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Captcha ransomware attack mitigations PFSense vs Opnsense Crypto prices and news

Incident Response fun

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beyondtrust-says-hackers-breached-remote-support-saas-instances https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-orders-marriott-and-starwood-to-implement-strict-data-security https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apache-fixes-remote-code-execution-bypass-in-tomcat-web-server https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/12/23/trump-names-crypto-friendly-stephen-miran-as-chair-of-council-of-economic-advisers

https://people.com/how-to-encrypt-calls-texts-with-apps-after-china-data-hack-8757508 https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/politics/us-telecom-providers-chinese-hack/index.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/krispy-kreme-cyberattack-impacts-online-orders-and-operations https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89xvjkzzyvo

Cyber: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/palo-alto-networks-patches-two-firewall-zero-days-used-in-attacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/palo-alto-networks-warns-of-potential-pan-os-rce-vulnerability https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/t-mobile-confirms-it-was-hacked-in-recent-wave-of-telecom-breaches https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atandt-verizon-reportedly-hacked-to-target-us-govt-wiretapping-platform https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-pulls-exchange-security-updates-over-mail-delivery-issues Crypto: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/11/18/can-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-move-forward-without-congress-experts-disagree

CASB woes and exceptions Politics at work Microsoft Mandatory MFA and new email security https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-entra-security-defaults-to-make-mfa-setup-mandatory https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/exchange-online-adds-inbound-dane-with-dnssec-for-everyone Crypto: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/30/michael-saylors-microstrategy-plans-to-raise-42b-to-buy-more-bitcoin-over-next-3-years

Cyber: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/undercover-north-korean-it-workers-now-steal-data-extort-employers https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-blackmail-globe-life-after-stealing-customer-data https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/intel-amd-cpus-on-linux-impacted-by-newly-disclosed-spectre-bypass https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bianlian-ransomware-claims-attack-on-boston-childrens-health-physicians Crypto: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/10/18/dogecoin-jumps-7-as-musk-touts-doge-at-trumps-pennslyvania-campaign https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/15/is-elon-musk-selling-bitcoin-tesla-transfers-all-760m-of-its-btc-to-unknown-wallets

SSO and Identity Protection pros and cons https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/09/03/bitcoin-could-drop-20-after-fed-rate-cuts-in-bearish-case-but-weak-september-presents-buying-opportunity-analysts https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/09/03/inside-the-trump-crypto-project-linked-to-a-2m-defi-hack-and-former-pick-up-artist https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/09/04/ripple-usd-stablecoin-could-be-issued-in-weeks-not-months-garlinghouse

Cyber: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/defi-exchange-dydx-v3-website-hacked-in-dns-hijack-attack https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-july-security-updates-send-pcs-into-bitlocker-recovery https://blog.knowbe4.com/how-a-north-korean-fake-it-worker-tried-to-infiltrate-us shuffler.io wazuh.com

CrowdStrike fallout OpenSSH – regreSSHion vulnerability Personal security part 3

Personal Security Part 2! PFSense – pfsense.org Wazuh – wazuh.com VPN comparison: https://thatoneprivacysite.xyz/ Graphene OS – grapheneos.org

This is part 1 of the personal security series where we talk about how to protect yourself from identity theft, financial theft, and general hacking/account takeover. Check out Michael Bazzell’s website at https://inteltechniques.com/links.html for great information on credit freezes, opt outs, and other privacy tips and tricks.

Snowflake “breach”, OpenAI’s new board member, and Secure Browsers.

Back to the Podcast grind with some of my hot takes about AI, skills shortage, and risk. Cyber: Microsoft’s new Recall “feature” https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/retrace-your-steps-with-recall-aa03f8a0-a78b-4b3e-b0a1-2eb8ac48701c

Cyber: https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/online-trackers-increasingly-switching.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-russia-sanctions-solarwinds-hacks/2021/02/23/b77039d6-71fa-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html https://www.zdnet.com/article/judge-approves-650m-settlement-for-facebook-users-in-privacy-biometrics-lawsuit/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&taid=603d04f67bab02000131032b&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter https://www.cnet.com/news/brave-takes-on-google-with-privacy-focused-search-engine/#ftag=COS-05-10aaa0j https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-exchange-zero-day-attacks-30000-servers-hit-already-says-report/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&taid=60468949452dcf0001ff9356&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/08/why-where-you-should-you-plant-your-flag/ Crypto: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/crypto-exchange-hacks Cryptocurrency exchange in liquidation due to hack, hacked again