Episode 171 - The Stitched Up Episode

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec  (09:48)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>8th October 2018: Google announced that it exposed the private info of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users between 2015 and 2018, only disclosing it 7 months after discovery because it was reported by The Wall Street Journal. Social network Google+ launched in 2011 and closed in 2019. </p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/8/17951914/google-plus-data-breach-exposed-user-profile-information-privacy-not-disclosed">Google hid major Google+ security flaw that exposed users’ personal information</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1711159728552685667">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1711159728552685667</a></p><p>16th October 1983: FBI agents raided homes of "young electronics buffs known as 'hackers'" in 6 states as part of an investigation of unauthorized intrusions into scores of large commercial and DoD computers. These teens included Lord Flathead - real name Tom Anderson, future MySpace founder.</p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/G0zFtz2V5B0Qj2ZZpYjWoQC0iuxcvxYV9EbDPcqoQVX1oxY5qxa4ZpNoSosCFWTBUVrSFhSHlhQXj9pXelC7d_FIfNacy1UymKPmtj5672a7FbgtD6taraYdVFUtSaZJmxL0onUaidnLWN7Gsae6DL0" /><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1712593589237076056">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1712593589237076056</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (15:44)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/12/everest_courting_corporate_insiders/">Everest cybercriminals offer corporate insiders cold, hard cash for remote access</a></p><p>The Everest ransomware group is stepping up its efforts to purchase access to corporate networks directly from employees amid what researchers believe to be a major transition for the cybercriminals.</p><p>In a post at the top of its dark web victim blog, Everest said it will offer a "good percentage" of the profits generated from successful attacks to those