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Special Segment – Cyber Security Career Advice – 9/28/2023 Sep 28, 2023

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(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ Segment Special – Cyber Security Career Advice
(00:26) - Q :Entry Level Cybersecurity equals Mid-Level I.T. ?
(08:05) - Q: How do I get started, I'm new in the Cyber Security Industry?
(09:37) - Q: What Degree(s) do you recommend for Cyber Security / Infosec?
(16:07) - Q: How did Chris Traynor join Black Hills Information Security?
(18:58) - LINK– Pancake Con Chris Traynor Talk - https://youtube.com/watch?v=tMgDSb5_mKs
(20:13) - LINK - BHIS Discord - https://discord.gg/bhis
(23:35) - LINK - Chicago meetups : https://burbsec.com
(25:53) - LINK: YouTube– Acess Granted Webcast – https://youtube.com/live/oaTEK9Feo5s

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 9/25/2023 Sep 27, 2023

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(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Poop Shoots and Chocolate Bunnies
(02:33) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-09-25
(07:15) - Story # 1: Cisco to Acquire Splunk
(08:15) - CISCO RSA Plane https://assets-cdn.workingnotworking.com/a1w71r9as47v5iap49d6u2md0dfr
(09:21) - Jack Rhysider on Splunk https://twitter.com/JackRhysider/status/1704986407415038213
(18:09) - Story # 2: Youth hacking ring at the center of cybercrime spree
(26:45) - Story # 3: T-Mobile users say other people’s account information is appearing in their app
(30:11) - Story # 4: Okta: Caesars, MGM hacked in social engineering campaign
(35:40) - Story # 5: Data breach reveals distressing info: People who order pineapple on pizza
(39:28) - Story # 6: National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacts 890 schools
(46:16) - Story # 7: Kroll Suffers Data Breach: Employee Falls Victim to SIM Swapping Attack

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 9/18/2023 Sep 22, 2023

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(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Billionare Traps & Dump Lists
(05:11) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-09-18
(07:28) - Story # 1: Statement on MGM Resorts International
(12:06) - Story # 1b: Okta & MGM sitting in a tree
(14:53) - Story # 1c: Okta Agent Involved in MGM Resorts Breach, Attackers Claim
(20:26) - Story # 1d: Social Engineering: How It Works, Examples & Prevention
(26:49) - Story # 1e: Lina Khan Got Stuck in the Fallout of the MGM Hack at Las Vegas
(44:09) - Story # 2: F-35 goes missing near North Charleston; pilot hospitalized after ejecting
(48:38) - Story # 3: Pirated Software Likely Cause of Airbus Breach
(53:48) - (K)night (I)ndustries (T)esla (T)hree opens parking garage gate

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 9/11/2023 Sep 13, 2023

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(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Felling Trees 504
(02:03) - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-09-11
(05:51) - 22nd Anniversary of the 9-11 Tragedy
(10:35) - Story # 1: AT&T Customers Doxed Themselves En Masse In Reply-All Nightmare
(15:47) - Story # 1b: Senate email system crashes amid avalanche of reply-alls to security test
(18:09) - Story # 2: Millions Infected by Spyware Hidden in Fake Telegram Apps on Google Play
(23:47) - Story # 2b: BLASTPASS NSO Group iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit Captured in the Wild
(29:16) - Story # 3: Apple finally admits the CSAM scanning flaw we all pointed out
(33:32) - Story # 4: Outlook Hack: Microsoft Reveals How a Crash Dump Led to a Major Security Breach
(38:57) - Story # 4b: Microsoft finally explains cause of Azure breach: An engineer’s account was hacked
(51:16) - Story # 5: FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown — FBI
(52:24) - Story # 5b: Data From The Qakbot Malware is Now Searchable in Have I Been Pwned, Courtesy of the FBI
(57:49) - https://github.com/alephdata/aleph

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 8/28/2023 Aug 29, 2023

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(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Deep Disruptions
(04:01) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-08-28
(05:43) - Story # 1: Exclusive: Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne explores sale -sources
(13:28) - Story # 2: WinRAR 0-day that uses poisoned JPG and TXT files under exploit since April
(20:17) - Story # 3: NIST Publishes Draft Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
(23:29) - Story # 4: Mysterious Cyberattack Shuts Down Yet More Telescopes For Weeks
(29:31) - Story # 5: Danish cloud host says customers ‘lost all data’ after ransomware attack
(35:04) - Story # 6: Lapsus$: Court finds teenagers carried out hacking spree
(35:45) - Story # 6b: GTA 6 Hacker Found To Be Teen With Amazon Fire Stick In Small Town Hotel Room
(44:36) - Story # 7: New Juniper Junos OS Flaws Expose Devices to Remote Attacks - Patch Now

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 8/21/2023 Aug 28, 2023

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(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Overarching Hot Takes
(01:27) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-08-21
(04:30) - Story # 1: Hackers red-teaming A.I. are ‘breaking stuff left and right,’ but don’t expect quick fixes from DefCon: ‘There are no good guardrails’
(06:18) - Story # 1b: What happens when thousands of hackers try to break AI chatbots
(08:46) - Story # 2: US lawmaker says FBI notified him of email breach linked to Microsoft cloud hack
(11:18) - Story # 3: Elon Musk's army of inactive followers paints a bleak picture of X as a whole
(12:42) - Story # 3b: Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule
(18:45) - Story # 4: Haggling With Hackers: Surprising Lessons From 50 Negotiations With Ransomware Gangs
(23:42) - Story # 5: WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives
(27:55) - Story # 6: CISA, experts warn of Citrix vulnerabilities being exploited by hackers
(29:44) - Story # 7: Ongoing Duo outage causes Azure Auth authentication errors
(30:38) - Story # 8: Phishing campaign steals accounts for Zimbra email servers worlwide
(35:48) - Story # 9: WD refused to answer our questions about its self-wiping SanDisk SSDs
(38:35) - Story # 9b: Backblaze Drive Stats for Q2 2023
(42:07) - Story # 10: NYC Bans TikTok on City Devices
(55:38) - Story # 11: IMAX Still Runs on PalmPilot Operating System
(57:25) - Story # 12: Major LinkedIn Account Takeover Campaign Underway

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 8/14/2023 Aug 21, 2023

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Talkin’ About Infosec News – 8/7/2023 Aug 15, 2023

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Talkin’ About Infosec News – 7/31/2023 Aug 02, 2023

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A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories. Brought to you by: ///

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Messed With Your Head
(05:25) - Story # 1: Chinese Malware Could Cut Power To U.S. Military Bases, Businesses And Homes, Report Claims
(18:14) - Story # 2: US Senator Wyden Accuses Microsoft of ‘Cybersecurity Negligence’
(18:39) - Story # 2b: US senator victim-blames Microsoft for Chinese hack
(19:08) - Story # 2c: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/
(27:27) - Story # 3: Russian court jails cyber security executive for 14 years in treason case
(33:47) - Story # 4: Almost 40% of Ubuntu users vulnerable to new privilege elevation flaws
(47:29) - Story # 5: SEC now requires companies to disclose cyberattacks in 4 days
(48:19) - Story # 5b: SEC Adopts Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies
(57:55) - Take Joe's Class https://www.theosintion.com/courses/

Talkin’ About Infosec News – 7/26/2023 Jul 26, 2023

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