Episode 82 - Tensions Rise in Iran, CSO Found Guilty in Data Breach, Top Vulnerabilities Exploited by China, Work Life of Sales Engineers and Incident...

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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Tensions rise in Iran as hacktivists hack into state-owned TV station

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63188795

BlackByte ransomware uses vulnerable MSI driver to kill AV processes

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blackbyte-ransomware-abuses-legit-driver-to-disable-security-products/

Adult Happy Meals are here, temporarily

• https://news.yahoo.com/mcdonald-workers-unhappy-adult-happy-235154682.html

Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan found guilty of obstructing justice

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-uber-security-chief-found-guilty-of-obstructing-ftc-probe-11665004454

• https://www.wired.com/story/uber-joe-sullivan-conviction/

• https://www.foxbusiness.com/financials/capital-one-hacker-paige-thompson-not-sentenced-prison-transgender-status-mental-health

US NSA shares top vulnerabilities exploited by China since 2020

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-shares-top-flaws-exploited-by-chinese-hackers-since-2020/

• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-279a

Survey shows that incident responders and sales engineers align closely on values and problems

• https://newsroom.ibm.com/2022-10-03-New-IBM-Study-Finds-Cybersecurity-Incident-Responders-Have-Strong-Sense-of-Service-as-Threats-Cross-Over-to-Physical-World

• https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/XKOY5OLO

Lessons learned in pre-sales life:

• https://networkinterview.com/sales-engineer-and-pre-sales-engineer/

Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)

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