Episode 121 - The Live One

This week in InfoSecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield9th September 1947: An error in the Mark II computer at Harvard University was due to a moth trapped in a relay. The moth was attached to the log book with notation "first actual case of bug being found."  https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/130371748042313318611th September 1992: The movie "Sneakers" was released. With a budget of $35 million, it grossed $105 million at the box office. A hacker movie classic! Bishop, Whistler, Cosmo, and Mother!https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1304574876922019841Sneakers IMDB Rant of the WeekGoogle and Meta fined over $70m for privacy violations in KoreaSouth Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has issued two large fines for privacy violations: a $50 million penalty for Google and $22 million for Meta.The PIPC's beef is that neither Google nor Meta properly obtain consent or inform users on how they collect and use data, particularly with regards to behavioural information used to predict interests for marketing and advertising purposes.The data watchdog claims Google hides the setting screen to agree or disagree to collection methods and sets the default to "agree" while Meta only asks for agreement when a user creates an account and does so in unclear ways.AND / ORA surveillance artist shows how Instagram magic is madeWhen traveller Daniele Brito posed in front of the Temple Bar in Dublin, Ireland in late August, she likely didn’t realize the camera was watching her.Yes, there was the one pointed at her, capturing a photograph that would later be shared to Brito’s more than 2,700 followers on Instagram. But there was at least one other one observing her: a surveillance camera stationed on the corner opposite the bar.The FollowerThe Machine Billy Big Balls of the Week Chess player denies using anal beads to cheat in match against world champion: ‘This is not a joke’A chess underdog who unexpectedly beat a champion player has been accused of using anal beads to cheat his way to victory.Yes, we know – you probably never expected to see “chess” and “anal beads” in the same sentence, but here we are.The furore kicked off when Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen announced he was withdrawing from the Sinquefield Cup, a lucrative tournament which attracts some of the world’s best chess players.Carlsen posted on Twitter to say he was leaving the tournament, but gave no explanation why.The Hans Niemann story from redditChess player Hans Niemann denies using sex toy to help him beat grand championVibrating Butt Toys Are Exactly What Chess Needs Industry NewsCops Raid Suspected Fraudster PenthousesUS Treasury Sanctions Iranian Minister Over Hacking of Govt and AlliesHackers Steal Steam Credentials With 'Browser-in-the-Browser' TechniqueiOS 16 Launches With Lockdown Mode, Spyware Protection, Safety CheckVulnerabilities Found in Airplane WiFi Devices, Passengers' Data ExposedCybercrime Forum Admins Steal from Site UsersUser Alert as Phishing Campaigns Exploit Queen's PassingYouTube Users Targeted By RedLine Self-Spreading StealerNotepad++ Plugins Allow Attackers to Infiltrate Systems, Achieve Persistence Tweet of the Weekhttps://twitter.com/SecurityAura/status/1570232260485386242   The Joseph Carson Talk Tweet Threadhttps://twitter.com/J4vv4D/status/1569704538252214274?s=20 Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!