Talkin’ About Infosec News – 1/14/2022
ORIGINALLY AIRED ON JANUARY 10, 2022
Articles discussed in this episode:
01:58 – Story # 1: WordPress Core Vulnerabilities – https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-core-vulnerabilities/432042/#close
11:32 – Story # 2: Card-stealing code on over 100 Sotheby’s luxury real estate sites – https://therecord.media/card-stealing-code-found-on-more-than-100-sothebys-luxury-real-estate-sites/
14:55 – Story # 3: France hits Facebook & Google with $210 million in fines – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/france-hits-facebook-and-google-with-210-million-in-fines/
22:14 – Story # 4: Pwn2Own, ShmooCon security conferences postponed due to COVID-19 surge – https://therecord.media/pwn2own-shmoocon-security-conferences-postponed-due-to-covid-19-surge/
24:48 – Story # 5: BREAKING! Cyber Threat Map – https://www.fireeye.com/cyber-map/threat-map.html
27:21 – Story # 6: Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries – https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/9/22874949/developer-corrupts-open-source-libraries-projects-affected
34:38 – Story # 7: FTC warns companies to remediate Log4j security vulnerability – https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2022/01/ftc-warns-companies-remediate-log4j-security-vulnerability
39:58 – Story # 8: Trojanized dnSpy app drops malware cocktail – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trojanized-dnspy-app-drops-malware-cocktail-on-researchers-devs/
45:33 – Story # 9: Norton 360 Cryptominer – https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/
55:56 – Hot Takes and Sadness
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