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Listen "Episode 188 - Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced, Serial Swatter Sentenced, Dangerous RDP Files, Top Exploited Zero Days, Christmas Coming Too Early"
Episode Synopsis
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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Bitfinex hacker gets 5 years in jail
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bitfinex-hacker-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-120-000-bitcoin-heist/
Serial swatter pleads guilty
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-teenager-pleads-guilty-florida-making-hundreds-swatting-calls-across-united
https://www.wired.com/story/alan-filion-torswats-guilty-plea-federal-charges-swatting/
Woodysgamertag gets swatted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERUArsRV1Xc
Foreign threat actors abusing RDP as attack vector
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/10/31/foreign-threat-actor-conducting-large-scale-spear-phishing-campaign-rdp-attachments
Threat actors are more commonly using zero-days
https://therecord.media/surge-zero-day-exploits-five-eyes-report
Christmas comes early
https://www.marthastewart.com/2220623/when-to-decorate-for-christmas
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
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