This week in Infosec takes us back to the humble beginnings of Infosec’s Chuck Norris. Rant of the week addresses the outcome of the CREST cheat sheet probe. Billy Big Balls this week sees the US military Uber-ise Its Workforce. Industry News brings us the latest and greatest infosec news from around the globe. Tweet of the week tries to sneak in another “this week in infosec”. The literal definition of down-to-earth is all we have to say on the topic of the Little People this week.
This Week in InfoSec
Liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account:
15th May 1998: The first issue of Bruce Schneier's (@schneierblog) monthly Crypto-Gram internet newsletter was published. And The Secret Story of Non-Secret Encryption is a pretty pretty pretty pretty...good read.
https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/1998/0515.html
https://www.schneierfacts.com/
https://twitter.com/sirjester/status/867809572173602817
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1393708868304359426
22nd May 2010: A Floridian man named Laszlo Hanyecz, received what he thought was a “free lunch”.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0
Bitcoin Pizza Day: Why Bitcoiners Are Celebrating Today By Eating Pizza
Rant of the Week
We'd love to report on the outcome of the CREST exam cheatsheet probe, but the UK infosec body won't publish it
https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/17/crest_not_publishing_cert_exam_cheat_report/
Billy Big Balls of the Week
The Military Is Creating a ‘Gig Eagle’ App to Uber-ize Its Workforce
“We are creating a gig economy for the Department of Defense,” said one official.
Industry News
Rapid7 Source Code Accessed in Cyber-attack
Quarter of CISOs Self-Medicate as Pandemic Stress Spikes
US Sentences Cyber-Stalker Who Sent Sex Workers to Family’s Home
Toshiba Business Reportedly Hit by DarkSide Ransomware
Cybercrime Forum Bans Ransomware Activity
AXA Faces DDoS After Ransomware Attack
Families of Missing Persons Receive Fake Ransom Demands
DarkSide Gang Retires on $90mUSPS Reportedly Uses Clearview AI to Spy on Americans
Tweet of the Week
https://twitter.com/WeldPond/status/1395151316809306114
