Tag Archives: advanced malware

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 73

Advice from Bob; Acoustical covert communication channel; Researchers recreate some NSA spy tools based on catalog descriptions; Why cyber insurance is such a mess; Code Spaces hacked out of business; Reuters defaced by the Syrian Electronic Army; Aviva hacked by Heartbleed bug, or was it?

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http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/top-security-stories/covert-acoustical-mesh-networks-present-new-attack-vector/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/19/hackers_reverseengineer_nsa_spying_devices_using_offtheshelf_parts/
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/06/target_breach_cyberinsurance_is_a_mess.html
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101770396
https://threatpost.com/hacker-puts-hosting-service-code-spaces-out-of-business/106761
https://medium.com/@FredericJacobs/the-reuters-compromise-by-the-syrian-electronic-army-6bf570e1a85b
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/23/aviva_heartbleed_hack/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 42

Bob drops some more advice on malware; More details emerge about the Adobe password breach and it isn’t pretty; Long live the security perimeter; Snowden highlights the importance of not sharing passwords, and the downside to when it happens; A new 0day impacting Internet Explorer is making the rounds; And part 2 of our talk on advanced malware.

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http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/04/anatomy-of-a-password-disaster-adobes-giant-sized-cryptographic-blunder/

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/110513-long-live-perimeter-275650.html?page=1

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57611528-83/nsa-workers-reportedly-shared-their-passwords-with-snowden/
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/internet-explorer-users-face-drive-by-attacks-targeting-new-0day-bug/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 40

Federal employees circumventing onerous security controls resulting in breaches;  Cryptolocker is scary stuff; PHP.net hacked, and the response; DDOS attacks getting much larger, but lasting less time; Our discussion on advanced malware.

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/101713-federal-security-breaches-traced-to-274944.html
http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208214109/Cryptolocker_Wants_Your_Money
http://bartblaze.blogspot.com/2013/10/phpnet-compromised.html
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/hackers-compromise-official-php-website-infect-visitors-with-malware/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2056188/brace-for-stronger-ddos-attacks-security-firm-warns.html