Infosec Decoded #34: Be Prepared

with @djhardb, @infosecirvin, @KaitlynGuru, @sambowne, and Alan Wennersten.

June 8, 2021

A discussion with Elizabeth Biddlecome, Sam Bowne, Kaitlyn Handelman, Irvin Lemus, and Alan Wennersten.

Alan Wennersten

US arrests Latvian woman who worked on Trickbot malware source code
Latvian National Charged for Alleged Role in Transnational Cybercrime Organization

Exagrid pays $2.6m to Conti ransomware attackers

Economics and Security Resource Page

Sam Bowne @sambowne

MODERN RANSOMWARE'S DOUBLE EXTORTION TACTICS AND HOW TO PROTECT ENTERPRISES AGAINST THEM

This hard drive breakthrough could see HDDs holding 10 times more data

1.3% of Bitcoin’s supply has now been wrapped onto Ethereum
The 2 Cryptocurrencies With the Best Chance to Succeed, According to a Crypto Skeptic

Elizabeth Biddlecome @djhardb

U.S. seizes $2.3 mln in bitcoin paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers

Trojan Shield: How the FBI Secretly Ran a Phone Network for Criminals

Google, Facebook, Chaos Computer Club join forces to oppose German state spyware

Kaitlyn Handelman @KaitlynGuru

Apple pays millions to woman after explicit photos posted online
Apple settles with student after authorized repair workers leaked her naked pics to her Facebook page

Why Venus is back in the exploration limelight

Notepad++ drops Bing after "tank man" censorship fiasco

Irvin Lemus @infosecirvin

Microsoft starts autoupdating Windows 10 2004 to Windows 10 21H1

Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti goes on sale at $1,200 — and immediately sells out

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