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This week in Infosec

With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account (and embellished by us 😉)

11th June 2008: Verizon released the first edition of its annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).

Incidents are still a thing.  Data breaches are still a thing.  Some stuff has changed.  Some hasn't.  Time keeps on ticking.  ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Verizon Business Releases Trailblazing Data-Breach Study Spanning 500 Forensic Investigations

Analysis of the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Report (DBIR)

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1271264648986124289  

17th June 2010: The Stuxnet worm was first discovered by Sergey Ulasen at Belarusian antivirus software vendor VirusBlokAda. Announcement: http://anti-virus.by/en/tempo.shtml

Interview with Sergey Ulasen in 2011: 

The Man Who Found Stuxnet – Sergey Ulasen in the Spotlight

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1273501720723648512  

 

Rant of the Week

[Carole saves the show by having something prepared (even if it is from the cutting room floor of Smashing Security)]

ICO watchdog 'deeply concerned' over live facial recognition

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57504717

Billy Big Balls of the Week

Doctors and Scientists Are Fighting Vaccine Misinformation on TikTok

The experts of the Team Halo initiative have taken to social media in order to combat falsehoods about COVID-19 and promote accurate vaccine science.

Industry News

VW Vendor Leaves Data Unsecured

IKEA Fined $1.2m for Spying on Employees

Third of Staff Use Security Workarounds at Home

IoT Supply Chain Bug Hits Millions of Cameras

Most Ransomware Victims Are Hit Again After Paying

Football Fever Puts Password Security at Risk

Hackers Can Spy on Peloton Workouts

A Billion CVS Records Exposed

Puzzling New Malware Blocks Access to Piracy Sites

Sticky Pickle of the Week

A Neighbourly Pickle

Tweet of the Week

https://twitter.com/InfosecMiles/status/1405194858965475328

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