenced to 3 years probation, fined $10,000, and ordered to perform 400 hours of community service. Why? For releasing the Morris worm in 1988, then becoming the first person convicted under the then-new Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1257352370335465472

4th May 2000: The ILOVEYOU worm spread worldwide, infecting an estimated 10% of the Internet-connected computers.

Its author was never prosecuted because the Philippines didn’t have any relevant laws. He was recently tracked down and interviewed about the worm:

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-52458765

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1257833516454211584

A little Billy Bonus...

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6794950191586836480/

A Little Cheap Plug:

https://labs.sentinelone.com/cve-2021-21551-hundreds-of-millions-of-dell-computers-at-risk-due-to-multiple-bios-driver-privilege-escalation-flaws/

Rant of the Week

Twitter introduced a tip jar - except, when you use paypal to send the tip, it sends your registered address too! Noice.

It’s not really an issue with twitter - more of a feature of PayPal cos that's how it sends receipts for goods and services. This threat exists with all users of PayPal. Not just tip jar.

But this isn’t really a rant about privacy or tipjar… let’s talk about Whitney Merrill’s tweet….

https://twitter.com/wbm312/status/1390444554587832324?s=20

Billy Big Balls of the Week

Dashcam footage showed the moment a gang of armed robbers in South Africa attempted a cash-in-transit heist by chasing and firing shots into a bulletproof security vehicle.

Members of a private security company were transporting money in a truck in the northern city of Pretoria on April 22 when they were attacked.

In the three-minute video, a security officer is seen driving with a colleague. Both men are wearing bulletproof vests.

https://twitter.com/Abramjee/status/1388194148210167810

https://www.insider.com/watch-video-shows-armored-cars-crew-in-daring-escape-under-fire-2021-5