Thousands of Intelligence and Defense Employees Exposed, a Hacker Infects His Own Computer, Google Accuses Apple Employee of Not Reporting a Zero-day
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This week on Hacker And The Fed new cyber security labels proposed by the US government could help us buy our new devices, an employee exposes thousands of intelligence and defense employees, Google may be restricting internet access to some employees to reduce their cyber attack risk, a hacker infects his own computer, and Google says an Apple employee found a zero-day but didn't report it, and we answer listener questions about our phones getting searched and email encryption. Links from the episode:  White House teams with Amazon, Google and Qualcomm on cybersecurity labels for gadgets https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/us-cyber-trust-labels-will-help-consumers-pick-safer-smart-devices.html   Google exposes intelligence and defense employee names in VirusTotal leak https://therecord.media/virustotal-user-email-addresses-leaked-google-military-intelligence   Google restricting internet access to some employees to reduce cyberattack risk https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/google-restricting-internet-access-to-some-employees-for-security.html   Black Hat Hacker Exposes Real Identity After Infecting Own Computer With Malware https://www.securityweek.com/black-hat-hacker-exposes-real-identity-after-infecting-own-computer-with-malware/   IT Security Analyst Jailed for Impersonating as a Hacker in Own Company https://cybersecuritynews.com/it-security-analyst-jailed/   Google says Apple employee found a zero-day but did not report it https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/20/google-says-apple-employee-found-a-zero-day-but-did-not-report-it/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36803537   Microsoft Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/microsoft-cybersecurity-analyst   Cybersecurity Expert Kevin David Mitnick died https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668   Listener Questions: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/18/22630439/apple-csam-neuralhash-collision-vulnerability-flaw-cryptography   Support our sponsors: Go to JoinDeleteMe.com/FED and use the code FED20 for 20% off Go to drata.com/partner/hacker-fed and get 10% off Drata and waived implementation fees   Get your Hacker and the Fed merchandise at hackerandthefed.com
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