This week in InfoSec takes us back to the foundations of the modern influencer’s infrastructure Rant of the Week is the age old abuse of power Billy Big Balls asks “Why has this not happened more often?” Industry News is the latest and greatest news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week may be remembered as the modern equivalent of shouting at the moon
This week in InfoSec (07:04)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield
23rd April 2005: The first video uploaded to YouTube, “Me at the zoo,” is posted on April 23, 2005 at 8:27 PM by co-founder Jawed Karim. For now being a piece of history, the video is actually pretty dumb.
Note to future entrepreneurs: what you do may be for posterity. Choose wisely.
22nd April 1988: 1988: The VIRUS-L email mailing list was created and moderated by Ken van Wyk while he was working at Lehigh University. It was the first electronic forum dedicated to discussing computer viruses.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1782424224348446910
Rant of the Week (13:21)
Ring dinged for $5.6M after, among other claims, rogue insider spied on 'pretty girls'
The FTC today announced it would be sending refunds totaling $5.6 million to Ring customers, paid from the Amazon subsidiary's coffers.
The windfall stems from allegations made by the US watchdog that folks could have been, and were, spied upon by cybercriminals and rogue Ring workers via their Ring home security cameras.
The regulator last year accused Ring of sloppy privacy protections that allowed the aforementioned spying to occur or potentially occur.
Specifically, the FTC formally charged Ring with "compromising its customers' privacy by allowing any employee or contractor to access consumers' private videos and by failing to implement basic privacy and security protections, enabling hackers to take control of consumers' accounts, cameras, and videos."
Billy Big Balls of the Week (21:41)
Cops cuff man for allegedly framing colleague with AI-generated hate speech clip
Baltimore police have arrested Dazhon Leslie Darien, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School (PHS), for allegedly impersonating the school's principal using AI software to make it seem as if he made racist and antisemitic remarks.
Darien, of Baltimore, Maryland, was subsequently charged with witness retaliation, stalking, theft, and disrupting school operations. He was detained late at night trying to board a flight at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. Security personnel stopped him because the declared firearm he had with him was improperly packed and an ensuing background check revealed an open warrant for his arrest.
He is quoted as saying “Arse cock pussy”. 😀
"On January 17, 2024, the Baltimore County Police Department became aware of a voice recording being circulated on social media," said Robert McCullough, Chief of Baltimore County Police, at a streamed press conference today. "It was alleged the voice captured on the audio file belong to Mr Eric Eiswert, the Principal at the Pikesville High School. We now have conclusive evidence that the recording was not authentic.
Industry News (30:51)
Quishing Attacks Jump Tenfold, Attachment Payloads Halve
Alarming Decline in Cybersecurity Job Postings in the US
NCSC Announces PwC’s Richard Horne as New CEO
NSA Launches Guidance for Secure AI Deployment
End-to-End Encryption Sparks Concerns Among EU Law Enforcement
Fifth of CISOs Admit Staff Leaked Data Via GenAI
US Congress Passes Bill to Ban TikTok
Online Banking Security Still Not Up to Par, Says Which?
Ring to Pay Out $5.6m in Refunds After Customer Privacy Breach
Tweet of the Week (38:56)
