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)
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TSA bypassed by SQL injection attack
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-find-sql-injection-to-bypass-airport-tsa-security-checks/ 
https://xkcd.com/327/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/10/sob-story-about-dead-grandma-tricks-microsoft-ai-into-solving-captcha/
 
Russian APT29 uses commercial spyware exploits
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-apt29-hackers-use-ios-chrome-exploits-created-by-spyware-vendors/ 
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/commercial-spyware-vendors-have-a-copycat-in-top-russian-apt
 
People too good at spotting phishing
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/when-get-out-the-vote-efforts-look-like-phishing/ 
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/07/notorious-hijack-factory-shunned-from-web/
 
Career Goals
https://guykawasaki.com/guy-kawasaki/
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
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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)
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Telegram CEO Arrested in France
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-charged-french-authorities-43a125a2 
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa20-183a
https://protos.com/are-telegram-chats-actually-encrypted/ 
https://apnews.com/article/carlos-ghosn-apple-wanted-series-db3dd23fa37bdc41c17169efabc46993
 
Kentucky man fakes own death
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/man-sentenced-for-hacking-state-registry-to-fake-his-own-death/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hawaii-emergency-management-agency-stored-passwords-on-post-it-notes/ 
 
New Android payment stealer
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/android-malware-uses-nfc-to-read-payment-card-data-then-sends-it-to-attacker/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/linda-mar-taco-bell
 
Vegas and gambling talk
https://freeroulettedoc.com/blog/tripple-zero-roulette
https://wizardofodds.com/games/craps/appendix/2/
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
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Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/
Koby - https://www.linkedin.com/in/koby-caputo-117358145/
Victor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/victordeluca/

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)
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US Presidential campaigns hacked
https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/2024-us-political-campaigns-prepared-cyber-threats
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harris-campaign-trump-fbi-investigating-hacking-attempts/ 
 
Android will redact sensitive information
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/chrome-will-redact-credit-cards-passwords-when-you-share-android-screen/ 
 
National Public Data breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/national-public-data-confirms-breach-exposing-social-security-numbers/ 
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/how-to-freeze-credit
 
Apple AirPod etiquette
https://www.reddit.com/r/Parenting/comments/sk1jh2/does_anyone_else_hate_their_sos_airpodsearbuds/
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
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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)
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Blackhat 2024 and DEFCON 32 review
https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/invasion-of-privacy-hotel-room-inspections-confuse-hacker-convention-attendees-3121350/
https://www.crn.com/news/security/armis-raises-300m-on-3-4b-valuation-to-fuel-acquisitions
https://www.404media.co/here-are-the-hacker-tools-a-def-con-hotel-is-hunting-for/
 
US DOJ Dismantles foreign worker laptop farm
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-dismantles-laptop-farm-used-by-undercover-north-korean-it-workers/
https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/tennessee-man-helped-dprk-workers-get-jobs-at-us-orgs-fund-wmds 
https://therecord.media/tennessee-man-charged-over-north-korea-it-worker-scheme
 
Interpol recovers BEC scam money
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/interpol-recovers-over-40-million-stolen-in-a-bec-attack/ 
https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2024/Police-recover-over-USD-40-million-from-international-email-scam 
https://www.zscaler.com/press/zscaler-s-annual-ransomware-report-uncovers-record-breaking-ransom-payment-us-75-million 
 
How to spot a rich person
https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising-Americas/dp/1589795474
https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/how-to-spot-a-quality-suit/
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
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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)
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Live from Blackhat 2024 and DEFCON 32!
 
Checkpoint acquired Zone Alarm
https://www.computerworld.com/article/1325524/check-point-software-buying-firewall-vendor-zone-labs.html
 
Intel CEO prays on Twitter
https://www.christianpost.com/news/intel-ceo-draws-mixed-reactions-for-posting-bible-verse.html
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
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Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/
Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/
Victor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/victordeluca/
Tyson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyson-kindler-910658101/

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)
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Former Avaya employee gets 4 years in prison for pirating licenses
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/former-avaya-employee-gets-4-years-for-88m-license-piracy-scheme/
https://www.rd.com/article/mcdonalds-coke/ 
 
Russia wants their cybercriminals back
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/evan-gershkovich-free-cde745b3 
https://therecord.media/us-reportedly-preparing-to-release-russian-hackers-prisoner-swap 
https://cyberscoop.com/jailed-cybercriminals-returned-to-russia-in-historic-prisoner-swap/
 
Knowbe4 unknowingly hires North Korean spy
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/knowbe4-mistakenly-hires-north-korean-hacker-faces-infostealer-attack/ 
https://blog.knowbe4.com/north-korean-fake-it-worker-faq 
 
FIN7 markets EDR killer
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/notorious-fin7-hackers-sell-edr-killer-to-other-threat-actors/ 
 
Southwest ends open seating
https://people.com/southwest-airlines-announces-seats-will-now-be-assigned-on-flights-8683516 
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
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Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/
Jamie - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-harris-30b46819/

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)
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FBI worked with Cellebrite to get into Trump shooter's phone
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/18/trump-shooter-android-phone-cellebrite/
https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/18/cellebrite-cant-unlock-many-iphones/  
Secret Service on concentric rings of control: https://youtu.be/LkY_BkIb4QA?si=LW7VFffJqwKxdtgA&t=503 
 
CrowdStrike suffers major outage
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/07/20/helping-our-customers-through-the-crowdstrike-outage/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/dont-fall-for-it-hackers-pounce-on-crowdstrike-outage-with-phishing-emails 
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-crowdstrike-repair-manual-pushes-new-daolpu-infostealer-malware/ 
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-crowdstrike-fixes-target-companies-with-malware-data-wipers/ 
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/25/crowdstrike_remediation_with_barcode_scanner/ 
https://www.zscaler.com/cxorevolutionaries/insights/when-breach-isnt-all-bad-making-most-adverse-cyber-circumstances 
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52009XC0224(01) 
 
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
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Brian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandeitch-sase/
Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/
Ben - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamincorll/

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
 
FBI breaks into assassin's phone in one day
https://therecord.media/feds-break-into-trump-suspect-phone 
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/mystery-around-trump-shooter-deepens-9d51f9ae
 
Singapore phases out one-time passwords for online banking
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/banks-in-singapore-to-phase-out-one-time-passwords-in-3-months/ 
https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2024/banks-in-singapore-to-strengthen-resilience-against-phishing-scams 
 
AT&T hacked and pays ransom
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/07/hackers-steal-phone-sms-records-for-nearly-all-att-customers/
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/att-breach-may-also-impact-millions-of-boost-cricket-h2o-customers 
https://therecord.media/att-ransom-data-breach 
 
Prime Day 2024
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-prime-day-sales-hit-record-14-billion-data-firm-says-2024-07-15/
https://local12.com/news/offbeat/restaurant-analyst-test-chipotle-portion-sizes-by-comparing-75-bowls-heres-the-results-tiktok-viral-trend-bowls-burritos-shocking-inconsistent-locations-wells-fargo-true-truth-answers-white-rice-food-chain
 
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!
 
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Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/
Rob - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-chee-80057a3/

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
 
Hackers leak Ticketmaster print-at-home tickets
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-39-000-print-at-home-ticketmaster-tickets-for-154-events/
 
Ransomware increases hospital mortality rates
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4579292
https://news.risky.biz/risky-biz-news-ransomware-attacks-increase-hospital-mortality-rates/
https://flyfreshflight.com/can-i-bring-a-parachute-on-a-plane/ 
 
Child abusers unmasked through data dumps
https://therecord.media/stolen-credentials-csam-unmasked-report 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/alleged-child-sex-abuser-caught-after-tip-burglar-flna2D11783622 
Wes Watson on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3POj1PXE4 
 
2024 Summer Olympics
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonpu/2024/07/09/what-is-new-olympic-sport-breaking/
 
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!
 
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Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/
Ryan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanulr/

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
 
Australian man arrested for creating evil twin WiFi access points
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australian-charged-for-evil-twin-wifi-attack-on-plane/ 
https://nypost.com/2022/08/30/pilot-threatens-to-end-flight-due-to-airdrop-nudes-quit-sending-naked-pictures/
 
Disgruntled IT Employee arrested for wiping servers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-it-employee-gets-25-years-for-wiping-180-virtual-servers/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/casey-anthony-detectives-overlooked-google-search-for-fool-proof-suffocation-methods-sheriff-says/ 
 
CDK software stops most car sales in the US
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/cdk-attack-contingency-planning-critical-saas-customers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cdk-warns-threat-actors-are-calling-customers-posing-as-support/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cdk-global-outage-caused-by-blacksuit-ransomware-attack/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cdk-global-cyberattack-impacts-thousands-of-us-car-dealerships/
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/cdk-cyberattack-outage-car-dealers-a0fd45ec?mod=cybersecurity_news_article_pos3 
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cdk-global-says-all-dealers-will-be-back-online-by-thursday/ 
 
European Vacation
https://www.basilicasanpietro.va/en.html 
 
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
 
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Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/