The Jerich Show Podcast

Deadbeat Dad, Critical Chrome, Halliburton Hack, Midnight Malware and more!

In this episode, Erich and Javvad discuss a deadbeat dad that made himself look deceased to end child support payments, a critical chrome patch that is being actively exploited, an incident with Halliburton and ransomware attacks at night. 

All this and more!

 

 

Stories from the show:

Most Ransomware Attacks Now Happen at Night
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/most-ransomware-attacks-happen/

Google Fixes High-Severity Chrome Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild
https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/google-fixes-high-severity-chrome-flaw.html

Deadbeat dad faked his own death by hacking government databases
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/21/man_jailed_faking_death_online/

Halliburton confirms cyber attack on certain systems
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/halliburton-confirms-cyber-attack-certain-systems-2024-08-23/

Um... Crowdstrike... oh, and other stuff

In this episode Erich and Javvad talk about Crowdstrike, and other stuff. I mean on a day like today, is there really anything else to talk about? Join us and be a part of the discussion

AT&T breach exposes call/text records, 10 billion creds dumped and more!

In this episode, Erich and Javvad talk about the latest AT&T breach, a dump of 10 billion credentials, Singapore banks ditching texted 2FA, and much more! 

 

 

Stories from the show:

AT&T data breach: Millions of customers caught up in major dark web leak
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-c... 

Singapore's banks to ditch texted one-time passwords
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/1... 

Nearly 10 billion stolen passwords were leaked on a hacker forum
https://www.securitymagazine.com/arti...

Telco infects users, crypto scammers pull a fast one, and much more!

In this episode, Erich and Javvad discuss the Korean telco that allegedly infected its P2P users with malware, Crypto scammers posing as lawyers to steal $10m and much more!

Travel scams are way up, Kaspersky being banned, Chinese users targeted with VPN malware

In this episode, Erich and Javvad chat about the Kaspersky ban in the US, a threat actor targeting Chinese users with VPN malware and Booking.com reports a 900% jump in travels scams. All this and more

 

 

Stories from the show:

Biden bans Kaspersky antivirus software in US over security concerns
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/biden-bans-kaspersky-antivirus-software-in-us-over-security-concerns/

New Threat Actor 'Void Arachne' Targets Chinese Users with Malicious VPN Installers
https://thehackernews.com/2024/06/void-arachne-uses-deepfakes-and-ai-to.html

Booking.com warns of up to 900% increase in travel scams
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8003dd8jzeo

MS Recall recalled, sacked employee creates havok, Frontier customers data in trouble, and more!

In this episode, Ericha nd Javvad are covering some of the more interesting Cybersecurity stories this week. MS Recall gets recalled, a fired employee deletes a bunch of servers, Frontier communications is about to lose control of data from 750k customers, and more!

 

Stories from the show:

 

Microsoft Made Changes to Recall Feature Following Controversial Security Concerns

https://cybersecuritynews.com/microsoft-recall-security-concerns/

 

Frontier hackers threaten to release private data for at least 750,000 customers

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24175169/frontier-communications-hack-cyberattack-data-breach-ransom

 

Fired employee accessed company’s computer 'test system' and deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/former-employee-hack-ncs-delete-virtual-servers-quality-testing-4402141

 

Tik Tok targeted, Ruskies cyber attack hospitals,Lockit unlocked and more!

In this episode, Erich and Javvad talk about the TikTok breach, Russians cyber attacking hospitals LockBit keys being released and much more!

 

Stories from the show:

'Russian criminals' behind hospitals cyber attack
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxee7317kgmo

FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-recovers-7-000-lockbit-keys-urges-ransomware-victims-to-reach-out/#google_vignette

Paris Hilton among users targeted in TikTok hack
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl770d121gro

Cisco fixes WebEx flaw that allowed government, military meetings to be spied on
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/07/cisco_fixes_webex_flaw_which/ 

600k routers bricked, Ticketmaster breached, botnets crushed and arrests made!

In this episode, Erich and Javvad discuss an attack that bricked over 600,000 routers, some serious botnet takedowns, the Ticketmaster breach and much more!

Stories from the show:

Malware botnet bricked 600,000 routers in mysterious 2023 attack
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-botnet-bricked-600-000-routers-in-mysterious-2023-attack/#google_vignette

Multiple botnets dismantled in largest-ever international operation against ransomware
https://www.techcentral.ie/multiple-botnets-dismantled-in-largest-ever-international-operation-against-ransomware/

Ticketmaster breached — data of over 500 million users allegedly put up for sale online
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/ticketmaster-breached-data-of-over-500-million-users-allegedly-put-up-for-sale-online

Chinese national cuffed on charges of running 'likely the world's largest botnet ever'
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/29/911s5_botnet_arrest/

Leicester leaves the lights on_ ransomware attacks booze distribution and more!

In this episode, Erich and Javvad talk about a cyber problem in Leicester, booze distribution problems in Sweden due to ransomware and much more!

 

 

RAT leader busted, LabHost crushed, Frontier hit and more!

In this episode, Erich and Javvad talk about the leader of the Hive RAT getting busted, another bust of LabHost, Frontier communications hit, and more!

 

The cyber camp from Randy:

https://www.randylee.com/cybercamp

 

Stories from the show:

 

Hive RAT Creators and $3.5M Cryptojacking Mastermind Arrested in Global Crackdown

https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/hive-rat-creators-and-35m-cryptojacking.html

 

Police bust global cyber gang accused of industrial-scale fraud

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68838977

 

Frontier Communications shuts down systems after cyberattack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/frontier-communications-shuts-down-systems-after-cyberattack/#google_vignette

 

840-bed hospital in France postpones procedures after cyberattack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chc-sv-hospital-in-france-postpones-procedures-after-cyberattack/