Episode 39 - A New Hope

This week in InfosecLiberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account:19th January 1986: The first PC virus appeared. It was a boot sector virus called Brain, which spread via infected floppy disks to computers running MS-DOS. It was written by 2 brothers in Pakistan to protect their medical software from piracy. They later even licensed Brain.https://www.theregister.com/2006/01/19/pc_virus_at_20/https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1351695480791715840Worth mentioning Mikko Hyponnen ‘s TED talk on when he went to Pakistan to meet the brothers https://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net18th January 2011: Andrew Auernheimer and Daniel Spitler were arrested by FBI agents for hacking into AT&T's servers and downloading customer info in 2010. There's a lot more to the story - either you know it or you should research it.https://www.darkreading.com/risk-management/two-arrested-for-atandt-ipad-network-breach/d/d-id/1095520https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1351277900834742274 Rant of the WeekGoogle threatens to pull out of Australiahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-55760673 Tweet of the Weekhttps://twitter.com/DanRaywood/status/1351555439612354562Defining what disinformation is, the role it played in the attack on the Capitol, social media as a vessel to deliver messages, etc.https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/disinformation-can-be-a-very-lucrative-business-especially-if-youre-good-at-it-media-scholar-says/2021/01/19/4c842f06-4a04-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story.html  https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1351985551419863040 Industry NewsNSA: DNS over HTTPS Provides “False Sense of Security”Leaked #COVID19 Vaccine Data “Manipulated” to Mislead PublicEnvironmental Regulator Suffers Ransomware BlowGDPR Fines Surge 39% Over Past Year Despite #COVID19Cloud Config Error Exposes X-Rated College PicsCoin-Mining Malware Volumes Soar 53% in Q4 2020Malwarebytes: SolarWinds Hackers Read Our EmailsInterpol: Dating App Victims Lured into Investment ScamsThreat Actor Dumps 1.9 Million Pixlr Records Online Javvad’s Weekly StoriesNada. Nothing. Niet. Non.  Billy Big Balls of the WeekAditya Singh: Man found 'living in airport for three months' over Covid fearsA man too afraid to fly due to the pandemic lived undetected in a secure area of Chicago's international airport for three months, US prosecutors say.Aditya Singh, 36, was arrested on Saturday after airline staff asked him to produce his identification.He pointed to a badge, but it allegedly belonged to an operations manager who reported it missing in October.Police say Mr Singh arrived on a flight from Los Angeles to O'Hare International Airport on 19 October.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55702003 Thom's Podcasting Desk Other StoriesGo read this report about the US military endangering passenger jets by blocking GPSGPS jamming can shut off a pilot’s access to navigation — or worsehttps://www.theverge.com/2021/1/21/22242761/us-military-gps-jamming-tests-airplane-danger Ubiquiti, maker of prosumer routers and access points, has had a data breachThe email encourages users to change their passwordshttps://www.theverge.com/2021/1/11/22226061/ubiquiti-data-breach-email-third-party-unathorized-access In hidden message on White House website, Biden calls for codershttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-biden-digital-service/in-hidden-message-on-white-house-website-biden-calls-for-coders-idINKBN29Q08Q Bugs in Signal, other video chat apps allowed attackers to listen in on usershttps://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/01/21/bugs-video-chat-apps/  Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!