Episode 204 - The Umms and Ahhs Episode

This week in InfoSec  (10:01)

With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield

27th September 2001: Jan de Wit was sentenced to 150 hours of community service in the Netherlands for creating and spreading the Anna Kournikova virus. It was one of the first of the major viruses created from a virus toolkit - the dawn of cybercrime toolkits.

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1839709145282277614

3rd October 2017: A week after he retired as the result of Equifax's data breach, former CEO Richard F. Smith told members of Congress that one person in the IT department was at fault.

https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1841893372035838342

 

Rant of the Week (14:52)

It's true, social media moderators do go after conservatives

Because they're most likely to share crappy misinformation online

Since Elon Musk bought Twitter nearly two years ago – a $44 billion acquisition he tried to pull out of – the mogul has driven a narrative that moderation of the microblogging website disproportionately targeted conservatives, libertarians, and Trump supporters.

A scientific paper published in the journal Nature this week confirms that was the case, with justification. The groups more likely to be subjected to moderation were also more likely to share misinformation from low-quality news sites.

 

Billy Big Balls of the Week (21:49)

Use this link to read the story: https://www.404media.co/email/e7ecda94-675a-4538-901f-b2ccb35fe916/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter - the other link below for the show notes (the one above is tied to my account)

Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers

A pair of students at Harvard have built what big tech companies refused to release publicly due to the overwhelming risks and danger involved: smart glasses with facial recognition technology that automatically looks up someone’s face and identifies them. The students have gone a step further too. Their customized glasses also pull other information about their subject from around the web, including their home address, phone number, and family members.

 

Industry News (32:05)

PwC Urges Boards to Give CISOs a Seat at the Table

Cyber-Attacks Hit Over a Third of English Schools

ISACA: European Security Teams Are Understaffed and Underfunded

T-Mobile to Pay $15.75m Penalty for Multiple Data Breaches

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