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

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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