PEBCAK Podcast: Information Security News by Some All Around Good People

Weekly Information Security News. Stay up to date on what’s going on in the InfoSec world in about 40 minutes. Join us for InfoSec news and stay for some friendly banter, guest interviews, gadget reviews, tech interview tips, and hilarious dad jokes! New episodes every Monday.

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Sunday Jul 10, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
Closing the loopPEBCAK SE Handbook updatePEBCAK Podcast Episode 64 (Scroll to 34:45 where Brian says he's in)Amazon Prime Day 2022https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/2022/07/10/amazon-prime-day-2022/Apple introduces Lockdown Mode to stop state-sponsored spyinghttps://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/07/apple-expands-commitment-to-protect-users-from-mercenary-spyware/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apples-new-lockdown-mode-for-iphone-fights-hacking/LockBit 3.0 releases with new features, bug bounty, and auction processhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-30-introduces-the-first-ransomware-bug-bounty-program/Hacker steals $2 million worth of Counter-Strike weapon skinshttps://www.pcgamesn.com/counter-strike-global-offensive/hacker-steals-2-millionhttps://www.pcgamer.com/csgo-skins-most-expensive/Mistakes the hosts will never make againhttps://www.livestrong.com/article/13764706-drinking-on-an-empty-stomach/Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

Sunday Jul 03, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
Closing the loopChris Evans finally upgrades from iPhone 6shttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/06/24/captain-america-star-chris-evans-finally-gives-up-his-iphone-6sFive years since NotPetyahttps://www.csoonline.com/article/3664930/5-years-after-notpetya-lessons-learned.htmlNikon vs Canonhttps://shotkit.com/nikon-vs-canon/Indian police planting evidence on activists' computershttps://www.wired.com/story/modified-elephant-planted-evidence-hacking-police/China weaponizing contact tracing appshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-61793149Cloudflare broke then saved the internethttps://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-outage-on-june-21-2022/https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-verizon-and-a-bgp-optimizer-knocked-large-parts-of-the-internet-offline-today/https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-tiny-botnet-launched-the-largest-ddos-attack-on-record/Door holding etiquettehttps://www.etiquetteschoolofamerica.com/the-five-manners-for-opening-every-door/Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/Dan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielcybulskie/

Sunday Jun 26, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
AWS Employee and Capital One hacker Paige Thompson found guiltyhttps://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1538222578401169409ExpressVPN and SurfShark withdraw from India over new VPN logging rulehttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/surfshark-expressvpn-pull-out-of-india-over-data-retention-laws/ https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scoresMicrosoft blocks downloads of Windows 10 and 11 in Russiahttps://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 infectionshttps://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-malwareRansomware is grossly underreportedhttps://therecord.media/fbi-doj-say-less-than-25-of-netwalker-ransomware-victims-reported-incidents/https://www.wsj.com/articles/anatomy-cyberattack-11654543046https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2021_IC3Report.pdfMovie Talk: Inception, The Matrix, and philosophyInception and Philosophy - Kyle Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ginQNMiRu2wMATRIX BREAKDOWN!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg5rStNXHq8 Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

Sunday Jun 19, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
@JackRhysider's take on RSAhttps://twitter.com/JackRhysider/status/1534636533961003008L3Harris in talks to acquire NSO Grouphttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/14/nso-group-pegasus-us-l3harrisCoinbase lays off 1100 employees, cuts off access before announcementhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/pkge7z/coinbase-cuts-employees-access-to-work-email-docs-before-laying-them-offhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-zero-day-was-used-in-attack-against-coinbase-employees-not-its-users/Google's AI is not self-awarehttps://www.thedailybeast.com/stop-saying-that-googles-ai-lamda-is-sentient-you-dupesShaming employees during phishing training is ineffectivehttps://twitter.com/selenalarson/status/1534860603453370368Apple plans to kill the CAPTCHAhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/06/14/how-apple-could-kill-captchas-with-private-access-tokensFunny podcast-safe Vegas storieshttps://performancecardservice.com/industries/gentlemans-clubs/Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/Marcus - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-andrus-77749670/

Monday Jun 13, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
RSA 2022 Recaphttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rsa-conference-2022-kicks-off-in-san-francisco-301561393.htmlSyria disables internet while students take tests to prevent cheatinghttps://therecord.media/syria-schools-internet-access/Cici's Pizza probable victim of ransomware attack, but not everyone is madhttps://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1532360024105828354 Long John Silver's Marijuana Conspiracy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBRl2dJz1RgLong John Silver's Marijuana Conspiracy: https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/bdv7xm/long_john_silvers_is_a_largescale_marijuana_money/Microsoft eliminates non-compete agreements and promotes salary transparencyhttps://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-stop-using-non-competition-clauses-salary-transparency-corporate-culture-2022-6Which movie scared the hosts, but was not a scary movie?Love, Death, & Robots - Pop Squad: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/80174608?s=i&trkid=13747225&vlang=en&clip=81580597Arlington Road: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137363/I Am Legend: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249Enemy of the State: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

Sunday Jun 05, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
Crypto owners with too much money buy expensive thingshttps://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/dao-raises-millions-in-eth-to-bid-on-copy-of-us-constitution.htmlhttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/19/-buythebroncos-dao-aims-to-raise-4-billion-to-buy-denver-broncos.htmlATM Loophole creates $1.6 million windfall for Australian bartenderhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/pa5kgg/this-australian-bartender-dan-saunders-found-an-atm-bank-glitch-hack-and-blew-16-million-dollarsBrazil airport screens hacked and show adult contenthttps://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hacked-brazil-airport-screens-show--travelers-85026863 https://mashable.com/video/teenage-hacker-rickrolls-high-school-senior-prank https://www.history101.com/the-great-canadian-maple-syrup-heist/2019 MGM hack much worse than originally disclosedhttps://www.techradar.com/news/stolen-mgm-resorts-customer-data-dumped-on-telegram-for-freehttps://news.yahoo.com/mgm-hack-exposes-data-10-042600722.htmlPrivacy is not included in most apps and hardwarehttps://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/Russ's linkshttps://www.akashlytics.com/price-comparehttps://threefold.io/cloudhttps://fluidstack.io, https://vast.aihttps://golem.networkDad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/Russ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/russellfrom/

Sunday May 29, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
Erica on One in Four Podcasthttps://oneinfourpodcast.com/season-one/s1-ep10/ (She starts 12:18)https://instagram.com/wellandsepticlifeGoodWill ransomware forces companies to do good to get their data backhttps://cloudsek.com/threatintelligence/goodwill-ransomware-forces-victims-to-donate-to-the-poor-and-provides-financial-assistance-to-patients-in-need/https://blog.malwarebytes.com/ransomware/2022/05/eerie-goodwill-ransomware-forces-victims-to-publish-videos-of-good-deeds-on-social-media/Google removes doxxing information from search resultshttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/04/you-can-now-ask-google-to-remove-your-phone-number-email-or-address-from-search-results/https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9673730Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) gets much needed reformhttps://www.csoonline.com/article/3661591/doj-good-faith-security-research-won-t-be-charged-under-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act.html https://www.eff.org/document/cfaa-and-security-researchersEmployee evaluations after every meeting?https://www.businessinsider.com/coinbase-asking-staff-rate-each-other-thumbs-up-down-report-2022-5Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/Erica - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericakgood/

Sunday May 22, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
Israel creates more cybersecurity startups than any other countryhttps://techcrunch.com/2022/01/04/israels-cybersecurity-startups-post-another-record-year-in-2021/Export controls in Israel cripple NSO group and other spy tool makershttps://en.globes.co.il/en/article-tighter-export-controls-strangling-israels-cyberattack-sector-1001410066Researchers install malware on powered off iPhonehttps://arxiv.org/abs/2205.06114https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/researchers-devise-iphone-malware-that-runs-even-when-device-is-turned-off/Conti Ransomware group encourages citizens of Costa Rica to overthrow thier government and install one that will pay themhttps://www.databreaches.net/conti-abandons-all-pretense-at-professionalism-issues-increasingly-strident-threats-as-costa-rica-struggles/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/feds-former-cloud-worker-hacks-into-capital-one-and-takes-data-for-106-million-people/Motorcycle airbag will not deploy if you miss a paymenthttps://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/93yyyd/this-motorcycle-airbag-vest-will-stop-working-if-you-miss-a-paymentDad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/Guy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-meron-b2a2361/

Monday May 16, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
Second chanceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_ChineseUkraine's IT army launches DDoS attacks against Russia's alcohol distribution networkhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-s-it-army-is-disrupting-russias-alcohol-distribution/Raufoss Mk 211 50 Caliber Round: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raufoss_Mk_211Depleted Uranium Tank Round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x9ykqGHI_0How Powerful is Javelin Anti-Tank Missile?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COKC5ZU6gMWorld Password Day accomplishes absolutely nothinghttps://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1521971026963353613https://2fa.directory/us/China to stop buying foreign PCs and softwarehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-06/china-orders-government-state-firms-to-dump-foreign-pcsDepp-Heard Trial Updatehttps://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-defamation-trial-summary-and-timeline/ar-AAWFu10Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

Monday May 09, 2022

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)Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
Arizona recognizes Mother's Day as a legal holidayhttps://www.employmentlawhandbook.com/employment-and-labor-laws/states/arizona/leave-laws/holidays/Emotet is back after programmers fix a bughttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-malware-infects-users-again-after-fixing-broken-installer/https://threatpost.com/emotet-back-new-tricks/179410/Russia recruits IT support help from their forced labor camp prisonshttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/05/russia-to-rent-tech-savvy-prisoners-to-corporate-it/https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdbWCusb/FBI 2021 IC3 report shows Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) still leading cause of cybercrime financial losshttps://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/04/26/trouble-bec-how-stop-costliest-scam/https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2021_IC3Report.pdf https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-defrauds-defense-dept-out-of-20m/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/google-facebook-scam-fake-invoice-wire-fraud-guilty-a8840071.htmlhttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/07/how-mcmillions-scam-rigged-the-mcdonalds-monopoly-game.htmlTV shows canceled too soonhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/jericho-fans-go-nuts/https://netflixlife.com/2022/02/15/is-arrested-development-leaving-netflix/Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)Please share this podcast with someone you know! It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!Find the hosts on LinkedIn:Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/

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