#AxisOfEasy Weekly Tech Digest episodes:

• February 16, 2024#AxisOfEasy 337: Third Party Security Data Breach Leaves Bank Of America Customers Worried And Confused

  In this episode:

  Third Party Security Data Breach Leaves Bank of America Customers Worried and Confused

  Bill S-210 Lobby Working Hard to Foster Widespread Age Verification Technologies in Canada

  Facebook’s Compliance with Health Canada’s Requests Leads to Post Censorship

  Court Rejects Most Copyright Claims by Book Authors Against OpenAI

  Ivanti VPN Under Siege: SAML Vulnerability Leads to Widespread Compromises

  In this episode:

  Third Party Security Data Breach Leaves Bank of America Customers Worried and Confused

  Bill S-210 Lobby Working Hard to Foster Widespread Age Verification Technologies in Canada

  Facebook’s Compliance with Health Canada’s Requests Leads to Post Censorship

  Court Rejects Most Copyright Claims by Book Authors Against OpenAI

  Ivanti VPN Under Siege: SAML Vulnerability Leads to Widespread Compromises

  ...more

  

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• February 09, 2024#AxisOfEasy 336: Deepfake scammers trick employee, steal $25m

  In this episode:

  Deepfake scammers trick employee, steal $25m

  Ex-CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte who leaked classified materials to WikiLeaks sentenced to 40 years

  Google Search to no longer make site backups while crawling the web

  Patched iPhone kernel bug exploited in attacks, CISA issues warning

  Latest Lock and Code Episode: Bruce Schneier predicts future of AI-powered spying

  In this episode:

  Deepfake scammers trick employee, steal $25m

  Ex-CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte who leaked classified materials to WikiLeaks sentenced to 40 years

  Google Search to no longer make site backups while crawling the web

  Patched iPhone kernel bug exploited in attacks, CISA issues warning

  Latest Lock and Code Episode: Bruce Schneier predicts future of AI-powered spying

  ...more

  

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• February 02, 2024#AxisOfEasy 335: 26 Billion Records Combined In ‘Mother Of All Breaches’ Data Leak

  In this episode:

  26 Billion Records Combined in ‘Mother of All Breaches’ Data Leak

  NSA Admits Buying American Citizens’ Internet Data Without Warrants

  The Cobblers Children (almost) Had No Shoes! DMARC Enforcement Went Live This Week

  Privacy-Oriented Nitter Project Shuts Down Following Changes to Guest Accounts

  Google still tracks you in incognito mode (as per latest wording update)

  Florida Man Key Suspect in Oktapus, Scattered Spider Hacker Groups

  In this episode:

  26 Billion Records Combined in ‘Mother of All Breaches’ Data Leak

  NSA Admits Buying American Citizens’ Internet Data Without Warrants

  The Cobblers Children (almost) Had No Shoes! DMARC Enforcement Went Live This Week

  Privacy-Oriented Nitter Project Shuts Down Following Changes to Guest Accounts

  Google still tracks you in incognito mode (as per latest wording update)

  Florida Man Key Suspect in Oktapus, Scattered Spider Hacker Groups

  ...more

  

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• January 26, 2024#AxisOfEasy 334: What Is “Triangulation Fraud” – Canadian Man Finds Out The Hard Way

  In this episode:

  What is “Triangulation Fraud” – Canadian man finds out the hard way

  PsExec Exploits and BYOVD Attacks Deployed by Kasseika Ransomware

  Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Days, Compromise 1,700+ Ivanti VPN Appliances

  Critical Security Flaw in GoAnywhere MFT Allows Unauthorized Admin Access

  Mozilla Unveils New Security Updates for Thunderbird and Firefox

  German Court Charges Programmer after Cybersecurity Issue Disclosure

  In this episode:

  What is “Triangulation Fraud” – Canadian man finds out the hard way

  PsExec Exploits and BYOVD Attacks Deployed by Kasseika Ransomware

  Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Days, Compromise 1,700+ Ivanti VPN Appliances

  Critical Security Flaw in GoAnywhere MFT Allows Unauthorized Admin Access

  Mozilla Unveils New Security Updates for Thunderbird and Firefox

  German Court Charges Programmer after Cybersecurity Issue Disclosure

  ...more

  

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• January 19, 2024#AxisOfEasy 333: Illicit Inferno Malware Poses As Coinbase, Siphoning $87 Million From 137,000 Victims

  In this episode:

  Illicit Inferno Malware Poses as Coinbase, Siphoning $87 Million from 137,000 Victims

  Google Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability of 2024

  Military Use of AI No Longer Explicitly Barred in OpenAI’s Updated Policies

  Senators Wyden and Lummis Demand Probe into SEC Account Hack Causes Bitcoin Price Hike

  USSS Special Agent Exposes Fake Norton Antivirus Renewal Phishing Tactics

  In this episode:

  Illicit Inferno Malware Poses as Coinbase, Siphoning $87 Million from 137,000 Victims

  Google Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability of 2024

  Military Use of AI No Longer Explicitly Barred in OpenAI’s Updated Policies

  Senators Wyden and Lummis Demand Probe into SEC Account Hack Causes Bitcoin Price Hike

  USSS Special Agent Exposes Fake Norton Antivirus Renewal Phishing Tactics

  ...more

  

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• January 12, 2024#AxisOfEasy 332: Musk’s New X Verification System Gives Rise To Dark Web Sales Of Stolen Accounts

  In this episode:

  Musk’s New X Verification System Gives Rise to Dark Web Sales of Stolen Accounts

  Ottawa Judge Says Police Must Return Phones of Suspected Pedophiles after 175 million Passcode Guesses

  YouTube Channels Compromised in Lumma Stealer Software Attack

  Uncovering the Compromise: SEC’s Official X Account Used to Post Fake Bitcoin News

  Victim of SIM-Swapping Attack Sues Anonymous Crypto Wallet Holder

  How to Guard Against Crypto Wallet Drains: $300 Million Stolen in 2023

  In this episode:

  Musk’s New X Verification System Gives Rise to Dark Web Sales of Stolen Accounts

  Ottawa Judge Says Police Must Return Phones of Suspected Pedophiles after 175 million Passcode Guesses

  YouTube Channels Compromised in Lumma Stealer Software Attack

  Uncovering the Compromise: SEC’s Official X Account Used to Post Fake Bitcoin News

  Victim of SIM-Swapping Attack Sues Anonymous Crypto Wallet Holder

  How to Guard Against Crypto Wallet Drains: $300 Million Stolen in 2023

  ...more

  

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• January 05, 2024#AxisOfEasy 331: Dark Web “Leaksmas” Event Exposes Massive Volumes Of Leaked Data

  In this episode:

  Dark Web “Leaksmas” Event Exposes Massive Volumes of Leaked Data

  Facebook Unveils New User Tracking Feature Link History

  Indian journalists’ iPhones infected with Pegasus Spyware, according to Amnesty and Apple

  Windows 10 and 11 Protections Bypassed by New Variant of DLL Search Order Hijacking

  Malware Leveraging Google OAuth Endpoint to Restore Cookies and Hijack User Accounts

  In this episode:

  Dark Web “Leaksmas” Event Exposes Massive Volumes of Leaked Data

  Facebook Unveils New User Tracking Feature Link History

  Indian journalists’ iPhones infected with Pegasus Spyware, according to Amnesty and Apple

  Windows 10 and 11 Protections Bypassed by New Variant of DLL Search Order Hijacking

  Malware Leveraging Google OAuth Endpoint to Restore Cookies and Hijack User Accounts

  ...more

  

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• December 29, 2023#AxisOfEasy 330: Canadian Government Rewrites Online News Act To Further Monopolize Funds For Legacy Media

  In this episode:

  Canadian Government Rewrites Online News Act To Further Monopolize Funds for Legacy Media

  CBS, Paramount Parent Company, National Amusements, Hacked in Latest Data Breach

  Journalists Caught Unawares by New OpenAI Deal to Use Their Stories

  Ubisoft Launches Investigation into Alleged Data Breach

  Iranian Cyberattackers ‘Peach Sandstorm’ Launch Global Defense Network Targeted Attacks

  In this episode:

  Canadian Government Rewrites Online News Act To Further Monopolize Funds for Legacy Media

  CBS, Paramount Parent Company, National Amusements, Hacked in Latest Data Breach

  Journalists Caught Unawares by New OpenAI Deal to Use Their Stories

  Ubisoft Launches Investigation into Alleged Data Breach

  Iranian Cyberattackers ‘Peach Sandstorm’ Launch Global Defense Network Targeted Attacks

  ...more

  

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• December 21, 2023#AxisOfEasy 329: Alarming Revelation: Smart Toys Collecting Biometric Data Of Children

  In this issue:

  Alarming Revelation: Smart Toys Collecting Biometric Data of Children

  Chimera Hackers Spent Over 2 Years Looting NXP Chip Designs and IP Before Being Detected

  Channel 1 Launches Proof-of-Concept Newscast, Revealing Just How Far AI-Generated Videos Have Come

  Canadian Government Paid Twitter Influencers to Promote Pandemic Policies Without Full Disclosure

  Marketing Behemoth Confesses to Eavesdropping for Personalized Ads

  In this issue:

  Alarming Revelation: Smart Toys Collecting Biometric Data of Children

  Chimera Hackers Spent Over 2 Years Looting NXP Chip Designs and IP Before Being Detected

  Channel 1 Launches Proof-of-Concept Newscast, Revealing Just How Far AI-Generated Videos Have Come

  Canadian Government Paid Twitter Influencers to Promote Pandemic Policies Without Full Disclosure

  Marketing Behemoth Confesses to Eavesdropping for Personalized Ads

  ...more

  

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• December 14, 2023#AxisOfEasy 328: Judicial Watch Acquires New Evidence Of CISA And EIP Alliance During 2020 US Election

  In this issue:

  Iran-Affiliated Hackers Attack Water Authorities Across Multiple US States

  US State Department Faces Lawsuit Over Accusations of Funding Censorship Technology

  23andMe confirms Hackers Stole Nearly Half of its Customer Data

  Israeli Hospital Data Breach: Iran-Linked Hackers Purportedly Leak Massive Trove of Information

  Controversial Blocking of Chronological Feeds: Upholding Censorship Control

  ...more

  

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