This week in Infosec takes us back to a time when the hunter became the hunted on the streets of Las Vegas Billy Big Balls shows Industry News is back home and continues to bring us the latest and greatest security news stories from the around the world Rant of the week tells just how unlucky some UK politicians are And Tweet of the week shows us how the best intentions of a hobby can lead to a professional career
This Week in InfoSec (07:40)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account
30th July 2013: Chelsea Manning (their name was Bradley Manning at the time) was found guilty of espionage, theft, and computer fraud, as well as military infractions.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1421171398656024587
3rd August 2007: Reporter Michelle Madigan (Associate Producer of Dateline NBC) went undercover at DEF CON with a hidden camera to try to get attendees to confess to crimes, was outed by @thedarktangent, and bolted from the venue chased by a pack of 150 people.
Dateline Mole Allegedly at DefCon with Hidden Camera
An undercover Dateline NBC reporter flees the Defcon (Video)
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1422682529220472833
Rant of the Week (18:42)
Billy Big Balls of the Week (29:45)
https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1423109002280513540?s=20
Industry News (41:04)
US Seeks Espionage Retrial for Chinese Researcher
Zoom Pays $85m to Settle Privacy Suit
US Senate: Seven out of Eight Agencies Are Failing on Cyber
Son Charged in Murder of Cybersecurity ‘Genius’
MoD Boosts Cyber-Resilience with Ethical Hacker Project
Over 60 Million Americans Exposed Through Misconfigured Database
Web Shells and Digital Extortion Drive Triple-Digit Growth in Cyber-Intrusions
Decade-Old Router Bug Could Affect Millions of Devices
Cybercrime Ransomware 'Ban' is No Match for Threat Actors
Tweet of the Week (54:52)
https://twitter.com/iamdevloper/status/1423219304435228676?s=21
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