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Talkin’ About Infosec News – 6/13/2022

ORIGINALLY AIRED ON JUNE 13, 2022

Articles discussed in this episode:

00:00 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-06-13

02:26 – Story # 1: Roblox Game Pass store used to sell ransomware decryptor – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/roblox-game-pass-store-used-to-sell-ransomware-decryptor/

07:35 – Story # 2: New Jersey school district forced to cancel final exams amid ransomware recovery effort – https://therecord.media/new-jersey-school-district-forced-to-cancel-final-exams-amid-ransomware-recovery-effort/

10:31 – Story # 3: Security Fixes Won’t Require Full iOS Update in iOS 16, Will Be Installed Automatically – https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/06/ios-16-security-fixes-automatic/

15:08 – Story # 4: Gone in 130 seconds: New Tesla hack gives thieves their own personal key – https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/06/hackers-out-to-steal-a-tesla-can-create-their-very-own-personal-key/

20:07 – Story # 5: DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/duckduckgo-browser-allows-microsoft-trackers-due-to-search-agreement/

30:44 – Story # 6: Apple demos Safari’s ‘passkeys’ support in macOS Ventura that will help bring an end to passwords – https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/6/23156786/apple-passkey-passwordless-sign-in-safari-macos-ventura-wwdc

38:34 – Story # 7: Mass Account Takeover in the Yunmai smart scale API – https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2626497-scientists-create-new-method-to-kill-cyberattacks-in-less-than-a-second

42:27 – Story # 8: Credentials for thousands of open source projects free for the taking—again! – https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/06/credentials-for-thousands-of-open-source-projects-free-for-the-taking-again/

48:09 – Story # 9: Internet Explorer (almost) breathes its final byte on Wednesday – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/internet-explorer-almost-breathes-its-final-byte-on-wednesday/

55:28 – Story # 10: Google suspends engineer who claims its AI is sentient –https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/13/23165535/google-suspends-ai-artificial-intelligence-engineer-sentient

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