Sans episodes 42 and 43

Hello gang,

We’ve been slowly working on Sans, and I’m still producing 44. With that said, I want to give you one posting with both show notes. I have a way to get the notes for Sans done, and I’m doing the best I can right now, as some things have come up. But I’m happy to be back doing Sans even though it may be depressing.

Episode 42

Welcome to Sans, Episode 42. Its been awhile, and this episode explains why. I hope that we can continue Sans, I’m going to start on the next issue very soon now.

If you want to read the newsletter, please use this link to read the Sans Newsletter for October 9, 2026.

Here is what was in the newsletter.

Top Of The News:

1. Google Warns of ccTLD Registry Hijacks and Counterfeit Certificates
2. FBI and Secret Service Warn of Continuing FortiBleed Attacks
3. Android Phones Shipped with Malware Pre-installed

The Rest of the Week’s News

1. FBI Removes Contractor Whose Unpatched Platform Allowed Breach
2. ASOS Discloses Breach After Hacker Sends Push Notification
3. Critical Flaw Affecting Multiple Atlassian Products Is Being Actively Exploited
4. SonicWall and Splunk Publish Security Advisories
5. OT Coalition Urges CISA to Mandate OT Cybersecurity
6. US Senate Passes Healthcare Cybersecurity Bill
7. Universities Suffer Ransomware Attacks: Osaka Metropolitan University; University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine

I think the biggest stories are item 3 from Top of the News and item 6 of the Rest of the News. But you tell me what interested you. Looking forward to bringing this program back and thanks for listening!

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Sans 43

Welcome to Sans, episode 43 where your blood may decide to boil. I’m Jared, and this episode will cover the Newsletter that was released on October 13, 2026.

On this newsletter, there will be some good news items that will really make you feel a hell of a lot better. But of course, it also comes with the bad.

Do you want to read the newsletter? Here is the newsletter for October 13, 2026.

Here is what is in the newsletter. We’ll start with top of the news.

The top of the news items are:

1. Cyberattacks on Food Retailers: Ahold Delhaize Takes Some Systems Offline; Danfoss Freezers in French Supermarkets Sabotaged
2. Patch Now: GitLab CE/EE Max-Severity Flaw
3. CrowdStrike Investigation of Cyberattacks on South Korean Banks May Have Turned Up Information That Identified Hacker

Here is the rest of the news items. They include:

1. Let’s Encrypt Certificate Life Cycle Change Schedule
2. FBI Seizes Malicious Chinese Web Domains Related to Flax Typhoon
3. iRhythm Breach Affects at Least 360,000 Individuals
4. FBI Arrests Cyber Exec on Suspicion of ShinyHunters Conspiracy
5. Qilin Suspect Extradited to Germany from Japan
6. Judge Imposes 32-Month Sentence on Former Employee for Extortion and Damaging Protected Computer

We hope that you enjoy the program, and thanks so much for listening and reading! See you next time!

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44 is done, but it is not released yet. I still have recording to do but the notes themselves are done. 45 is done, but not recorded. 46 will be Ouch for November, and I do ouch differently but don’t want to release these out of order.

Thanks gang for your support as I deal with some personal things, and I’ll be continuing the push for Sans.

Ping if you hav any questions.