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This week in Infosec takes us back to a time Microsoft devalued a company, before buying it and another case of something being referred to as electronic graffiti.

Rant of the week is about this one time, at basecamp

Industry News brings us the latest and greatest infosec news from around the globe

Billy Big Balls talks about Apple’s app transparency

Tweet of the week tells us why the CEO of a $2bn Bay Area tech biz was fired (the real reason may SHOCK you)

It’s hard being overlooked all the time and that is all we have to say on the topic of Little People this week.

This week in Infosec

Liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account:

23rd April 2008: Microsoft announced that some of its antivirus tools had mislabeled Skype as adware for several days due to a bad definition update. 3 years later Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion. 

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2787019/microsoft-mislabels-skype-as-adware.html

https://www.theregister.com/2010/04/21/mcafee_false_positive/

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1253558642537713664

27th April 1986: In protest of rates for satellite dish owners, Captain Midnight jammed HBO's satellite signal for 4 minutes.

Why did he do it? To raise awareness about unfair pricing and restrictive trade practices.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Midnight_broadcast_signal_intrusion

https://youtu.be/gtdwD0qqApQ

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/captain-midnight-hbo/  

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1254799686906425346

Rant of the Week

1. No more societal and political discussions on our company Basecamp account. 

2. No more paternalistic benefits.

3. No more committees.

4. No more lingering or dwelling on past decisions.

5. No more 360 reviews. 

6. No forgetting what we do here. 

https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5

Wider fallout:

https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1387195551205105666

https://twitter.com/jonasdowney/status/1386792772334768130

https://twitter.com/fox/status/1386836877857099777

Billy Big Balls of the Week

Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency for iOS 14.5 is finally out. Here’s what it means for your privacy.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/apples-apptrackingtransparency-upending-mobile-phone-tracking

Industry News

Lockdown Hotel Bookings at Risk Due to DMARC Fail

Last Chance for Forensics Teams Ahead of Emotet Sunday Deadline

Space Command to Launch Dedicated Cyber Center

Nintendo Sues Bowser

Threat Actors Impersonate Chase Bank

REvil Removes Apple Extortion Attempt from Site: Report

#COVID19 Rattles Banks and Insurers as Security Budgets Are Slashed

Emotet Group Harvested Over 4.3 Million Victim Emails

US Arrests Alleged Crypto Mixer

The Cellebrite Physical Analyzer – the most intrusive phone-cracking tool offered by the company – no longer supports the direct extraction of iPhone data

https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/27/cellebrite-physical-analyzer-iphone/

Tweet of the Week 

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1387046218602225667

https://www.bloomberg.com/technology?sref=yYYRek8e

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/arts/disaster-girl-meme-nft.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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