PEBCAK Podcast: Information Security News by Some All Around Good People

Episode 61 - Israeli Cybersecurity Startups, Export Controls Cripple Spy Industry, New Malware Loads Onto Powered-Off iPhones, Conti Ransomware Encour...


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PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”

Israel creates more cybersecurity startups than any other country

  • https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/04/israels-cybersecurity-startups-post-another-record-year-in-2021/

Export controls in Israel cripple NSO group and other spy tool makers

  • https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-tighter-export-controls-strangling-israels-cyberattack-sector-1001410066

Researchers install malware on powered off iPhone

  • https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.06114

  • https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/researchers-devise-iphone-malware-that-runs-even-when-device-is-turned-off/

  • Conti Ransomware group encourages citizens of Costa Rica to overthrow thier government and install one that will pay them

    • https://www.databreaches.net/conti-abandons-all-pretense-at-professionalism-issues-increasingly-strident-threats-as-costa-rica-struggles/

  • https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/feds-former-cloud-worker-hacks-into-capital-one-and-takes-data-for-106-million-people/

  • Motorcycle airbag will not deploy if you miss a payment

    • https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/93yyyd/this-motorcycle-airbag-vest-will-stop-working-if-you-miss-a-payment

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