

Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News
Black Hills Information Security
A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team.
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Nov 30, 2022 • 1h 1min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/30/2022
00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — Inflatable Turkey00:15 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-11-2802:34 – Story # 1: Musk recruits engineers for “Twitter 2.0”https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/musk-recruits-engineers-for-twitter-2-0-after-mass-layoffs-and-resignations/06:28 – Story # 2: Security […]
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(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Inflatable Turkey
(00:15) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2022-11-28
(02:34) - Story # 1: Musk recruits engineers for “Twitter 2.0”
(06:28) - Story # 2: Security experts are laying Mastodon's flaws bare
(15:01) - Story # 3: 5.4 million Twitter users' stolen data leaked online — more shared privately
(18:23) - Story # 4: 34 Russian Cybercrime Groups Stole Over 50 Million Passwords with Stealer Malware
(19:48) - Story # 5: Sonder confirms data breach, documents and other PII potentially compromised
(27:49) - Story # 6: Why Medibank should have paid the hackers
(30:43) - Story # 7: Hackers are locking out Mars Stealer operators from their own servers
(33:42) - Story # 8: Ransomware gang says it won’t attack AirAsia again due to the “chaotic organisation” and sloppy security of hacked airline’s network
(40:09) - Story # 9: Over 1,600 Docker Hub Repositories Were Found to Hide Malware
(46:25) - Story # 10: New Windows Server updates cause domain controller freezes, restarts
(53:39) - Story # 11: Making Cobalt Strike harder for threat actors to abuse

Nov 16, 2022 • 58min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/16/2022
00:00 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-11-1402:26 – Story # 1: Hackers Dump Australian Health Records Online After Insurer Refuses to Pay Ransom– https://gizmodo.com/hackers-health-info-online-medibank-pay-onion-dark-web-184976074210:04 – Story # 2: TransUnion […]
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(00:00) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2022-11-14
(02:26) - Story # 1: Hackers Dump Australian Health Records Online After Insurer Refuses to Pay Ransom
(10:04) - Story # 2: TransUnion LLC Confirms Recent Data Breach with State Attorney General’s Office
(18:08) - Story # 3: Russian LockBit ransomware operator arrested in Canada
(22:58) - Story # 4: The downfall of FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried sends shockwaves through the crypto world
(32:10) - Story # 4b: Coinsec Podcast. coinsecpodcast.com
(40:23) - Story # 5: Install Latest Windows Update ASAP! Patches Issued for 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days
(42:12) - Story # 6: Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of billions in fines, warns company lawyer
(51:12) - Story # 7: https://infosec.exchange/explore
(55:04) - Story # 8: Microsoft Windows Sysmon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
(55:30) - Story # 8b: https://twitter.com/filip_dragovic/status/1590104354727436290

Nov 11, 2022 • 55min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/11/2022
00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — A is for All Team00:33 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-11-0703:56 – Story # 1: Musk to cut half of Twitter jobs and […]
The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/11/2022 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — A is for All Team
(00:33) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2022-11-07
(03:56) - Story # 1: Musk to cut half of Twitter jobs and end remote work for the rest, report says
(18:56) - Story # 2: Dropbox Data Breach Another Multifactor Fail
(19:43) - Story # 2b: Dropbox Breach: Hackers Unauthorizedly Accessed 130 GitHub Source Code Repositories
(24:24) - Story # 3: Hundreds of U.S. news sites push malware in supply-chain attack
(28:38) - Story # 4: New TikTok Privacy Policy Confirms Chinese Staff Can Access European Users' Data
(32:23) - Story # 5: A cyberattack blocked the trains in DenmarkSecurity Affairs
(40:52) - Story # 6: Facebook probably has your phone number, even if you never shared it. Now it has a secret tool to let you delete it.
(45:19) - Story # 7: China is likely stockpiling and deploying vulnerabilities, says Microsoft
(48:44) - Story # 8: Hackers selling access to 576 corporate networks for $4 million

Nov 1, 2022 • 45min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/1/2022
00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — Spook Show00:58 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-10-3104:00 – Story # 1: OpenSSL warns of critical security vulnerability with upcoming patch– https://www.zdnet.com/article/openssl-warns-of-critical-security-vulnerability-with-upcoming-patch/04:42 – Story […]
The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/1/2022 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Spook Show
(00:58) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2022-10-31
(04:00) - Story # 1: OpenSSL warns of critical security vulnerability with upcoming patch
(04:42) - Story # 1b: Notes on OpenSSL remote memory corruption
(12:28) - Story # 2: GitHub Bug Exposed Repositories to Hijacking
(16:20) - Story # 3: Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2023
(25:54) - Story # 4: Former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss’ Phone Allegedly Hacked By Kremlin Spies: Report
(34:45) - Story # 5: New Azov data wiper tries to frame researchers and BleepingComputer

Oct 20, 2022 • 1h 1min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 10/17/2022
00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — Best WWHF Ever!00:31 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-10-1704:55 – Story # 1: The Verge: Cybersecurity Week 2022– https://www.theverge.com/23365380/cybersecurity-week-series-phishing-encryption-device-security07:02 – Story # 2: Google […]
The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 10/17/2022 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Best WWHF Ever!
(00:31) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2022-10-17
(04:55) - Story # 1: The Verge: Cybersecurity Week 2022
(07:02) - Story # 2: Google Cybersecurity Action Team Threat Horizons Report #4 Is Out!
(23:34) - Story # 3: Caffeine service lets anyone launch Microsoft 365 phishing attacks
(28:05) - Story # 4: AirTags in Checked Baggage
(31:55) - Story # 5: International crackdown on West-African financial crime rings
(36:50) - Story # 6: Indian Energy Company Tata Power's IT Infrastructure Hit By Cyber Attack
(38:17) - Story # 6b: This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
(56:08) - Story # 6c: Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization
(58:18) - Bear Vs Bear Breaking News

Oct 18, 2022 • 57min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 10/17/2022
00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — Dumpster Fire Friends03:07 – PreShow Banter™ — WHHF Deadwood – https://wildwesthackinfest.com/deadwood/ 03:48 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-10-0307:37 – Story # 1: High-severity […]
The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 10/17/2022 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Dumpster Fire Friends
(03:07) - PreShow Banter™ — WHHF Deadwood
(03:48) - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-10-03
(07:37) - Story # 1: High-severity Microsoft Exchange 0-day under attack threatens 220,000 servers
(19:30) - Story # 2: Stealthy hackers target military and weapons contractors in recent attack
(25:52) - Story # 3: Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden
(29:09) - Story # 4: What the Securing Open Source Software Act does and what it misses
(38:17) - Story # 4b: SecBSD Team
(40:43) - Story # 5: New Malware Campaign Targeting Job Seekers with Cobalt Strike Beacons

Oct 5, 2022 • 58min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 10/5/2022
02:28 – Story # 1: American Airlines Breach Exposes Customer and Staff Information– https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/american-airlines-breach-customer/18:59 – Story # 2: London police arrest, charge teen hacking suspect but won’t confirm GTA 6, Uber […]
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(00:00) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2022-09-26
(02:28) - Story # 1: American Airlines Breach Exposes Customer and Staff Information
(18:59) - Story # 2: London police arrest, charge teen hacking suspect but won’t confirm GTA 6, Uber links
(25:32) - Story # 3: LockBit ransomware builder leaked online by “angry developer”
(30:11) - Story # 4: Malwarebytes blocks Google, YouTube as malware
(32:14) - Story # 5: AdGuard’s new ad blocker struggles with Google’s Manifest v3 rules
(37:29) - Story # 6: Adware on Google Play and Apple Store installed 13 million times
(41:18) - Story # 7: Revealed: US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Data
(50:55) - Story # 8: SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k Ransom

Sep 22, 2022 • 51min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 9/22/2022
The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 9/22/2022 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Special Operations Gig
(00:28) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2022-09-19
(02:45) - Story # 1: Uber Security Update
(04:26) - Story # 1b: A teen hacked Uber and announced it in the company Slack. Employees thought it was a joke
(30:01) - Story # 2: White House Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets
(35:34) - Story # 3: GTA 6 source code and videos leaked after Rockstar Games hack
(44:40) - Story # 4: Microsoft Teams stores auth tokens as cleartext in Windows, Linux, Macs
(47:47) - Story # 5: LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Victim: First bounty payout $50,000

Sep 13, 2022 • 56min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 9/13/2022
The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 9/13/2022 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Forbidden Snacks
(02:41) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2022-09-12
(04:54) - Story # 1: China Accuses US of 'Tens of Thousands' of Cyberattacks
(12:13) - Story # 2: Hackers Honeytrap Russian Troops Into Sharing Location, Base Bombed: Report
(18:33) - Story # 3: Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police
(44:13) - Story # 4: Ireland fines Instagram a record $400 mln over children's data
(46:29) - Story # 5: FBI, Secret Service join Kentucky investigation into $4 million cybercrime theft
(50:12) - Story # 6: New Ransomware Group BianLian Activity Exploding
(51:41) - Story # 6b: https://canarytokens.org/generate#

Sep 9, 2022 • 1h 1min
Talkin’ About Infosec News – 9/9/2022
The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 9/9/2022 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.
(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Accidental Furry Hoodies
(02:19) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2022-08-29
(04:37) - Story # 1: Plex breach exposes usernames, emails, and encrypted passwords
(09:06) - Story # 2: LastPass Breach
(18:33) - Story # 3: DoorDash data breach exposes customer details
(22:47) - Story # 4: Greek gas operator refuses to negotiate with ransomware group after attack
(25:01) - Story # 5: Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies
(35:46) - Story # 6: Microsoft Uncovers New Post-Compromise Malware Used by Nobelium Hackers
(42:16) - Story # 7: Google opens up its experimental AI chatbot for public testing
(45:22) - Story # 8: Microsoft finds critical hole in operating system that for once isn't Windows
(46:56) - Story # 9: VMware confirms Carbon Black causes BSODs, boot loops on Windows
(56:01) - Story # 10: Nato investigates hacker sale of missile firm data


