25: How tutu dance into cyber

<p>It's that time of the month: Patch Tuesday October 2020 has just passed so naturally we need to talk about it. Kev has clearly been bottling up some feelings about Bad Neighbor/ping of death attacks, and we wonder whether the hype is really merited.</p><p>Next up, the most famous ballerina in cyber. If you've been anywhere near Twitter over the past few weeks, you've probably seen the advert we're talking about, which depicts a ballerina and the caption "Fatima's next job could be in cybersecurity (she just doesn't know it yet)". Naturally outrage –&nbsp;and many <em>many</em> memes –&nbsp;ensued, and there's nothing we like talking about more than Twitter-based fury. Although interestingly we did spot some tumbleweed in the infosec community...</p><p>Who nuked Trickbot? U.S. Cyber Command said it was them –&nbsp;then Microsoft and co piped up and said they should get the credit! We take a deep dive into just what's going on.</p><p>***</p><p><strong>Microsoft fixes Ping of Death Flaw in Windows: </strong></p><p>https://duo.com/decipher/microsoft-fixes-ping-of-death-flaw-in-windows</p><p><strong>"Fatima" Advert: </strong></p><p>https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fatima-advert-removed-backlash/</p><p><strong>Trickbot: </strong></p><p>https://securityboulevard.com/2020/10/u-s-cyber-command-says-it-nuked-trickbot-but-microsoft-and-chums-claim-credit/</p>