Episode 65 - Its Too hot

<p><strong>This week in Infosec (08:10)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account</p><p>16th July 2001: Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested the day after DEF CON for writing software to decrypt Adobe's e-book format. Charges against him were later dropped and the trial against his employer resulted in not guilty verdicts. </p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd">United States v. Elcom Ltd</a>.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1416188118655459329">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1416188118655459329</a></p><p> </p><p>15th July 2011: Microsoft Hotmail announced that it would be banning very common passwords such as "123456" and "ilovecats".</p><p><a href="https://threatpost.com/weak-passwords-banned-hotmail-071511/75437/">Weak Passwords Banned from Hotmail</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1414330928537686021">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1414330928537686021</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (24:29)</strong></p><p><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/majority-of-britons-convinced-their-phones-and-smart-speakers-are-listening-without-being-prompted-1105602">Majority of Britons convinced their phones and smart speakers are listening without being prompted.</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Billy Big Balls of the Week (33:48)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/529489-tank-secrets-russian-game/">Accuracy at any cost? Gamer leaks British military secrets to company founded in Russia to prove its tank model is wrong</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Industry News (43:05)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/19/mass_misuse_of_nso_pegasus_spyware_alleged/">Amnesty International and French media protection org claim massive misuse of NSO spyware</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/20/campbell_law_firm_data_breach/">US legal eagles representing Apple, IBM, and more take 5 months to inform clients of ransomware da