The Security box, podcast 73: AT&T has a vulnerable device you need to know about, news notes and much more

Hello folks, welcome to the security box, podcast 73. On this podcast, plenty of news notes and a very interesting topic dealing with AT&T and appliances that are made to bridge the gap between the ISP and the managing of phone calls, conference video systems and similar real-time applications. We hope that you'll enjoy the program and thanks for listening! <h3> Topic </h3> Business customers need to be aware if they use AT&T products of potential malware. <ul title="article"> <li> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1817122">Thousands of AT&T customers in the US infected by new data-stealing malware </a> Ars Technica </li> </ul> <h3> News Notes </h3> Here are the links to News Notes. Some may be blogged already through the blog, so see if there is something that interests you. <ul title="News Notes"> <li> There are two articles here talking about the same thing. This is a very interesting story about a guy that worked for Ubiquiti until he was recently arrested. <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/12/ubiquiti-developer-charged-with-extortion-causing-2020-breach/">Ubiquiti Developer Charged With Extortion, Causing 2020 “Breach” </a> from Krebs on Security and <a href="https://www.cyberscoop.com/fbi-hack-ubiquit-nikolas-sharp/">Former Ubiquiti employee charged with stealing data, extorting employer </a> from Cyberscoop are the two articles. They both are similar, but both worth the read. </li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/01/hacker-jailed-sim-swapping/">US hacker jailed for role in multimillion-dollar SIM swapping campaign </a> Tech Crunch </li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/04/uk-internet-of-things-cybersecurity-bill/">Is the UK government’s new IoT cybersecurity bill fit for purpose? </a> Tech Crunch </li> <li> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1817677">Ransomware attack on Planned Parenthood steals data of 400,000 patients </a> Ars Technica </li> <li> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1817891">Emails show what happened before Missouri gov. falsely called