The Host Unknown Podcast

Episode 97 - He Is Back And He Really is Bad


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This Week in InfoSec (08:06)

With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield

15th March 1985: The first Internet domain symbolics.com is registered by Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company.

16th March 2018: National Lottery owner Camelot has warned of a "low level" cyber-attack that affected customer accounts.  It has asked all of its customers to change the passwords on their accounts as a precaution.

 

Rant of the Week (16:31)

Germany advises citizens to uninstall Kaspersky antivirus

Nation's cybersecurity agency has doubts about Russian firm's reliability

Germany's BSI federal cybersecurity agency has warned the country's citizens not to install Russian-owned Kaspersky antivirus, saying it has "doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer."

Russia-based Kaspersky has long been a target of suspicious rumours in the West over its ownership and allegiance to Russia's rulers.

In an advisory published today, the agency said: "The BSI recommends replacing applications from Kaspersky's virus protection software portfolio with alternative products."

 

Billy Big Balls of the Week ( 24:49)

The Workaday Life of the World’s Most Dangerous Ransomware Gang

A Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,000 messages from inside the Conti ransomware group. 

The Conti ransomware gang was on top of the world. The sprawling network of cybercriminals extorted $180 million from its victims last year, eclipsing the earnings of all other ransomware gangs. Then it backed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And it all started falling apart.

 

Industry News (31:24)

French Bank Denies Access to Russian Workforce

UK Unveils New Cyber Flashing Law

Israeli Government Websites Taken Offline in Large-Scale Cyber-Attack

Hackers Hit Rosneft

UK Blocks Assange's Extradition Appeal

Avast Merger Raises Competition Concerns

Irish Watchdog Fines Meta $19m Over Data Breach

Kaspersky Hits Back at "Politically Motivated" BSI Advisory

Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose User Data Via Cloud Misconfigurations

 

Tweet of the Week (39:12)

https://twitter.com/moonpolysoft/status/1503519499089186818  

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