This week in Infosec sounds like it was pulled together 2 minutes before we started recording Rant of the Week is a story about a tax authority watching every step you take Billy Big Balls is an OSINT story that looks like it’s going to land two people in deep poop Industry News brings us the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world And Tweet of the Week has an analogy for you
This Week in InfoSec (07:20)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account and further afield
26th January 2011: Facebook Enables HTTPS So You Can Share Without Being Hijacked. Facebook announced Wednesday it would begin supporting a feature to protect users from having their accounts hijacked over Wi-Fi connections or snooped on by schools and businesses.
19th January 2012: Feds Shutter Megaupload, Arrest Executives. Since the shutdown of Megaupload, stories have erupted about the life and exploits of the company’s founder, a self-styled “Dr. Evil” of file sharing. Kim Dotcom’s opulent digs, high-end cars, fondness for models and other Bond-villain-esque behaviours have been splashed across websites and have confused evening newscasts for the last week.
25th January 2003: A new worm took the Internet by storm, infecting thousands of servers running Microsoft’s SQL Server software every minute. The worm, which became known as SQL Slammer, eventually became the fastest-spreading worm ever and helped change the way Microsoft approached security and reshaped the way many researchers handled advisories and exploit code. The Inside Story of SQL Slammer.
Rant of the Week (15:35)
Britain's tax collection agency asked a contractor to use the SS7 mobile phone signalling protocol that would make available location data of alleged tax defaulters, a High Court lawsuit has revealed.
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs had the potential to use SS7 to silently request that tax debtors' mobile phones give up location data over the past six years, according to papers filed in an obscure court case about a contract dispute.
Billy Big Balls of the Week (25:31)
Unmasking Poopsenders, The Anonymous Website That Sends People Fake Poop
Since 2007, Poopsenders.com has let people send packages filled with disturbingly realistic feces. Now, 'United States of America v. Poopsenders.com' has named two men who may be responsible.
Industry News (34:25)
Merck Wins $1.4bn NotPetya Payout from Insurer
Cyber Essentials Overhauled for New Hybrid Working Era
Experts Call for More Open Security Culture After VW Sacking
EyeMed Fined $600k Over Data Breach
Government Trials Effort to Make Bug Scanning Easier
Best Cybersecurity Research Paper Revealed
North Korea Loses Internet in Suspected Cyber-Attack
Florida Considers Deepfake Ban
IT and DevOps Staff More Likely to Click on Phishing Links
Tweet of the Week (41:12)
