This week in Infosec highlights a plothole Rant of the Week “Won’t somebody think of the researchers????” Billy Big Balls is a story about the organ that is attached to said Big Balls Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week is a piece of advice for Elon Musk
This Week in InfoSec (07:03)
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15th May 2003: In the Friends episode "The One in Barbados, Part One", Ross Geller's laptop was infected by the Kournikova worm when Chandler Bing checked his email on it and opened an email claiming to contain nude images of tennis player Ana Kournikova.
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Rant of the Week (09:34)
Department of Justice Announces New Policy for Charging Cases under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
DOJ says it will no longer prosecute good-faith hackers under CFAA
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday it will not bring charges under federal hacking laws against security researchers and hackers who act in good faith.
The policy for the first time “directs that good-faith security research should not be charged” under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a seismic shift away from its previous policy that allowed prosecutors to bring federal charges against hackers who find security flaws for the purpose of helping to secure exposed or vulnerable systems.
The Justice Department said that good-faith researchers are those who carry out their activity “in a manner designed to avoid any harm to individuals or the public,” and where the information is “used primarily to promote the security or safety of the class of devices, machines, or online services to which the accessed computer belongs, or those who use such devices, machines, or online services.”
Billy Big Balls of the Week (17:05)
National bank hit by ransomware trolls hackers with dick pics
After suffering a ransomware attack by the Hive operation, the Bank of Zambia made it clear that they were not going to pay by posting a picture of male genitalia and telling the hackers to s… (well, you can use your imagination).
Last week, the Bank of Zambia, the country's central bank, disclosed that recent technical outages resulted from a cyberattack.
"The Bank of Zambia wishes to inform members of the public that it experienced a partial disruption to some of its Information Technology (IT) applications on Monday 9th May 2022," disclosed the bank in a press release.
"The disruption, which affected some systems at the Bank such as the Bureau De Change Monitoring System and the Website, emanated from a suspected cybersecurity incident. We wish to advise that these systems have since been fully restored."
Industry News (20:50)
Doctor Accused of Being Prolific Ransomware Developer
US Government Warns Firms to Avoid Hiring North Korean IT Workers
Police Warn of £15m Courier Scams
Digital Skimming is Now the Preserve of Non-Magecart Groups
UK Government: Lack of Skills the Number One Issue in Cybersecurity
Jav: Personal Information of Nearly Two Million Texans Exposed
Half of IT Leaders Store Passwords in Shared Docs
Microsoft President: Cyber Space Has Become the New Domain of Warfare
CISA Issues Emergency Directive for VMware Vulnerabilities
Tweet of the Week (26:16)
