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**Talkin’ Bout [Infosec] News**

A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. Join us live on YouTube, Monday’s at 4:30PM ET.

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Talkin’ About Infosec News – 12/15/2023 Dec 15, 2023

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(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Fine McDonalds Drinkware
(04:36) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-12-11
(07:04) - Story # 1: America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA)
(08:55) - Story # 1b: Dragos Launches Program to Provide Water, Electric Utilities With Free Cybersecurity Tools
(09:42) - Story # 1c: Dragos Community Defense Program
(11:38) - Story # 2: BlackCat ransomware crims threaten to directly extort victim's customers
(20:17) - Story # 3: Fancy Bear goes phishing in US, European high-value networks
(21:06) - Story # 3b: Guidance for investigating attacks using CVE-2023-23397
(24:16) - Story # 4: New AeroBlade hackers target aerospace sector in the U.S.
(26:27) - Story # 5: Reuters Takes Down Blockbuster Hacker-for-Hire Investigation After Indian Court Order
(27:51) - Story # 5b: How an Indian startup hacked the world
(32:28) - Story # 6: Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack
(39:28) - Story # 7: 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users
(51:02) - Story # 7b: 23andMe updates user agreement to prevent data breach lawsuits
(55:12) - Story # 8: Facebook Messenger Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption by Default
(57:31) - Story # 9: Police Arrest Hundreds of Human Traffickers Linked to Cyber Fraud
(01:06:57) - Signal For Help

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 12/06/2023 Dec 06, 2023

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The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 12/06/2023 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Chaos Agency
(08:16) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-12-04
(11:03) - Story # 1: 2 municipal water facilities report falling to hackers in separate breaches
(30:49) - Story # 2: PoC for Splunk Enterprise RCE flaw released (CVE-2023-46214)
(37:16) - Story # 3: ownCloud vulnerability with maximum 10 severity score comes under “mass” exploitation
(39:44) - Story # 4: Zyxel warns of multiple critical vulnerabilities in NAS devices
(43:09) - Story # 5: Russian developer of Trickbot malware pleads guilty, faces 35-year sentence
(46:55) - Story # 6: Hackers spent 2+ years looting secrets of chipmaker NXP before being detected
(52:24) - Story # 7: Okta hackers stole data on all customer support users in major breach
(53:30) - Story # 7b: November 29, 2023 - October Customer Support Security Incident - Update and Recommended Actions
(01:01:55) - Story # 8: Dollar Tree hit by third-party data breach impacting 2 million people
(01:04:07) - Hal's 20,000 - Over 20,000 vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers exposed to attacks

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/30/2023 Nov 29, 2023

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The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/30/2023 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Glitch, Please
(01:54) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-11-27
(04:55) - Story # 1: General Electric investigates claims of cyber attack, data theft
(10:01) - Story # 2: CISA orders federal agencies to patch Looney Tunables Linux bug
(16:26) - Story # 3: Phishing attacks spike attributed to generative AI adoption
(18:49) - Story # 3b: SlashNext report uncovers 1,265% increase in phishing emails in a year
(19:09) - Story # 3c: Complete Generative AI Security for Email, Mobile, and Browser
(24:39) - Story # 4: Fidelity National Financial shuts down network in wake of cybersecurity incident
(25:56) - Story # 4b: BlackCat claims it is behind Fidelity National Financial ransomware shakedown
(38:08) - Story # 5: Chief Operating Officer of Network Security Company Charged with Cyberattack on Medical Center
(01:01:52) - Snake Oil? Summit 2023

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/22/2023 Nov 22, 2023

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The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/22/2023 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — A clean-shaven galaxy, a long time away.
(07:50) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-11-20
(09:53) - Story # 1: Ransomware gang files complaint with SEC complaining victim didn’t promptly announce breach
(12:36) - Story # 1b: AlphV files an SEC complaint against MeridianLink for not disclosing a breach to the SEC (2)
(17:04) - Story # 1c : Services in North Carolina town unavailable after ransomware attack
(18:13) - Story # 1d: WHISTLEBLOWER AWARD PROCEEDING
(20:32) - Story # 2: Taylor Swift Fans Spring Into Action After Singer’s Hotel Location Leaks
(26:01) - Story # 3: Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools
(35:34) - Story # 4: Hackers breach healthcare orgs via ScreenConnect remote access
(37:07) - Story # 4b: Bitter Pill: Third-Party Pharmaceutical Vendor Linked to Pharmacy and Health Clinic Cyberattack
(42:59) - Story # 5: Russian hackers use Ngrok feature and WinRAR exploit to attack embassies
(47:19) - Story # 6: US Announces IPStorm Botnet Takedown and Its Creator’s Guilty Plea
(50:32) - Story # 7: Ignite News: Augment your EDR with deception tactics to catch adversaries early
(59:54) - Snake Oil? Summit 2023

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/13/2023 Nov 16, 2023

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The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/13/2023 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Tinder Skills Endorsements
(01:38) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-11-13
(02:42) - Story # 1: Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang
(03:57) - Story # 2: Google, Meta, Discord, and more team up to fight child abuse online
(28:06) - Story # 3: Data broker’s “staggering” sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filing
(39:37) - Story # 4: Maine government says data breach affects 1.3 million people
(44:40) - Story # 1 REPRISE: Boeing data published by Lockbit hacking gang
(50:52) - Story # 5: Inside Denmark’s hell week as critical infrastructure orgs faced cyberattacks

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/10/2023 Nov 10, 2023

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The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/10/2023 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — The Jerky Experience
(03:40) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-11-06
(04:34) - Story # 1: Okta hit by third-party data breach exposing employee information
(07:03) - Story # 1b: Okta Hack Blamed on Employee Using Personal Google Account on Company Laptop
(13:13) - Story # 2: Boeing confirms cyberattack, global services disrupted
(14:34) - Story # 3: Four dozen countries declare they won’t pay ransomware ransoms
(15:26) - Story # 4: https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/feds-levy-first-ever-hipaa-fine-for-ransomware-data-breach-a-23448
(27:08) - Story # 5: “This vulnerability is now under mass exploitation.” Citrix Bleed bug bites hard
(30:52) - Story # 6: 3,000 Apache ActiveMQ servers vulnerable to RCE attacks exposed online
(32:03) - Story # 7: Exploit released for critical Cisco IOS XE flaw, many hosts still hacked
(33:28) - Story # 7b: Cisco IOS XE CVE-2023-20198: Deep Dive and POC
(42:38) - Story # 8: SEC charges SolarWinds CISO with fraud for misleading investors before major cyberattack

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/09/2023 Nov 09, 2023

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The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/09/2023 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Costume Party
(02:04) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-10-30
(03:24) - Story # 1: Okta cybersecurity breach wipes out more than $2 billion in market cap
(18:43) - Story # 2: Boeing assessing Lockbit hacking gang threat of sensitive data leak
(26:09) - Story # 3: The AI-Generated Child Abuse Nightmare Is Here
(41:37) - Story # 4: MGM Resorts hackers 'one of the most dangerous financial criminal groups’

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/4/2023 Nov 04, 2023

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The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 11/4/2023 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Pre-Con-Crud
(01:49) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-10-23
(04:33) - WWHF 2023 recap
(12:20) - Story # 1: Mysterious APT compromises Asian government's secure USBs
(16:13) - Story # 2: CIA exposed to potential intelligence interception due to X's URL bug
(20:02) - Story # 3: EPA withdraws cyber audit requirement for water systems
(22:54) - Story # 3b: Florida Water Treatment Plant Hit With Cyber Attack
(27:00) - Story # 4: Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program, FBI says
(33:10) - Story # 5: Okta says its support system was breached using stolen credentials
(37:13) - Story # 6: Casio discloses data breach impacting customers in 149 countries
(41:44) - Story # 7: Ragnar Locker ransomware’s dark web extortion sites seized by police
(44:02) - Story # 7b: Ragnar Locker ransomware developer arrested in France
(46:54) - Story # 8: Flipper Zero can be used to crash iPhones running iOS 17, but there's a way to foil the attack
(50:42) - Story # 9: U.S. Government Releases Popular Phishing Technique Used by Hackers
(53:39) - Story # 10: Selfie-scraper, Clearview AI, wins appeal against UK privacy sanction

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 10/10/23 Oct 10, 2023

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The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 10/10/23 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Canadian Bacon Day
(04:35) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-10-09
(06:19) - Story # 1: NSA and CISA reveal top 10 cybersecurity misconfigurations
(13:35) - Story # 1b: NSA and CISA Red and Blue Teams Share Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations
(21:21) - Story # 2: QR codes in emails? Watch out - it could be part of a 'Quishing' scam
(25:07) - Story # 2b: https://github.com/jocephus/QuellR
(28:16) - Story # 2c: https://twitter.com/vmyths/status/1212201412068818944
(30:47) - Story # 3: New Marvin attack revives 25-year-old decryption flaw in RSA
(35:59) - Story # 4: Bounty offered for secret NSA seeds behind NIST elliptic curves algo
(38:01) - Story # 5: Rules of engagement issued to hacktivists after chaos
(01:02:55) - PROGRAMMING NOTE – WWHF2023

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 10/9/2023 Oct 09, 2023

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The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 10/9/2023 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — The Scented Podcast
(04:42) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-10-02
(07:24) - Story # 1: Google assigns new maximum rated CVE to libwebp bug exploited in attacks
(24:13) - Story # 2: Progress warns of maximum severity WS_FTP Server vulnerability
(31:16) - Story # 3: Sony PlayStation Hack: What We Know So Far About the LAPSUS$ Cyberattack
(36:10) - Story # 4: City of Fort Lauderdale loses $1.2 million in phishing scam, police in Florida say
(41:42) - Story # 5: FCC announces plans to reinstate net neutrality
(52:32) - Story # 6: [New research] Do longer passwords protect you from compromise?

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