Episode 82 - The Irishman

IRISSCON - https://www.iriss.ie/ This week in Infosec (12:19)With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account15th November 1994: The earliest known example of the Good Times email hoax virus was posted to the TECH-LAW mailing list. Variants of the hoax spread for several years. In 1997, Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) claimed responsibility for initiating the hoax. Good Times Virus Hoaxhttps://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/119535364385739162312th November 2012: John McAfee went into hiding because his neighbor Gregory Faull was found dead from a gunshot the day before. Belize police wanted McAfee to come in for questioning, but McAfee stated the police were “out to get him”. John McAfee hiding from police after businessman's murder in Belizehttps://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1326993312247656451 The Box © Charlie Langford Rant of the Week (18:52)Amazon tells folks it will stop accepting UK Visa credit cards via weird empty emailHow will you be able to buy things you can't afford now?Amazon has confirmed it will no longer accept payment via Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom after several Reg readers wrote in complaining of a cryptic message they'd been sent this morning.The online sales giant has indicated the move was "due to the high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions." Billy Big Balls of the Week (26:22)New Memento ransomware switches to WinRar after failing at encryption(The embodiment of: Improvise, adapt, overcome)A new ransomware group called Memento takes the unusual approach of locking files inside password-protected archives after their encryption method kept being detected by security software. Industry News (33:15)FBI Fixes Misconfigured Server After Hoax Email AlertCryptojackers Disable Alibaba Cloud Security AgentChina Telecom Appeals Against US BanEmotet is Rebuilding its BotnetGhostwriter Disinformation Operation Linked to BelarusUS to Sell $56m in Seized Crypto-CurrencyThreat Actors Discuss Leasing Zero-Day ExploitsChina's APT41 Manages Library of Breached CertificatesRussian Cybercrime Forums Open Doors to Chinese-Speakers Tweet of the Week (39:15)https://twitter.com/benawad/status/1460738174783791105 Come on! Like and bloody well subscribe!