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Side Eye Toddler NFT, Zix Phishing, VCenter Redux, Auntie M, & Safepal Fraud – SWN #153

This Week in the Security News: The Side Eye Toddler, Zix, Clubhouse, VCenter redux, Auntie M, Safepal, Virgil Griffith, the FBI, & the Expert Commentary of Jason Wood!

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Hosts

Professor at Roger Williams University
  1. 1. Credential Spear-Phishing Uses Spoofed Zix Encrypted Email
  2. 2. 3.8 Billion Users’ Combined Clubhouse, Facebook Data Up for Sale
  3. 3. CISA: Wide Exploitation of New VMware vCenter Server Flaw Likely
  4. 4. New Microsoft Exchange service mitigates high-risk bugs automatically
  5. 5. Malicious ‘Safepal Wallet’ Firefox add-on stole cryptocurrency
  6. 6. Ethereum dev admits to helping North Korea evade crypto sanctions
  7. 7. When the FBI seizes your messages from Big Tech, you may not know it for years
  8. 8. Finally impressed? NFT of side-eyeing toddler meme fetches over $74,000 in cryptocurrency.
Security Researcher
  1. 1. UK umbrella payroll firm GiantPay confirms it was hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyber-attack
    Giant Umbrella contractors suffer salary payment delays following suspected ‘data breach’ https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252507227/Giant-Umbrella-contractors-suffer-salary-payment-delays-following-suspected-data-breach

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