Episode 75 - The Old Men of InfoSec

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This week in Infosec

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27th September 2001: Jan de Wit was sentenced to 150 hours of community service in the Netherlands for creating and spreading the Anna Kournikova virus. It was one of the first of the major viruses created from a virus toolkit - the dawn of cybercrime toolkits.

Kournikova virus kiddie gets 150 hours community service

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1177772557077843968

27th September 1998: On this day in 1998: Google launches

Google Milestones

8 Search Engines That Rocked Before Google Even Existed

https://twitter.com/JonErlichman/status/1442432706877399049?s=20  

Rant of the Week

Secure those Macs: Apple must step up and support older machines

For the good of the planet and the safety of its users, it's time for Apple to step up and support its older machines.

Billy big Balls of the Week

Mr Gox

A hamster has been trading cryptocurrencies in a cage rigged to automatically buy and sell tokens since June - and it's currently outperforming the S&P 500

Industry News

EU Slams Russia Over Disinformation Hacking Campaign

Huawei CFO Released After Admitting She Misled Bank

Computer Scientist Jailed Over Dark Web Conspiracy

Crypto Developer Pleads Guilty to North Korean Plot

Canadian Vaccine Passport App Exposes Data

SolarWinds Attackers Develop New FoggyWeb Backdoor

Vulnerability Exposes iPhone Users to Payment Fraud

Scammers Capitalize on Release of New Bond Movie

Cyber Second Only to Climate Change as Biggest Global Risk

Tweet of the Week

https://twitter.com/csoandy/status/1442501996750118915?s=20

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