Episode 24 - T-Mobile’s Atrocious Security, Largest DDoS Attack in History, Captchas to Bypass Browser Security, USB Rubber Ducky

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)

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T-Mobile's data breach caused by a cascade of security failures

• https://www.wired.com/story/t-mobile-breach-much-worse-than-it-had-to-be/

• https://www.securityweek.com/t-mobile-hack-involved-exposed-router-specialized-tools-and-brute-force-attacks

CloudFlare mitigates the worst DDoS attack in history

• https://thehackernews.com/2021/08/cloudflare-mitigated-one-of-largest.html

• https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-thwarts-17-2m-rps-ddos-attack-the-largest-ever-reported/

Attackers using Captchas and social engineering to launch malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-campaign-uses-clever-captcha-to-bypass-browser-warning/

USB Rubber Ducky

• https://hak5.org/blogs/usb-rubber-ducky

• https://hackaday.com/2016/10/28/duckhunting-stopping-rubber-ducky-attacks/

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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