This week in Infosec goes back to when men were men, women were women, and hackers were… umm..., Rant of the week is all about innovative solutions for modern problems that really shouldn’t exist, Billy Big Balls tells you all about your most valuable assets, Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world, And... Tweet of the Week is Andy’s worst nightmare come true.
This Week in InfoSec (11:14)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account
5th September 1983: The term "hacker" was used by Newsweek, mainstream media's earliest known use of the term in the pejorative sense.
The magazine's cover photo of 17-year-old 414s (hacker group) member Neal Patrick was captioned '414 "Hacker" Neal Patrick.'.
‘Hacker’ is used by mainstream media, September 5, 1983
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1302239152046563328
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreaking_box
9th September 2001: Mark Curphey started OWASP (the Open Web Application Security Project).
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1303830903987359744
Tweet of the Week (21:26)
https://twitter.com/RSnake/status/1435989191414976512?s=20
Tweet of the Week (26:41)
https://twitter.com/hanbandit/status/1436008564020088833
Industry News (31:55)
FTC Bans Stalkerware App in Industry First
Texan Accused of Cyber-Stalking and Murder Dies in Jail
ICO Requests International Support to Tackle Cookie Pop-Ups
Cybersecurity Student Scams Senior Out of $55K
Stress and Burnout Affecting Majority of Cybersecurity Professionals
Data Breach Lawsuit Against Sonic Will Proceed
Berners-Lee Joins ProtonMail Following Privacy Debacle
Security Now a "Thankless Task" For 80% of IT Teams
Tweet of the Week (40:01)
https://twitter.com/hondanhon/status/1436027395115393024
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