Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News

Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits – https://poweredbybhis.com00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Musical Views of the Universe04:05 - – BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-11-0304:39 - Story # 1: Ransomware profits drop as victims stop paying hackers06:22 - Chart since 201916:06 - Story # 2: More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates33:02 - Story # 3: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.41:18 - Story # 4: ‘Dangerous’ YouTube videos struck down for bypassing Windows 11 account setup [Update: Restored]47:13 - Story # 5: Chicago firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says51:08 - Story # 6: Microsoft: DNS outage impacts Azure and Microsoft 365 services54:33 - Story # 7: EY Data Leak – Massive 4TB SQL Server Backup Exposed Publicly on Microsoft Azure55:22 - Stordy # 8: Black Hat Europe 2025 Arsenal: 8 AI Security Tools Transforming Cybersecurity

Show Notes

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00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Musical Views of the Universe

04:05 - – BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-11-03

04:39 - Story # 1: Ransomware profits drop as victims stop paying hackers

06:22 - Chart since 2019

16:06 - Story # 2: More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates

33:02 - Story # 3: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.

41:18 - Story # 4: ‘Dangerous’ YouTube videos struck down for bypassing Windows 11 account setup [Update: Restored]

47:13 - Story # 5: Chicago firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says

51:08 - Story # 6: Microsoft: DNS outage impacts Azure and Microsoft 365 services

54:33 - Story # 7: EY Data Leak – Massive 4TB SQL Server Backup Exposed Publicly on Microsoft Azure

55:22 - Stordy # 8: Black Hat Europe 2025 Arsenal: 8 AI Security Tools Transforming Cybersecurity

  • (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Musical Views of the Universe
  • (04:04) - Ransomware Victims Stop Paying Hackers – BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2025-11-03
  • (04:38) - Story # 1: Ransomware profits drop as victims stop paying hackers
  • (06:22) - Chart since 2019 (thumbnail)
  • (16:06) - Story # 2: More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates
  • (33:02) - Story # 3: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.
  • (41:18) - Story # 4: ‘Dangerous’ YouTube videos struck down for bypassing Windows 11 account setup [Update: Restored]
  • (47:12) - Story # 5: Chicago firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says
  • (51:07) - Story # 6: Microsoft: DNS outage impacts Azure and Microsoft 365 services
  • (54:33) - Story # 7: EY Data Leak – Massive 4TB SQL Server Backup Exposed Publicly on Microsoft Azure
  • (55:22) - Story # 8: Black Hat Europe 2025 Arsenal: 8 AI Security Tools Transforming Cybersecurity

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Corey Ham
Corey Ham has been with Black Hills Information Security (BHIS) since 2021 delivering red teaming and OSINT services. Currently, Corey leads the ANTISOC team at BHIS, providing subscription-based continuous red teaming to BHIS clients. Outside of his time at BHIS, you can find him out in the woods or up on a mountain somewhere.

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