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

Episode 140 - US Stops SIM Swapping, AlphV Ransomware Group Files Complaint on Victim, iMessage Bridge Horrendous Idea, OpenAI Fires Sam Altman


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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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PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
 
Scammer moving services use fake online reviews
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/dont-be-fooled-by-phony-online-reviews/
 
US FCC adopts new rules to stop SIM-swapping fraud
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fcc-adopts-new-rules-to-protect-consumers-from-sim-swapping-attacks/
  • https://therecord.media/fcc-new-rules-stop-sim-swapping
  • https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/cell-phone-fraud 
  • https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/what-is-your-banks-security-banking-on/
     
    Alphv ransomware group files SEC complaint on victim
    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-files-sec-complaint-over-victims-undisclosed-breach/ 
  • https://www.darkreading.com/risk/alphv-ransomware-group-files-sec-complaint-against-own-victim 
  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/long-beach-california-turns-off-it-systems-after-cyberattack/
     
    iMessage Bridge for Android full of security holes, removed from Google Play store
    https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/11/18/nothing-kills-imessage-bridge-because-it-profoundly-violated-user-privacy-security
     
    Ongoing crisis at OpenAI after board fires Sam Altman
    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/25/how-crisis-openai-sam-altman-unfolded
     
    Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
     
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