This week in Infosec takes us back to simpler times when hacking groups had monocles Rant of the week looks at shithousery of the magnitude we’ve come to expect from EC-Council Billy Big Balls is the story of two brothers who said “We got hacked and we'll be right back” (two months ago) Industry News brings you the latest and greatest infosec news from around the globe and... Tweet of the week will not be taking questions
This week in Infosec
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account
19th June 1987: The first Summercon hacker conference was held in St. Louis, Missouri and was run by the hacker zine Phrack. It's still going strong - the 33rd edition took place virtually last year with in-person attendance returning to NYC next month.
https://hackstory.net/Summercon
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1274065780288548864
20th June 2011: The earliest attack of Operation AntiSec was performed by LulzSec against the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1274498724786397184
Rant of the Week
Ethics in Cybersecurity Marketing – Principles of Value Contribution
EC-Council was recently discovered to be publishing blogs that were, in the opinion of a lawyer I spoke to, plagiarized from security and technology experts. One such work was my blog, “What is a Business Information Security Officer (BISO)”. What follows is a description of the events and what I believe needs to be done to correct this horrific trend.
Alyssa Miller Duchess of Hackington @AlyssaM_InfoSec
So I really want @ECCouncil to understand the damage they've done (a thread):
EC-Council Deflects After Calls of Most Recent Plagiarism
Billy Big Balls of the Week
“We got hacked and we'll be right back”, duo said ... two months ago.
South African Brothers Vanish, and So Does $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin
A Cape Town law firm hired by investors says they can’t locate the brothers and has reported the matter to the Hawks, an elite unit of the national police force. It’s also told crypto exchanges across the globe should any attempt be made to convert the digital coins.
In the time the story first hit, to the time Forbes published it, the value of the haul had dropped significantly in line with the volatility we expect :)
South African Brothers Disappear, Along With $2.2 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin
Industry News
Novel Phishing Attack Abuses Google Drive and Docs
Google Spices Up Supply Chain Security with SLSA Framework
Nuclear Research Institute Breached by Suspected North Korean Hackers
Finger Scanning Costs Six Flags $36m
SEC Probes SolarWinds Breach Disclosure Failures
NIST Publishes Ransomware Guidance
Nuisance Call Company Fined £130,000 After Eight-Month Blitz
Anti-virus Pioneer John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell
Google Pushes Back Cookie Removal Plans to 2023
The John McAfee story
How to uninstall McAfee anti-virus in his own words
Tweet of the Week
