The Security Box, podcast 143: Let's discuss the relationship between Ransomware and Phishing

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Welcome to the security box, podcast 143. Today, we're going to have a very interesting discussion about the Relationship between Ransomware and Phishing. We know of at least one moron of the podcast, and there is possibly going to be one more. Of course, we'll have news, notes and any questions from the Clubhouse audience.

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Morons of the Podcast

First Moron, a Russian on the Run

There are two different articles out there about this one. One from Krebs and the other from Cyberscoop.

• $10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia Krebs on Security
• Russian national charged for role in stolen credit card verification scheme Cyberscoop

How Not! to notify people of a databreach

I saw a boost on Saturday about a breach with a company named Western Digital. That's nice, we have covered many breaches before. What I found was disturbing from Western Digital according to the boost. While they sent email out, the email was not accessible for those of us who use access technology; namely screen reading technology.

I don't know about you, but I would expect the info not in graphical form, I would expect it in text just like you and I communicate already. Here is my blog post from May 6th that mentions this. As of show note creation time, we do not have any official articles from the tech press, but when we do, we'll be sure to pass it along. Don't put breach notifications in picture form! It doesn't do anyone with disabilities any good.

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Our main Topic

The main topic comes from Phishlabs. The article is titled What is the Relationship Between Ransomware and Phishing? and was written at the end of March, 2023. This is going to get interesting.

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