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Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan talk about different paths into Infosec.

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Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the concept of "right to repair", or once you purchase something, should you be allowed to do whatever you want with it, and to it? And a controversy in Denver over a program that caused over 22,000 Xcel Energy customers to lose control of thier thermostats during an "energy emergency".

• Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during energy emergency

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This month we are joined by OpsHelm, Inc. Founding Security Engineer Lee Brotherston and Black Hills Information Security Content and Community Director Jason Blanchard to discuss current security news. From hacking John Deere combines to play Doom to Janet Jackson crashing laptops, this month was especially entertaining. Join us the last Friday of every month to discuss current events with a rotating list of security pros.

Today's Guests: Lee Brotherston can be found on LinkedIn Jason Blanchard can be found on Twitter @BanjoCrashland Links:

• LastPass source code stolen in data breach
• Ex Twitter Exec Mudge blows the whistle on cybersecurity practices
• Janet Jackson can crash a laptop
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapses
• Hacker jailbreaks John Deere combine and runs Doom
• Criminals mailing fake usbs and people are plugging them in
• Researcher find pro US campaigns on Twitter and Facebook

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This month we are joined by Cybersecurity Strategist Heather Linn and Information Security Pro Giovanni Cofre to discuss current security news. From police being allowed to view private Ring camera footage to the distribution of an abortion-laced business card at a hacker conference, we covered a lot in one hour. Join us the last Friday of every month to discuss current events with a rotating list of security pros.

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• House Passes Cybersecurity Bills Focusing on Energy Sector, Information Sharing
• Russia Released a Ukrainian App for Hacking Russia That Was Actually Malware
• Race against time: Hackers start hunting for victims just 15 minutes after a bug is disclosed
• DIY Collective Embeds Abortion Pill Onto Business Cards, Distributes Them At Hacker Conference
• Bitcoin Dumpster Guy Has a Wild Plan To Rescue Millions In Crypto From a Landfill
• Calls Mount for US Gov Clampdown on Mercenary Spyware Merchants
• Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants
• Cops Turn To Google Location Data To Pursue A Death Penalty For 2015 Murder
• The FBI Forced A Suspect To Unlock Amazon's Encrypted App Wickr With Their Face
• A Hacker Is Trying to Sell Data on 69 Million Neopets Users

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Links:

iOS 16 and macOS Ventura will let users bypass CAPTCHAs on supported apps and websites

Cops Will Be Able to Scan Your Fingerprints With a Phone

Hot Tub Crime Machine: Jacuzzi Smart Tubs Left Personal Info Exposed

After hacking millions of devices, DoJ operation shuts down RSocks botnet

This Hacker Group Forces People to Do Good to Get Their Data Back

Canadian internet outage attributed to beaver

Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China

Keeping PowerShell: Security Measures to Use and Embrace

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This months guests:

Ray Davidson

Luke Crouch

Episode Links:

Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tool Coming To Apps, Schools

2022 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR)

Twitter will pay a $150 million fine over accusations it improperly sold user data

DuckDuckGo Isn't as Private as You Thought

"Tough to forge" digital driver's license is… easy to forge

US Prosecutors Won't Charge White Hat Hackers Under New Policy

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