
Episode 34 - Black Friday Special
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<p>Trigger warning, this episode is over an hour long; do not time anything with the length of this episode.</p><p> </p><p><strong>This Week in InfoSec</strong></p><p>21st November 2008: The Conficker worm was first discovered. It spread quickly by exploiting a vulnerability that was addressed via the patch described in Microsoft's out-of-band bulletin MS08-067 four weeks prior. It infected millions of computers, at the time more than any worm since 2003.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1330292959766573056?s=20">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1330292959766573056?s=20</a></p><p>22nd November 1987: Chicago TV stations WGN and WTTW had their signals overridden in 2 separate incidents by a man in a Max Headroom mask. To this day, the perpetrator is unknown. The second incident was...uh...wow...just wow. It's a must-watch. Video:<a href="https://t.co/5NLDMz8qIY?amp=1"> </a><a href="https://youtu.be/tWdgAMYjYSs">https://youtu.be/tWdgAMYjYSs</a></p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/qUrVmWXBWJAVFztJflXvAYQr7gXi5Gjd5Yto93NydYJuAejReajOuY6wh2Vf3OT_aBf6X2-eZQ9S48AkXmUyfwu-glVjtidez5eL8sCU01486oSTKMjU8qFTPKDp_I1FiqDPpKBQ" /><p><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/max-headroom-hack">https://allthatsinteresting.com/max-headroom-hack</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1330512600539521027?s=20">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1330512600539521027?s=20</a></p><p>24th November 2014: The Washington Post published an article which included a picture of TSA master keys. As a result, a short time later functional keys were 3-d printed using the [unblurred] key patterns displayed in the picture. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/where-oh-where-did-my-luggage-go/2014/11/24/16d168c6-69da-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/where-oh-where-did-my-luggage-go/2014/11/24/16d168c6-69da-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec