Episode 118 - We should have taken a summer holiday

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec:</strong> (The one and only):</p><p>23rd August 2006: SpoofCard confirmed that Paris Hilton was among the terminated customers, and that Lindsay Lohan was among those whose voicemail accounts were broken into. SpoofCard said it had implemented controls to prevent recurrences.</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/2006/08/paris-hilton-ma/">Paris Hilton: Master Hacker?</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1297213638059728896">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1297213638059728896</a></p><p>26th August 2008: It was reported that a laptop on the International Space Station was infected by removable media containing the http://W32.Gammima.AG worm.</p><p>Space. Where you don't want to be dealing with malware.</p><p><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/malware-detected-at-the-international-space-station/">Malware detected at the International Space Station</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1298690676448735232">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1298690676448735232</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/24/block_headed_to_court_to/">Block sued after ex-staffer siphons customer data</a></p><p>Block – the digital payments giant formerly known as Square – faces allegations it failed to take adequate measures to protect customers' personal information.</p><p>A lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a federal district in Oakland, California, on behalf of two users of Cash App, operated by Block subsidiary Cash App Investing, claims the company failed to implement reasonable security. As a result, a former employee was able to download internal reports containing personal information after leaving the firm.</p><p>Coincidentally, Twitter – another venture co-founded by Block Head Jack Dorsey – was <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/23/twitter_security_whisterblower/">accused</a> of subpar security by its former security chief in a recent whistleblower complaint.</p><p>Bl