Talkin’ About Infosec News – 3/1/2022

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ORIGINALLY AIRED ON FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Articles discussed in this episode:

02:36 – Story # 1: Massive cyberattack takes Ukraine military, big bank websites offline – https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/15/ukraine_cyberattack/

04:26 – Story # 2: The Elite Hackers of the FSB – https://interaktiv.br.de/elite-hacker-fsb/en/index.html

07:47 – Story # 3: Exclusive: FBI Braces for Russian Cyber Attacks in US as Ukraine Tensions Rise – https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-fbi-warns-russia-may-launch-cyber-attacks-us-ukraine-tensions-rise-1681012

18:22 – Story # 4: Microsoft Defender will soon block Windows password theft –https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-will-soon-block-windows-password-theft/

22:28 – Story # 5: Dad takes down town’s internet by mistake to get his kids offline – https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/dad-takes-down-towns-internet-by-mistake-to-get-his-kids-offline/

28:50 – Story # 6: Akamai acquires Linode for $900M – https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/15/akamai-acquires-linode-for-900m/

34:49 – Story # 7: Microsoft eyeing deal to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant -Bloomberg – https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-considers-deal-buy-cybersecurity-firm-mandiant-bloomberg-news-2022-02-08/

40:00 – Story # 8: If the Cloud Is More Secure, Then Why Is Everything Still Broken? – https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/if-the-cloud-is-more-secure-then-why-is-everything-still-broken-

44:40 – Story # 9: Never, Ever, Ever Use Pixelation for Redacting Text – https://bishopfox.com/blog/unredacter-tool-never-pixelation

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