Episode 61 - Israeli Cybersecurity Startups, Export Controls Cripple Spy Industry, New Malware Loads Onto Powered-Off iPhones, Conti Ransomware Encour...
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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Israel creates more cybersecurity startups than any other country
https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/04/israels-cybersecurity-startups-post-another-record-year-in-2021/
Export controls in Israel cripple NSO group and other spy tool makers
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-tighter-export-controls-strangling-israels-cyberattack-sector-1001410066
Researchers install malware on powered off iPhone
https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.06114
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/researchers-devise-iphone-malware-that-runs-even-when-device-is-turned-off/
Conti Ransomware group encourages citizens of Costa Rica to overthrow thier government and install one that will pay them
https://www.databreaches.net/conti-abandons-all-pretense-at-professionalism-issues-increasingly-strident-threats-as-costa-rica-struggles/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/feds-former-cloud-worker-hacks-into-capital-one-and-takes-data-for-106-million-people/
Motorcycle airbag will not deploy if you miss a payment
https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/93yyyd/this-motorcycle-airbag-vest-will-stop-working-if-you-miss-a-payment
Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)
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