Episode 141 - You know why this is late

This week in Infosec20th February 2003: Alan Giang Tran, former network admin for 2 companies, was arrested after allegedly destroying data on the companies' networks. Two months later he pleaded guilty to a federal charge of intentionally causing damage to a protected computer.Man arrested for allegedly shutting down employers' computershttps://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/162774885785659393118th February 2008: 2013: Burger King's Twitter account was compromised, had its name changed to McDonalds, and shared offensive tweets.Burger King Twitter Account Hackedhttps://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1627115690577608707 Rant of the WeekAccidental WhatsApp account takeovers? It's a thingA stranger may be receiving your private WhatsApp messages, and also be able to send messages to all of your contacts – if you have changed your phone number and didn't delete the WhatsApp account linked to it.Your humble vulture heard this bizarre tale of inadvertent WhatsApp account hijacking from a reader, Eric, who told us this happened to his son, Ugo."This is a massive privacy violation," Eric said. "My son had long-lasting access to that person's private messages as well as group messages, both personal and work related."The security hole stems from wireless carriers' practice of recycling former customers' phone numbers and giving them to new customers.WhatsApp acknowledges that this can happen, but says it's extremely rare. Billy Big BallsGoDaddy: Hackers stole source code, installed malware in multi-year breachWeb hosting giant GoDaddy says it suffered a breach where unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers after breaching its cPanel shared hosting environment in a multi-year attack.While GoDaddy discovered the security breach following customer reports in early December 2022 that their sites were being used to redirect to random domains, the attackers had access to the company's network for multiple years.The company says that previous breaches disclosed in November 2021 and March 2020 are also linked to this multi-year campaign. Industry NewsNorway Seizes Millions in North Korean CryptoFBI "Contains" Cyber-Incident on its NetworkGoDaddy Announces Source Code Stolen and Malware Installed in BreachRansomware Gang Seeks to Exploit Victims' Insurance CoverageCity Fund Managers Jailed for $8m FraudHydrochasma Group Targets Asian Medical and Shipping SectorsPhishing Sites and Apps Use ChatGPT as LureICO Calls on Accountants to Improve SME Data ProtectionHackers Use S1deload Stealer to Target Facebook, YouTube Users Tweet of the Week https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1628898963087851521?s=20   Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!