Coffee Talk with SURGe: ESXi servers, Royal Mail ransomware, Gamaredon, Password Sharing, Bard AI

Coffee Talk with SURGe: ESXi servers, Royal Mail ransomware, Gamaredon, Password Sharing, Bard AI

Feb 7, 2023

Grab a cup of coffee and join Ryan Kovar, Audra Streetman, and special guest David Bianco for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will discuss the latest security news, including:

VMware warns admins to patch ESXi servers, disable OpenSLP service
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-warns-admins-to-patch-esxi-servers-disable-openslp-service/

LockBit ransomware group threatens Royal Mail with data leak deadline
https://therecord.media/lockbit-ransomware-group-threatens-royal-mail-data-leak-deadline/

Russia-backed hacker group Gamaredon attacking Ukraine with info-stealing malware
https://scpc.gov.ua/api/docs/19b0a96e-8c31-44bf-863e-cd3e0b651f22/19b0a96e-8c31-44bf-863e-cd3e0b651f22.pdf

David and Ryan also competed in a 60 second charity challenge to share their take on Netflix's anticipated crackdown on password sharing.

The trio also discussed Google's Bard AI chatbot, which was introduced as a competitor to ChatGPT.