This week in Infosec: The most famous DBIR launches, and the source of security talks for a decade hts the wild Rant of the Week: Carole saves us with some real journalistic content. Billy Big Balls: Project Halo vs Tik Tok’s Anti-vaxxers Industry News Brings you the latest and greatest news from our PA newswire from around the world Sticky Pickle of the Week: Our protagonist deals with a neighbourly pickle Tweet of the week: Has crime professionalised at long last?
Artist - Carole Theriault
This week in Infosec
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account (and embellished by us 😉)
11th June 2008: Verizon released the first edition of its annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).
Incidents are still a thing. Data breaches are still a thing. Some stuff has changed. Some hasn't. Time keeps on ticking. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Verizon Business Releases Trailblazing Data-Breach Study Spanning 500 Forensic Investigations
Analysis of the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Report (DBIR)
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1271264648986124289
17th June 2010: The Stuxnet worm was first discovered by Sergey Ulasen at Belarusian antivirus software vendor VirusBlokAda. Announcement: http://anti-virus.by/en/tempo.shtml
Interview with Sergey Ulasen in 2011:
The Man Who Found Stuxnet – Sergey Ulasen in the Spotlight
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1273501720723648512
Rant of the Week
[Carole saves the show by having something prepared (even if it is from the cutting room floor of Smashing Security)]
ICO watchdog 'deeply concerned' over live facial recognition
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57504717
Billy Big Balls of the Week
Doctors and Scientists Are Fighting Vaccine Misinformation on TikTok
The experts of the Team Halo initiative have taken to social media in order to combat falsehoods about COVID-19 and promote accurate vaccine science.
Industry News
VW Vendor Leaves Data Unsecured
IKEA Fined $1.2m for Spying on Employees
Third of Staff Use Security Workarounds at Home
IoT Supply Chain Bug Hits Millions of Cameras
Most Ransomware Victims Are Hit Again After Paying
Football Fever Puts Password Security at Risk
Hackers Can Spy on Peloton Workouts
Puzzling New Malware Blocks Access to Piracy Sites
Sticky Pickle of the Week
A Neighbourly Pickle
Tweet of the Week
