Ransomware Strikes Again, SIM Swapping for Profit, and Social Science Breakthroughs with De-identified Datasets

Summary: Gerry and Steve celebrate their 1-year anniversary of InfosecICU. They discuss an Ohio medical center struck with ransomware and how attacking during a holiday weekend is more likely for bad guys. They discuss SIM swapping attacks against high net-value individuals. The finish with a discussion of social science research that looks at how much time politically polarized individuals spent together during Thanksgiving dinner and how this has larger ramifications on privacy.<br> <a href="https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/infosec/e52-infosecicu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Show Notes</a><br> <br> Resources:<br> A holiday-break turns holiday break-in when hackers attack medical facilities with ransomware:<br> <a href="http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2018/11/ovmc-eorh-computers-attacked-by-hackers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2018/11/ovmc-eorh-computers-attacked-by-hackers/ </a><br> Seems like a good time to warn your executives that they could be a target for SIM Swappers<br> <a href="https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/78427/hacking/sim-swap-hacker.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/78427/hacking/sim-swap-hacker.html </a><br> Researchers have been able to use cellphone tracking technology and public voting data to identify if partisan politics is reducing time spent at the holiday table:<br> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-thanksgiving-effect-and-the-power-of-phone-data/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.wired.com/story/the-thanksgiving-effect-and-the-power-of-phone-data/ </a><br> Battlefied 5<br> <a href="https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/battlefield/battlefield-5</a><br> Guerilla Mail<br> <a href="https://www.guerrillamail.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.guerrillamail.com/</a><br> <br> How to Measure Anything in CyberSecurity Risk<br> <a href="https://www.howtomeasureanything.com/cybersecurity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.howtomeasureanything.com/cybersecurity/ </a><br>  <br> Contact<br> Email <a href="mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu">infosecicu@musc.edu</a><br> Twitter:<br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gerry Auger (@Gerald_Auger)</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/sgcardinal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steven Cardinal (@sgcardinal)</a><br> <br>