The Host Unknown Podcast

Episode 47 - What's Happening With ISSA UK?


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Our regular know our regular features, so here is our regular update for our regular features for our regular listeners.

This week in Infosec

Tweet of the Week

Billy Big Balls

Rant of the week

Industry News

There is no Little People, there has never been a Little People

Will we have a Sticky Pickle of the Week? 

 

This Week in InfoSec

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

  1. 6th March 1995: The SATAN (Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks) security tool was released by Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema. The release stirred huge debate about security auditing tools being given to the public.

Fun fact: @neilhimself drew the tool's documentation artwork. 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-01-fi-37458-story.html

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1240452423778308097

 

Rant of the Week

Catalin Cimpanu:

Check Point says it is seeing a doubling in ProxyLogon exploitation attempts every few hours.

Please, red teamers, explain it to us like we're 5 how releasing PoCs for highly-dangerous bugs too early doesn't help threat actors

We're listening!

Dave Kennedy:

Blaming red teamers is already an inaccurate statement as it's typically security researchers who publish these.

It was already actively exploited with hundreds of thousands of already compromised systems with little to no direction from Microsoft.

Yet offsec is to blame?

https://twitter.com/HackingDave/status/1370424240801996809?s=20

 

Billy Big Balls

TIKTOK INTRODUCES NEW ‘KINDNESS’ FEATURES AS IT URGES PEOPLE TO BE NICER TO EACH OTHER

TikTok has introduced new features in an attempt to make its users be “kinder” to each other.

They include a new prompt that will attempt to spot cruel comments and advise people to reconsider their posts before they are sent.

Video creators will also be able to filter comments – removing any comments at all, unless the owner of the video approves them.

That feature is called “filter all comments” and TikTok said it was an extension of existing tools that look out for “spam and offensive comments” so they can be filtered out, as well as a feature that allows for the hiding of specific keywords.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/tiktok-update-new-feature-kind-comment-b1815148.html

[That was this week's BILLY BIG BALLS]

Our source on probation over at the Infosec PA newswire has been very busy bringing us the latest and greatest security news from around the globe! 

 

Industry News

Encrypted Comms Firm Denies Police Cracked User Messages

Encrypted Comms CEO Indicted in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Exchange Exploit Attempts Surge Sixfold as Ransomware Lands

OVH Data Center Fire Impacts Cyber-criminals

UK Nurseries Get First Official Cyber-Attack Warning

Twitter Updates 2FA to Enable Use of Multiple Security Keys

Dropbox to Make Password Manager Feature Free for All Users

Security Consultant Indicted on Cyberstalking Charges

Mom Charged in Deepfake Cheerleading Plot

 

Javvad’s Weekly Stories

https://mashable.com/article/joe-biden-green-screen-conspiracy-debunked/?europe=true

https://futurism.com/the-byte/deepfake-elon-musk-zoom-meetings

 

Tweet of the Week

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/business/hacking-cars-cybersecurity.html

https://twitter.com/WeldPond/status/1372530409536380931

 

Sticky Pickle of the Week

Theree is no Sticky Pickle of the Week

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