PEBCAK Podcast: Information Security News by Some All Around Good People

Episode 124 - Call of Duty Temporarily Shuts Down, Banks to Reimburse Scam Victims, Phishing Crews Abuse Google AMP, Benefits of Quitting Social Media


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Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast!  We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome!  Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)
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Self-spreading worm shuts down Call of Duty
https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/call-of-duty-self-spreading-worm-player-lobbies
  • https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/new-cloud-worm-targets-redis-open-source-database-app
  • https://therecord.media/redis-malware-worm-botnet 
  • https://therecord.media/minecraft-bug-allows-hackers-in 
     
    Banks in UK will be forced to reimburse victims for scams
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/uk-laws-force-to-banks-reimburse-scam-victims-unless-negligent/102563000
     
    Threat actors abusing Google AMP to spread phishing links
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/threat-actors-abuse-google-amp-for-evasive-phishing-attacks/
     
    Benefits of quitting social media
    https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-quit-social-media-and-why-you-should
  • https://www.thehealthy.com/mental-health/quit-social-media/
  • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/meaningfull/202204/social-media-is-tanking-peoples-body-image
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001450/
     
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