Episode 21 - Russian APT Crew Uses Year-Old Infrastructure, Apple is NOT Spying On You (Sort Of), Hacker Steals then Returns $600m in Cryptocurrency, ...

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)

PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”

APT29 uses the same command and control infrastructure for over a year because companies do not patch or block bad IPs

• https://www.cyberscoop.com/riskiq-apt29-cozy-bear-c2-wellmess-biden-putin/

• https://www.axios.com/us-cyber-command-north-korea-malware-5382272d-39a0-4efe-a0a8-9e37d584b6e9.html

• https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/guns-butter.asp

Apple is NOT spying on you

• https://www.cultofmac.com/749522/edward-snowden-eff-apple-photo-scanning/

• https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52642633

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodna

Hacker steals $600 million in cryptocurrency but cannot spend any of it

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/hacker-reportedly-returns-millions-after-massive-600m-crypto-heist/

• https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/poly-network-hacker-behind-600-million-crypto-heist-did-it-for-fun.html

Success in security sales

• https://www.csoonline.com/article/2136714/want-to-be-successful-in-security--embrace-your-role-in-sales.html

• https://www.tag-cyber.com/advisory/articles/top-ten-rules-for-a-successful-cyber-security-sales-pitch

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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