Infosec Decoded #82: Metaverse Real Estate

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

Dec 3, 2021

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

Alan Wennersten

Missouri health department found mask mandates work, but didn’t make findings public

SiFive moves into high-end RISC-V processors with P650 design

Investors Snap Up Metaverse Real Estate in a Virtual Land Boom

Sam Bowne @sambowne

Microsoft’s new Windows prompts try to stop people downloading Chrome
Microsoft backtracks on Windows 11’s controversial default browser changes

Hackers are turning to this simple technique to install their malware on PCs

A mysterious threat actor is running hundreds of malicious Tor relays

A 13-year-old boy made and trafficked ‘ghost guns,’ authorities say, and then killed his sister with one

Really stupid “smart contract” bug let hackers steal $31 million in digital coin
Hackers Steal $119M From ‘Web3’ Crypto Project With Old School Attack

'Magic dirt': How the internet fueled, and defeated, the pandemic's weirdest MLM

Kaitlyn Handelman @KaitlynGuru

US rejects calls for regulating or banning ‘killer robots’

Russia and China are attacking US satellites with lasers and jammers ‘every day’ says top general

Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory