March 16, 2020

COVID-19 Cybersecurity Impact, Hacking the Hackers, Whisper App Data Leak

11 minutes

In episode 112 for March 16th 2020: The cybersecurity impact of COVID-19, who’s hacking the hackers, and details on a data leak of the secret sharing app Whisper.

** Show notes and links mentioned on the show **

Resilient in Times of Disruption

https://www.rsa.com/en-us/blog/2020-03/resilient-in-times-of-disruption

COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and a security conference tries to play it down

https://www.zdnet.com/article/covid-19-outbreak-and-a-security-conference-tries-to-play-it-down/

Cybercriminals leveraging coronavirus outbreak to execute ransomware attacks

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/03/11/coronavirus-ransomware-attacks

Employees Are Working From Home — Do You Know Where Your Remote Work Policy Is?

https://securityintelligence.com/employees-are-working-from-home-do-you-know-where-your-remote-work-policy-is/

Hackers are targeting other hackers by infecting their tools with malware

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/09/hacking-the-hackers

https://www.cybereason.com/blog/whos-hacking-the-hackers-no-honor-among-thieves

Whisper, an anonymous secret-sharing app, failed to keep messages or profiles private

https://www.zdnet.com/article/whisper-an-anonymous-secret-sharing-app-failed-to-keep-messages-profiles-private/

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