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Defensive Security Podcast Episode 44

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Another tip from Bob; Anonymous blamed for stealing US Department of Health and Human Services Data; Cupid Media loses 42M unencrypted passwords in a breach they apparently did not disclose; Looking at a Ponemon study about views of IT security staff; Botnet take downs might be more marketing than helpful; New malware uses I2P for C&C; A longer than expected discussion on Stuxnet.

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Anonymous government hacks: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/15/us-usa-security-anonymous-fbi-idUSBRE9AE17C20131115

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/11/cupid-media-hack-exposed-42m-passwords/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2013/11/20/carberp-based-trojan-attacking-sap.aspx

http://sophos.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/2013-ponemon-institute-midmarket-trends-sophos.pdf

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/112013-expert-botnet-takedowns-are-about-276161.html

Block TOR and i2p: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/cyber-crime-forum-advertises-financial-malware-uses-stealthy-i2p-communications-231410

Brief mention of the stuxnet report: http://www.langner.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/To-kill-a-centrifuge.pdf

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 11

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Krebs Swatted: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/the-world-has-no-room-for-cowards/

China: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/03/the_u_s_response_to_chinese_cyberespionage_will_backfire.html

http://www.crn.com/news/security/240150929/new-exploit-evades-all-antivirus-products-for-almost-a-day.htm

http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2441

http://m.threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/ramnit-malware-back-and-better-avoiding-detection-031513

http://www.honeynet.org/node/1031

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/03/national-vulnerability-database-taken-down-by-vulnerability-exploiting-hack/

Mandiant report: http://www.mandiant.com/library/M-Trends_2013.pdf

Solutionary report: http://www.solutionary.com/dms/solutionary/Files/SERT/2013GTIR.pdf