This week in Infosec talks about life before Groupon Rant of the Week is still on holiday this week so an “As seen on Reddit” is covering Billy Big Balls are also still on holiday so we’ll go into: Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week is an urgent message for users
This Week in InfoSec (09:26)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield
26th April 2013: LivingSocial informed its employees that 50 million users' names, emails, dates of birth, and SHA1 hashed passwords were compromised.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1519039747301199872
26th April 1999: The first known virus to target the flash BIOS of a PC, the CIH/Chernobyl Virus triggers on this day, erasing hard drives and disabling PCs primarily in Asia and Europe. One of the most destructive viruses in history, Turkey and South Korea alone reported 300,000 infected systems.
As Seen on Reddit (23:29)
My thoughts on a decade of Cyber Security: 10 Lessons I’ve learned
Reddit user u/CrowGrandFather has spent more than a decade in the Cyber Security Industry and has come up with 10 lessons he learned along the way.
1. Cyber is risk and nothing else
2. No one cares about your stats
3. Understand that not everyone is as smart as you
4. Stop with the playbooks
5. Read the news for your boss
6. Blackhat is mostly pointless
7. Location, Location, Location
8. You’re probably doing threat intelligence wrong
9. Don’t write to be understood, write so that you can’t possibly be misunderstood
10. Make friends with your Marketing team
[That was this week's As seen on Reddit]
Industry News (42:07)
LinkedIn Becomes the Most Impersonated Brand for Phishing Attacks
Costa Rica Refuses to Pay Cyber Ransom
Bored Ape Yacht Club Customers Lose $3m in NFT Scam
French Hospitals Cut Internet Connection After Data Raid
Security Teams Should Be Addressing Quantum Cyber-Threats Now
Private Investigator Admits Role in Hedge Fund Hack
UK Schools Can Sign-Up to Free Government-Grade Security
Coca-Cola Investigates Data Breach Claim
Crypto Trading Fund Partners Accused of Fraud
Tweet of the Week (45:00)
https://twitter.com/austinpeay/status/1519397653305561088
