Coffee Talk with SURGe: Twitter Whistleblower, Roasting Oktapus, Montenegro Cyberattack
Grab a cup of coffee and join Ryan Kovar, Mick Baccio, and Audra Streetman for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will discuss the latest security news including:
- Twitter whistleblower Peter Zatko will testify at a Senate hearing on Sept. 13.
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/tech/twitter-whistleblower-senate-hearing/index.html
- Group-IB published a blog about a phishing campaign targeting Okta identity credentials that they're calling "Roasting Oktapus."
- https://blog.group-ib.com/0ktapus
- Montenegro is dealing with cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure.
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/montenegro-says-russian-cyberattacks-threaten-key-state-functions/
- Lloyd's plans to exclude catastrophic nation-backed cyberattacks from insurance coverage.
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/lloyds-to-exclude-catastrophic-nation-backed-cyberattacks-from-insurance-coverage-11660861586
Mick and Ryan competed in a 60 second charity challenge to explain why they think password managers are still your best option for password security.
The team also discussed data privacy after the FTC announced it is suing a data broker for selling geolocation data. Meanwhile, the FCC is launching an investigation into mobile carriers' geolocation data practices.