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)PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
APT29 uses the same command and control infrastructure for over a year because companies do not patch or block bad IPshttps://www.cyberscoop.com/riskiq-apt29-cozy-bear-c2-wellmess-biden-putin/https://www.axios.com/us-cyber-command-north-korea-malware-5382272d-39a0-4efe-a0a8-9e37d584b6e9.htmlhttps://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/guns-butter.aspApple is NOT spying on youhttps://www.cultofmac.com/749522/edward-snowden-eff-apple-photo-scanning/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52642633https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/photodnaHacker steals $600 million in cryptocurrency but cannot spend any of ithttps://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/hacker-reportedly-returns-millions-after-massive-600m-crypto-heist/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/poly-network-hacker-behind-600-million-crypto-heist-did-it-for-fun.htmlSuccess in security saleshttps://www.csoonline.com/article/2136714/want-to-be-successful-in-security--embrace-your-role-in-sales.htmlhttps://www.tag-cyber.com/advisory/articles/top-ten-rules-for-a-successful-cyber-security-sales-pitchDad 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/Sami - https://www.linkedin.com/in/saryapour/

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.”
 
Artosis Pylon
https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Artosis_Pylon
 
Ransomware gangs rebrand themselves
https://www.recordedfuture.com/blackmatter-ransomware-successor-darkside-revil/
https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/doppelpaymer-continues-cause-grief-through-rebranding
 
The hosts' hack stories part II
https://upgradedpoints.com/author/katie/
https://www.zenlifeandtravel.com/
https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/backori.shtml
 
Ransomware infects BYOD devices connected to VPN
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-breached-cna-s-network-via-fake-browser-update/
https://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/Feature-Stories/Article-View/Article/2515176/nsa-issues-guidance-on-zero-trust-security-model/
 
Corporate e-mail for personal use
https://www.troyhunt.com/your-work-email-address-is-your-works-email-address/
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/email-monitoring-can-employer-read-30088.html
 
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/
Jason - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-seemann-12b7075/

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.”
 
2020 Summer Olympics suffer worst ratings in 33 years
https://news.yahoo.com/olympics-opening-ceremony-ratings-fall-020323398.html
 
Babuk Ransomware gang gets ransomed
https://therecord.media/spammer-floods-the-babuk-ransomware-gangs-forum-with-gay-porn-gifs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anonymous-hacks-pro-isis-twitter-accounts-fills-them-with-gay-pride/
 
Your keyboard is filthy; clean it immediately
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/may/01/computing.health
https://wezatech.com/2017/02/01/are-there-more-bacteria-on-computer-keyboards-than-toilet-seats/
 
Only 2.8% of Twitter users enable multi-factor authentication (MFA)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/twitter-reveals-surprisingly-low-two-factor-auth-2fa-adoption-rate/
https://transparency.twitter.com/en/reports/account-security.html#2020-jul-dec
 
One-of-a-kind Wu Tang album "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" finds a new owner
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sells-unique-wu-tang-clan-album-owned-by-martin-shkreli-11627411669 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mystery-buyer-of-wu-tang-clan-album-forfeited-by-martin-shkreli-will-reveal-identity-soon-lawyer-says/ar-AAMFPre
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-shkreli-4a858721/
 
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)
PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
 
Apple replaces defective Airpods Pros
https://support.apple.com/airpods-pro-service-program-sound-issues
 
Dark venture capital money funds the next generation of cyber crime
https://blog.knowbe4.com/cyberheistnews-vol-11-27-eye-opener-theyre-here...the-ransomware-ecosystem-now-has-criminal-vc-investors
https://www.chrislouie.net/blog/2019/10/20/ransomware-as-a-service-a-race-to-the-bottom
 
Man in China sells a kidney to pay for an iPhone and iPad
https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/chinese-man-who-sold-kidney-to-buy-iphone-now-bedridden-for-life-278934-2020-11-17
https://www.organdonor.gov/sign-up
 
Facebook uses zero-day exploit to catch a predator
https://www.engadget.com/buster-hernandez-sentenced-to-prision-180445812.html
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.insd.77308/gov.uscourts.insd.77308.131.0.pdf
 
Bad financial decisions
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/auto-loan-refinancing-scams
https://www.realcartips.com/carloans/020-how-dealers-make-money-on-car-loans.shtml
 
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)
PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
 
Kaseya is the largest ransomware attack in history
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kaseya-patches-vsa-vulnerabilities-used-in-revil-ransomware-attack/
https://www.zdnet.com/index.php/article/kaseya-victim-struggling-with-decryption-after-revil-goes-dark/
 
South African Bitcoin exchange Africrypt founders disappear along with $3.6 billion in investors' funds
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-23/s-african-brothers-vanish-and-so-does-3-6-billion-in-bitcoin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/investors-trusted-teenagers-to-manage-crypto-investments-now-they-want-answers-11625742001
 
Apple Pay allows for easy cashout of stolen credit cards, the hosts get scammed
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/13/thief-used-burner-iphones-and-apple-pay-to-purchase-luxury-goods-bitcoin-and-diamond-encrusted-jewelry
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/06/how-to-avoid-card-skimmers-at-the-pump/
 
Premium Streaming Video on Demand (PSVOD) versus Movie Theaters
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/black-widow-premium-vod-reveal-shocked-hollywood-1234983101/
 
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/
Ben - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-bailey-402756a/

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.”
 
Four US states try to ban ransomware payments
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3622888/four-states-propose-laws-to-ban-ransomware-payments.html
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/us-mayors-adopt-resolution-to-not-pay-hackers-over-ransomware-attacks/
 
US House proposes law raising cybersecurity literacy and security awareness
https://beta.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/new-house-bills-aims-to-drive-americans-security-awareness
 
Brazilian iPhone thieves drain victims' bank accounts
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/07/brazilian-iphone-thieves-demonstrate-importance-of-responsible-password-practices
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/rampant-crime-threatens-tourism-industry-in-san-francisco/
 
Bad job references
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
Remember, your chances of getting sunburned this summer went down by 20% now that you've listened to the podcast.  If you know anyone else who would like a 20% less chance of getting sunburn, please share this podcast with them!
 
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/
Ryan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanpane/

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.”
 
The world says goodbye to John McAfee
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/antivirus-creator-john-mcafee-reportedly-found-dead-in-prison-cell/
 
First look at Windows 11: the good, the bad the ugly
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/rip-internet-explorer-will-be-disabled-in-windows-11/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-includes-the-dns-over-https-privacy-feature-how-to-use/
 
Apple considers requiring employees to wear bodycams in an attempt to stop leaks
https://www.cultofmac.com/746312/apple-employees-allegedly-required-to-wear-body-cameras-to-stop-leaks/
 
MyBook network storage devices are getting remotely wiped and having their data destroyed by unknown hackers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wd-my-book-nas-devices-are-being-remotely-wiped-clean-worldwide/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/ 
 
The hosts talk about their latest tech gadgets
Green Screen: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BG19T7K/
Tesla Model Y: https://www.tesla.com/modely
SawStop Table Saw: https://www.sawstop.com/build/
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
Remember, your chances of losing a finger in a firework or table saw accident went down by 20% now that you've listened to the podcast.  If you know anyone else who would like a 20% less chance of losing a finger in a firework or table saw accident, please share this podcast with them!
 
Find the hosts on LinkedIn:
Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/
Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/
Kris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishubert/

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.”
 
Connecting to a WiFi network can semi-permanently disable iPhone and iPad's WiFi
https://gizmodo.com/don-t-connect-your-iphone-to-this-wifi-network-1847138276
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/iphone-unicode-text-restart/
 
Hackers attempted to poison the water supply of the San Francisco Bay Area, California
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/50000-security-disasters-waiting-happen-problem-americas-water-supplie-rcna1206
https://www.languagetrainers.com.au/blog/2014/08/languages-that-dont-use-left-or-right/
 
Cl0p ransomware gang busted in Ukraine, but ransomware is not going away
https://www.wired.com/story/cl0p-ransomware-russia-putin-biden/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/a-week-after-arrests-cl0p-ransomware-group-dumps-new-tranche-of-stolen-data/
 
Things that should be illegal
https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/how-important-is-it-to-wipe-down-gym-workout-equipment-46984590
https://www.complex.com/style/2013/05/reasons-why-men-should-never-wear-capri-pants/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
Remember, your chances of getting sunburned this summer went down by 20% now that you've listened to the podcast.  If you know anyone else who would like a 20% less chance of getting sunburn, please share this podcast with them!
 
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!  Friend-of-the-show Zoltan Kovacs joins us as a guest co-host, filling in for Brian this week.  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.”
 
FBI recovers $2.3 million in Bitcoin from Darkside ransomware crew
https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-used-hackers-bitcoin-password-to-recover-colonial-pipeline-ransom-2021-6?op=1
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/u-s-recovers-millions-pipeline-ransom-because-hackers-mistake-n1269889
 
Securing applications and data in the cloud is fundamentally different than securing a datacenter
https://www.zdnet.com/article/tesla-systems-used-by-hackers-to-mine-cryptocurrency/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/30/capital-one-looked-cloud-security-its-own-firewall-couldnt-stop-hacker/
 
Electronic Arts game source code stolen after Slack cookie theft
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvkqb/how-ea-games-was-hacked-slack
https://www.pcgamer.com/pirated-games-helped-a-malware-campaign-compromise-32-million-pcs/
 
Laws the hosts are most likely to break
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
Remember, by listening to this podcast, you have a 20% greater chance of your name being mentioned on a TV show.  If you know anyone else who would like a 20% greater chance of having their name being mentioned on a TV show, please share this podcast with them!
 
Find the hosts on LinkedIn:
Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/
Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/
Zoltan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoltanlkovacs/

Programming note: Several of us met up in person to socially distantly record this episode.  The audio may have more echoes and volume variance than normal due to the space we reserved to record the podcast.  Our audio will be back to normal next week!
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)
PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.”
 
US Justice Department gives ransomware attacks the same priority as terrorism
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/556739-justice-dept-to-give-ransomware-attacks-same-priority-as-terrorism
https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-us-give-ransomware-hacks-similar-priority-terrorism-official-says-2021-06-03/
 
Apple announces secure browsing feature similar to TOR
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/08/apple-wwdc-new-private-relay-feature-will-not-be-available-in-china.html
https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/07/apple-introduces-icloud-service-with-private-relay-hide-my-email-more/
 
FBI secretly runs encrypted messaging platform used by organized crime
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-sting-using-anom-platform-leads-to-global-roundup-of-suspects-11623165556
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-08/fbi-afp-underworld-crime-bust-an0m-cash-drugs-murder/100197246
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
Remember, your chances of having a bad middle-seat airplane experience went down by 20% now that you've listened to the podcast.  If you know anyone else who would like a 20% less chance of having a bad middle-seat airplane experience, please share this podcast with them!
 
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/
Ben - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-bailey-402756a/
Michael - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-chen-82098a2/
Mike - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeloy/