Episode 70 - Two is the Magic number

This week in Infosec (13:24)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account25th August 1991: Linux completes 30 years.It was on this date in 1991 that Linus Torvalds announced the first version. He actually wanted to call it as Freax, but his friend Ari Lemmke named it as Linux, which he accepted. Version 1.0 would later be released in March 1994.https://twitter.com/SadaaShree/status/14304157238562037772004: (a mere 17 years ago) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the results of Operation Web Snare - the arrest or conviction of over 150 individuals involved in cybercrime.https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2004/August/04_crm_583.htm Rant of the Week (29:03)https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/10-years-of-10-steps-to-cyber-security Billy Big Balls of the Week (36:40)Iran official acknowledges videos of Evin prison abuse realThis clip of a security control room at Iran's most notorious prison being shut down by hackers is straight out of a movie.Hackers are now leaking stolen CCTV from across the Evin prison to highlight the abuse of inmates Industry News (45:35)Crunch Time for Liquid as Crypto Exchange Loses $97m to HackersMan Gets Three Years for Stealing Nude Photos from College VictimsHackers Leak Footage of Iranian PrisonPoly Network Hacker Returns Remaining FundsAT&T Denies Data BreachTime to Fix High Severity Apps Increases by Ten DaysDrug Dealers Get 27 Years After Police Crack EncroChat Comms70% of Cyber Pros Believe Cyber Insurance is Exacerbating RansomwareAngry Birds Developer Accused of Illegal Data Collection Tweet of the Week (51:42)Charlatan - Frank W. Abagnale Jr.https://twitter.com/securityerrata/status/1429225280997142530 Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!