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WORLDS FIRST CPU Ransomware! - 2025-05-19

May 21, 2025

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00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Twiddle Me This

02:04 - WORLDS FIRST CPU Ransomware! - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-05-19

03:10 - Story # 1: Coinbase - Standing Up to Extortionists

11:26 - Story # 2: World’s first CPU-level ransomware

15:09 - Story # 3: New Intel CPU flaws leak sensitive data from privileged memory

19:04 - Story # 4: After latest kidnap attempt, crypto types tell crime bosses: Transfers are traceable

21:39 - Story # 5: Chinese ‘kill switches’ found hidden in US solar farms

27:52 - Story # 6: Congress proposes 10-year ban on state AI regulations

31:41 - Story # 7: Hackers Abuse Copilot AI in SharePoint to Steal Passwords and Sensitive Data

36:02 - Story # 8: European Vulnerability Database Launches Amid US CVE Chaos

37:32 - Story # 9: 89 million Steam accounts reportedly leaked. Change your password now.

40:06 - Story # 10: Hackers Now Targeting US Retailers After UK Attacks, Google

41:11 - Story # 11: How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

43:08 - Story # 11b: DDoSecrets publishes 410 GB of heap dumps, hacked from TeleMessage’s archive server

47:12 - ChickenSec: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Viral TikTok Trend Wreaks Havoc In Theaters

51:20 - Story # 12: Education giant Pearson hit by cyberattack exposing customer data