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

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/

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.”
College textbooks are a huge scamhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/pajze9/people-are-finally-fighting-back-against-the-college-textbook-industrys-scamhttps://www.postandcourier.com/news/textbook-scam-alleged-in-federal-lawsuit-against-scs-biggest-technical-college/article_d266c94a-262e-11e9-a6dd-ab6ac37fa3d1.htmlEmotet botnet is back!https://therecord.media/emotet-botnet-returns-after-law-enforcement-mass-uninstall-operation/https://www.zdnet.com/article/emotet-once-the-worlds-most-dangerous-malware-is-back/What's a Meta? Mark Zuckerburg wants us all in the Metaversehttps://venturebeat.com/2021/11/21/the-metaverse-will-make-your-meetings-worse/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/19/into_the_metaverse_146762.htmlNFTs explained, from The Matrix to Bored Apeshttps://nftplazas.com/what-are-nfts/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-nft-sneakers-could-coming-181755561.htmlHappy Thanksgiving!https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/60-things-thankful-for-life.htmlhttps://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgivingDad 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.”Visit Costa Rica!https://www.visitcostarica.com/enhttps://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-ricaThe rise of ransomware's quadruple extortionhttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/10/conti-ransom-gang-starts-selling-access-to-victims/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-hellokitty-ransomware-adds-ddos-attacks-to-extortion-tactics/US Government misses critical deadline to implement encryption and multi-factor authenticationhttps://www.cyberscoop.com/mfa-encryption-executive-order/https://www.cyberscoop.com/cyber-executive-order-biden-pipeline-russia-china/US Commerce Department sanctions NSO Group and other spyware makershttps://www.cyberscoop.com/commerce-department-blacklists-controversial-spyware-company-nso-group/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/commerce-dept-sanctions-nso-group-positive-technologies-and-more-for-selling-spyware-and-hacking-tools/CNN publishes misleading article about ending world hunger; Elon Musk trolls them back.https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-world-hunger-response/http://mickebeling.com/https://www.charitynavigator.org/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.”
Three major credit bureaus sell your informationhttps://www.lendingtree.com/credit-repair/what-is-a-trigger-lead/https://www.banks.com/articles/credit/credit-score/credit-bureau/Exploit brokers paying top dollar for VPN zero dayshttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zerodium-wants-zero-day-exploits-for-windows-vpn-clients/https://www.securityweek.com/zerodium-buying-zero-day-exploits-targeting-vpn-softwareMicrosoft stops world's largest DDoS attacks while VOIP providers continue to sufferhttps://therecord.media/microsoft-said-it-mitigated-a-2-4-tbps-ddos-attack-the-largest-ever/https://therecord.media/industry-group-warns-of-coordinated-ddos-extortion-campaign-against-voip-providers/Deep fake voice convinces company to wire $35 million to criminalshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/14/huge-bank-fraud-uses-deep-fake-voice-tech-to-steal-millions/https://lifars.com/2019/09/forget-bec-fraudsters-deepfake-ceos-voice-to-trick-manager-into-transferring-money/Visit Costa Rica!https://www.visitcostarica.com/enhttps://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-ricaDad 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/