Episode 56 - The Post Birthday Blues

This Week in InfoSec

Liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account:

15th May 1998: The first issue of Bruce Schneier's (@schneierblog) monthly Crypto-Gram internet newsletter was published. And The Secret Story of Non-Secret Encryption is a pretty pretty pretty pretty...good read.

https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/1998/0515.html

https://www.schneierfacts.com/

https://twitter.com/sirjester/status/867809572173602817

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1393708868304359426  

22nd May 2010: A Floridian man named Laszlo Hanyecz, received what he thought was a “free lunch”.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0

Bitcoin Pizza Day: Why Bitcoiners Are Celebrating Today By Eating Pizza

Bitcoin's surge beyond $60,000 means the famed programmer Laszlo Hanyecz effectively paid $613 million for 2 pizzas

Rant of the Week

We'd love to report on the outcome of the CREST exam cheatsheet probe, but the UK infosec body won't publish it

https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/17/crest_not_publishing_cert_exam_cheat_report/

Billy Big Balls of the Week

The Military Is Creating a ‘Gig Eagle’ App to Uber-ize Its Workforce

“We are creating a gig economy for the Department of Defense,” said one official.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7bzvw/the-military-is-creating-a-gig-eagle-app-to-uber-ize-its-workforce

Industry News

Rapid7 Source Code Accessed in Cyber-attack

Quarter of CISOs Self-Medicate as Pandemic Stress Spikes

US Sentences Cyber-Stalker Who Sent Sex Workers to Family’s Home

Toshiba Business Reportedly Hit by DarkSide Ransomware

Cybercrime Forum Bans Ransomware Activity

AXA Faces DDoS After Ransomware Attack

Families of Missing Persons Receive Fake Ransom Demands

DarkSide Gang Retires on $90mUSPS Reportedly Uses Clearview AI to Spy on Americans

Tweet of the Week

https://twitter.com/WeldPond/status/1395151316809306114

https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/1395502236101451777

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