Infosec Decoded #35: Kubernetes: The New COBOL

with @djhardb, @infosecirvin, @KaitlynGuru, @sambowne, and Alan Wennersten.

June 11, 2021

Sam Bowne @sambowne

Apple says its new logon tech is as easy as passwords but far more secure Why Kubernetes is our modern-day COBOL, says a tech expert Microsoft: Big Cryptomining Attacks Hit Kubeflow Ian Coldwater and bigendiansmalls at DEF CON: "Crossover Episode: The Real-Life Story of the First Mainframe Container Breakout" Privilege escalation with polkit: How to get root on Linux with a seven-year-old bug

Elizabeth Biddlecome @djhardb

Student Loans Company splashes out on 20,000 cybersecurity training courses – for just 3,300 employees Onewheel Sent Thousands of Customers’ Private Data to Random Customer Meatpacker JBS says it paid equivalent of $11 mln in ransomware attack JBS Paid $11 Million to Resolve Ransomware Attack

Kaitlyn Handelman @KaitlynGuru

Democrats circulate draft antitrust bills that could reshape Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google Russia threatens to leave International Space Station program over US sanctions: reports China's tech workers pushed to limits by surveillance software

Irvin Lemus @infosecirvin

Some of macOS Monterey’s best features aren’t coming to Intel Macs rockyou2021.txt - A Short Summary Google ends its attack on the URL bar, resumes showing full address in Chrome

Alan Wennersten

Justice Department withdraws FBI subpoena for USA TODAY records ID'ing readers Senate Approves $52B for Chip R&D, House Debate Looms Chipmaker SiFive Is Said to Draw Intel Takeover Interest