There are thousands of security shops willing to sell elaborate firewalls, zero-trust barriers, and AI security systems that claim to be able to spot a wrong'un easily. But time and again the most effective thieves are already inside the building and using their corporate-issued credentials.
Such was the case this week in the NSA of all places, where a rogue systems engineer, who resigned in anger, tried to sell purloined documents to a Russian agent in exchange for cryptocurrency. Brandon VigliaroloStill got a job at the end of this week? You're lucky, as more layoffs hit the tech industryWhen Microsoft complains that you're a monopolist you know things are bad
News of another insider who did get away with it, it seems, came on Tuesday, as an ex-staffer at Dutch chip-making biz ASMLtaken a new job with Huawei, and is accused of taking secrets with him. Tobias Mann has the inside information of the case and, asan ACLU Freedom of Information lawsuit showing that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement hired security snoops to trawl through social media content to look for anti-American sentiments.
So join us for 15 minutes of news, insight, and more than a little snark in the latest Kettle, hosted by Iain Thomson and spun to gold by producer Nicole Hemsoth. There's also anCisco fixes critical IOS XE bug but malware crew way ahead of themVMware reveals critical vCenter vuln that you may have patched already without knowing it