Episode 101 - My Brain Hurts

This Week in InfoSec (09:26)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter  account and further afield26th April 2013: LivingSocial informed its employees that 50 million users' names, emails, dates of birth, and SHA1 hashed passwords were compromised.LivingSocial Hackedhttps://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/151903974730119987226th April 1999: The first known virus to target the flash BIOS of a PC, the CIH/Chernobyl Virus triggers on this day, erasing hard drives and disabling PCs primarily in Asia and Europe. One of the most destructive viruses in history, Turkey and South Korea alone reported 300,000 infected systems. As Seen on Reddit (23:29)My thoughts on a decade of Cyber Security: 10 Lessons I’ve learnedReddit user u/CrowGrandFather has spent more than a decade in the Cyber Security Industry and has come up with 10 lessons he learned along the way.1. Cyber is risk and nothing else2. No one cares about your stats3. Understand that not everyone is as smart as you4. Stop with the playbooks5. Read the news for your boss6. Blackhat is mostly pointless7. Location, Location, Location8. You’re probably doing threat intelligence wrong9. Don’t write to be understood, write so that you can’t possibly be misunderstood10. Make friends with your Marketing team[That was this week's As seen on Reddit] Industry News (42:07)LinkedIn Becomes the Most Impersonated Brand for Phishing AttacksCosta Rica Refuses to Pay Cyber RansomBored Ape Yacht Club Customers Lose $3m in NFT ScamFrench Hospitals Cut Internet Connection After Data RaidSecurity Teams Should Be Addressing Quantum Cyber-Threats NowPrivate Investigator Admits Role in Hedge Fund HackUK Schools Can Sign-Up to Free Government-Grade SecurityCoca-Cola Investigates Data Breach ClaimCrypto Trading Fund Partners Accused of Fraud Tweet of the Week (45:00)https://twitter.com/austinpeay/status/1519397653305561088https://twitter.com/austinpeay/status/1519399475785125889 Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!