This week on Hacker And The Fed new cyber security labels proposed by the US government could help us buy our new devices, an employee exposes thousands of intelligence and defense employees, Google may be restricting internet access to some employees to reduce their cyber attack risk, a hacker infects his own computer, and Google says an Apple employee found a zero-day but didn't report it, and we answer listener questions about our phones getting searched and email encryption.Links from the episode: White House teams with Amazon, Google and Qualcomm on cybersecurity labels for gadgetshttps://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/us-cyber-trust-labels-will-help-consumers-pick-safer-smart-devices.htmlGoogle exposes intelligence and defense employee names in VirusTotal leakhttps://therecord.media/virustotal-user-email-addresses-leaked-google-military-intelligenceGoogle restricting internet access to some employees to reduce cyberattack riskhttps://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/google-restricting-internet-access-to-some-employees-for-security.htmlBlack Hat Hacker Exposes Real Identity After Infecting Own Computer With Malwarehttps://www.securityweek.com/black-hat-hacker-exposes-real-identity-after-infecting-own-computer-with-malware/IT Security Analyst Jailed for Impersonating as a Hacker in Own Companyhttps://cybersecuritynews.com/it-security-analyst-jailed/Google says Apple employee found a zero-day but did not report ithttps://techcrunch.com/2023/07/20/google-says-apple-employee-found-a-zero-day-but-did-not-report-it/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36803537Microsoft Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificatehttps://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/microsoft-cybersecurity-analystCybersecurity Expert Kevin David Mitnick diedhttps://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668Listener Questions:https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/18/22630439/apple-csam-neuralhash-collision-vulnerability-flaw-cryptographySupport our sponsors:Go to JoinDeleteMe.com/FED and use the code FED20 for 20% offGo to drata.com/partner/hacker-fed and get 10% off Drata and waived implementation feesGet your Hacker and the Fed merchandise at hackerandthefed.com
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