Episode 40 - Mathematics Isn't Our Strong Point

<p><strong>This week in Infosec</strong></p><p>19th January 2012: US federal authorities shut down /Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal media downloads, and arrested its leaders. Hours later, the hacktivist collective Anonymous, knocked the US Department of Justice website offline.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seizure_of_Megaupload">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seizure_of_Megaupload</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1219086142428999681?s=20">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1219086142428999681?s=20</a></p><p>25th January 2003: The SQL Slammer worm was first observed. Slammer spread to the vast majority of all vulnerable hosts worldwide in 10 minutes. Yes, 10 minutes.</p><p>Though Microsoft released MS02-039 to patch the buffer overflow vuln in SQL Server six months earlier, many orgs hadn't patched.</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/2003/07/slammer/">https://www.wired.com/2003/07/slammer/</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1221132001501007873?s=20">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1221132001501007873?s=20</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Tweet of the Week</strong></p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/UTlGYdxlUMiu-dNJfPmlbdguwoQguNsVg5guFF_0ooxiltVMYGIVcGEDQDGgt2Dl0ZRfnrM1CmHSoARq7WC35cepzxnWz6I44KTYo0bVz2yJKCVHShuIUJOl2HxiJQqKxjmuBVa_" /><p><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-wales-today-viewers-gobsmacked-23391438">https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-wales-today-viewers-gobsmacked-23391438</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Lovehoney/status/1354378061635063809?s=20">https://twitter.com/Lovehoney/status/1354378061635063809?s=20</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/BCredibility/status/1354514912299593729/photo/1">https://twitter.com/BCredibility/status/1354514912299593729/photo/1</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Industry News</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/government-laptops-additional/">More Malware May Be Lurking on Govt School Laptops</a></p><p><a href="https://