The Security box, podcast 73: AT&T has a vulnerable device you need to know about, news notes and much more

Hello folks, welcome to the security box, podcast 73. On this podcast, plenty of news notes and a very interesting topic dealing with AT&T and appliances that are made to bridge the gap between the ISP and the managing of phone calls, conference video systems and similar real-time applications. We hope that you'll enjoy the program and thanks for listening! Topic Business customers need to be aware if they use AT&T products of potential malware.

• Thousands of AT&T customers in the US infected by new data-stealing malware Ars Technica

News Notes Here are the links to News Notes. Some may be blogged already through the blog, so see if there is something that interests you.

• There are two articles here talking about the same thing. This is a very interesting story about a guy that worked for Ubiquiti until he was recently arrested. Ubiquiti Developer Charged With Extortion, Causing 2020 “Breach” from Krebs on Security and Former Ubiquiti employee charged with stealing data, extorting employer from Cyberscoop are the two articles. They both are similar, but both worth the read.
• US hacker jailed for role in multimillion-dollar SIM swapping campaign Tech Crunch
• Is the UK government’s new IoT cybersecurity bill fit for purpose? Tech Crunch
• Ransomware attack on Planned Parenthood steals data of 400,000 patients Ars Technica
• Emails show what happened before Missouri gov. falsely called journalist a “hacker” Ars Technica

Please enjoy the program and thanks so much for listening.