Episode 74 - Was it me or was it a long week?

This Week in InfoSec (04:56)

With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account

1. 18th September 2015: Google notified Symantec that the latter issued 23 test certificates for five organizations, including Google and Opera, without the domain owners' knowledge. Symantec performed an audit and announced that an additional 2,622 test certificates were mis-issued.

Sustaining Digital Certificate Security

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1439388653264965638

20th September 1996: An email began spreading about a destructive virus named Irina. Some virus nerd called Graham Cluley discovered it was a hoax "marketing ploy" from Penguin Books.

Computer Viruses and Hoaxes

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1307862674387144705

The Box © Charlie Langford

Rant of the Week (12:55)

Investigation launched after MoD email blunder

Billy Big Balls of the Week (20:55)

Tick, tick, tick … TikTok China just limited kids to 40 minutes' use each day

Industry News (34:17)

Experts Concerned Over New Digital Secretary's Lack of Cyber Knowledge

Romance Scammers Make $133m in First Half of 2021

Former IT Exec Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading Conspiracy

Data of 106 Million Visitors to Thailand Breached

European Police Bust €10m Mafia Fraud Ring

Prison for AT&T Phone-Unlocking Fraudster

Afghan Interpreters' Data Exposed in MoD Breach

Half of Web Owners Don't Know if Their Site Has Been AttackedUS Eye-Care Providers Report Data Breaches

Tweet of the Week (41:43)

https://twitter.com/aprivateguy/status/1441091095471874053?s=20

https://twitter.com/ReverseICS/status/1441048111292506112

And just for Andy...

https://twitter.com/AlyssaM_InfoSec/status/1441135546961563649?s=20

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