The Jerich Show Episode 35 - Ransomware, WiFi Ownage and Facial Recognition

In this episode Erich and Javvad discuss stories related to ransomware, vulnerabilites in some WiFi chipsets and issues related to the Greek police officers being issued hardware allowing for facial recognition and fingerprint identification.

Stories in this episode:

Critical Bugs Found in Popular Realtek Wi-Fi Module for Embedded Devices:

https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/critical-bugs-found-in-popular-realtek.html

Ransomware attacks increasingly destroy victims’ data by mistake:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rise-in-ransomware-attacks-mistakenly-causing-data-destruction/

Ransomware: A company paid millions to get their data back, but forgot to do one thing. So the hackers came back again:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-this-is-the-first-thing-you-should-think-about-if-you-fall-victim-to-an-attack/

Greek Police to Introduce Live Facial Recognition:

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/greek-police-to-introduce-live