This week in InfoSec talks about the ’90s Rant of the Week is a story about a regulator not considering implications before mandating new requirements Billy Big Balls dusts off the old school security skills Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week gives career advice that smacks of sponsorship
This Week in InfoSec (06:23)
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19th January 1999: The Happy99 worm first appeared. It invisibly attached itself to emails, displayed fireworks to hide the changes being made, and wished the user a happy New Year. It was the first of a wave of malware that struck Microsoft Windows computers over the next several years, costing businesses and individuals untold amounts of money to resolve.
19th January 1999: RIM introduces the BlackBerry. The original BlackBerry devices were not phones, but instead were the first mobile devices that could do real-time e-mail. They looked like big pagers. It is alleged the name “BlackBerry” came from the similarity that the buttons on the original device had to the surface of a blackberry fruit.
London riots: how BlackBerry Messenger played a key role
Rant of the Week (18:01)
Singapore gives banks two-week deadline to fix SMS security
A widespread phishing operation targeting Southeast Asia's second-largest bank – Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) – has prompted the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to introduce regulations for internet banking that include use of an SMS Sender ID registry.
Singapore banks have two weeks to remove clickable links in text messages or e-mails sent to retail customers. Furthermore, activation of a soft token on a mobile device will require a 12-hour cooling off period, customers must be notified of any request to change their contact details, and fund transfer threshold will by default be set to SG$100 ($74) or lower.
MAS has also offered a vague directive requiring banks to issue more scam education alerts, and to do so more often.
Billy Big Balls of the Week (25:49)
Freight trains loaded with valuable merchandise sitting on apparently unguarded tracks make for awfully inviting targets.
For months, Union Pacific freight trains have been getting systematically robbed in the Los Angeles area, according to local news reports, as thieves target valuable merchandise and online orders from retailers like Amazon sitting on delayed trains.
Superyacht Security: The 10 Best Ways To Protect From Pirates And Paparazzi
Industry News (33:12)
European Regulators Hand Out €1.1bn in GDPR Fines
NCA: Kids as Young as Nine Have Launched DDoS Attacks
Government to Regulate Crypto Advertising in New Crack Down
Man Charged with Smuggling Tech Exports to Iran
Researchers Hack Olympic Games App
Red Cross: Supply Chain Data Breach Hit 500K People
Eleven Arrested in Bust of Prolific Nigerian BEC Gang
Twitter Mentions More Effective Than CVSS at Reducing Exploitability
Biden Signs Memo to Boost National Cybersecurity
Tweet of the Week (42:00)
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