Ransomware Victims Stop Paying Hackers – 2025-11-03

Nov 6, 2025

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00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Musical Views of the Universe

04:05 - – BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-11-03

04:39 - Story # 1: Ransomware profits drop as victims stop paying hackers

06:22 - Chart since 2019

16:06 - Story # 2: More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates

33:02 - Story # 3: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.

41:18 - Story # 4: ‘Dangerous’ YouTube videos struck down for bypassing Windows 11 account setup [Update: Restored]

47:13 - Story # 5: Chicago firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says

51:08 - Story # 6: Microsoft: DNS outage impacts Azure and Microsoft 365 services

54:33 - Story # 7: EY Data Leak – Massive 4TB SQL Server Backup Exposed Publicly on Microsoft Azure

55:22 - Stordy # 8: Black Hat Europe 2025 Arsenal: 8 AI Security Tools Transforming Cybersecurity

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Musical Views of the Universe
(04:04) - Ransomware Victims Stop Paying Hackers – BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2025-11-03
(04:38) - Story # 1: Ransomware profits drop as victims stop paying hackers
(06:22) - Chart since 2019 (thumbnail)
(16:06) - Story # 2: More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates
(33:02) - Story # 3: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.
(41:18) - Story # 4: ‘Dangerous’ YouTube videos struck down for bypassing Windows 11 account setup [Update: Restored]
(47:12) - Story # 5: Chicago firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says
(51:07) - Story # 6: Microsoft: DNS outage impacts Azure and Microsoft 365 services
(54:33) - Story # 7: EY Data Leak – Massive 4TB SQL Server Backup Exposed Publicly on Microsoft Azure
(55:22) - Story # 8: Black Hat Europe 2025 Arsenal: 8 AI Security Tools Transforming Cybersecurity