Episode 78 - A Record Breaking Breaking Episode

This Week in InfoSec (13:03)

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

20th October 1996: Twenty-five years ago today. Happy birthday, Ping of Death. 

Ping of Death

https://twitter.com/ajMSFT/status/1450833383597043713?s=20

15th October 1985: 50 FBI agents raided more than 20 homes, seizing 25 personal computers (mostly Commodore 64s) after a group of at least 23 teenagers in San Diego County remotely broke into Chase Manhattan Bank computer systems that July and August.

CHASE COMPUTER RAIDED BY YOUTHS

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1184283049204174849

On the Group Chat (20:27) 

From @maxsec friend of the show:

Cybercrime gang sets up fake company to hire security experts to aid in ransomware attacks

https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1451241038908121099

Billy Big Balls of the Week  (29:04)

https://twitter.com/ImposeCost/status/1449738212696641538?s=20

Industry News (36:50)

US Treasury Tracks $5.2bn of Ransomware Transactions in Six Months

Twitch: No Passwords Were Taken in Data Breach

UK in Midst of $200m Crypto Fraud Epidemic

Apple iCloud Hacker Steals Nudes

LightBasin Operation Compromises 13 Global Telcos in Two Years

Microsoft, Intel and Goldman Sachs Team Up For New Supply Chain Security Initiative

Twitter Pulls Account After Argentinian Mega Breach Claims

Data Scrapers Expose 2.6 Million Instagram and TikTok Users

US to Ban Export of Hacking Tools to Authoritarian States

Tweet of the Week (46:02)

https://twitter.com/ElJefeDSecurIT/status/1451232980463075332

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