1. 5th November 1993: Bugtraq was created by Scott Chasin as a full disclosure vulnerability reporting mailing list at the dawn of the World Wide Web. Bugtraq had an enormous influence on how orgs responded to vuln disclosure and paved the way for a shift which led to bug bounty programs.

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1986164925039841770

1. 24th October 2002: The worm-like Friendgreet propagated by emailing all Outlook contacts from each computer where it was installed. But THERE WAS A TWIST!

The software presented a EULA stating it would do that!

They gave fair warning, right!?

(EULA = End User License Agreement)

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1981885412374114601

CyberSlop — meet the new threat actor, MIT and Safe Security

Cybersecurity vendors peddling nonsense isn’t new, but lately we have a new dimension — Generative AI. This has allowed vendors — and educators — to peddle cyberslop for profit.

Earlier this year, MIT released a working paper and made a webpage around 80% of ransomware attacks using Generative AI

Law passed for scammers, mules to be caned after victims in Singapore lose almost $4b since 2020

SINGAPORE – Scammers will get at least six strokes of the cane, with the punishment going up to 24 strokes depending on the severity of the offence.

Those to be caned will include syndicate members and recruiters, and those who help them, such as money mules who provide their bank accounts, SIM cards or Singpass credentials.

These mules will face discretionary caning of up to 12 strokes.

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This week in InfoSec is a Mitnick/Android double act

https://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/september/27/#hacker-mitnick-indicted-on-charges

https://thisdayintechhistory.com/09/23/the-first-android-introduced/

Rant of the Week is the future of the UK, the future I tell you…

New digital ID will be mandatory for workers in the UK

Billy Big Balls gives the best reason ever to go full speed ahead with AI

Silicon Valley’s latest argument against regulating AI: that would literally be the Antichrist

Industry News is the latest and greatest security news stories from around the world

Tweet of the Week is valuable fitness advice from infosec

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1. 18th September 2014: Home Depot disclosed that its data breach was estimated to impact 56 million unique payment cards.

Home Depot disclosed that its data breach was estimated to impact 56 million unique payment cards.

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1968870469408309285

1. 18th September 2001: The Nimda worm was released. Utilizing 5 different infection vectors, it became the most widespread virus/worm ever after only 22 minutes.

Why "Nimda"?

$ echo "admin" | rev

nimda

https://x.com/todayininfosec/status/1968721441836134825

Rant of the week Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like it or not

Billy big balls Former Facebook policy lead Niamh Sweeney appointed DPC commissioner

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