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

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.”
Russia arrests REvil ransomware crew as part of broader government crackdownhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/moscow-court-charges-8-revil-ransomware-hackers/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukranian-police-arrests-ransomware-gang-that-hit-over-50-firms/Crypto.com gets hacked, denies customer funds stolen; blockchain analysis says otherwisehttps://fortune.com/2022/01/18/crypto-com-alleged-hacking-15-million-ether-may-be-gone/https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/01/20/cryptocom-admits-35-million-hack/Nordic Choice Hotels ditches Windows to stop ransomwarehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-a-ransomware-hit-at-nordic-choice-hotels-11641983406https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/hotel-chain-swaps-windows-for-chrome-os-due-to-ransomware-danger/ar-AASI10DSignal adds anonymous payments to secure messaging apphttps://www.wired.com/story/signal-mobilecoin-cryptocurrency-payments/https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/10/moxie-marlinspike-is-leaving-signal-heres-where-we-suspect-hes-headed-and-why/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/

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.”
Microsoft rolls calendar forward instead of fixing Y22K bughttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/exchange-server-bug-gets-a-fix-after-ruining-admins-new-years-plans/https://python-forum.io/thread-3200.htmlhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14099https://www.cnet.com/news/windows-may-crash-after-49-7-days/Malware steals form information using real estate website's video playerhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-video-player-to-steal-credit-cards-from-over-100-sites/https://money.com/real-estate-wire-fraud-scam-covid-tips/FIN7 APT crew mails out infected USB devices hoping unsuspecting victims will plug them inhttps://therecord.media/fbi-fin7-hackers-target-us-companies-with-badusb-devices-to-install-ransomware/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.htmlGoogle loses lawsuit with Sonos and cripples functionality rather than pay a licensing feehttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-loses-sonos-patent-case-starts-stripping-functionality-from-speakers/https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/6/22871304/google-home-speaker-group-volume-control-changes-sonos-patent-decisionUseless gadgets announced at the Consumer Electronics Showhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/samsung-shows-off-foldable-laptop-tablet-and-smartphone-concepts-at-ces/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/shopping/samsung-promises-e2-80-98groundbreaking-e2-80-99-new-tv-feature-nft-support/ar-AASmXzYhttps://xkcd.com/927/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 L. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/Chris Y. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopheryoung3/

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 @pebcakpodcast
PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”MacBooks Pro's with M1 Max chips outsell M1 Pro chipshttps://appleinsider.com/articles/22/01/05/m1-max-macbook-pro-supply-more-constrained-than-m1-pro-analyst-saysMicrosoft Exchange hits Y22K bug and stops sending e-mail on New Year's Dayhttps://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/exchange-server-bug-gets-a-fix-after-ruining-admins-new-years-plans/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-emergency-fix-for-exchange-year-2022-bug/Verizon automatically opts-in intrusive trackinghttps://www.verizon.com/support/verizon-custom-experience-programs-faqs/NortonLifeLock starts its own cryptocurrency mining service, takes 15% commissionhttps://community.norton.com/en/blogs/product-service-announcements/introducing-norton-cryptohttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/500m-avira-antivirus-users-introduced-to-cryptomining/The hazards of "buy now, pay later" serviceshttps://www.fool.com/the-ascent/credit-cards/articles/3-biggest-dangers-buy-now-pay-later-services/https://www.wired.com/story/hidden-dangers-buy-now-pay-later-apps/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/

Welcome to this week's bonus episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got three 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.”
Google Trends of 2021https://trends.google.com/trends/yis/2021/GLOBAL/https://www.wfla.com/news/sarasota-county/waiting-for-answers-gabby-petitos-death-remains-ongoing-fbi-homicide-investigation-as-we-enter-2022/Fist bump vs handshakehttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/fist-bump-better-handshake-cleanliness-201407297305https://www.themuse.com/advice/what-you-need-to-do-when-you-decide-to-drop-out-of-a-job-interviewDangerous thinks your children should dohttps://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Things-Should-Your-Children/dp/0451234197https://www.education.com/science-fair/article/boiling-water-paper-cup/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/

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.”
LastPass members report unauthorized logins using the master passwordhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lastpass-users-warned-their-master-passwords-are-compromised/https://www.zdnet.com/article/lastpass-hit-by-password-stealing-and-code-execution-vulnerabilities/Huawei installed malware in their hardware using a malicious update in 2012https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-16/chinese-spies-accused-of-using-huawei-in-secret-australian-telecom-hack https://www.zdnet.com/article/super-micro-trashes-bloomberg-chip-hack-story-in-recent-customer-letter/Crowdsourced information: the good, the bad, the uglyhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/21/12/29/alexa-tells-10-year-old-girl-to-touch-live-electrical-socket-with-pennyhttps://privacyrights.org/resources/know-your-rights-background-checks-californiahttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-shuts-down-ai-chatbot-after-it-turned-into-racist-/Amazing Christmas giftshttps://www.oceanbeachco.com/products/for-the-halibut-sockshttps://www.creality.com/goods-detail/ender-3-3d-printerhttps://www.dji.com/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/

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.”
Facebook is the most hated company in the worldhttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-facebook-worst-company-of-the-year-yahoo-finance-165345819.htmlNSO Grouphttps://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep-dive-into-nso-zero-click.htmlhttps://www.chrislouie.net/pebcak-podcast/2021/11/14/episode-34-ransomware-evolves-again-us-government-misses-mfa-deadline-us-blocks-nso-group-elon-musk-trolls-united-nationshttps://www.chrislouie.net/pebcak-podcast/2021/8/29/episode-23-private-intelligence-companies-scamming-the-scammers-content-filtering-at-home-evolving-corporate-acceptable-use-policiesMeta World Peacehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghtDbOisWtAhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/netflix-debuts-untold-malice-at-the-palace-and-the-brawl-in-pacers-locker-room-after/ar-AAN9KycBrian calls out non-hand washershttps://www.chrislouie.net/pebcak-podcast/2021/8/1/episode-19-2020-olympics-ransomware-gang-gets-scammed-keyboards-are-biohazards-twitter-users-abysmal-mfa-adoption-rate-pharma-bro-martin-shkrelihttps://www.healthshots.com/preventive-care/self-care/world-hand-hygiene-day-5-health-risks-of-not-washing-your-hands-properly/Dogecoin to the moonhttps://www.investopedia.com/tesla-to-accept-dogecoin-for-some-merch-5213113Dad 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/

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.”
PEBCAK Podcast Goes NFT!https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/53415052821521184204455848831108343268273772470479034623978132707010878111745/https://www.sofi.com/learn/content/how-to-create-buy-sell-nfts/Log4j and Log4Shellhttps://9to5mac.com/2021/12/14/apple-patches-log4shell-icloud-vulnerability/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/log4j-vulnerability-now-used-by-state-backed-hackers-access-brokers/Ethics of Greyhat hackinghttps://www.chrislouie.net/blog/2018/10/22/i-am-the-cure-vigilante-botnetshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/a-mysterious-grey-hat-is-patching-peoples-outdated-mikrotik-routers/Burned out employees more likely to perform poor security hygienehttps://www.zdnet.com/article/everyone-is-burned-out-thats-becoming-a-security-nightmare/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2020/11/15/how-to-mitigate-the-harmful-effects-of-zoom-burnout/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/

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 @pebcakpodcast
PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”Canadian car thieves use Apple Airtags to track expensive carshttps://www.macobserver.com/news/thieves-canada-use-airtags/https://www.macrumors.com/2021/06/03/apple-airtags-anti-stalking-measures/Life360 bought the tracking device company Tile and sells precise location datahttps://appleinsider.com/articles/21/12/06/tile-buyer-life360-reportedly-sells-precise-user-location-data-to-nearly-anyonehttps://www.tomsguide.com/reference/what-is-amazon-sidewalkhttps://www.howtogeek.com/767919/tv-manufacturers-make-more-from-ads-than-selling-tvs/Beware of brushing attacks this holiday season; beware of "free" gifts in the mailhttps://reviewmeta.com/https://www.bbb.org/article/news-releases/20509-brushing-scam-indicates-a-serious-problem-for-victimsThank you to all our listeners in the US and abroad!https://wrappedforpodcasters.byspotify.com/?id=edefd1c85fe6581971cc4670cf28ceb461eada458436745d5b50c172e1a7341fDad 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/

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 @pebcakpodcast
PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”Encrypted phones hacked by law enforcement leads to thousands of arrestshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/massive-hack-gave-police-a-window-on-cocaine-cash-and-killers-11637680356https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxnnp/crime-boss-or-tech-ceo-sky-global-sues-government-domainsFake WordPress ransomware is not fooling anyonehttps://threatpost.com/fake-ransomware-infection-wordpress/176410/https://www.wordfence.com/IETF will soon make 127.x.x.x addresses internet-routablehttps://www.ietf.org/id/draft-schoen-intarea-unicast-127-00.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assigned_/8_IPv4_address_blocksSearch Engine Optimizationhttps://developers.google.com/search/docs/beginner/seo-starter-guidehttps://www.techopedia.com/definition/9477/black-hat-seo-search-engine-optimizationThe world is flathttps://www.tfes.org/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/

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 @pebcakpodcast
PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”Cyber Mondayhttps://news.yahoo.com/black-friday-sales-drop-adobe-151855092.htmlhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/black-friday-brought-shoppers-back-to-stores-11638111602Ransomware crews buy zero-day exploitshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-gangs-are-now-rich-enough-to-buy-zero-day-flaws-say-researchers/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-used-billing-software-zero-day-to-deploy-ransomware/New phishing campaign uses 1-point font to obfuscate attackhttps://www.avanan.com/blog/the-onefont-attack-manipulation-and-obfuscationhttps://jakebinstein.com/blog/how-to-make-an-essay-look-longer/Hackers teaching college course in building and maintaining botnetshttps://www.zdnet.com/article/college-for-cyber-criminals-dark-web-crooks-are-teaching-courses-on-how-to-build-botnets/https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/10/microsoft-uses-copyright-law-to-disrupt-trickbot-botnet/Thanksgiving traditionshttps://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-california-gavin-newsom-new-rules-gatherings-thanksgiving-1541402https://www.butterball.com/how-to/deep-fry-a-turkeyDad 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/