This week in InfoSec is the age old story about a 15 year old bringing down multi-million dollar companies Rant of the Week could have been a casino BBB for Javvad but is instead rant from me Billy Big Balls asks Javvad to praise Apple’s innovation to change culture Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week is some insurance advice
This week in InfoSec (08:18)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield
13th September 2011: Backup tapes containing info on 4.9 million TRICARE military health care customers were stolen from an SAIC employee's parked car which a burglar broke into by breaking a vent window.
TRICARE Breach Affects 4.9 Million
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1701936923579732231
12th September 2001: MafiaBoy (Michael Calce) was sentenced in Canada to 8 months of open custody, 1 year of probation, and restricted Internet use for crimes related to DoS attacks he performed against numerous high profile websites at age 15 the year prior.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1701628591262302571
Rant of the Week (17:27)
[Responsible disclosure? Even close competitors share threat intel]:
https://twitter.com/vegasstarfish/status/1702076730075492739 - video in link too
Billy Big Balls of the Week (25:21)
10 years ago, Apple finally convinced us to lock our phones
Every phone you pick up today has a fingerprint scanner, a face scanner, an option for PINs with four, six, or more digits, and often all of them at once. Phones prompt you to set up a scan and a passcode the first time you turn them on, and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn’t have some form of security set up.
But go back just 10 years, and the story was very different. Back when our phones were still used almost entirely as phones and not teeny personal computers, most of the “locking” features on mobile devices were designed more to prevent you from butt-dialing anyone than to protect your sensitive information.
It wasn’t until the iPhone 5S came along — 10 years ago this month — that everything changed.
It just goes to show how much of an innovator and an investor in security Apple always has been.
They removed the headphone jack and called it courage…
Just a couple of days ago they pushed the boundaries of innovation even more and introduced USB C to the latest iphones. Now that’s real courage
Industry News (34:29)
Ransomware Attack Wipes Out Sri Lankan Government Data
Europol: Financial Crime Makes “Billions” and Impacts “Millions”
Cyber-criminals “Jailbreak” AI Chatbots For Malicious Ends
UK ICO and NCSC Set to Share Anonymized Threat Intelligence
MGM Criticized for Repeated Security Failures
New Microsoft Teams Phishing Campaign Targets Corporate Employees
Lazarus Group Blamed For $53m Heist at CoinEx
Elon Musk in Hot Water With FTC Over Twitter Privacy Issues
Manchester Police Officers’ Data Breached in Third-Party Attack
Tweet of the Week (41:54)
