Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News

00:00 - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2024-04-29 02:33 - Story # 1: Cyber Hygiene Helps Organizations Mitigate Ransomware-Related Vulnerabilities 10:38 - Story # 2: ‘Admin’ and ‘12345’ banned from being used as passwords in UK crackdown on cyber attacks 16:34 - Story # 3: Maximum severity Flowmon bug has a public exploit, patch now 21:06 - Story # 3b: CVE-2024-2389: Command Injection Vulnerability In Progress Flowmon 22:45 - Story # 4:GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs 30:52 - Story # 5: Security bugs in popular phone-tracking app iSharing exposed users’ precise locations 36:47 - Story # 6: Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance” 49:38 - Story # 7: ChatGPT’s hallucinations draw EU privacy complaint 57:46 - Story # 8: Sweden’s liquor shelves to run empty this week due to ransomware attack

Show Notes

00:00 - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2024-04-29

02:33 - Story # 1: Cyber Hygiene Helps Organizations Mitigate Ransomware-Related Vulnerabilities

10:38 - Story # 2: ‘Admin’ and ‘12345’ banned from being used as passwords in UK crackdown on cyber attacks

16:34 - Story # 3: Maximum severity Flowmon bug has a public exploit, patch now

21:06 - Story # 3b: CVE-2024-2389: Command Injection Vulnerability In Progress Flowmon

22:45 - Story # 4:GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs

30:52 - Story # 5: Security bugs in popular phone-tracking app iSharing exposed users’ precise locations

36:47 - Story # 6: Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance”

49:38 - Story # 7: ChatGPT’s hallucinations draw EU privacy complaint

57:46 - Story # 8: Sweden’s liquor shelves to run empty this week due to ransomware attack

  • (00:00) - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2024-04-29
  • (02:33) - Story # 1: Cyber Hygiene Helps Organizations Mitigate Ransomware-Related Vulnerabilities
  • (10:38) - Story # 2: 'Admin' and '12345' banned from being used as passwords in UK crackdown on cyber attacks
  • (16:34) - Story # 3: Maximum severity Flowmon bug has a public exploit, patch now
  • (21:06) - Story # 3b: CVE-2024-2389: Command Injection Vulnerability In Progress Flowmon
  • (22:45) - Story # 4:GitHub comments abused to push malware via Microsoft repo URLs
  • (30:52) - Story # 5: Security bugs in popular phone-tracking app iSharing exposed users’ precise locations
  • (36:47) - Story # 6: Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance”
  • (49:38) - Story # 7: ChatGPT’s hallucinations draw EU privacy complaint
  • (57:46) - Story # 8: Sweden's liquor shelves to run empty this week due to ransomware attack

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