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Talkin' About [Infosec] News, Powered by Black Hills Information Security
Download and listen to our weekly infosec podcast where we discuss the latest attacks, breaches, and how they happened and why. We’re a team of penetration testers (ethical hackers) and friends that love how new technology can be broken and made to do things it was never intended to do.
Latest episodes

May 9, 2025 • 55min
Scatterd Spider Weaves Another Attack- 2025-05-05
Register for Free, Live webcasts & summits:https://poweredbybhis.com00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Double Coffee05:04 - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-05-0506:05 - Story # 1: Largest bank in the world issues stark security warning about technology that billions use every single day11:15 - Story # 2: M&S cyber-attack linked to hacking group Scattered Spider13:47 - Story # 3: Top Tier Target | What It Takes to Defend a Cybersecurity Company from Today’s Adversaries20:10 - Story # 4: A North Korean agent applied for a job at a popular crypto firm: They tripped him up with a simple question about Halloween21:54 - Story # 4b: The one interview question that will protect you from North Korean fake workers23:09 - Story # 5: Santa Clarita Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Hacking Disney Employee’s Computer, Downloading Confidential Data from Company25:33 - Story # 6: TerraStealerV2 and TerraLogger: Golden Chickens’ New Malware Families Discovered29:19 - Story # 7: Gremlin Stealer: New Stealer on Sale in Underground Forum33:17 - Story # 8: Over 290,000 citizens at risk: CloudSEK uncovers major data breach at Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board34:56 - Story # 9: The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked39:58 - Story # 10: Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that.42:19 - Story # 11: Software dev fortifies his blog with ‘zip bombs’ — attacking bots meet their end with explosive data package43:44 - Story # 12: WhatsApp says in-app AI tools will still keep messages secret45:37 - Story # 13: House passes bill to study routers’ national security risks49:48 - Simply Hot Ones Challenge (YouTube)

Apr 30, 2025 • 1h 1min
InfoSec CEO Charged with Installing Malware! – 2025-04-28
Register for upcoming webcasts & summits - https://poweredbybhis.com00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Talking Bout Red Green02:24 - InfoSec CEO Charged with Installing Malware! – BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-04-2803:01 - Story # 1: CEO of cybersecurity firm charged with installing malware on hospital systems11:22 - Story # 2: 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report25:05 - Story # 3: The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here29:00 - Story # 4: Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data33:09 - Story # 5: Top employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots on thousands of users36:59 - Story # 6: 159 CVEs Exploited in Q1 2025 — 28.3% Within 24 Hours of Disclosure42:13 - Story # 7: SAP zero-day vulnerability under widespread active exploitation46:29 - Story # 8: FBI: US lost record $16.6 billion to cybercrime in 202447:55 - Story # 8b: FBI Report Doc53:50 - Story # 9: M- Trends 2025 Report

Apr 23, 2025 • 58min
The CVE Saga - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-04-21
Register for upcoming webcasts & summits - https://poweredbybhis.com00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — A Monocle and a Glass of Wine05:36 - The CVE Saga - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-04-2106:43 - Story # 1: US agency extends support for cyber vulnerability database29:08 - Story # 1b: CVE Foundation32:35 - Story # 2: Former cybersecurity agency chief Chris Krebs leaves SentinelOne after Trump targets him in executive order33:57 - Story # 3: 4chan Is Down Following What Looks to Be a Major Hack Spurred By Meme War37:17 - Story # 4: TA Phone Home: EDR Evasion Testing Reveals Extortion Actor’s Toolkit44:57 - Story # 5: The Sophos Annual Threat Report: Cybercrime on Main Street 2025

Apr 16, 2025 • 60min
Largest Corporate Espionage Case this Century - 2025-04-14
Register for upcoming webcasts & summits - https://poweredbybhis.com00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Trigger Warning00:42 - Trump Vs Chris Krebs | BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-04-1401:54 - Story # 1: Cybersecurity Community Must Not Remain Silent On Executive Order Attacking Former CISA Director17:04 - Story # 2: Cybersecurity industry falls silent as Trump turns ire on SentinelOne18:00 - Story # 3: Maryland pharmacist used keyloggers to spy on coworkers for a decade, victim alleges33:13 - Story # 4: Rippling Believe it or Not: How the Largest Corporate Espionage Case this Century Happened41:36 - Story # 5: Moroccan cybercrime group Atlas Lion hiding in plain sight during attacks on retailers52:18 - Story # 6: Pentagon to end $5.1 billion in contracts with Accenture, Deloitte, others

Apr 9, 2025 • 49min
Desperate Times Makes for More Cyber Crimes -2025-04-07
Register for upcoming webcasts & summits - https://poweredbybhis.comChapters00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — A Complex Business06:40 - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-04-0707:34 - Story # 1: Oracle quietly admits data breach, days after lawsuit accused it of cover-up12:47 - Story # 2: Twitter (X) Hit by 2.8 Billion Profile Data Leak in Alleged Insider Job21:13 - Story # 3: Phishing platform ‘Lucid’ behind wave of iOS, Android SMS attacks28:14 - Story # 4: GitHub expands security tools after 39 million secrets leaked in 202437:28 - Story # 5: The 10 Biggest Crypto Hacks in History40:11 - Story # 6: OpenAI tests watermarking for ChatGPT-4o Image Generation model45:44 - Story # 7: National Security Agency chief fired as Trump ousts another top military officer

Apr 3, 2025 • 1h 3min
The Oracle of Lies! – 2025-03-31
00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — The Bed Slinger08:34 - The Oracle of Lies! - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-03-3110:43 - Story # 1: Oracle attempt to hide serious cybersecurity incident from customers in Oracle SaaS service20:00 - Story # 2: A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List26:17 - Story # 3: Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account29:51 - Story # 4: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans32:51 - Story # 4b: Signal is ‘absolutely not suitable’ for government use: Former NSA hacker37:42 - Story # 5: How the FBI Tracked, and Froze, Millions Sent to Criminals in Massive Caesars Casino Hack42:27 - Story # 6: Retail giant Sam’s Club investigates Clop ransomware breach claims45:07 - WEBCAST – Keeping Things Local – Making Your Own Private LLM w/ Bronwen Aker46:16 - Story # 7: New VanHelsing ransomware targets Windows, ARM, ESXi systems48:28 - Story # 8: Infostealer campaign compromises 10 npm packages, targets devs53:13 - Story # 9: Risky Biz News: EU bans anonymous crypto payments56:02 - ChickenSec: South African Poultry Company Reports $1M Loss After Cyber Intrusion

Mar 26, 2025 • 59min
Trading in Jock Straps for Jock Hacks – 2025-03-24
00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — We’re Not Ready For the Finger Thing01:40 - Trading in Jock Straps for Jock Hacks – BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-03-2403:24 - Story # 1: GitHub Action hack likely led to another in cascading supply chain attack07:53 - Story # 2: Wiz to Join Google Cloud: Making Magic Together14:47 - Story # 3: Oracle denies breach after hacker claims theft of 6 million data records19:52 - Story # 4: Critical flaw in Next.js lets hackers bypass authorization25:47 - Story # 5: Cloudflare builds an AI to lead AI scraper bots into a horrible maze of junk content29:20 - Story # 6: Ex-Michigan QB coach Matt Weiss facing 24 federal charges in hack of thousands of student accounts35:47 - Story # 7: DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy38:40 - Story # 8: Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 2844:03 - Story # 9: We partner with world-renowned scambusters to create our own fraud-fighting call centre52:01 - Story # 10: Sperm donation giant California Cryobank warns of a data breach54:19 - Story # 11: Microsoft: New RAT malware used for crypto theft, reconnaissance56:32 - Story # 12: TrustedSec | Trimarc Joins Forces with TrustedSec to Strengthen…

Mar 19, 2025 • 1h 1min
News 2025-03-17 - Malicious Browser Plugins will Destroy us ALL!!!!!
00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Fun Jank Decks05:25 - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-03-17 - Malicious browser plugins will destroy us ALL!!!!!06:35 - Story # 1: Polymorphic Extensions: The Sneaky Extension That Can Impersonate Any Browser Extension14:37 - Story # 1b: Chrome Web Store is a mess31:14 - Story # 2: Lazarus Strikes npm Again with New Wave of Malicious Packages36:17 - Story # 3: China’s Volt Typhoon Hackers Dwelled in US Electric Grid for 300 Days44:44 - Story # 4: Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data49:31 - Story # 5: Second biggest bank in US hit by major data breach stealing social security numbers and other personal info51:25 - Story # 6: Hackers Take Credit for X Cyberattack54:32 - Story # 7: Hackers Using Advanced MFA-Bypassing Techniques To Gain Access To User Account

Mar 12, 2025 • 1h 4min
2025-03-10 — Agent A.I.
00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Agent A.I.07:35 - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-03-1010:47 - Story # 1: 12 Chinese hackers charged with US Treasury breach — and much, much more15:25 - Story # 2: Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues25:33 - Story # 3: X/Twitter is down for a third time today27:33 - Story # 4: Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch activated when he was let go33:37 - Story # 5: Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices45:37 - Story # 6: Cybercrime’s Cobalt Strike Use Plummets 80% Worldwide46:19 - Story # 7: Majority of Orgs Hit by AI Cyber-Attacks as Detection Lags55:01 - Story # 8: Ransomware gang encrypted network from a webcam to bypass EDR

Mar 5, 2025 • 59min
2025-03-03 - Not Talking About Anything
00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Not Talking About Anything04:29 - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-03-0305:42 - Story # 1: FBI Warns iPhone, Android Users—We Want ‘Lawful Access’ To All Your Encrypted Data24:28 - Story # 2: Disney engineer downloaded ‘helpful’ AI tool that ended up completely destroying his life34:28 - Story # 3: Have I Been Pwned adds 284M accounts stolen by infostealer malware43:22 - Story # 4: Dragos’s 8th Annual OT Cybersecurity Year in Review Is Now Available45:53 - Story # 5: Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats55:19 - Story # 5b: Exclusive: US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say57:33 - Story # 6: Feds: Army soldier suspected of AT&T heist Googled ‘can hacking be treason,’ ‘defecting to Russia’