Episode 156 - The Smashing Security Takeover Episode

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec (12:01) </strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>12th June 1989: Callers to a Florida probation office were connected to a phone sex line. Southern Bell officials said it was the first time their switching equipment had been reprogrammed by a hacker. </p><p><a href="http://phrack.org/issues/27/12.html#article">Phrack #27</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1668417281112637441">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1668417281112637441</a></p><p>15th June 2004: The first mobile phone virus, Cabir, was discovered. It infected devices running the Symbian OS and spread via Bluetooth. 68% of you are thinking "Symbian OS? Never heard of it." </p><p>Learn how it got its name and how it spread in a stadium in Finland:</p><p><a href="https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2014/06/15/10-years-since-the-first-smartphone-malware-to-the-minute/">First smartphone malware</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1669380905662545921">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1669380905662545921</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (21:09)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/14/capita_city_of_london_fraud_reporting_service_contract/">Capita wins £50M fraud reporting contract with City of London cops</a></p><p>Capita, which is still dealing with a digital break-in that exposed customers' data to criminals, has scored a £50 million contract with the City of London police to run contact and engagement services for the force's fraud reporting service.</p><p>The five-year agreement kicks off in 2024 and the territorial cops responsible for law enforcement in the financial district of the capital (aka the "square mile," – the Met looks after Greater London) have an option to extend it for a further two years, should they wish to do so.</p><p>The work will see Capita provide an "end-to-end customer management process" to potential victims of fraud when they contract the se