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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 30

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Escrow service company forced to close after $1.5M theft resulting from malware, Incentives for complying with cyber framework, Benefits of expanding the cyber insurance market, Thousands of .nl domains redirected to black hole exploit kit

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Escrow service company forced to close after $1.5M theft resulting from malware: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/08/1-5-million-cyberheist-ruins-escrow-firm/

Incentives for complying with cyber framework: http://www.csoonline.com/article/737795/white-house-considers-incentives-for-cybersecurity?page=1

Benefits of expanding the cyber insurance market: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/08/09/will-insurance-firms-be-the-big-winners-in-the-struggle-for-cyber-security/

Thousands of .nl domains redirected to black hole exploit kit: http://www.zdnet.com/dutch-dns-server-hack-thousands-of-sites-serve-up-malware-7000019196/

 

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 29

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Cyber Security, cybersecurity or cyber-security? On the need to be wary of USB devices despite having autorun disabled, the hacking of OVH highlights the need to take specific precautions with administrators, large UK companies urged to perform a cyber security review, and the misuse of the term “black swan”.

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Cyber security: http://www.digitalcrazytown.com/2013/08/is-it-cybersecurity-cyber-security-or.html

USB security concerns: http://www.zdnet.com/usb-flash-drives-masquerading-as-keyboards-mean-more-byod-security-headaches-7000018737/

OVH hack highlights exposure of administrators: http://www.itpro.co.uk/cloud/20266/ovh-hack-prompts-calls-tigher-system-admin-security-controls

GCHQ & MI5 pushing for security review of UK companies: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240201775/MI5-and-GCHQ-call-for-FTSE-350-cyber-health-check

Black swans: http://exploringpossibilityspace.blogspot.com/2013/07/think-you-understand-black-swans-think.html

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 28

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Perception of risk as an art vs science, Estimating the economic impact of cybercrime and espionage, The futility of analyzing malware and the need to get better at detecting its activity, An attempt to link bad metrics to data loss trends, Insurance is getting cyber security savvy, Application whitelisting, Don’t forget about risks from security devices, Verizon releases the VERIS community database.

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Perception of risk as an art vs science: http://www.tripwire.com/ponemon/2013/#riskmetrics

Estimating the economic impact of cyber crime and espionage: http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/reports/rp-economic-impact-cybercrime.pdf

The futility of analyzing malware and the need to get better at detecting its activity: https://blog.damballa.com/archives/2052

An attempt to link bad metrics to data loss trends: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/why-security-metrics-arent-helping-prevent-data-loss/

Insurance is getting cyber security savvy: http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/it-security-data-protection/security-controls/enterprise-insurance-policies-and-the-20-critical-security-controls/

Application white listing: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/the-one-security-technology-actually-works-222763

Don’t forget about risks from security devices: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/07/security-vendors-do-no-harm-heal-thyself/

Verizon releases the VERIS community database: http://www.verizonenterprise.com/security/blog/index.xml?postid=4642

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 27

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Ten year old Java bug, old and vulnerable versions of Java dominate on corporate desktops, a guide on critical infrastructure security, what is wrong with applying standard security approaches to industrial control environments, Lloyds survey finds cyber security is the number 3 concern of business leaders, watering hole attacks are replacing spear phishing as the attack method of choice, the crazy high value of health information dossiers and a cyber exercise performed by some large US banks.

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http://podcasts.infoworld.com/d/security/most-enterprise-networks-riddled-vulnerable-java-installations-report-says-222983

http://images.infoworld.com/d/security/new-vulnerability-found-in-java-7-opens-door-10-year-old-attack-researchers-say-223029

http://www.osce.org/atu/103500?download=true

http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/david_lacey/2013/07/scada_security_requires_a_bett.html

http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/33436/lloyds-cybersecurity-is-the-no-3-global-business-threat/

http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/33493/water-hole-replacing-spearphishing-as-statesponsored-weapon-of-choice/

http://www.secureworks.com/resources/blog/general-hackers-sell-health-insurance-credentials-bank-accounts-ssns-and-counterfeit-documents/

http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_138/mock-cyberattack-on-banks-a-success-sifma-says-1060721-1.html

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 26

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Vulnerability market, OWASP top 10 still relevant, HP Storage back door, Default root ssh keys in EAS servers, IPMI Vulnerabilities, Dark Seoul update, Incident response goes horribly wrong, Dropbox and WordPress leveraged by attackers

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Vulnerability market: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/europe/nations-buying-as-hackers-sell-computer-flaws.html

OWASP top 10 still relevant: http://www.cyberwarzone.com/dutch-domain-registrar-hacked-sqli

HP Storage back door: http://www.infoworld.com/t/data-security/hp-admits-undocumented-backdoors-in-two-separate-storage-lines-222614

Default root ssh keys in EAS servers: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/33372/eas-vulnerability-bodies-of-the-dead-could-rise-again/

IPMI Vulnerabilities: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/serious-flaws-found-in-ipmi-server-management-protocol-222107

Dark Seoul update: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/hard-drive-wiping-malware-that-hit-s-korea-tied-to-military-espionage/
http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/white-papers/wp-dissecting-operation-troy.pdf

Incident response goes horribly wrong: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/us-agency-baffled-by-modern-technology-destroys-mice-to-get-rid-of-viruses/

Dropbox and WordPress leveraged by attackers: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/3457260/dropbox-wordpress-used-in-cyberespionage-campaign/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 25

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Snowden offered asylum, Germany’s interior minister cautions Germans against using US-based services, California AG urges legislation to require the use of encryption, 85% of virus infections are from drive by download, Attacks on energy sector, Texas government infections, MS Tuesday

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85% of virus infections are from drive by downloads: http://www.csis.dk/en/csis/news/3981/

Attacks on energy sector: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/15820/security/ics-cert-surge-in-attacks-against-energy-industry.html

Texas government infections: http://www.kens5.com/news/State-computers-compromised-but-theres-not-enough-staff-to-fix-it-214231541.html

MS Tuesday: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/05/ms_july_2013_patch_tuesday_prealert/

 

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 24

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Kaspersky study indicates 200,000 malware variants are released daily, the Carberp trojan’s source code is leaked and an 0day is discovered, FINRA reports on prolific cyber attacks against its members, the FT is attacked by the Syrian Electronic Army and gives a play by play on what happened, Kaspersky reports an 87% increase in phishing attacks, Google reports that compromised legitimate sites are more dangerous than malicious sites, Sophos says 30,000 SMB sites are hacked per day to spread malware, the age old debate about administrator rights, password complexity, and the unintended consequences of leaks: foreign companies defect to more hospitable countries, renewed focus on systems administrators, and we can stop pretending to not know where Stuxnet came from. Continue reading “Defensive Security Podcast Episode 24”

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 23

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The discrepancy between perception and reality when it comes to quantifying risk, the major fail that was OpPetrol, Malvertising, EMET 4 released, How not to be a CSO by the Harvard Business Review, Linked In’s DNS woes, and CSOs are not recognizing reality. Continue reading “Defensive Security Podcast Episode 23”

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 22

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Risk Science Podcast, Forensic 4Cast podcast, Gartner security myths, 2013 OWASP top ten, FDA finds security risk in medical devices, Oracle fixes 40 more java bugs, B-sides Rhode Island videos, Can the Germans break PGP?

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Risk Science Podcast: http://riskscience.net/

Forensic4Cast :http://forensic4cast.com/

Gartner security myths: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/061113-gartner-reveals-top-10-it-270738.html

2013 OWASP top ten: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project

FDA finds security risk in medical devices: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/061413-federal-regulators-address-rising-security-270844.html

Oracle fixes 40 more java bugs: https://www.infoworld.com/d/security/oracle-ship-40-security-fixes-java-se-220758

B-sides Rhode Island videos: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos%2Fbsidesri2013%2Fmainlist

Can the Germans break PGP? http://malwarejake.blogspot.com/2013/06/are-germans-really-breaking-pgp-and-ssh.html

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 21

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Verizon, PRISM and Edward Snowden, Java users are bad at patching, cost of breaches is up, Microsoft operation takes down 1462 Citadel botnets, malware increasingly using peer to peer communications for command and control, and malware trends.

 

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