Random but Memorable - Episode 11.0: Fancy Bear Grunge Nostalgia with Scott J. Shapiro

Random but Memorable - Episode 11.0: Fancy Bear Grunge Nostalgia with Scott J. Shapiro

Jun 13, 2023

It’s the final episode of the season! Join us for one last action-packed show as we break down all the latest security news in Watchtower Weekly and get nostalgic with a 90s-themed game of Play Your Passwords Right. 💿��🎮🎶

We’re also lucky enough to be joined by Scott J. Shapiro, author of the latest cybersecurity true-crime novel Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks. Tune in to find out more about some of history’s most astonishing cyberattacks and what we can learn from them.

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🏰 Watchtower Weekly

1Password blog – Now in beta: Save and sign in with passkeys using 1Password in the browser: https://blog.1password.com/save-sign-in-passkeys-1password/
Visit: https://passkeys.directory/
IT employee impersonates ransomware gang to extort employer: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/it-employee-impersonates-ransomware-gang-to-extort-employer/
An Android app started secretly recording users almost a year after it was listed on Google Play: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/24/23736180/irecorder-android-google-play-spying-security-risk
Amazon’s Ring to pay $5.8M after staff and contractors caught snooping on customer videos: https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/31/amazon-ring-ftc-settlement-lax-security/
OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/openai-ceo-raises-115m-for-crypto-company-that-scans-peoples-eyeballs/

🎙 Guest Interview - Scott J. Shapiro

📚 Fancy Bear Goes Phishing – The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374601171/fancybeargoesphishing
📚 Amazon: Fancy Bear Goes Phishing – The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks: https://www.amazon.com/Fancy-Bear-Goes-Phishing-Extraordinary/dp/0374601178
Follow @scottjshapiro on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottjshapiro
A Lawfare Hacking and Cybersecurity Course: https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-hacking-and-cybersecurity-course
Scott's Essay – This Is Why I Teach My Law Students How to Hack: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/cybersecurity-hacking.html

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