Hello gang,
Welcome to TSB. We hope you had a nice vacation for the 4th of July, we’re back with tons of news, some notes, a very interesting video I started listening to, and a very interesting topic on Spain.
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Now, without any further ado, let’s give you some extensive notes, and we’ll be back next time!
Welcome to the security box, podcast 245. We ope that you have enjoyed your 4th of July holiday and we’re glad to be back on the airwaves.
On this program, we’re going to cover the news, the notes and the landscape since we have been away as well as any thoughts from anyone who may be joining us during the live taping.
We also have trivia as well, and we’ll be sure to get the trivia to the list for those who want to participate through that method.
Files we’ll be adding will include: a discussion on CSAM, otherwise known as child sexual abuse material, a joke I found on Mastodon that is not tech related, we’ll read something that was found from DevaOnBreaches that is true today more than ever, and of course our topic being Spain and their DDOS being increased over 100 percent!
The blog will have links to topics as usual.
DevaOnBreaches
DevaOnBreaches: Think account takeovers and ransomware are unrelated?
They often start with a common seed: with your data exposed in a data breach.
Leaked usernames and passwords let attackers hijack accounts.
The same data helps them launch ransomware, locking systems, or threatening to leak more info.
One breach can lead to many attacks.
What can you do?
- 1. Actively monitor for compromised credentials through dark web and threat intelligence feeds.
- 2. Use strong multi-factor authentication.
- 3. Train your team to recognize phishing attempts designed to steal credentials.
- 4. Patch vulnerabilities quickly, and immediately revoke or reset exposed credentials.
A breach isn’t just lost data. It’s the start of an attack; you need to stop early.
A video we’ve got to put in to the podcast
As I’m going through Mastodon, I find the following boosted toot.
Alex Chapman: Boosting mattcurtis (mattcurtis): trump mobile is the worst type of phone plan you can ask for, first you pay $61.00 for the sim, and then, you use your data up? your phone data gets shut off completely, want proof?
Here is the link to the 30 minute video if you want to watch. This came in after we got the intro together, just take a look if you’re interested in this service.
Trivia
Here is our trivia for this week.
Here’s a spooky stat: There are over 4 million podcasts floating in the internet ether, and most are ghost towns. How many of those podcasts do you think are updated weekly? A) 3.2 million, B) 2 million, C) 750,000 or D) Less than 500,000? Find the answer yapping at the end!
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Spain and their DDoS issues
The blog post this time is DDOS attackers targeting spain and this is quite interesting. This is research from Group IB, who we’ve talked about on this podcast before. As I indicated in the intro created for this podcast, its well over 100 percent. In fact, its up quite a lot. The full article is titled DDoS attacks surge by 88% in March, Spain emerges as top target if you’d like to read it. It’ll be helping us with this discussion.
We hope you enjoy!
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