Episode #173 - Super Mario 3: Malware Edition; North Korean Hackers Tap Mics; YouTube Demands Invidious.io Cease and Desist; This Day in Tech History
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Show Notes
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From Edwin Kwan in Sydney, Australia: There is a new version of Super Mario 3 making its way on gaming forums and social media groups. It's a Trojanized version.
From Katy Craig in San Diego, California: APT37 is taking surveillance to a whole new level. They're using a Go-based backdoor to exploit a real-time data transform platform called Ably.
From Hillary Coover in Washington, DC: Three weeks ago, YouTube sent a cease and desist letter to Invidious, an open source alternative front end for YouTube that allows users to watch videos without data tracking.
From Marcel Brown in St. Lous, Missouri: June 28th, 1955. The HMTS Monarch, the largest cable lane ship in the world at the time, launches from Clarenville, Newfoundland to begin laying TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable.
From Sourced Network Production in New York city. "It's 5:05". I'm Pokie Huang. Today is Wednesday, June 28th. Here's the full story behind today's cyber security and open source headlines...