Ransomware Victims Stop Paying Hackers – 2025-11-03
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00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Musical Views of the Universe
04:05 - – BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-11-03
04:39 - Story # 1: Ransomware profits drop as victims stop paying hackers
06:22 - Chart since 2019
16:06 - Story # 2: More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates
33:02 - Story # 3: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.
41:18 - Story # 4: ‘Dangerous’ YouTube videos struck down for bypassing Windows 11 account setup [Update: Restored]
47:13 - Story # 5: Chicago firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says
51:08 - Story # 6: Microsoft: DNS outage impacts Azure and Microsoft 365 services
54:33 - Story # 7: EY Data Leak – Massive 4TB SQL Server Backup Exposed Publicly on Microsoft Azure
55:22 - Stordy # 8: Black Hat Europe 2025 Arsenal: 8 AI Security Tools Transforming Cybersecurity
- (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Musical Views of the Universe
- (04:04) - Ransomware Victims Stop Paying Hackers – BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2025-11-03
- (04:38) - Story # 1: Ransomware profits drop as victims stop paying hackers
- (06:22) - Chart since 2019 (thumbnail)
- (16:06) - Story # 2: More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates
- (33:02) - Story # 3: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.
- (41:18) - Story # 4: ‘Dangerous’ YouTube videos struck down for bypassing Windows 11 account setup [Update: Restored]
- (47:12) - Story # 5: Chicago firm that resolves ransomware attacks had rogue workers carrying out their own hacks, FBI says
- (51:07) - Story # 6: Microsoft: DNS outage impacts Azure and Microsoft 365 services
- (54:33) - Story # 7: EY Data Leak – Massive 4TB SQL Server Backup Exposed Publicly on Microsoft Azure
- (55:22) - Story # 8: Black Hat Europe 2025 Arsenal: 8 AI Security Tools Transforming Cybersecurity
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