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

Episode 83 - Fired IT Admin Cripples Former Employer’s Systems, Dutch Intelligence Scams Ransomware Group, Equifax Fires Employees Working Two Jobs, C...


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Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)

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

Microsoft fails to update vulnerable driver blocklist for three years

  • https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/how-a-microsoft-blunder-opened-millions-of-pcs-to-potent-malware-attacks/

CloudFlare mitigates largest DDoS attack on record

  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-mitigated-record-ddos-attack-against-minecraft-server/

Get off the Shed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HxwkZGzqS4

Get on the Bag - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=junIx1T8A5I

Tips to avoid jet lag

  • https://www.tuck.com/sleep/preventing-jet-lag/

Fired IT admin cripples former employer's systems

  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fired-admin-cripples-former-employers-network-using-old-credentials/

  • https://www.infoworld.com/article/2653004/why-san-francisco-s-network-admin-went-rogue.html

  • https://open.spotify.com/track/5TJOJs5CfNkm3Se5mY2Dgs?si=13a1e188b4de4060

  • Equifax fires employees working two full-time jobs

    • https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/10/equifax-surveilled-1000-remote-workers-fired-24-found-juggling-two-jobs/

    Dutch intelligence scams Deadbolt ransomware group out of 155 decryption keys

    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/police-tricked-a-ransomware-gang-into-handing-over-its-decryption-keys-heres-how-they-did-it/

  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-tricks-deadbolt-ransomware-out-of-155-decryption-keys/

  • https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/23090/how-do-i-cancel-my-blockchain-transaction-still-unconfirmed/42381#42381

  • Cheating scandal hits professional chess scene

    • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-cheating-scandal-rocking-the-chess-world-right-now-180980857/

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