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

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

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  • Episode 36 - Cyber Monday, Ransomware Crews Buy Zero Days, Next Gen Phishing Uses College Tactics, Hackers Offer Degree in Building Botnets, Thanksgiv...

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

    Cyber Monday

    • https://news.yahoo.com/black-friday-sales-drop-adobe-151855092.html

  • https://www.wsj.com/articles/black-friday-brought-shoppers-back-to-stores-11638111602

    • Ransomware crews buy zero-day exploits

    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-gangs-are-now-rich-enough-to-buy-zero-day-flaws-say-researchers/

  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-used-billing-software-zero-day-to-deploy-ransomware/

    • New phishing campaign uses 1-point font to obfuscate attack

    • https://www.avanan.com/blog/the-onefont-attack-manipulation-and-obfuscation

  • https://jakebinstein.com/blog/how-to-make-an-essay-look-longer/

    • Hackers teaching college course in building and maintaining botnets

    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/college-for-cyber-criminals-dark-web-crooks-are-teaching-courses-on-how-to-build-botnets/

  • https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/10/microsoft-uses-copyright-law-to-disrupt-trickbot-botnet/

    • Thanksgiving traditions

    • https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-california-gavin-newsom-new-rules-gatherings-thanksgiving-1541402

  • https://www.butterball.com/how-to/deep-fry-a-turkey

    • Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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    Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/

    Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/

    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    42 min
  • Episode 35 - Happy Thanksgiving, College Textbook Scam, Emotet is Back, What’s a Meta, The Matrix and Bored Apes NFTs, What Motivates the Hosts

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    College textbooks are a huge scam

    • https://www.vice.com/en/article/pajze9/people-are-finally-fighting-back-against-the-college-textbook-industrys-scam

  • https://www.postandcourier.com/news/textbook-scam-alleged-in-federal-lawsuit-against-scs-biggest-technical-college/article_d266c94a-262e-11e9-a6dd-ab6ac37fa3d1.html

    • Emotet botnet is back!

    • https://therecord.media/emotet-botnet-returns-after-law-enforcement-mass-uninstall-operation/

  • https://www.zdnet.com/article/emotet-once-the-worlds-most-dangerous-malware-is-back/

    • What's a Meta? Mark Zuckerburg wants us all in the Metaverse

    • https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/21/the-metaverse-will-make-your-meetings-worse/

  • https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/19/into_the_metaverse_146762.html

    • NFTs explained, from The Matrix to Bored Apes

    • https://nftplazas.com/what-are-nfts/

  • https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-nft-sneakers-could-coming-181755561.html

    • Happy Thanksgiving!

    • https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/60-things-thankful-for-life.html

  • https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving

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    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    46 min
  • Episode 34 - Ransomware Evolves Again, US Government Misses MFA Deadline, US Blocks NSO Group, Elon Musk Trolls United Nations

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    Visit Costa Rica!

    • https://www.visitcostarica.com/en

  • https://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-rica

    • The rise of ransomware's quadruple extortion

    • https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/10/conti-ransom-gang-starts-selling-access-to-victims/

  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-hellokitty-ransomware-adds-ddos-attacks-to-extortion-tactics/

    • US Government misses critical deadline to implement encryption and multi-factor authentication

    • https://www.cyberscoop.com/mfa-encryption-executive-order/

  • https://www.cyberscoop.com/cyber-executive-order-biden-pipeline-russia-china/

    • US Commerce Department sanctions NSO Group and other spyware makers

    • https://www.cyberscoop.com/commerce-department-blacklists-controversial-spyware-company-nso-group/

  • https://www.zdnet.com/article/commerce-dept-sanctions-nso-group-positive-technologies-and-more-for-selling-spyware-and-hacking-tools/

    • CNN publishes misleading article about ending world hunger; Elon Musk trolls them back.

    • https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-world-hunger-response/

  • http://mickebeling.com/

  • https://www.charitynavigator.org/

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    Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/

    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    42 min
  • Episode 33 - Credit Bureaus Need to Go, Zero Day Exploits for VPN in High Demand, Microsoft Stops World’s Largest DDoS Attack, Deep Fake Voice Causes ...

    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.”

    Three major credit bureaus sell your information

    • https://www.lendingtree.com/credit-repair/what-is-a-trigger-lead/

  • https://www.banks.com/articles/credit/credit-score/credit-bureau/

    • Exploit brokers paying top dollar for VPN zero days

    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zerodium-wants-zero-day-exploits-for-windows-vpn-clients/

  • https://www.securityweek.com/zerodium-buying-zero-day-exploits-targeting-vpn-software

    • Microsoft stops world's largest DDoS attacks while VOIP providers continue to suffer

    • https://therecord.media/microsoft-said-it-mitigated-a-2-4-tbps-ddos-attack-the-largest-ever/

  • https://therecord.media/industry-group-warns-of-coordinated-ddos-extortion-campaign-against-voip-providers/

    • Deep fake voice convinces company to wire $35 million to criminals

    • https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/14/huge-bank-fraud-uses-deep-fake-voice-tech-to-steal-millions/

  • https://lifars.com/2019/09/forget-bec-fraudsters-deepfake-ceos-voice-to-trick-manager-into-transferring-money/

    • Visit Costa Rica!

    • https://www.visitcostarica.com/en

  • https://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-rica

    • Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

    Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!

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    Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/

    Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/

    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    48 min
  • Episode 32 - Apple Announcement, BlackMatter Victims Get Free Decryption Key, Darkside Cashing Out and Shutting Down, Hackers Target M&A Activity, Use...

    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.”

    Apple's MacBook Event

    • https://www.techradar.com/news/live/apple-event-october-2021-live-blog

    Emsisoft has been secretly helping victims of BlackMatter

    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blackmatter-ransomware-victims-quietly-helped-using-secret-decryptor/

  • https://www.nomoreransom.org/en/index.html

    • Darkside ransomware crew cashes out $7M USD of Bitcoin, fearing government crackdown

    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/darkside-ransomware-rushes-to-cash-out-7-million-in-bitcoin/

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjOZokqiPaA

    • Hackers increasingly targeting mergers and acquisitions as a way to get into larger organizations

    • https://blog.knowbe4.com/warning-cybercriminals-target-organizations-going-through-ma-activity

  • https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/mergers-acqisitions/us-mergers-acquistions-trends-survey-the-future-m-a.pdf

    • Most useless thing learned in school

    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8375951/

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZmmOdnljG4

    • Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

    Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!

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    Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/

    Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/

    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    43 min
  • Episode 31 - The Purge, Espionage With Peanut Butter Sandwiches, 31 Nation Ransomware Meeting Without China or Russia, Major Twitch Hack, Boycott Cano...

    Welcome to this week's very special Halloween 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.”

    The Purge

    • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2184339/plotsummary

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us_0aLWOa8E

    • Navy engineer caught selling secrets to alleged foreign agent

    • https://www.cyberscoop.com/navy-nuclear-spy-espionage-charges/

  • https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21082100/toebbe-complaint.pdf

  • https://www.operationmilitarykids.org/did-pepsi-really-have-a-navy/

    • 31 nations plus The EU meet to clamp down on ransomware

    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-links-52-billion-worth-of-bitcoin-transactions-to-ransomware/

  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russia-and-china-left-out-of-global-anti-ransomware-meetings/

  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/governments-worldwide-to-crack-down-on-ransomware-payment-channels/

    • Major hack and data breach against Amazon-owned Twitch

    • https://therecord.media/twitch-says-no-user-passwords-or-cards-numbers-were-exposed-in-major-hack/

  • https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-game-streaming-service-twitch-suffers-major-data-breach-rcna2651

  • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/twitch-downplays-this-months-hack-says-it-had-minimal-impact/

    • Canon disables scan functionality if ink cartridges are empty

    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/canon-sued-for-disabling-scanner-when-printers-run-out-of-ink/

    Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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    Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/

    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    43 min
  • Episode 30 - Dutch Raise Stakes in Ongoing Cyber War, Ransomware Gangs Hate Negotiators, OTP Interception Becomes Trivial, Which Hosts Upgrade to Wind...

    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.”

    The Dutch say military operations are on the table to respond to ransomware attacks

    • https://therecord.media/netherlands-can-use-intelligence-or-armed-forces-to-respond-to-ransomware-attacks/

  • https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/dutch-insider-deployed-stuxnet

    • Ransomware gangs threaten to wipe data and release files if negotiators are hired or chats leaked

    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-threatens-to-wipe-decryption-key-if-negotiator-hired/

  • https://www.cyberscoop.com/blackmatter-trolls-new-cooperative-ransomware/

  • https://therecord.media/conti-gang-threatens-to-dump-victim-data-if-ransom-negotiations-leak-to-reporters/

    • One-time passcode interception is easier than ever with Telegram bots

    • https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/the-rise-of-one-time-password-interception-bots/

  • https://breakdev.org/evilginx-advanced-phishing-with-two-factor-authentication-bypass/

    • Which hosts are upgrading to Windows 11?

    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/amd-warns-of-up-to-15-percent-windows-11-performance-decrease/

  • https://www.pcgamer.com/windows-11-file-explorer-memory-leak-bug/

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    Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/

    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    Jasmin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminp/

    44 min
  • Episode 29 - Facebook’s Network Problem, Apple AirTags Threaten Good Samaritans, World’s First Ransomware Death Revisited, IT Admin Steals Power to M...

    Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got three 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.”

    Facebook goes offline for more than 7 hours

    • https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/

  • https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/05/networking-traffic/outage-details/

    • Apple AirTag vulnerable to cross-site scripting attack

    • https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/apple-airtag-bug-enables-good-samaritan-attack/

  • https://www.datadoctors.com/help/kenscolumns/22367-Sniffing-Out-Evil-QR-Codes/

    • An infant in 2019 is believed to be the first death caused by a ransomware attack

    • https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hospital-ransomware-attack-led-infants-death-lawsuit-alleges

  • https://www.chrislouie.net/blog/2020/9/20/grim-milestone-worlds-first-death-from-ransomware

    • IT Administrator caught mining cryptocurrency using public power

    • https://www.longislandpress.com/2021/09/08/suffolk-it-supervisor-arrested-for-allegedly-mining-bitcoin-at-county-offices/

  • https://www.chrislouie.net/blog/2019/9/3/skynet-closer-than-you-think-protecting-users-and-humanity-against-themselves

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    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    44 min
  • Episode 28 - FBI in Hot Water For Holding Kaseya Decryption Key, Confluence RCE Wreaks Havoc, Ex-Spies Fined for UAE Government Work, SSD Manufacturer...

    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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    FBI had Kaseya Ransomware decryption key for three weeks before releasing it

    • https://www.csoonline.com/article/3633667/yes-the-fbi-held-back-revil-ransomware-keys.html

  • https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bipartisan-criticism-grows-over-the-fbi-delaying-aid-to-kaseya-victims/ar-AAOXjMk

    • Atlassian discloses and patches a no-auth, remote code execution vulnerability

    • https://therecord.media/confluence-enterprise-servers-targeted-with-recent-vulnerability/

  • https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/vmware-denies-allegations-it-leaked-confluence-rce-exploit

    • Former NSA operatives fined $1.7 million for developing exploits for the UAE government

    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-us-intel-operatives-to-pay-16m-for-hacking-for-foreign-govt/

  • https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/47/

    • Hard drive SSD manufacturers caught using cheaper components without notifying public or reviewers

    • https://www.extremetech.com/computing/325824-buyer-beware-crucial-swaps-p2-ssds-tlc-nand-for-slower-inferior-qlc-chips

  • https://www.extremetech.com/computing/326377-samsung-is-the-latest-ssd-manufacturer-cheating-its-customers

  • https://www.extremetech.com/computing/326200-western-digital-caught-bait-and-switching-customers-with-slow-ssds

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    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    28 min
  • Episode 27 - Motorcycle Leads to Ransomware Discovery, Shipping Company UPS’s Website Serving Malware, Botnet Influence Campaigns and Clickfraud

    Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got three 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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    Ducati bank error leads to ransomware discovery

    • https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/customer-care-giant-ttec-hit-by-ransomware/

  • https://www.zdnet.com/article/ttec-hit-with-ransomware-attack-hampering-work-for-major-clients/

    • Vulnerability in UPS.com's website causes it to server malware

    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-campaign-uses-upscom-xss-vuln-to-distribute-malware/

  • https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/

    • The role of botnets in influence campaigns and clickfraud

    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/iot-botnet-used-in-youtube-ad-fraud-scheme/

  • https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/labs/inside-the-million-machine-clickfraud-botnet

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    Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

    Paul - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pbrettle/

    34 min

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