This week in Infosec

With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account

19th June 1987: The first Summercon hacker conference was held in St. Louis, Missouri and was run by the hacker zine Phrack. It's still going strong - the 33rd edition took place virtually last year with in-person attendance returning to NYC next month.

https://www.summercon.org/

https://hackstory.net/Summercon

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1274065780288548864

20th June 2011: The earliest attack of Operation AntiSec was performed by LulzSec against the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1274498724786397184  

 

Rant of the Week

Ethics in Cybersecurity Marketing – Principles of Value Contribution

EC-Council was recently discovered to be publishing blogs that were, in the opinion of a lawyer I spoke to, plagiarized from security and technology experts. One such work was my blog, “What is a Business Information Security Officer (BISO)”. What follows is a description of the events and what I believe needs to be done to correct this horrific trend.

Alyssa Miller  Duchess of Hackington @AlyssaM_InfoSec

So I really want @ECCouncil to understand the damage they've done (a thread):

EC-Council Deflects After Calls of Most Recent Plagiarism

Billy Big Balls of the Week

Three things that have vanished: $3.6bn in Bitcoin, a crypto investment biz, and the two brothers who ran it

“We got hacked and we'll be right back”, duo said ... two months ago.

South African Brothers Vanish, and So Does $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin

A Cape Town law firm hired by investors says they can’t locate the brothers and has reported the matter to the Hawks, an elite unit of the national police force. It’s also told crypto exchanges across the globe should any attempt be made to convert the digital coins.

Two South African brothers have vanished with $3.6 billion of bitcoin in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history

In the time the story first hit, to the time Forbes published it, the value of the haul had dropped significantly in line with the volatility we expect :)

South African Brothers Disappear, Along With $2.2 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin

Industry News

Novel Phishing Attack Abuses Google Drive and Docs

Google Spices Up Supply Chain Security with SLSA Framework

Nuclear Research Institute Breached by Suspected North Korean Hackers

Finger Scanning Costs Six Flags $36m

SEC Probes SolarWinds Breach Disclosure Failures

NIST Publishes Ransomware Guidance

Nuisance Call Company Fined £130,000 After Eight-Month Blitz

Anti-virus Pioneer John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell

Google Pushes Back Cookie Removal Plans to 2023

The John McAfee story

When Javvad met John McAfee

How to uninstall McAfee anti-virus in his own words

Tweet of the Week

https://twitter.com/ShootyDoody/status/1407684922786127873

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