REKAST - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2025-02-10

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/// All Stories From the Full Episode
Story # 1: Ransomware payments declined in 2024 despite massive. well-known hacks
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025...
Story # 1b: 35% Year-over-Year Decrease in Ransomware Payments, Less than Half of Recorded Incidents Resulted in Victim Payments
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/cryp...
Story # 2: Critical Cisco ISE bug can let attackers run commands as root
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news...
Story # 3: The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison
https://www.wired.com/story/untold-st...
Story # 4: IoT’s botnet problem is up 500% – three things admins must do now
https://www.techradar.com/pro/iots-bo...
Story # 5: WhatsApp identifies dozens of users hacked by Paragon spyware company
https://theworld.org/stories/2025/02/...
Story # 6: Sri Lanka goes bananas after monkey unplugs nation
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/1...
Story # 7: Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
https://www.404media.co/microsoft-stu...
ChickenSec Story #: 1 Here’s a Super Bowl riddle: Why are egg prices surging — but not chicken wings?
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-...
Story # 8: DOGE Staffer Previously Fired From Cybersecurity Company for Leaking Secrets
https://gizmodo.com/doge-staffer-prev...
ChickenSec Story #2: Americans to Eat 1.47 Billion Chicken Wings for Super Bowl LIX
https://www.nationalchickencouncil.or...

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