Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast (DtSR) DtSR Episode 125 - NewsCast for January 12th, 2015
Jan 13, 2015
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Welcome to a new year of the Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast! We are kicking off this year with a guest on this morning's program, Phil Beyer joined us to talk about the last few weeks that have been a wild, wild ride in the security indsutry!
Thanks for your support so far, and we promise a fantastic 2015 to come.
Topics Covered
- Sony. Sony. Sony. It's all anyone can talk about! They got hacked. They released a movie. They apparently aren't in dire straits. Fascinating.
- http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/sony-pictures-ceo-michael-lynton-says-hackers-burned-down-the-house-1.2894997
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment_hack
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-director-offers-new-evidence-to-back-claim-north-korea-hacked-sony/2015/01/07/ce667980-969a-11e4-8005-1924ede3e54a_story.html
- Meanwhile, an iron plant in Germany was attacked (via cyber) and caused some very serious, and real, damage
- Microsoft abruptly cut off patch Tuesday public notifications, unless you're paying extra
- On January 11th, 2015 a 90-day window expired and Google's new Project Zero disclosed on the world a Windows 8.1 privilege elevation flaw. Microsoft had not yet patched it. War of words is on.
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