EPISODE · Jun 25, 2021 · 56 MIN
Episode 61 - Hey Everybody Andy is Famous!
from The Host Unknown Podcast · host Thom Langford, John McAfee, Andrew Agnēs, Javvad Malik
This week in InfosecWith content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account19th June 1987: The first Summercon hacker conference was held in St. Louis, Missouri and was run by the hacker zine Phrack. It's still going strong - the 33rd edition took place virtually last year with in-person attendance returning to NYC next month.https://www.summercon.org/https://hackstory.net/Summerconhttps://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/127406578028854886420th June 2011: The earliest attack of Operation AntiSec was performed by LulzSec against the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1274498724786397184 Rant of the WeekEthics in Cybersecurity Marketing – Principles of Value ContributionEC-Council was recently discovered to be publishing blogs that were, in the opinion of a lawyer I spoke to, plagiarized from security and technology experts. One such work was my blog, “What is a Business Information Security Officer (BISO)”. What follows is a description of the events and what I believe needs to be done to correct this horrific trend.Alyssa Miller Duchess of Hackington @AlyssaM_InfoSecSo I really want @ECCouncil to understand the damage they've done (a thread):EC-Council Deflects After Calls of Most Recent Plagiarism Billy Big Balls of the WeekThree things that have vanished: $3.6bn in Bitcoin, a crypto investment biz, and the two brothers who ran it“We got hacked and we'll be right back”, duo said ... two months ago.South African Brothers Vanish, and So Does $3.6 Billion in BitcoinA Cape Town law firm hired by investors says they can’t locate the brothers and has reported the matter to the Hawks, an elite unit of the national police force. It’s also told crypto exchanges across the globe should any attempt be made to convert the digital coins.Two South African brothers have vanished with $3.6 billion of bitcoin in what could be the biggest crypto heist in historyIn the time the story first hit, to the time Forbes published it, the value of the haul had dropped significantly in line with the volatility we expect :)South African Brothers Disappear, Along With $2.2 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin Industry NewsNovel Phishing Attack Abuses Google Drive and DocsGoogle Spices Up Supply Chain Security with SLSA FrameworkNuclear Research Institute Breached by Suspected North Korean HackersFinger Scanning Costs Six Flags $36mSEC Probes SolarWinds Breach Disclosure FailuresNIST Publishes Ransomware GuidanceNuisance Call Company Fined £130,000 After Eight-Month BlitzAnti-virus Pioneer John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison CellGoogle Pushes Back Cookie Removal Plans to 2023 The John McAfee storyWhen Javvad met John McAfeeHow to uninstall McAfee anti-virus in his own words Tweet of the Weekhttps://twitter.com/ShootyDoody/status/1407684922786127873 Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!
What this episode covers
This week in Infosec takes us back to simpler times when hacking groups had monocles Rant of the week looks at shithousery of the magnitude we’ve come to expect from EC-Council Billy Big Balls is the story of two brothers who said “We got hacked and we'll be right back” (two months ago) Industry News brings you the latest and greatest infosec news from around the globe and... Tweet of the week will not be taking questions
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