The Security Box, podcast 55: Who Is PlugWalk Joe?

Welcome to the security box, podcast 55. On this edition of the podcast we've got two Sans News Bites headlines, topics including a very interesting story on someone named "PlugwalkJoe" I.E. Joseph O'Connor, a topic on a new ransomware gang called Black Matter, and we've also got several news items including one that isn't an article but intrigued me when listening to the TWIT network. All of this plus anyone who had questions, comments or took part in the discussion, as podcast 55 gets started. <h3> Topics </h3> Here are the topics for today. <ul title="topics"> <li> <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/07/plugwalkjoe-does-the-perp-walk/">PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk </a> Krebs on Security </li> <li> <a href="https://www.cyberscoop.com/blackmatter-darkside-revil-ransomware-successor/">Threat intel firms suggest ransomware gang 'BlackMatter' has ties to DarkSide, REvil hackers </a> Cyberscoop </li> </ul> <h3> Sans News Bites </h3> These are the Sans Newsletters that have been read. Links to them are also on the blog. <ul title="Sans News Bites"> <li> <a href="https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=0201bad8c93739fd7f230f8552695e47d7d4fbf6443e3944fefd36a8fbb304d1d8750035e9927577e44ce4c7d17507e99084b097ffc8f713e4f3d1ac978b3b475adfbf75d78bda7e">Sans News Bites July 27, 2021              Vol. 23, Num. 058 </a> Sans Institute </li> <li> <a href="https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=ac13c94fffa61bb488724a19e42b7196473864f376b0f94ce874832e92f1bca6a964e04a993eadfecbf19c0acc47ebe92165b4063f1ffe97575ffe5c0f1142cee1a8959299f18ef2">Sans News bites for July 30, 2021 </a> Sans Institute </li> </ul> <h3> News Notes read from the web </h3> <ul title="news notes"> <li> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/malicious-pypi-packages-caught-stealing-developer-data-and-injecting-code/">Software downloaded 30,000 times from PyPI ransacked developers’ machines </a> Ars Technica </li> <li> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/feds-list-the-top-30-most-exploited-vulnerabilities-many-are-years-old/">Feds list t