Mad Squirrel Tech
In this episode, Javvad gives hjs report on BlackHat Europe and tells of his upcoming trip to BSides London, a story about scammers scamming each other out of millions of dollars, and an interesting andriod malware that parasites on legit apps. All this and more!
In this episode, Erich and Javvad discuss the jargon issue in #cybersecurity, the overwhelming issue of garbage email, the continued trend for crap passwords and more.
Stories from the show:
Cybersecurity jargon impacting communication between C-suite and specialists
https://www.information-age.com/cybersecurity-jargon-impacting-communication-between-c-suite-specialists-123500747/
Unwanted emails steadily creeping into inboxes
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/11/14/email-security-threats/
Mass Email Extortion Campaign Claims Server Hack
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/mass-email-extortion-claims-server/
Guess the most common password. Hint: We just told you
https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/25/infosec_roundup/
In This episode, Erich and Javvad discuss the hack of Liz Truss’ phone, the offering of $4M worth of initial network access, the FTC crack down on a repeat offender and more!
Stories from the show
Hackers selling access to 576 corporate networks for $4 million
FTC Cracks Down on Homework App Provider Chegg for 4 Past Data Breaches
https://www.pcmag.com/news/ftc-cracks-down-on-homework-app-provider-chegg-for-4-past-data-breaches
Liz Truss’ phone was ‘clearly hacked’, says minister
https://news.stv.tv/world/liz-truss-phone-was-clearly-hacked-says-minister
People are pretending to be laid-off Twitter employees carrying boxes outside of HQ
https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/28/23428775/twitter-fake-employee-layoff-rahul-ligma-elon-musk
In this episode, Erich and Javvad discuss the cybersecurity stories of the week, including some significant convictions, bots and LinkedIn battle, CVE PoCs used to spread malware and much more!
Stories from the show:
EFCC touts 1,968 cybercrime-related convictions secured in nine months
https://punchng.com/2669-convictions-secured-in-nine-months-efcc/
Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/10/battle-with-bots-prompts-mass-purge-of-amazon-apple-employee-accounts-on-linkedin/
Security experts targeted with malicious CVE PoC exploits on GitHub
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/137527/hacking/malicious-github-repositories.html
Google bans 16 popular Android apps! Millions warned to delete them now
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1687205/Android-warning-delete-Google-Play-Store-apps-now
See Tickets discloses 2.5 years-long credit card theft breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/see-tickets-discloses-25-years-long-credit-card-theft-breach/
Feds say Ukrainian man running malware service amassed 50M unique credentials
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/feds-say-ukrainian-man-running-malware-service-amassed-50m-unique-credentials/
In this episode, Erich and Javvad talk about a woman who was scammed by an ‘astronaut’ that needed money to get home from the space station, the failure of Microsoft to secure their own product, Chinese police stations around the world, how the Dutch scammed a ransomware gang into giving up decryption keys, and more!
Stories from the show:
An Imposter Claiming to Be an Astronaut Wooed a Japanese Woman Into Paying for a ‘Return Ticket to Earth’
https://gizmodo.com/astronaut-iss-instagram-1849638814
Microsoft data breach exposes customers’ contact info, emails
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-data-breach-exposes-customers-contact-info-emails/
China opens police stations in Nigeria, clamps down on alleged Chinese fraudsters
https://gazettengr.com/china-opens-police-stations-in-nigeria-clamps-down-on-alleged-chinese-fraudsters/
Police tricked a ransomware gang into handing over its decryption keys. Here’s how they did it
https://www.zdnet.com/article/police-tricked-a-ransomware-gang-into-handing-over-its-decryption-keys-heres-how-they-did-it/
In this episode Javvad and Erich discuss a number of issues with Android phones, including an unofficial WhatsApp app stealing user accounts, how the Always-on VPN is leaking traffic and more.
Stories from the show:
Unofficial WhatsApp Android app caught stealing users’ accounts
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unofficial-whatsapp-android-app-caught-stealing-users-accounts/
Facebook Login Details at Risk as Meta Identifies Over 400 Malicious Apps
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/facebook-login-details-at-risk/
Android leaks some traffic even when ‘Always-on VPN’ is enabled
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/android-leaks-some-traffic-even-when-always-on-vpn-is-enabled/
Lloyd’s of London cuts off network after dodgy activity detected
https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/07/lloyds_london_security_incident/
In this episode, Erich and Javvad talking about human trafficking related to cybercrime operations, social media account takeovers and more!
Stories from the show:
Guilty verdict in the Uber breach case makes personal liability real for CISOs
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3676148/guilty-verdict-in-the-uber-breach-case-makes-personal-liability-real-for-cisos.html
Jury Finds Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan Guilty of Cover-Up
https://www.govinfosecurity.com/jury-finds-former-uber-cso-joe-sullivan-guilty-cover-up-a-20187
Twitter post by Whitney Merrill – @wbm312
https://twitter.com/wbm312/status/1577827226196013056
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
https://dd80b675424c132b90b3-e48385e382d2e5d17821a5e1d8e4c86b.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/external/sullivansupersedingindictment-dec222021.pdf
Twitter whistleblower tells Senate of ‘egregious’ security failings by company
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/13/twitter-whistleblower-testimony-congress-peiter-zatko
Hundreds of Indians Reportedly Trafficked to Myanmar by Cybercrime Operations
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/hundreds-of-indians-reportedly-trafficked-to-myanmar-by-cybercrime-operations.html/amp
Police arrest teen for using leaked Optus data to extort victims
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-teen-for-using-leaked-optus-data-to-extort-victims/
An identity scam that has grown in the past 12 months by more than 1,000% – social media account takeover
https://www.idtheftcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-Consumer-Impact-Report_V3.4_Final_Linked.pdf
Here are some links to live hurricane Ian videos and weather info from a weather station in Trinity, Florida (north of Tampa). It should remain pretty calm, but I wanted it here for people that are curious what it’s like this far away.
Video 1 from Trinity:
Video 2 from Trinity:
Weather data in Trinity (note: wind speeds will not be accurate):
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KFLTRINI16?cm_ven=localwx_pwsdash
Video of the Skyway bridge in Tampa:
Credential stuffing is when known passwords and usernames are used to try to take over online accounts. Recently an organization had almost 200,000 customer accounts compromised like this.
Learn more about it and what to do to protect yourself.
Have you ever wondered what happens when you click on a link from one of thos Amazon text messages that say your account is suspended? Here I run through one of those so you understand what they are doing.
TLDR; They capture anything you put in the form, login info, social security number, credit card, whatever.
Do not try this at home – This was done from a secure computer that is resistant to viruses. Some of these links CAN try to infect your computer or phone.
