This week in Infosec warns of when Sys Admin’s go rogue, Rant of the week is MIA this week, Billy Big Balls gives us a blow by blow account of scooter theft and recovery, Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world, And Tweet of the week shows Apple possibly tripping up on their own shoelaces.
This Week in Infosec (14:29)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account
10th August 2001: A Japanese woman, Kumiyo Kishi, was arrested for accessing her coworker's email account, then contacting the user's ISP to regain access after the coworker changed their password.
Japan arrests woman for email snooping
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1425123899474423811
7th August 2010: Terry Childs was sentenced to 4 years in prison for network tampering after refusing to hand over network passwords to his supervisor. He was later ordered to pay nearly $1.5 million in restitution.
S.F. computer whiz Childs gets 4-year sentence
Sorting out the facts in the Terry Childs case
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1291377901456232448
Billy Big Balls of the Week (28:34)
https://twitter.com/J4vv4D/status/1425381977482539008?s=20
My scooter was stolen last week. Unknown to the thief, I hid two Airtags inside it. I was able to use the Apple Find My network and UWB direction finding to recover the scooter today. Here’s how it all went down: - Dan Guido
Industry News (38:51)
Disney Employees Among Those Arrested in Child Abuse Sting
NCSC Sticks by 'Three Random Words' Strategy for Passwords
Martial Arts Instructor Accused of Spying on Students
Fraudsters Impersonate DPD in "Convincing" New Smishing Scam
House of Commons (HoC) Beefs up Cyber Training Following Matt Hancock CCTV Leak Scandal
Chinese Espionage Group UNC215 Targeted Israeli Government Networks
Salesforce Communities Could Expose Business-Sensitive Information
Over $600 Million Stolen in Biggest Ever Cryptocurrency Theft
Accenture Tied Up in $50M Ransom Lockbit 2.0 Attack
Tweet of the Week (46:45)
https://twitter.com/runasand/status/1423810127451365382?s=20
Looks like pornhub is always bending over backwards, doing far more than any other social media platform
In a Huge Policy Shift, Pornhub Bans Unverified Uploads
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