This week in InfoSec takes us back to the Cult of Microsoft, or something like that… Rant of the week shows that you will always be working for the man… Billy Big Balls is a story about a wannabe Steve Jobs and stolen T Shirts Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week tells of the OG internet, at least if you are from the UK.
This Week in InfoSec (6:20)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account
1st January 1997: The Cult of the Dead Cow admitted it was responsible for the Good Times virus hoax of 1994.
https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1212558619205607426
[Covered this story last month so will axe it]
2nd January 1975: Gates and Allen Name "Micro-Soft". Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen write a letter to MITS, the Albuquerque, New Mexico, company that manufactured the Altair computer, offering a version of BASIC for MITS's "Altair 8800" computer. The contract for BASIC reflected the first time Gates and Allen referred to themselves as the company Microsoft, spelled in the document as "Micro-Soft."
Gates and Allen name Micro-Soft
3rd January 1977: Apple Computer, Inc. is Incorporated
Apple Computer, Inc. is incorporated by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak. Its IPO, which took place three years later, was the largest one since the Ford Motor Company went public in 1956. The stock rose almost 32% that day giving the company a market valuation of $1.778 billion. Seven years later, on January 24, 1984, the company revealed the Macintosh personal computer in a publicity campaign that compared IBM with Big Brother and Apple as the savior of the masses.
Apple becomes first company to hit $3 trillion market value, then slips
Rant of the Week (17:22)
Back in June, NortonLifeLock, owner of the unloved PC antivirus product, declared it was offering Ethereum mining as part of its antivirus suite. NortonLifeLock's pitch, was that people dabbling in cryptocurrency mining probably weren't paying attention to security – so what better way than to take up a cryptocurrency miner than installing one from a trusted consumer security brand?
In return for you installing their cryptominer on your home PC, NortonLifeLock skims off a mere 15 per cent of whatever digital currency you generate.
https://twitter.com/jwz/status/1478022085737803776?s=20
Billy Big Balls (25:18)
A set of balls to bring us back
Former CEO of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes convicted on 4 counts
US clothing supplier Pro Wrestling Tees hit by data breach
A quick story that is near and dear to mine and Andy’s heart - which Thom will have absolutely no idea about.
But Pro wrestling Tee’s - which sells t-shirts designed by professional wrestlers, has discovered that some customers’ credit card numbers have been compromised in a data breach.
a small portion of our customers’ credit card numbers had been compromised,” reads a breach notification letter signed by Pro Wrestling Tees owner Ryan Barkan
“We immediately conducted a thorough investigation of our system and concluded that a malicious virus was the source of the breach.”
A cybersecurity firm has since helped to remove the malware.
Barkan added that they had found “no evidence that current individual personal information has been compromised”, or evidence “of any current misuse of your information” – despite admitting that the payment details were accessed.
You may be thinking that this isn’t a big deal.
But what kind of Jabroni thinks it’s a good idea to attack a wrestling store. It’s almost like they’re looking for a smack down.
I get it, they may have thought - oooh what a rush, but whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when the feds come looking for you brother?
Criminals can rest in peace - and that’s the bottom line, cos the host unknown podcast said so.
[That was this weeks BILLY BIG BALLS] Jav:
Industry News (39:53)
Microsoft Fixes New Year's Day Exchange Server Bug
UK Defence Academy Attack Forced IT Rebuild
Investigation Launched into App “Selling” Women
FTC: Patch Log4j Now or Risk Major Fines
UK's Information Commissioner Starts New Role Amid Major Changes
Morgan Stanley Agrees to Data Breach Settlement
Credential Stuffers Compromised 1.1 Million Accounts
Crypto Firm Pulls the Rug from Under Investors with $10m Scam
Man Pleads Guilty to $50m Investment Fraud Scheme
Tweet of the Week (43:15)
https://twitter.com/avrovulcanxh607/status/1445102818348699746
Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times
But creator runs server from home – we can forgive him
A young man who would have been around 10 when the plug was pulled on Ceefax has recreated the BBC's teletext information service online, replete with a digital remote control to punch in the number of your choice.
The joke that Jav didn't understand:
