Episode 80 - The Thom Langford A.I.

This week in infosec

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

Honourable mention for the Morris Worm

1. 3rd November 2000: A Dutch hacker gained access to Microsoft's network by exploiting a vulnerability Microsoft issued a patch for 10 weeks earlier. 

The Patch MS Forgot to Apply

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1323807889425895424

1. 25th October 2013: Adobe revealed that a breach of 2.9 million customer accounts made public 3 weeks earlier actually affected 38 million users.

Adobe breach THIRTEEN times worse than thought, 38 million users affected

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1323807889425895424  

Rant of the week

Cisco fixes hard-coded credentials and default SSH key issues

Billy big balls 

These Parents Built a School App. Then the City Called the Cops

Stockholm’s official app was a disaster. So annoyed parents built their own open source version—ignoring warnings that it might be illegal.

[INDUSTRY NEWS]

Cops Receive Stalkerware Training

Conti Group Leak Celebs' Data After Ransom Attack on Jeweller

Venmo to Reimburse Hacking Victims

BlackMatter Group Speeds Up Data Theft with New Tool

 Student Loans Company Dismissals Highlight Insider Risk

 NSO Group Blacklisted by US for Trade in Spyware

Cyber-Incident Impacts UK Labour Party

#SecTorCa: Jeff Moss Defines the Role of Hacking 

Threat Actor Claims 'Groove' Ransomware Gang Was Hoax

Tweet of the week

https://twitter.com/summer__heidi/status/1456099556622364672 

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