Not So Critical Update

Major, headline-making hacks with no follow up in the press. The Red Cross lost control of over 500K records and had to stop providing services in the area. Like Kronos, it was a big story for one day, but then nothing.

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/20/1074405423/red-cross-cyberattack

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

A hacker grouped known as Belarusian Cyber-Partisans have attacked and encrypted the servers of Belarusian Railway.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-say-they-encrypted-belarusian-railway-servers-in-protest/

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

Facebook (or Meta, whatever) patents reveal their intention to scan faces in VR interfaces. Will this make for better VR? Or just more expansive privacy issues?

(Spoiler: it's privacy issues.)

https://www.ft.com/content/76d40aac-034e-4e0b-95eb-c5d34146f647

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

Peter has mentioned a couple times how micro-theft - à la the 1999 comedy Office Space - could be the perfect crime. Elephant Beetle (or TG2003) proves otherwise, but Peter isn't convinced.

https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/threat-group-elephant-beetle-involved-in-financial-theft-of-millions-through-small-amounts-over-long-periods/

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

German court finds that an attempt by Springer to sue ad blockers for copyright infringement (yeah, it's nuts) false.

They'll appeal of course, but - what exactly is the argument here?

https://torrentfreak.com/adblocking-does-not-constitute-copyright-infringement-court-rules-220118/

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

The European Parliament is once again leading the way with strong privacy legislation - this time with the backing of some CEOs.

https://www.politico.eu/article/activist-ceo-mep-crack-down-targeted-ads-vote-digital-services-act-2/

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

Australian Border Force (ABF) demands access to your electronic devices to enter the country - so are you traveling to Australia? Be prepared to hand over your phone, laptop - and passwords.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/18/returning-travellers-made-to-hand-over-phones-and-passcodes-to-australian-border-force

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

Crypto.com hacked, and the take is being laundered through Tornado Cash. (We thought it was $15M but it turns out to be a lot more.)

Are these systems just designed to help criminals? We're not sure.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/18/cryptocoms-stolen-ether-being-laundered-via-tornado-cash/

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)

In 2019 a CNN reporter asked to get hacked, and Rachel Tobac from the EFF happily obliged. His life could have been ruined if she wasn't an ethical hacker.

So did Mike learn anything about privacy and security from this? What do you think. Of course he didn't.

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1185873576391577600

Hosts:

Peter Lowe (@pgl)

Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)

Mike Sutton (@zenmike)