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Episode 97 - He Is Back And He Really is Bad
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This Week in InfoSec (08:06)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield
15th March 1985: The first Internet domain symbolics.com is registered by Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company.
16th March 2018: National Lottery owner Camelot has warned of a "low level" cyber-attack that affected customer accounts. It has asked all of its customers to change the passwords on their accounts as a precaution.
Rant of the Week (16:31)
Germany advises citizens to uninstall Kaspersky antivirus
Nation's cybersecurity agency has doubts about Russian firm's reliability
Germany's BSI federal cybersecurity agency has warned the country's citizens not to install Russian-owned Kaspersky antivirus, saying it has "doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer."
Russia-based Kaspersky has long been a target of suspicious rumours in the West over its ownership and allegiance to Russia's rulers.
In an advisory published today, the agency said: "The BSI recommends replacing applications from Kaspersky's virus protection software portfolio with alternative products."
Billy Big Balls of the Week ( 24:49)
The Workaday Life of the World’s Most Dangerous Ransomware Gang
A Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,000 messages from inside the Conti ransomware group.
The Conti ransomware gang was on top of the world. The sprawling network of cybercriminals extorted $180 million from its victims last year, eclipsing the earnings of all other ransomware gangs. Then it backed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And it all started falling apart.
Industry News (31:24)
French Bank Denies Access to Russian Workforce
UK Unveils New Cyber Flashing Law
Israeli Government Websites Taken Offline in Large-Scale Cyber-Attack
UK Blocks Assange's Extradition Appeal
Avast Merger Raises Competition Concerns
Irish Watchdog Fines Meta $19m Over Data Breach
Kaspersky Hits Back at "Politically Motivated" BSI Advisory
Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose User Data Via Cloud Misconfigurations
Tweet of the Week (39:12)
https://twitter.com/moonpolysoft/status/1503519499089186818
Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!
192 jaksoa
Manage episode 323088566 series 2706360
This Week in InfoSec (08:06)
With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield
15th March 1985: The first Internet domain symbolics.com is registered by Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company.
16th March 2018: National Lottery owner Camelot has warned of a "low level" cyber-attack that affected customer accounts. It has asked all of its customers to change the passwords on their accounts as a precaution.
Rant of the Week (16:31)
Germany advises citizens to uninstall Kaspersky antivirus
Nation's cybersecurity agency has doubts about Russian firm's reliability
Germany's BSI federal cybersecurity agency has warned the country's citizens not to install Russian-owned Kaspersky antivirus, saying it has "doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer."
Russia-based Kaspersky has long been a target of suspicious rumours in the West over its ownership and allegiance to Russia's rulers.
In an advisory published today, the agency said: "The BSI recommends replacing applications from Kaspersky's virus protection software portfolio with alternative products."
Billy Big Balls of the Week ( 24:49)
The Workaday Life of the World’s Most Dangerous Ransomware Gang
A Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,000 messages from inside the Conti ransomware group.
The Conti ransomware gang was on top of the world. The sprawling network of cybercriminals extorted $180 million from its victims last year, eclipsing the earnings of all other ransomware gangs. Then it backed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And it all started falling apart.
Industry News (31:24)
French Bank Denies Access to Russian Workforce
UK Unveils New Cyber Flashing Law
Israeli Government Websites Taken Offline in Large-Scale Cyber-Attack
UK Blocks Assange's Extradition Appeal
Avast Merger Raises Competition Concerns
Irish Watchdog Fines Meta $19m Over Data Breach
Kaspersky Hits Back at "Politically Motivated" BSI Advisory
Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose User Data Via Cloud Misconfigurations
Tweet of the Week (39:12)
https://twitter.com/moonpolysoft/status/1503519499089186818
Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!
192 jaksoa
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