Episode 164 - The Two Weeks Late Episode

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec (14:00)</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 with the goal of REMOVING the Blaster worm and patching the vulnerability exploited by both worms.   </p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031009000713/http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0818unblast.html">Worm aims to eradicate Blaster</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1692616573524050259">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1692616573524050259</a></p><p>26th August 2008: It was reported that a laptop on the International Space Station was infected by removable media containing the<a href="https://t.co/NfIIJslJCT"> http://W32.Gammima.AG</a> worm. Space. Where you don't want to be dealing with malware.</p><p><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/malware-detected-at-the-international-space-station/">Malware detected at the International Space Station</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1298690676448735232">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1298690676448735232</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (19:02)</strong></p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/19/cellebrite-asks-cops-to-keep-its-phone-hacking-tech-hush-hush/">Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush hush’</a></p><p>For years, cops and other government authorities all over the world have been using phone hacking technology provided by Cellebrite <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/27/cellebrite-may-have-found-a-way-to-unlock-iphones-running-ios-11/">to unlock phones</a> and obtain the data within. And the company has been keen on keeping the use of its technology “hush hush.”</p><p>As part of the deal with government agencies, Cellebrite asks users to keep its tech — and the fact that they used it — secret, TechCrunch has learned. This request concerns legal experts who argue that powerful technology like the one Cellebrite builds and sells, a