Episode #51 - It's 5:05, Monday, January 9, 2023

Hey! It’s 5:05, Monday , January 9, 2023. From the Sourced Podcast Network in New York City, this is your host, Pokie Huang. Stories in today’s episode come from Olimpiu Pop in Romania on part one of how accurately did Kaspersky’s SecureList predict crimeware and financial cyber threats in 2022, Edwin Kwan in Australia on analysis of leaked AWS keys in Python package index, Katy Craig in California on new attack vector in Amazon Web Services, Mark Miller in New York City on documentation that’s better than “Good Enough”.

Today’s episode begins with Derek Weeks in Maryland on the $5 data breach payment

Let’s get to it!

🇺🇸 Derek Weeks, Bethesda, Maryland

The $5 data breach payment

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/28/payments-from-equifax-settlement-over-2017-data-breach-are-going-out.html

https://twitter.com/kevinmitnick/status/1612155172914094080

https://twitter.com/MsMJsays/status/1607868512617340930

🇺🇸 Mark Miller, New York City

Documentation that's better than "Good Enough"

Fix Bosch Condensing Dryer F03 - Extreme Sump Cleaning (click the “Popular” button)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q-2zAiBFyw

MITEEman on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@miteeman/featured

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California

New attack vector in Amazon Web Services

https://www.mitiga.io/blog/elastic-ip-hijacking-a-new-attack-vector-in-aws

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/10/amazon-virtual-private-cloud-vpc-transfer-elastic-ip-addresses-between-aws-accounts

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia

Analysis of Leaked AWS Keys in Python Package Index

https://tomforb.es/i-scanned-every-package-on-pypi-and-found-57-live-aws-keys/

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania

How accurately did Kaspersky’s SecureList predict crimeware and financial cyber threats in 2022 Part I

https://securelist.com/cyberthreats-to-financial-organizations-in-2022/104974/

https://securelist.com/crimeware-financial-cyberthreats-2023/108005/

https://securelist.com/self-spreading-stealer-attacks-gamers-via-youtube/107407/

https://securelist.com/onionpoison-infected-tor-browser-installer-youtube/107627/

https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/06/astralocker-ransomware-shutters-operations/

https://twitter.com/chainalysis/status/1580312145451180032

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221027005148/en/Solidus-Labs-Unveils-First-of-its-kind-Web3-AML-Solution-Flagging-Close-to-200000-Rug-Pulls-and-Smart-Contract-Scams-That-Make-Up-8-of-All-Ethereum-Tokens

https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2021/Joint-global-ransomware-operation-sees-arrests-and-criminal-network-dismantled

https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2022_no-more-ransom-helped-more-than-15-million-people-decrypt-their-devices

https://securelist.com/new-ransomware-trends-in-2022/106457/#conti-cross-platform-functionality

https://securelist.com/new-ransomware-trends-in-2022/106457/#freeud-brand-new-ransomware-with-wiper-capabilities