This week in Infosec talks about zombies of the past Rant of the Week is a story about a problem as old as old man internet , and no, it’s not about porn Billy Big Balls is an unverified story of an uno reverse manoeuvre (how the turns have tabled) Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week identifies that type of person
This Week in InfoSec (08:37)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield
7th March 1997: During a hearing on Microsoft’s alleged antitrust activities, Bill Gates admits Microsoft’s contracts bar Internet content providers from promoting Netscape’s browser. Eventually, Internet Explorer dominates the web browser market as it is shipped for free with every copy of Windows.
3rd March 2009: “You may be wondering why I’ve turned myself into a zombie.
Well, it’s in honour of National Zombie Awareness Week in Australia, which is highlighting the problem of compromised computers (known as bots or zombies).
Zombie computers can be invisibly controlled by criminal hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks, spread spam messages or steal confidential information.”
Rant of the Week (15:36)
The zero-password future can't come soon enough
SpyCloud highlights poor password hygiene of consumers and the threat to enterprises
Passwords, long a weakness in the tapestry of defences designed to keep enterprises and individuals more secure, continue to be a problem due in large part to the same issue that has haunted them for years: the users themselves.
Billy Big Balls of the Week (27:41)
The electric car chargers along one of the most important freeways in Russia are all down Monday after the Ukrainian company tasked with building the main components in the chargers used backdoor access to hack them, shut them down, and program anti-Putin/pro-Ukrainian messages to scroll past on their screens.
The outage affects chargers along the M11 motorway, which connects Moscow to St. Petersburg. The Russian energy company Rosseti confirmed the hack in a post on the company’s Facebook.
Industry News (33:52)
Ukraine Asks for Hackers’ Help
Conti Encrypts Karma Ransom Note in Same Victim Network
Apple and Google Turn Off Map Features to Help Ukraine
NIST Seeks Cybersecurity Framework Feedback
Nvidia Admits Hackers Stole Employee and Internal Data
Russia Denies Satellite Hacking and Warns of Wider War
Swiss Bank Requests Destruction of Documents
Vulnerability Exploit Attempts Surge Tenfold Against Ukrainian Websites
Tweet of the Week (40:40)
