InfoSec ICU

InfosecICU is closing its doors, and Steve and Gerry hop in the studio for a final farewell and thank you to the community that made this show such a pleasure and a success. Thank you for all the support through the 2 years we were publishing. It was a pleasure and an honor to serve you all. https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/e102-infosecicu/ Resources: Contact Email mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu Twitter: * https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger * Steve Cardinal @sgcardinal

Gerry and Aaron discuss the exponential growth of cyber breaches in 2019, the explosion of Emotet in September, and out for comments CMS Exceptions to providing security services for free to competitors. As always they end with One Cool Thing. https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/e102-infosecicu/ Resources: Breaches up to 7.9 Billion in 2019 https://cyware.com/news/data-breaches-become-worse-as-79-billion-records-get-exposed-in-the-first-nine-months-of-2019-42139fbchttps://cyware.com/news/emotet-activity-increases-by-730-after-being-in-dormant-state-for-nearly-four-months-84a384c1 Emotet surges 730% https://cyware.com/news/emotet-activity-increases-by-730-after-being-in-dormant-state-for-nearly-four-months-84a384c1 CMS Exemptions https://www.modernhealthcare.com/cybersecurity/hhs-carves-out-stark-law-exception-cybersecurity-tech One Cool Thing NueroNet Dialogue https://talktotransformer.com/ Malware Analysis – Live Stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-vWcQPVJks Contact Email mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu Twitter: * https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger * Steve Cardinal @sgcardinal

Gerry is riding solo this week. Laser attacks on personal digital assistants, a review on research showing a correlation between ransomware and increased heart attacks, Google’s Project Nightingale. As always they end with One Cool Thing. https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/e101-infosecicu/ Resources: Light Commands https://lightcommands.com/ Ransomware Leads to Heart Attacks https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/11/study-ransomware-data-breaches-at-hospitals-tied-to-uptick-in-fatal-heart-attacks/ Google Project Nightingale https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-googles-project-nightingale-a-health-data-gold-mine-of-50-million-patients-11573571867 EyeBaller AI https://github.com/BishopFox/eyeballer   One Cool Thing Contact Email mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu Twitter: * https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger * Steve Cardinal @sgcardinal

Steve is back in studio for a special 100th Infosec ICU episode. The guys discuss an industry state of phishing report, the cover the problem with mHealth, and they revisit their bold cyber predictions for 2019 they made in 2018. As always they end with One Cool Thing. https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/e100-infosecicu/ Resources: Cofense Phishing Report https://cofense.com/phishing-report-2019/ 2018 Prediction Infosec ICU Episode https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/infosec/e56-infosecicu/ mHealth https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322865.php One Cool Thing Couch to 5k http://www.c25k.com/ 14 year old Inventor https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/11/01/2241213/14-year-old-inventor-solves-blind-spots Contact Email mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu Twitter: * https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger * Steve Cardinal @sgcardinal

Its the PRIVACY Episode! Gerry and Matt review privacy implications of SRLabs recently released research on using digital assistants as eavesdropping devices. They interview Privacy Officer Kellie Mendoza for her perspective and reflect afterward on the interview. As always they end with One Cool Thing. https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/e99-infosecicu/ Resources: Digital Assistant Spies https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/iot/malicious-voice-apps-can-turn-alexa-and-google-home-devices-into-spies-say-researchers/ Kellie Mendoza Expert Interview https://education.musc.edu/MUSCApps/FacultyDirectory/Mendoza-Kellie One Cool Thing Man internally brews beer https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/man-charged-with-dwi-after-alcohol-fermenting-yeast-in-his-gut-got-him-wasted/  Top 10 Strategic Tech Trends in 2020 https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/gartner-top-10-strategic-technology-trends-for-2020/  Contact Email mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu Twitter: * https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger * Matt Jones (TBD)