Episode 117 - Now With Trigger Warnings

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>18th August 2003: The Nachi worm began infecting Windows computers to remove the Blaster worm and patch the vulnerability Nachi and Blaster exploited. Yes, you read that right. Yes, this happened. Gotta love it!</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1163142725740331008">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1163142725740331008</a></p><p>17th August 2007: Drew Curtis, founder of<a href="https://t.co/8uzwf4notG"> http://Fark.com</a>, accused Darrell Phillips, reporter at Fox13, of hacking into the social networking news site</p><p><a href="http://mediaverse-memphis.blogspot.com/2007/08/on-getting-farked.html">On getting farked?</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1162868155015761920">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1162868155015761920</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/16/social_engineering_cyber_crime_insurance/">PC store told it can't claim full cyber-crime insurance after social-engineering attack</a></p><p>A Minnesota computer store suing its crime insurance provider has had its case dismissed, with the courts saying it was a clear instance of social engineering, a crime for which the insurer was only liable to cover a fraction of total losses.</p><p>SJ Computers alleged in a <a href="https://regmedia.co.uk/2022/08/16/original_complaint_november_2021.pdf">November lawsuit</a> [PDF] that Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. owed it far more than paid on a claim for nearly $600,000 in losses due to a successful <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/05/fbi_cyber_scams/">business email compromise</a> (BEC) attack.</p><p>According to its website, SJ Computers is a Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher, reselling Dell, HP, Lenovo and Acer products, as well as providing tech services including software installs and upgrades.</p><p>Travelers, which filed a mot