Cyber Humanity

We all really hope no government agencies are listening as Paul gets excited about a new career as a cyber vigilante. How do the police actually go about investigating cybercrime? And a lawsuit filed against Google says that it's really Chrome's Incognito that's spying on us.

5G Bioshield: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220

Exim vulnerability: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/05/28/nsa-releases-advisory-sandworm-actors-exploiting-exim

Incognito lawsuit: https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/06/03/google-chrome-privacy-lawsuit-could-you-get-a-5000-payout-incognito-mode-class-action/

Cyberattacks are the darling of both mainstream and industry media. But this is a double-edged sword? It seems like too often the hype around a new type of threat overtakes the real risk it poses. We take a cheeky look at some vulnerabilities from yesteryear as Paul plays quizmaster.

This episode could be entitled: REvil III as they make a further unwelcome appearance on our show. Now they are demanding a huge ransom from no lesser figure than the President of the United States himself, does that make them terrorists? And Kev went digging around in the Anubis Android malware only to make a quite shocking discovery.

REvil and Trump: https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/05/18/hackers-claim-trump-dirty-laundry-data-has-been-sold-to-interested-party/#421b47377bca

Kev's Anubis research: https://immersivelabs.com/2020/06/16/new-vulnerability-in-popular-android-banker-anubis-reported-to-authorities/

Hacked supercomputer: https://www.zdnet.com/article/supercomputers-hacked-across-europe-to-mine-cryptocurrency/

It is weird that we each picked different threats to talk about and two of them were named after near-eastern gods, including the patron of lost souls and the helpless. Speaking of helpless, Max gets mired in a MAR. And just why are there so many bits of Brazilian banking malware?

There was much flailing of arms recently as an international examination body decided to rank a CISSP at the same level as a Master's Degree. Kev flexes his honeypots and talks Saltstack. And Paul takes a closer look at a newly discovered Evil Maid with a distinctly Bond-esque moniker.

The first of our episodes recorded in lockdown. We take a closer look at accusations of poor security thrown at Zoom, the plucky little video conferencing company that has eaten the world. Is it really all that bad or just a storm in the infosec twitter-cup? Also, as a little bonus we round up the very worst COVID-19 scams.

At the dawn of 2020, foreign exchange company Travelex had something of a New Year cyber nightmare. In this episode we discuss what happened, how they responded and whether paying the ransom is ever the right thing to do.