Episode 64 - He's Baaaaaack!

<p><strong>This week in Infosec (10.28)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” Twitter account</p><p>14th July 1998: Ethereal was first released publicly as version 0.2.0. Its creator, Gerald Combs, thought it was cool that Bob Metcalfe named Ethernet after luminiferous ether so he picked a name beginning with ether. Since 2006 the network protocol analyzer has been known as Wireshark.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1415384753713340417">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1415384753713340417</a></p><p>11th July 2013: In the wake of revelations about the NSA's PRISM program, Jeff Moss (aka The Dark Tangent) asked feds not to attend DEF CON - the first time government employees were asked to stay away.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1414330928537686021">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1414330928537686021</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Billy Big Balls of the Week (17:39)</strong></p><p>Thousands of PS4s seized in Ukraine in illegal cryptocurrency mining sting</p><p><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-ps4s-seized-in-ukraine-in-illegal-cryptocurrency-mining-sting/">https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-ps4s-seized-in-ukraine-in-illegal-cryptocurrency-mining-sting/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Tweet of the Week (27.57)</strong></p><p>FURY! at ICO doing their job for once.</p><p>The ICO is robustly investigating the data leak of hidden camera footage of former Health Secretary Matt Hancock breaking his own isolation and distancing rules. </p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/15/ico_matt_hancock_raids/">https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/15/ico_matt_hancock_raids/</a></p><p><a href="https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/15/houses-raided-by-cops-in-hunt-for-matt-hancock-kissing-leaker-14934920/">https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/15/houses-raided-by-cops-in-hunt-for-matt-hancock-kissing-leaker-14934920/</a></p><p><a href="https://apple.news/AqkfgpuvFTd--l-z_bZRRmw">https://apple.news/AqkfgpuvFTd--l-z_bZRRmw</a></p><p>