079. Month In Review: Nation State Hacks and Zero-days
Oct 29, 2020•14 min
Episode description
This month there has been a lot going on in the world of cybersecurity. With major IT firm Sopra Steria getting hit by a cyberattack, Apple paying out over $250,000 to a team of bug hunters for finding 55 vulnerabilities in Apple systems, as well as the USA indicting 6 Russian Intelligence Officers for a range of attacks such as attacks against the Ukrainian Power Grid and the 2017 NotPetya attack.
Key Points:
0'20m Google Project Zero, Zero Days and Chrome Vulns
3'14m Fifty-five Apple Bugs and over $250,000 in bounty pay-outs
6'15m Hackney Council Hit by "Hack Attack"
8'06m Six GRU Officers indicted for major hacks
11'00m Sopra Steria hit by cyberattack
Useful links:
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/
https://samcurry.net/
Listen Time: 14 minutes
Host: Holly Grace Williams, MD at Secarma