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This">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=d5a452bed9227bc10deec759d6d5eaa86319c4f6f9440a9c90ac7b315a8c2fb1025642285cbf040737242f66a1717b21f5cfac64627b67002e3113414820e2885dd2f8669a3e1c0ae26838bb19d29ebc1240ae6cecc299bf">This is the link for Sans News Bites for the 25th.

i get interviewed today. News, notes, the landscape and much more. We've also got trivia.

Welcome to the security box, podcast 247. On this program, we've got lots of stuff for you today including Agentic AI enabled cybercrime, a very short diatribe from our very own Mr. J., trivia and more. The topic will be coming from Phishlabs and their article talking about digital and physical security.

We hope you enjoy the program as much as we have bringing it together for you, and make it a great day!

Millennials">https://www.komando.com/news/security/millennials-are-the-newest-scam-target/">Millennials are the newest scam target was in the newsletter. I went to record a file from the newsletter, but I had to resort to the web to get this one. Glad I finally got this recorded, we're continuing to see these scams ourselves.

When">https://www.phishlabs.com/blog/the-need-for-executive-protection">When Digital and Physical Threats Intertwined: The Need for Executive Protection is our topic for today. Can this be a real problem?

What was the amount of money that was stolen from a schoolteacher in North Texas? It was their life savings. Was it:

A: 15,000

B: 30,000

C: 32,000

D: 45,000

e: higher than 45,000

If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Welcome to the security box, program number 246. We hope that you will enjoy the program as much as we are putting it together. On this program, Trend Micro and their podcast series on YouTube will talk about zero days and patches. Michael in Arkansas, formerly Indiana, will come along with commentary about the McDonalds debacle with the third party provider and one of the stupidest passwords we've found, Jared will be along with a portion of the diatribe about the same McDonalds story and our topic will talk about multi-factor and the criminals trying to break it.

Oh yes, we've also got our trivia, the news, the notes and the landscape.

We hope you enjoy the program as much as we are bringing it together for you. Enjoy!

This was actually posted to the list and maybe the title of this isn't quite appropriate. The Ars Technica article is titled Why">https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/phishing-attacks-that-defeat-mfa-ar=e-easier-than-ever-so-what-are-we-to-do/">Why MFA is getting easier to bypass and what to do about it which is a short article. Talks about a protocol I'm not too familiar with. We'll see how this goes.

News, notes, the landscape and lots more!

After a couple of months, I'm happy to resume Sans. We cover the newsletter that was issued on July 11th. Lots of stuff here, hope you enjoy!

This is Sans number 17. Its been quite awhile since we did sans, but we'll pick it up with July 11th and this">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=bf4c72d8e4d79fcfbd7bb8645afb5d302bc0f3fbe5225ebbbd25a27ed2a8e4dfa39085d69133f279fd41cfd0b9c7f0ca3790b9972ee217d5c6ba1cf173953d33f873167f49fca3168e6f4182886d98841dd9f0326997d2fe">this is the link to read the newsletter. Enjoy!

Welcome to the security box, podcast 245. We ope that you have enjoyed your 4th of July holiday and we're glad to be back on the airwaves.

On this program, we're going to cover the news, the notes and the landscape since we have been away as well as any thoughts from anyone who may be joining us during the live taping.

We also have trivia as well, and we'll be sure to get the trivia to the list for those who want to participate through that method.

Files we'll be adding will include: a discussion on CSAM, otherwise known as child sexual abuse material, a joke I found on Mastodon that is not tech related, we'll read something that was found from DevaOnBreaches that is true today more than ever, and of course our topic being Spain and their DDOS being increased over 100 percent!

The blog will have links to topics as usual.

As I'm going through Mastodon, I find the following boosted toot.

Alex Chapman: Boosting mattcurtis (mattcurtis): trump mobile is the worst type of phone plan you can ask for, first you pay $61.00 for the sim, and then, you use your data up? your phone data gets shut off completely, want proof?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUtSo7dASg0

Here">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUtSo7dASg0">Here is the link to the 30 minute video if you want to watch. This came in after we got the intro together, just take a look if you're interested in this service.

The blog post this time is DDOS">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/05/07/ddos-attackers-targeting-spain/">DDOS attackers targeting spain and this is quite interesting. This is research from Group IB, who we've talked about on this podcast before. As I indicated in the intro created for this podcast, its well over 100 percent. In fact, its up quite a lot. The full article is titled DDoS">https://cybernews.com/security/moscow-aligned-hackers-drive-ddos-attacks-surge-in-europe/">DDoS attacks surge by 88% in March, Spain emerges as top target if you'd like to read it. It'll be helping us with this discussion.

We hope you enjoy!

Welcome to the security box, podcast 244. On this podcast, its open forum. Lots of newsy items including some videos from the landscape. We even have Trivia.

I'm also working on tech issues, and hopefully I'll find something better. We push on.

This is another extended 4 and a half hour program.

There is no program for the July fourth holiday week. We're taking the week off.

If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Hello folks, welcome to podcast 243 of the technology program known as the Security Box. On this program, we've got plenty of news notes and the landscape, and a very interesting topic that deals with the economy of the Cybercrime Industry.

The title of the program is

Let's get started by talking about our Trivia.

The question this week is:

Which series predicted smartwatches decades before they existed: A) The Jetsons, B) Star Trek, C) Knight Rider or D) Dick Tracy? The answer awaits you at the end, no time travel required.

So what was last week's trivia?

According to the Kim Komando Newsletter in the Web Watercooler section, what is the percentage of Gen Zers who are OK of sharing their data for free?

• A: 25%
• B: 50%
• C: 80%
• D: 88%
• E: 95%
• F: 100%
• G: less than 25%

Now, for the answer for last week's question if you'd rather read.

Answer: D: 88%

"That’s how many Gen Zers are cool with sharing their data for free. Now, Verb.AI’s giving them a reason to actually profit from the surveillance. Gen Z: simultaneously terrified of phone calls and totally fine letting a startup track their every digital move. “It’s not stalking if it’s opt-in,” apparently."

Thanks for playing!

We've talked about the criminal underground on a regular when it comes to the various groups that create ransomware and force your average person to pay because their files are locked up.

But there's another aspect of the underground that we have not talked about, at least not directly.

Did you know that the people that are used to scam you are actually taken from other parts of the country and held in places that are designed for them to do their job? They're promised that they'll get paid, and some may escape as they've never gotten paid but got kidnapped.

Multi-billion">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/04/22/multi-billion-dollar-cybercrime-industry-moves-around/">Multi-billion dollar cybercrime industry moves around is the blog post I wrote, introducing the article Multi-billion-dollar">https://cybernews.com/cybercrime/multi-billion-dollar-cyberscam-industry-spreading-worldwide-un-says/">Multi-billion-dollar cyberscam industry spreading worldwide, UN says which came from Cyberscoop.

As part of this, I surprised the group and we talked about things that you can do to verify like looking them up through an application like Find My Friends, now known as Find My for IOS. I'm not sure, but there may be a similar app for Google, please consult someone with more experience. If we find something, we'll update in a future podcast, but I thought I heard of people using things like Find My to do this unless its only for devices. That's our research, if we find anything new, we'll bring it out.

Hello folks, welcome to podcast 242 of the security box podcast. Do you want some cookies? Yes, I ate a whole box, but they were sma;ll cookies and I intended not to do that.

These cookies however are not to be eaten, and you'll find out all about it.

We'll have news, notes and the landscape as well as trivia.

We hope you enjoy the program as much as I have putting it together for you.

According to the Kim Komando Newsletter in the Web Watercooler section, what is the percentage of Gen Zers who are OK of sharing their data for free?

• A: 25%
• B: 50%
• C: 80%
• D: 88%
• E: 95%
• F: 100%
• G: less than 25%

Call (888) 405-7524 or 818-527-4754 or find me on social media. You can also text/WhatsApp 804-442-6975 and leave your guess there too. Good luck!

You think of cookies as things that you eat. But there are cookies on your computer which tell sites that you're logged in to an account you control and they contain your preferences. But what would happen if someone was able to steal them and get in to those sites bypassing even the 2-factor authentication we have been telling you to use? Yes, if my memory serves me, that is what Cookie Bite does.

Blog post: https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/04/23/dont-bite-now-cookie-bite-proof-of-concept-extension-steals-session-cookies/

Read the rest of the show notes on the blog at http://www.jaredtech.help including the answer to last week's question and other things of importance.

Hello folks, welcome to the security box, program 241. We've got plenty of news, notes and much more. We've also got Trivia as well.

Trivia from last week:

Here's the trivia from this past week.

How fast did Nvidia-grade AI hardware cracked your 8-character password? Is the answer:

A: 5 minutes

B: 10 minutes

C: 15 minutes

D: 20 minutes

E: 25 minutes

F: 30 minutes

G: over 30 minutes

The answer:

30 minutes ... How fast Nvidia-grade AI hardware can crack your 8-character password. Hive Systems ran the numbers, and yeah, it’s bleak for your bare-minimum login. It can also crack a numbers-only string in about three hours. Pro tip: Save yourself some peace of mind by using the same password manager I do.

This week's question:

What is the percentage of email that comes out of the US that is considered spam? Also, out of that, what is the percentage that is malware or phishing?

A: 25% Spam 10% phishing and malware

B: 50% spam 75% phishing and malware

C: 57% spam 67% phishing and malware

D: 80% spam 100% phishing and malware

E: Higher than 80% on both

F: lower than 25% on both

(888) 405-7524 or find contact info in the podcast to submit your guess.

Our topic:

https://www.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/cybercriminals-exploit-your-emotions/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=HL-GL&utm_content=1474676_spot_red_flags_button&utm_campaign=OUCH&utm_rdetail=Global&utm_goal=Community_Growth&utm_type=SSA&is=551b434744de4aefe4d6ece8bf1e298e24df99defd5f7ad7037383755fd2d757 is the article for this episode taken from Sans 12. How your emotions are triggered by things we continue to see on a regular basis.