Infosec Decoded #62: Your Plastic Friend Who's Fun to Be With

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

Sep 21, 2021

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

Kaitlyn Handelman @KaitlynGuru

Space tourists splash down in Atlantic Ocean after three days in orbit

Apple facing class action lawsuits over MacBook M1 screen cracks

Windows 11 is no longer compatible with Oracle VirtualBox VMs

Irvin Lemus @infosecirvin

A guide to combatting human-operated ransomware: Part 1

Students are destroying bathrooms, swiping school supplies in latest TikTok challenge gone awry

VPN users unmasked by zero-day vulnerability in Virgin Media routers

Alan Wennersten

Peter Thiel Biography: Facebook didn't fact-check Trump campaign because of deal for no additional regulations

Association of Online Risk Factors With Subsequent Youth Suicide-Related Behaviors in the US
CDC study finds ties between online bullying, violence, hate speech and suicide or self-harm

Semiconductor Market to Grow By 17.3% in 2021 and Reach Potential Overcapacity by 2023, IDC Reports

Sam Bowne @sambowne

What Explains Xi’s Pivot to the State?

Binance staff exploited users’ crypto trades for personal gain, whistleblower

Treasury unleashes cryptocurrency sanctions to fight ransomware

Elizabeth Biddlecome @djhardb

Amazon's AI-powered cameras punish its delivery drivers when they look at side mirrors or when other cars cut them off, report says

AI Can Write Code Like Humans—Bugs and All

Ransomware gang strikes Iowa agriculture business New Cooperative, the latest hack on food supply chain