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2025-02-10 - Walking Through Denver

February 13, 2025

00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Walking Through Denver

02:23 - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-02-10

04:35 - Story # 1: Ransomware payments declined in 2024 despite massive. well-known hacks

05:02 - Story # 1b: 35% Year-over-Year Decrease in Ransomware Payments, Less than Half of Recorded Incidents Resulted in Victim Payments

14:19 - Story # 2: Critical Cisco ISE bug can let attackers run commands as root

16:43 - Story # 3: The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison

24:18 - Story # 4: IoT’s botnet problem is up 500% – three things admins must do now

31:49 - Story # 5: WhatsApp identifies dozens of users hacked by Paragon spyware company

39:41 - Story # 6: Sri Lanka goes bananas after monkey unplugs nation

43:36 - Story # 7: Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”

50:17 - ChickenSec Story #: 1 Here’s a Super Bowl riddle: Why are egg prices surging — but not chicken wings?

52:21 - Story # 8: DOGE Staffer Previously Fired From Cybersecurity Company for Leaking Secrets

58:07 - ChickenSec Story #2: Americans to Eat 1.47 Billion Chicken Wings for Super Bowl LIX