Episode 124 - Call of Duty Temporarily Shuts Down, Banks to Reimburse Scam Victims, Phishing Crews Abuse Google AMP, Benefits of Quitting Social Media

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Episode 124 - Call of Duty Temporarily Shuts Down, Banks to Reimburse Scam Victims, Phishing Crews Abuse Google AMP, Benefits of Quitting Social Media

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Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast!  We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome!  Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW)
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Self-spreading worm shuts down Call of Duty

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/call-of-duty-self-spreading-worm-player-lobbies


https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/new-cloud-worm-targets-redis-open-source-database-app- 


https://therecord.media/redis-malware-worm-botnet 


https://therecord.media/minecraft-bug-allows-hackers-in 


 
Banks in UK will be forced to reimburse victims for scams

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/uk-laws-force-to-banks-reimburse-scam-victims-unless-negligent/102563000


 
Threat actors abusing Google AMP to spread phishing links

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/threat-actors-abuse-google-amp-for-evasive-phishing-attacks/


 
Benefits of quitting social media

https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-quit-social-media-and-why-you-should


https://www.thehealthy.com/mental-health/quit-social-media/


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/meaningfull/202204/social-media-is-tanking-peoples-body-image


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001450/


 
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