Episode 40 - Mathematics Isn't Our Strong Point

This week in Infosec19th January 2012: US federal authorities shut down /Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal media downloads, and arrested its leaders. Hours later, the hacktivist collective Anonymous, knocked the US Department of Justice website offline.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seizure_of_Megauploadhttps://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1219086142428999681?s=2025th January 2003: The SQL Slammer worm was first observed. Slammer spread to the vast majority of all vulnerable hosts worldwide in 10 minutes. Yes, 10 minutes.Though Microsoft released MS02-039 to patch the buffer overflow vuln in SQL Server six months earlier, many orgs hadn't patched.https://www.wired.com/2003/07/slammer/https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1221132001501007873?s=20 Tweet of the Weekhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-wales-today-viewers-gobsmacked-23391438https://twitter.com/Lovehoney/status/1354378061635063809?s=20https://twitter.com/BCredibility/status/1354514912299593729/photo/1 Industry NewsMore Malware May Be Lurking on Govt School LaptopsRussian Government Agency Warns Firms of US AttackMisconfigured Cloud Server Exposes 66,000 GamersTikTok Bug Gave Access to Contacts’ Profile DetailsUK Spies Called on to Help in Fraud FightManufacturing Giant Suffers Major Cyber-DisruptionMore Security Vendors Admit to SolarWinds AttacksConsumers Falling for $100m Clone Firm ScamsRemote Workers Could Offer Brexit Britain Cybersecurity Lifeline Javvad’s Weekly StoriesFears over cyber crime tool that can build phishing pages in real-timeShould We Be Cautious About Law Enforcement Requests for Digital Data?Nefilim Ransomware Gang Hits Jackpot with Ghost AccountLaptops handed out by Department of Education found laced with malware Billy Big BallsThe greatest pyramid scheme of 2021 so far...https://imgur.com/a/DCCpuZAhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-55841719https://twitter.com/swardley/status/1354482558147448835?s=20Thom: Financial industry wrecks entire economyJav: "we must bail them out"Thom: Senators do insider tradingAndy: "nothing we can do"Thom: Covid shuts everything downJav: "bail out big company stocks with $4 trillion"Thom: Random people do a stonk on redditAndy: "halt trading & bail out hedge funds they bankrupted" Sticky Pickle of the WeekIn October 2020, Kanye West bought Kim Kardashian West a hologram of her late father, Robert Kardashian, to celebrate her 40th birthday, bringing to the wealthy the idea of digital representations of the dead that can more authentically communicate with the living.The hologram spoke for around three minutes, directly addressing Kardashian and her decision to become a lawyer “and carry on my legacy”.Imagine you had a bank balance like Jav, and you wanted to do something for your loved ones when you’ve departed this life, how on earth do you get started with a trusted company to preserve your legacy?  What would you do in this situation?This is what someone else is doing...Microsoft has been granted a patent that would allow the company to make a chatbot using the personal information of deceased people.  The patent describes creating a bot based on the “images, voice data, social media posts, electronic messages”, and more personal information.https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/microsoft-chatbot-patent-dead-b1789979.html Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!