Episode 54 - A Life Half Lived

<p><strong>This Week in InfoSec</strong></p><p>Liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account</p><p>4th May 1990: Robert Tappan Morris was sentenced to 3 years probation, fined $10,000, and ordered to perform 400 hours of community service. Why? For releasing the Morris worm in 1988, then becoming the first person convicted under the then-new Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1257352370335465472">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1257352370335465472</a></p><p>4th May 2000: The ILOVEYOU worm spread worldwide, infecting an estimated 10% of the Internet-connected computers.</p><p>Its author was never prosecuted because the Philippines didn’t have any relevant laws. He was recently tracked down and interviewed about the worm:</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-52458765">https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-52458765</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1257833516454211584">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1257833516454211584</a></p><p> </p><p>A little Billy Bonus...</p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IbVoNQ9QU4IanxDsCBH79dFt1nPQ9MYgAhcML9_JnHIo9-N0gYEDAo7nOeSnM1EDYaCZdlGu6WLpvRgcJvxLkDe_50P_TTRgCEX9_IiyNelupBvRMfJtPw70y_syNwRyrr1ff-1Y" /><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6794950191586836480/">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6794950191586836480/</a></p><p>A Little Cheap Plug:</p><p><a href="https://labs.sentinelone.com/cve-2021-21551-hundreds-of-millions-of-dell-computers-at-risk-due-to-multiple-bios-driver-privilege-escalation-flaws/">https://labs.sentinelone.com/cve-2021-21551-hundreds-of-millions-of-dell-computers-at-risk-due-to-multiple-bios-driver-privilege-escalation-flaws/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week</strong></p><p>Twitter introduced a tip jar - except, when you use paypal to send the tip, it sends your