Episode 197 - The Andy Is Distracted Episode

This week in InfoSec  (07:40)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield3 July 1996 - a mere 28 years ago the movie Independence Day was released.  In it, Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith fly into an alien vessel in a 50-year-old space junker, then upload a computer virus in less than 5 minuteshttps://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1808464060972667170 Rant of the Week (11:07)Cancer patient forced to make terrible decision after Qilin attack on London hospitalshttps://www.theregister.com/2024/07/05/qilin_impacts_patient/EXCLUSIVE The latest figures suggest that around 1,500 medical procedures have been canceled across some of London's biggest hospitals in the four weeks since Qilin's ransomware attack hit pathology services provider Synnovis. But perhaps no single person was affected as severely as Johanna Groothuizen.Hanna – the name she goes by – is now missing her right breast after her skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction surgery was swapped out for a simple mastectomy at the last minute. Billy Big Balls of the Week (18:20)Ransomware scum who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption keyhttps://www.theregister.com/2024/07/04/hackers_of_indonesian_government_apologize/ Industry News (24:28)Vinted Fined €2.3m Over Data Protection FailureEuropol Warns of Home Routing Challenges For Lawful InterceptionMeta Faces Suspension of AI Data Training in BrazilNew Ransomware Group Phones Execs to Extort PaymentUK’s NCA Leads Major Cobalt Strike TakedownCyber Extortion Soars: SMBs Hit Four Times HarderNew RUSI Report Exposes Psychological Toll of Ransomware, Urges ActionDozens of Arrests Disrupt €2.5m Vishing GangHealth Tech Execs Get Jail Time For $1bn Fraud Scheme Tweet of the Week (31:07) Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!