Episode 173 - The Are We Still Doing This Episode

This Week in InfoSec (05:41) 2002: In response to a report which insinuated Mac is less vulnerable than Windows, Microsoft suggested few focus on discovering Mac vulnerabilities and that products with more customers will have more vulnerabilities reported.https://t.co/WOUUDOB0g6https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1721895407545143382?s=20 Rant of the Week (11:09)Photos of naked patients and medical records have been posted online by extortionists who hacked a Las Vegas plastic surgery, driving victims to file a lawsuit claiming not enough care was taken to protect their private information.https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/women-sue-plastic-surgery-after-hack-saw-their-naked-photos-posted-online/  Billy Big Balls of the Week (20:48)A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuitalleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs.https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy Industry News (29:28) SentinelOne to acquire cybersecurity consulting firm Krebs Stamos GroupNATO allies express support for collective response to cyberattacksCouncil for Scottish islands faces IT outage after ‘incident’Mortgage giant Mr. Cooper using alternative payment options after cyberattackSerbian pleads guilty to running ‘Monopoly’ darknet marketplaceJapan Aviation Electronics says servers accessed during cyberattack Tweet of the Week (42:39)https://twitter.com/j4vv4d/status/1722916507653394575?s=61&t=0s-EyC1T6uSS3Lo_cyqI4w  Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!