Talkin’ About Infosec News – 2/17/2023

00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — Scalping Valentine’s Day Reservations
04:13 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2023-06-23
05:52 – Story # 1: 5 Chinese companies and a research institute blacklisted by U.S. over spy balloon program
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-blacklists-6-chinese-entities-over-spy-balloon-program/
12:00 – Story # 2: We had a security incident. Here’s what we know.
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/10y427y/we_had_a_security_incident_heres_what_we_know/
15:19 – Ean Reports Live!
21:44 – Story # 3: NameCheap’s email hacked to send Metamask, DHL phishing emails
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/namecheaps-email-hacked-to-send-metamask-dhl-phishing-emails/
26:49 – Story # 4: Top mobile finance app Money Lover has some worrying security flaws
https://www.techradar.com/news/top-mobile-finance-app-money-lover-has-some-worrying-security-flaws
31:24 – Story # 5: Ukraine war: Elon Musk’s SpaceX firm bars Kyiv from using Starlink tech for drone control
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64579267
36:58 – Story # 6: NATO websites hacked, including that of the Headquarters of Special Operations Forces
https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/02/13/nato-websites-hacked-including-that-of-the-headquarters-of-special-operations-forces/
38:58 – Story # 7: Khinshtein said that hackers acting in the interests of the Russian Federation should be released from liability
https://tass-ru.translate.goog/obschestvo/17021313?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
40:52 – Story # 8 NIST Standardizes Ascon Cryptographic Algorithm for IoT and Other Lightweight Devices
https://thehackernews.com/2023/02/nist-standardizes-ascon-cryptographic.html
43:29 – Story # 9: Americans don’t understand what companies can do with their personal data—and that’s a problem
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-americans-dont-companies-personal-dataand.html
45:15 – Story # 9b: AMERICANS CAN’T CONSENT TO COMPANIES’ USE OF THEIR DATA
https://www.asc.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/2023-02/Americans_Can%27t_Consent.pdf
54:33 – Story # 10: Pentagon Staffers Found Installing Dating Apps, Games on Government Phones
https://www.pcmag.com/news/pentagon-staffers-found-installing-dating-apps-games-on-government-phones
57:34 – Story # 10b: Management Advisory: The DoD’s Use of Mobile Applications (Report No. DODIG-2023-041)
https://www.dodig.mil/reports.html/Article/3294159/management-advisory-the-dods-use-of-mobile-applications-report-no-dodig-2023-041/
58:14 – Story # 11: When Facebook came for your battery, feudal security failed
https://doctorow.medium.com/when-facebook-came-for-your-battery-feudal-security-failed-c8c1e3beb279



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