This week in InfoSec takes us to a time where Mac was compatible with everything Rant of the Week is, unfortunately, the very real impact of criminal hacking Billy Big Balls is a selfless act of kindness Industry News is the latest and greatest news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week is the reality behind VCs
This week in InfoSec (07:40)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield
3 July 1996 - a mere 28 years ago the movie Independence Day was released. In it, Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith fly into an alien vessel in a 50-year-old space junker, then upload a computer virus in less than 5 minutes
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1808464060972667170
Rant of the Week (11:07)
Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London hospitals
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/05/qilin_impacts_patient/
EXCLUSIVE The latest figures suggest that around 1,500 medical procedures have been canceled across some of London's biggest hospitals in the four weeks since Qilin's ransomware attack hit pathology services provider Synnovis. But perhaps no single person was affected as severely as Johanna Groothuizen.
Hanna – the name she goes by – is now missing her right breast after her skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction surgery was swapped out for a simple mastectomy at the last minute.
Billy Big Balls of the Week (18:20)
Ransomware scum who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/04/hackers_of_indonesian_government_apologize/
Industry News (24:28)
Vinted Fined €2.3m Over Data Protection Failure
Europol Warns of Home Routing Challenges For Lawful Interception
Meta Faces Suspension of AI Data Training in Brazil
New Ransomware Group Phones Execs to Extort Payment
UK’s NCA Leads Major Cobalt Strike Takedown
Cyber Extortion Soars: SMBs Hit Four Times Harder
New RUSI Report Exposes Psychological Toll of Ransomware, Urges Action
Dozens of Arrests Disrupt €2.5m Vishing Gang
Health Tech Execs Get Jail Time For $1bn Fraud Scheme
Tweet of the Week (31:07)
