Hacker And The Fed

A Leaked Ransomware Negotiation, Twitter Security, And NSA Best Practices For Securing Your Home Network

Mar 2, 2023

46:16

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Twitter and Elon - The Big Twitter Scam

02:57

The Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network

01:50

Is Twitter Suffering That $60 Million a Year in SMS Fraud?

01:48

Introduction

2min

Is There a Difference Between a Published Chat Log and a Ransomware Chat?

2min

The Bad Guys Are Not Just Criminals, They're Just Businesses, You Know?

4min

Is Lockbit a Russian Group?

2min

Do Not Negotiate With Terrorists

2min

Are Cyber Criminals Increasing Recruitment of Tech and IT Pros?

2min

How Do You Get Paid?

3min

You Know, I Need Help With a Dot Onion Website

3min

G2's Cloud Compliance Partner - Dratah

4min

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Twitter and Elon - The Big Twitter Scam

3min

11.

Is Twitter Trying to Phase Out SMS MFA?

2min

12.

Is There a Way of Not Having a Twitter?

3min

13.

Is Twitter Suffering That $60 Million a Year in SMS Fraud?

2min

14.

Why Twitter Didn't Just Kill SMS MFA?

2min

15.

The Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network

2min

16.

How to Limit the External Attack Surface of Your Network Devices

2min

17.

Do You Think Paranoid People Should Be Doing This?

2min

18.

The Guest Network

5min

This week on Hacker And Fed we discuss a leaked ransomware negotiation, how Twitter's new verification system may improve security, and the NSA releases its best practices for securing your home network.

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Links from the episode:

pwndefend.com/2023/02/15/lockbit-3-0-and-royal-mail-chats-published/

dice.com/career-advice/cybercriminals-increase-recruiting-tech-and-it-pros-across-the-darknet

gizmodo.com/facebook-instagram-verified-elon-musk-was-right-twitter-1850139933

media.defense.gov/2023/Feb/22/2003165170/-1/-1/0/CSI_BEST_PRACTICES_FOR_SECURING_YOUR_HOME_NETWORK.PDF

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