Former FBI Special Agent Chris Tarbell and ex-Anonymous/LulzSec blackhat hacker Hector Monsegur (aka Sabu) faced off as adversaries in cyberspace before becoming close friends and podcast co-hosts. Listen to Tarbell, co-founder of the elite cybersecurity firm NAXO, and Monsegur, a top network penetration tester and security engineer, break down the must-know cybersecurity news and topics of the week. You’ll walk away from each episode with unique perspectives on keeping your family, your company, and yourself safe from cyber attacks.

Vehicle Location Data Leaked For Over 2 million Drivers, Another US Government Breach, And D.B. Cooper

May 18, 2023 1:00:05 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

This week on Hacker And The Fed, up to 10 years of your location data may have been exposed if you’ve driven vehicles from a certain manufacturer, stolen private keys may lead to insecure boot ups of your computer, Congress gets another notification of a US government breach, and we answer more listener questions about failed hacks and intentional exploits. And we talk about D. B. Cooper!

Links from the episode:

Toyota: Car location data of 2 million customers exposed for ten years

bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toyota-car-location-data-of-2-million-customers-exposed-for-ten-years/

Intel OEM Private Key Leak: A Blow to UEFI Secure Boot Security

securityonline.info/intel-oem-private-key-leak-a-blow-to-uefi-secure-boot-security/

Data of 237,000 US government employees breached

reuters.com/world/us/data-237000-us-government-employees-breached-2023-05-12/

Mastermind Behind Twitter 2020 Hack Pleads Guilty and Faces up to 70 Years in Prison

ustice.gov/opa/pr/uk-citizen-extradited-and-pleads-guilty-cyber-crime-offenses

T-Mobile Worker Joked About Adding Extra Phone Lines and Tablet to a Customer’s Account Without Them Knowing

twistedsifter.com/2023/05/a-t-mobile-worker-joked-about-adding-2-extra-phone-lines-and-a-tablet-to-a-customers-account-without-them-knowing/

Google Cybersecurity Certificate

grow.google/certificates/cybersecurity/#?modal_active=none

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