Deadbeat Dad, Critical Chrome, Halliburton Hack, Midnight Malware and more!

In this episode, Erich and Javvad discuss a deadbeat dad that made himself look deceased to end child support payments, a critical chrome patch that is being actively exploited, an incident with Halliburton and ransomware attacks at night. 

All this and more!

 

 

Stories from the show:

Most Ransomware Attacks Now Happen at Night
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/most-ransomware-attacks-happen/

Google Fixes High-Severity Chrome Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild
https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/google-fixes-high-severity-chrome-flaw.html

Deadbeat dad faked his own death by hacking government databases
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/21/man_jailed_faking_death_online/

Halliburton confirms cyber attack on certain systems
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/halliburton-confirms-cyber-attack-certain-systems-2024-08-23/