Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News

00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — Scalping Valentine’s Day Reservations04:13 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2023-06-2305:52 – Story # 1: 5 Chinese companies and a research institute blacklisted by U.S. over spy balloon programhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-blacklists-6-chinese-entities-over-spy-balloon-program/12:00 – Story # 2: We had a security incident. Here’s what we know.https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/10y427y/we_had_a_security_incident_heres_what_we_know/15:19 – Ean Reports Live!21:44 – Story # 3: NameCheap’s email hacked to send Metamask, DHL phishing emailshttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/namecheaps-email-hacked-to-send-metamask-dhl-phishing-emails/26:49 – Story # 4: Top mobile finance app Money Lover has some worrying security flawshttps://www.techradar.com/news/top-mobile-finance-app-money-lover-has-some-worrying-security-flaws31:24 – Story # 5: Ukraine war: Elon Musk’s SpaceX firm bars Kyiv from using Starlink tech for drone controlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-6457926736:58 – Story # 6: NATO websites hacked, including that of the Headquarters of Special Operations Forceshttps://euroweeklynews.com/2023/02/13/nato-websites-hacked-including-that-of-the-headquarters-of-special-operations-forces/38:58 – Story # 7: Khinshtein said that hackers acting in the interests of the Russian Federation should be released from liabilityhttps://tass-ru.translate.goog/obschestvo/17021313?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp40:52 – Story # 8 NIST Standardizes Ascon Cryptographic Algorithm for IoT and Other Lightweight Deviceshttps://thehackernews.com/2023/02/nist-standardizes-ascon-cryptographic.html43:29 – Story # 9: Americans don’t understand what companies can do with their personal data—and that’s a problemhttps://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-americans-dont-companies-personal-dataand.html45:15 – Story # 9b: AMERICANS CAN’T CONSENT TO COMPANIES’ USE OF THEIR DATAhttps://www.asc.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/2023-02/Americans_Can%27t_Consent.pdf54:33 – Story # 10: Pentagon Staffers Found Installing Dating Apps, Games on Government Phoneshttps://www.pcmag.com/news/pentagon-staffers-found-installing-dating-apps-games-on-government-phones5...

Show Notes

00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — Scalping Valentine’s Day Reservations04:13 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2023-06-2305:52 – Story # 1: 5 Chinese companies and a research institute blacklisted by […]

The post Talkin’ About Infosec News – 2/17/2023 appeared first on Black Hills Information Security.

  • (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Scalping Valentine's Day Reservations
  • (04:13) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2023-06-23
  • (05:52) - Story # 1: 5 Chinese companies and a research institute blacklisted by U.S. over spy balloon program
  • (12:00) - Story # 2: We had a security incident. Here’s what we know.
  • (15:19) - Ean Reports Live!
  • (21:44) - Story # 3: NameCheap's email hacked to send Metamask, DHL phishing emails
  • (26:49) - Story # 4: Top mobile finance app Money Lover has some worrying security flaws
  • (31:24) - Story # 5: Ukraine war: Elon Musk's SpaceX firm bars Kyiv from using Starlink tech for drone control
  • (36:58) - Story # 6: NATO websites hacked, including that of the Headquarters of Special Operations Forces
  • (38:58) - Story # 7: Khinshtein said that hackers acting in the interests of the Russian Federation should be released from liability
  • (40:52) - Story # 8 NIST Standardizes Ascon Cryptographic Algorithm for IoT and Other Lightweight Devices
  • (43:29) - Story # 9: Americans don't understand what companies can do with their personal data—and that's a problem
  • (45:15) - Story # 9b: AMERICANS CAN’T CONSENT TO COMPANIES’ USE OF THEIR DATA
  • (54:33) - Story # 10: Pentagon Staffers Found Installing Dating Apps, Games on Government Phones
  • (57:34) - Story # 10b: Management Advisory: The DoD’s Use of Mobile Applications (Report No. DODIG-2023-041)
  • (58:14) - Story # 11: When Facebook came for your battery, feudal security failed

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