Episode 97 - He Is Back And He Really is Bad

<p><strong>This Week in InfoSec (08:06)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>15th March 1985: The <a href="https://gcn.com/cloud-infrastructure/2011/08/what-was-the-first-registered-domain-name-on-the-internet/316506/">first</a> Internet domain <a href="http://symbolics.com/">symbolics.com</a> is registered by Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company.</p><p>16th March 2018: National Lottery owner Camelot has warned of a "low level" cyber-attack that affected customer accounts.  It has asked all of its customers to change the passwords on their accounts as a precaution.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (16:31)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/15/kaspersky_germany_antivirus/">Germany advises citizens to uninstall Kaspersky antivirus</a></p><p>Nation's cybersecurity agency has doubts about Russian firm's reliability</p><p>Germany's BSI federal cybersecurity agency has warned the country's citizens not to install Russian-owned Kaspersky antivirus, saying it has "doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer."</p><p>Russia-based Kaspersky has long been a target of suspicious rumours in the West over its ownership and allegiance to Russia's rulers.</p><p>In an advisory published today, the agency said: "The BSI recommends replacing applications from Kaspersky's virus protection software portfolio with alternative products."</p><p> </p><p><strong>Billy Big Balls of the Week ( 24:49)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/conti-leaks-ransomware-work-life">The Workaday Life of the World’s Most Dangerous Ransomware Gang</a></p><p>A Ukrainian researcher leaked 60,000 messages from inside the Conti ransomware group. </p><p>The Conti ransomware gang was on top of the world. The sprawling network of cybercriminals extorted $180 million from its victims last year, eclipsing the earnings of all other ransomware gangs. Then it backed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And it all started falling apart.</