Intel OEM Private Keys Leaked a Blow to UEFI Security

This week on Hacker And The Fed, up to 10 years of your location data may have been exposed if you’ve driven vehicles from a certain manufacturer, stolen private keys may lead to insecure boot ups of your computer, Congress gets another notification of a US government breach, and we answer more listener questions about failed hacks and intentional exploits. And we talk about D. B. Cooper!

Links from the episode:

Toyota: Car location data of 2 million customers exposed for ten years

bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toyota-car-location-data-of-2-million-customers-exposed-for-ten-years/

Intel OEM Private Key Leak: A Blow to UEFI Secure Boot Security

securityonline.info/intel-oem-private-key-leak-a-blow-to-uefi-secure-boot-security/

Data of 237,000 US government employees breached

reuters.com/world/us/data-237000-us-government-employees-breached-2023-05-12/

Mastermind Behind Twitter 2020 Hack Pleads Guilty and Faces up to 70 Years in Prison

ustice.gov/opa/pr/uk-citizen-extradited-and-pleads-guilty-cyber-crime-offenses

T-Mobile Worker Joked About Adding Extra Phone Lines and Tablet to a Customer’s Account Without Them Knowing

twistedsifter.com/2023/05/a-t-mobile-worker-joked-about-adding-2-extra-phone-lines-and-a-tablet-to-a-customers-account-without-them-knowing/

Google Cybersecurity Certificate

grow.google/certificates/cybersecurity/#?modal_active=none

--

For more information on Chris and his current work visit naxo.com and follow him on LinkedIn.

Follow Hector @hxmonsegur