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 @pebcakpodcast
PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”FBI had Kaseya Ransomware decryption key for three weeks before releasing ithttps://www.csoonline.com/article/3633667/yes-the-fbi-held-back-revil-ransomware-keys.htmlhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bipartisan-criticism-grows-over-the-fbi-delaying-aid-to-kaseya-victims/ar-AAOXjMkAtlassian discloses and patches a no-auth, remote code execution vulnerabilityhttps://therecord.media/confluence-enterprise-servers-targeted-with-recent-vulnerability/ https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/vmware-denies-allegations-it-leaked-confluence-rce-exploitFormer NSA operatives fined $1.7 million for developing exploits for the UAE governmenthttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-us-intel-operatives-to-pay-16m-for-hacking-for-foreign-govt/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/47/Hard drive SSD manufacturers caught using cheaper components without notifying public or reviewershttps://www.extremetech.com/computing/325824-buyer-beware-crucial-swaps-p2-ssds-tlc-nand-for-slower-inferior-qlc-chips https://www.extremetech.com/computing/326377-samsung-is-the-latest-ssd-manufacturer-cheating-its-customershttps://www.extremetech.com/computing/326200-western-digital-caught-bait-and-switching-customers-with-slow-ssdsDad 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 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.”
Ducati bank error leads to ransomware discoveryhttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/customer-care-giant-ttec-hit-by-ransomware/https://www.zdnet.com/article/ttec-hit-with-ransomware-attack-hampering-work-for-major-clients/Vulnerability in UPS.com's website causes it to server malwarehttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-campaign-uses-upscom-xss-vuln-to-distribute-malware/https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/The role of botnets in influence campaigns and clickfraudhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/iot-botnet-used-in-youtube-ad-fraud-scheme/https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/labs/inside-the-million-machine-clickfraud-botnetDad 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/Paul - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pbrettle/

Welcome to this week's 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.”
Chinese and Russian hackers arrestedhttps://therecord.media/trickbot-gang-member-arrested-after-getting-stuck-in-south-korea-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/ https://therecord.media/mozi-botnet-authors-arrested-in-china/ProtonMail forced to log and hand over user's IP addresshttps://therecord.media/protonmail-forced-to-collect-an-activists-ip-address-in-police-investigation/https://protonmail.com/blog/climate-activist-arrest/https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/pil6xi/climate_activist_arrested_after_protonmail/hbqha63/Apple announces iPhone 13 and patches critical Zero-Day in iOS 14https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/apple-fixes-imessage-zero-day-exploited-by-pegasus-spyware/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-ios-14-8-pegasus-security-fix-iphone-owners-urged-to-update-immediately/ https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/30/8691257/richard-prince-instagram-photos-copyright-law-fair-usehttps://www.tiktok.com/@catjesse/video/6881830571832659206Dad 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/Matt - https://www.linkedin.com/in/disher/

Welcome to our fourth bonus episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! The content ran long enough to split off into a separate bonus episode. This week we talk about the hosts' close calls.
Final Destinationhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35869985https://news.yahoo.com/shooting-reported-at-lax-international-terminal-171446507.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/15/turkey-coup-attempt-military-ankara-istanbul

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.”
ProxyWare can be abused to allow criminals to sell your internet bandwidthhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/cyberattackers-are-now-quietly-selling-off-their-victims-internet-bandwidth/https://www.troyhunt.com/i-now-own-the-coinhive-domain-heres-how-im-fighting-cryptojacking-and-doing-good-things-with-content-security-policies/Hackers use emojis to lure you into clicking on linkshttps://www.zipwhip.com/blog/how-to-identify-a-text-scam/https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/emoji-godaddy-domain-names/Apple CSAM Updatehttps://techcrunch.com/2021/09/03/apple-csam-detection-delayed/Apple privacy appreciationhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/17/polish-opposition-lawyer-thanks-apple-for-strong-encryption-amid-corruption-caseIs the value of a college degree still worth it?https://inflationdata.com/articles/charts/college-tuition-fees-inflation/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/10/trade-school-not-4-year-college-can-solve-the-us-income-gap.htmlDad 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/Rich - https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardpkhan/

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.”
T-Mobile's data breach caused by a cascade of security failureshttps://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-attacksCloudFlare mitigates the worst DDoS attack in historyhttps://thehackernews.com/2021/08/cloudflare-mitigated-one-of-largest.htmlhttps://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-thwarts-17-2m-rps-ddos-attack-the-largest-ever-reported/Attackers using Captchas and social engineering to launch malwarehttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-campaign-uses-clever-captcha-to-bypass-browser-warning/USB Rubber Duckyhttps://hak5.org/blogs/usb-rubber-duckyhttps://hackaday.com/2016/10/28/duckhunting-stopping-rubber-ducky-attacks/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/Brad - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradlisoweski/

Welcome to our third bonus episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! The hosts managed to derail the main PEBCAK Podcast episode with our opening topic to create another bonus episode. Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcastPEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
The Shaggy Defensehttps://slate.com/culture/2010/06/the-shaggy-defense-americas-favorite-new-legal-term.htmlhttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/02/is-shaggys-it-wasnt-me-the-inspiration-for-a-doj-legal-brief-on-drones/273208/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012302511.html

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got some 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.”
Private intelligence firms should scare youhttps://darknetdiaries.com/episode/99/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/world/black-cube-nso-citizen-lab-intelligence.htmlScamming the scammershttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/phishing-sites-targeting-scammers-and-thieves/https://www.luno.com/blog/en/post/google-ads-phishing-scams-identify-avoidThe evolving corporate use policyhttps://shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/Pages/cms_006514.aspxhttps://www.inc.com/jeff-pochepan/employees-working-on-their-personal-devices-heres-how-you-can-protect-your-business-data.htmlDad 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 our second bonus episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! The hosts managed to derail the main PEBCAK Podcast episode long enough to create a bonus episode. Our inability to stay on topic is your gain!
Chik-Fil-A makes more revenue per store than McDonalds, despite being closed every Sundayhttps://www.rd.com/article/chick-fil-a-most-money-per-store/Photo of an uncooked McRibhttps://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/uncooked-mcdonald-mcrib-article-1.1517688Lawsuit alleges Subway's Tuna sandwich has no tunahttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lawsuit-claims-subway-s-tuna-sandwiches-contain-no-tuna-n1256181

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)PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
Apple to implement additional, but less spyware-like, child protection measures in iOS 15https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/05/apple-announces-new-protections-for-child-safety-imessage-safety-icloud-photo-scanning-more/https://apps.apple.com/us/app/not-hotdog/id1212457521https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codylab.seefood&hl=en&gl=USRemote takeover bug for Amazon Kindle E-Book reader announced at DEFCONhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/08/06/evil-ebook-attack-hacks-amazon-kindles/?sh=1246652b513bhttps://research.checkpoint.com/2021/i-can-take-over-your-kindle/Ransomware gangs are hiring company insiders to launch ransomware attackshttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockbit-ransomware-recruiting-insiders-to-breach-corporate-networks/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/wanted-disgruntled-employees-to-deploy-ransomware/https://www.chrislouie.net/blog/2020/8/30/teslas-foiled-ransomware-attack-three-reasons-insider-threats-are-growingThe hosts get hacked... againhttps://privacy.com/https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/unauthorized-credit-debit-card-charges-29654.htmlDad 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/