Topics of the Day:
- News & Comment
- Project Hail Mary
- Patch Tuesday – something new
- Free Games & Club Freebies
- SpaceX Award & Progress
- Hacked Comcast account
- Amazon Sidewalk
- Telephone Spam
- Ransomware
- A deep dive into the DarkSide
- SG’s rant on current security
It was a link-heavy presentation, here they are:
- A Book Recommendation: <link> (or just Google it for a preview)
- Something new in Windows 10, a Weather Widget <link>
- Free Casual Games: <link>
- I'm stuck on Homescapes <link> I'm at level 2058!
- SpaceX's Starship (video explainer) <link>
- Check your email and passwords for 'pwnage' <link>
- What to do if your email account is 'hacked' <link>
- President Trump's new website <link> (seriously)
- About Porn Spam <link> Made you look!
- Fix Dell Drive Vulnerability <link> I'd call it important, but not critical
- Amazon Sidewalk: Explainer <link> It's ok says Steve Gibson <link>
- What to do with Text message Spam: <link
A deep dive into the Continental ransomware attack, all from Steve Gibson's Security Now! podcast. These links are to his notes, check out <link> for downloads and transcripts. Twit.tv even has video, that's where the original of the rant came from. <link>
I found Steve's rant, "The Great CyberSecurity Awaking of 2021," spot on. You can hear the whole thing on the link above, I shortened it to 7:45 which you can watch <here>.
