Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss the FBI’s warning about malicious banking apps, the “Internet of Troubles”, IBM’s cloud being down for 2 hours plus both Honda and the City of Knoxville being hit by malware.

Timecodes:

0:00 – Intro
0:21 – Today’s 3 topics
0:51 – Topic 1: FBI Warning About Malicious Banking Apps
3:58 – Topic 2: Internet of Troubles (IoT)
6:30 – Topic 3: IBM Cloud Down for 2 hours
8:23 – Topic 4: Honda and City of Knoxville Hit by Malware
12:30 – Closing remarks

FBI Public Service Announcement – Increased Use of Mobile Banking Apps Could Lead to Exploitation:

• Increased Use of Mobile Banking Apps Could Lead to Exploitation

Learn more about why it’s important to update the firmware on Internet of Things (IoT) devices:

• An Internet of Trouble lies ahead as root certificates begin to expire en masse, warns security researcher

Learn more about IBM’s cloud being down for 2 hours:

• From off-prem to just off: IBM Cloud goes down planet-wide so hard even the status page didn’t work
• IBM blames ‘external’ network provider, incorrect routing, traffic flood for its two-hour cloud outage

Learn more about the malware that hit Honda:

• Honda confirms its network has been hit by cyberattack

Knoxville still quiet on ransomeware attack and what’s being done to fix it:

• Knoxville still quiet on ransomware attack and what’s being done to fix it