The MP4/MP3 Format wars continue apace. Ground is gained on both sides, but an impasse is the only inevitable end. This week in Infosec Tweet of the Week Billy Big Balls Rant of the week Will we have a Little people today?
Haribo feature heavily this week, with Andy and Jav fighting over how much and how they should be delivered.
This Week in InfoSec
(Liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account):
5th November 1993: The Bugtraq mailing list was created by Scott Chasin.
In 1995 it became the property of SecurityFocus, in 2002 Symantec acquired SecurityFocus, and the last message was posted to the list on February 25th, 2020, with no explanation from Symantec. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugtraq
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1324497907245109248?s=20
13th November 2012: John McAfee went into hiding because his neighbor Gregory Faull was found dead from a gunshot the day before. Belize police wanted McAfee to come in for questioning, but McAfee stated the police were “out to get him”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/14/john-mcafee-hiding-businessman-murder
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1326993312247656451?s=20
Billy Big Balls
Chris Nikic becomes first person with Down's syndrome to finish an Ironman triathlon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/triathlon/54869998
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Rant of the Week
Ransomware Group Turns to Facebook Ads
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/11/ransomware-group-turns-to-facebook-ads
Mark Zuckerberg defends not suspending Steve Bannon from Facebook
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/12/mark-zuckerberg-steve-bannon-facebook-fauci-ban
Industry News
Has the Rise of Identity Seen the Death of Anonymity?
Price Dropped on Hacked Educational RDP Details
Malicious Use of SSL Increases as Attackers Deploy Hidden Attacks
#EdgeLive: DDoS Attacks Are Evolving into Extortion-Led RDoS Campaigns
#EdgeLive: Stopping API Attacks with Bot Mitigation
Top Ten: Things Learned from the (ISC)2 Workforce Study
#EdgeLive: Phishing Attacks Now Targeting Enterprise Specifics
PSD2 Faces Further Delays as UK Lags Behind European Compliance
Recommendations Accepted in Advancement for EU Data Protection Transfers
Tweet of the Week
https://twitter.com/phil_branigan1/status/1324761080762163203?s=20
But also a story brought to our attention by @mat:
Google Photos is ending unlimited storage and people are not happy
https://mashable.com/article/google-photos-ends-unlimited-free-storage/?europe=true
https://twitter.com/mat/status/1326593729860231168?s=20
The Little People
The marvellously moustachioed Christian Toon