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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Episodes

Wednesday Sep 15, 2021

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

Sunday Sep 12, 2021

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/

Sunday Sep 05, 2021

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/

Sunday Aug 29, 2021

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

Sunday Aug 29, 2021

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/

Sunday Aug 22, 2021

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

Sunday Aug 22, 2021

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/

Sunday Aug 15, 2021

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/

Sunday Aug 08, 2021

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/

Sunday Aug 01, 2021

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/

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