The penultimate episode of the year, so only one more to go until you have the full set for 2020.

This week in Infosec

(Liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account):

1. 3rd December 1980: The Australian Law Reform Commission chairman called for new laws to deal with "computer crime". He said the old definition of theft was not apt for a "fleeting, transient medium, the ephemeral flicker of a screen or information stored on a disc..."

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126161975

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1334231500448034824?s=20

1. 1st December 2012: Pepsi Cola's official website in the Philippines has been hacked by the Malaysian hacker group Cyb3rSeC.

The hackers did not come across any sensitive information, but changed the appearance of the website. 

https://www.flashback.se/artikel/2637/pepsi-cola-hackade

http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/18675231?hz=1

https://www.securityfocus.com/news/389

Tweet of the Week

https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1333150373599715329?s=19 

Billy Big Balls

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ad3jm/watch-google-hacker-ha-26-iphones-with-zero-day-exploit

Watch This Google Hacker Pwn 26 iPhones With a 'WiFi Broadcast Packet of Death'

A Google security researcher found bugs that allowed him to take over nearby iPhones with a Raspberry Pi and just $100 in WiFi gear.

Industry News

Experts Call for Online Fake News to Be Addressed as #COVID19 Vaccine Emerges

How to Reduce Fake News in Online Advertising

Remote Workers Admit Lack of Security Training

#thinkcybersec: Reconsider Hiring Strategies to Meet 2021’s Digital Challenges

#thinkcybersec: Don’t Presume Legacy Tech is a Negative Thing

Salesforce Set to Acquire Slack for $27bn

Native Cloud Security Controls Still “Not Good Enough”

#WebSummit: Companies of the Future Should Focus on Data Privacy Rather than Data Collection

Jav’s industry news

Microsoft’s New Productivity Score And Workplace Tracking: Here’s The Problem

There’s no vaccine for ransomware

Remote Workers Admit Lack of Security Training

Microsoft 365: Corporate Privacy Invader Masked As A Collaboration Tool?

NHS Error Exposes Data on Hundreds of Patients and Staff

Sales of CEO email accounts may give cyber criminals access to the "crown jewels" of a company

Infosec Stig is moving on from 17th December:

 https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/editorial/final-shot-farewell/

Rant of the week

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/02/microsoft-apologises-productivity-score-critics-derided-workplace-surveillance

Microsoft has apologised for enabling a feature, “productivity score”, which critics said was tantamount to workplace surveillance.

The company says it will now make changes to the service, which lets IT administrators “help their people get the most” from its products, in order to limit the amount of information about individual employees that is shared with managers.

The Little People

Is it Leslie Show or William Lau? @lausecurity

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