Episode 66 - VPNs Pull Out of India, Microsoft Blocks Windows Downloads in Russia, ASyncRat Overtakes Emotet, Ransomware Grossly Under-Reported, Incep...

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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AWS Employee and Capital One hacker Paige Thompson found guilty

• https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1538222578401169409

ExpressVPN and SurfShark withdraw from India over new VPN logging rule

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/surfshark-expressvpn-pull-out-of-india-over-data-retention-laws/

• https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores

Microsoft blocks downloads of Windows 10 and 11 in Russia

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-and-windows-11-downloads-blocked-in-russia/

ASyncRat malware surpasses Emotet, Trickbot, and Dridex for e-mail-based infections

• https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2022/06/asyncrat-surpasses-dridex-trickbot-and-emotet-to-become-dominant-email-threat/

• https://www.securityweek.com/follina-vulnerability-exploited-deliver-qbot-asyncrat-other-malware

Ransomware is grossly underreported

• https://therecord.media/fbi-doj-say-less-than-25-of-netwalker-ransomware-victims-reported-incidents/

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/anatomy-cyberattack-11654543046

• https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2021_IC3Report.pdf

Movie Talk: Inception, The Matrix, and philosophy

• Inception and Philosophy - Kyle Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ginQNMiRu2w

• MATRIX BREAKDOWN!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg5rStNXHq8

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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