

Defensive Security Podcast - Malware, Hacking, Cyber Security & Infosec
Jerry Bell and Andrew Kalat
Defensive Security is a weekly information security podcast which reviews recent high profile cyber security breaches, data breaches, malware infections and intrusions to identify lessons that we can learn and apply to the organizations we protect.
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Apr 25, 2017 • 52min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 189
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cybersecurity-startup-tanium-exposed-california-hospitals-network-in-demos-without-permission-1492624287 https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/95-of-enterprise-risk-assessments-find-employees-using-tor-private-vpns-to-bypass-security-report-says-17902.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/3191286/security/most-employees-willing-to-share-sensitive-information-survey-says.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-36-000-computers-infected-with-nsas-doublepulsar-malware/

Apr 17, 2017 • 1h 4min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 188
https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/purported-shadow-brokers-0days-were-in-fact-killed-by-mysterious-patch/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-sysadmin-accused-of-planting-time-bomb-in-companys-database/ http://www.computerworld.com/article/3189059/security/what-prevents-breaches-process-technology-or-people-one-answer-is-pc-and-one-is-right.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/3187422/network-security/report-30-of-malware-is-zero-day-missed-by-legacy-antivirus.amp.html https://www.wired.com/2017/04/hackers-hijacked-banks-entire-online-operation/ http://news.softpedia.com/news/two-laptops-with-hong-kong-s-3-7-million-voters-data-stolen-514346.shtml http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/03/unit42-threat-brief-credential-theft-keystone-shamoon-2-attacks/

Mar 28, 2017 • 48min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 187
http://www.itworld.com/article/3182431/security/some-https-inspection-tools-might-weaken-security.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/former-it-admin-accused-of-leaving-backdoor-account-accessing-it-700-times/ http://www.securityweek.com/what-cisos-can-learn-er-doctors http://www.csoonline.com/article/3180762/data-breach/inside-the-russian-hack-of-yahoo-how-they-did-it.html https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/microsofts-silence-over-unprecedented-patch-delay-doesnt-smell-right/

Mar 14, 2017 • 56min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 186
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/emory-healthcare-database-breach-what-happened-a-9745 http://www.networkworld.com/article/3176718/security/dealing-with-overwhelming-volume-of-security-alerts.html#tk.rss_security http://www.networkworld.com/article/3175030/security/trend-micro-report-ransomware-booming.html https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/03/02/yahoo-cookie-forging-incident/ http://www.darkreading.com/risk/new-cybersecurity-regulations-begin-today-for-ny-banks/d/d-id/1328295 http://www.pcworld.com/article/3179348/security/after-cia-leak-intel-security-releases-detection-tool-for-efi-rootkits.html https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/03/wikileaks-publishes-what-it-says-is-trove-of-cia-hacking-tools/ http://www.csoonline.com/article/3177994/security/cia-false-flag-team-repurposed-shamoon-data-wiper-other-malware.html

Feb 28, 2017 • 53min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 185
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-used-to-attack-polish-banks-contained-false-flags-blaming-russian-hackers/ http://www.csoonline.com/article/3173639/security/bleeding-clouds-cloudflare-server-errors-blamed-for-leaked-customer-data.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/3174153/security/carders-capitalize-on-cloudflare-problems-claim-150-million-logins-for-sale.amp.html http://www.securityweek.com/what-hackers-think-your-defenses http://www.csoonline.com/article/3171154/security/verizon-knocks-off-350m-from-yahoo-deal-after-breaches.html

Feb 20, 2017 • 48min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 184
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ATA-Playbook-ef0a8e38/file/169827/1/ATA%20Playbook.pdf http://www.securityweek.com/google-shares-data-corporate-email-attacks http://www.databreachtoday.com/reworked-ny-cybersecurity-regulation-takes-effect-in-march-a-9733 http://www.computerworld.com/article/3169386/security/recent-malware-attacks-on-polish-banks-tied-to-wider-hacking-campaign.html#tk.rss_security http://www.computerworld.com/article/3166824/security/polish-banks-on-alert-after-mystery-malware-found-on-computers.html http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/02/16/dnc-fancy-bear-russia-hackers-mac-malware-hacking-team-fbi-fsb/#3998bc7812bc

Feb 14, 2017 • 1h 1min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 183
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/antivirus-is-bad/?amp=1 http://www.darkreading.com/risk/7-tips-for-getting-your-security-budget-approved/d/d-id/1328004 https://www.asd.gov.au/publications/protect/essential-eight-explained.htm http://www.csoonline.com/article/3163068/application-development/how-to-secure-active-directory.html https://securosis.com/mobile/tidal-forces-software-as-a-service-is-the-new-back-office/full

Jan 23, 2017 • 1h 5min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 182
http://www.securityweek.com/cyber-threat-intelligence-shows-majority-cybercrime-not-sophisticated http://www.databreachtoday.com/new-in-depth-analysis-anthem-breach-a-9627 http://www.databreachtoday.com/475000-hipaa-penalty-for-tardy-breach-notification-a-9624 http://www.databreachtoday.com/insurer-slapped-22-million-hipaa-settlement-a-9643 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/extortionists-wipe-thousands-of-databases-victims-who-pay-up-get-stiffed/ https://securosis.com/mobile/tidal-forces-endpoints-are-different-more-secure-and-less-open/full

Jan 9, 2017 • 59min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 181
http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-hacking-fears-reportedly-triggered-by-vermont-employee-checking-his-email-2017-1 http://www.cio.com/article/3153706/security/4-information-security-threats-that-will-dominate-2017.html http://www.databreachtoday.com/major-breach-insurer-blames-system-integrator-a-9603 http://www.zdnet.com/article/this-ransomware-targets-hr-departments-with-fake-job-applications/ https://securosis.com/mobile/tidal-forces-the-trends-tearing-apart-security-as-we-know-it/full Network Security in the Cloud Age: Everything Changes http://blog.erratasec.com/2017/01/notes-about-ftc-action-against-d-link.html Slack Channel: http://https://defensivesecurity.org/slack-channel/

Dec 20, 2016 • 49min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 180
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-scheme-spread-popcorn-time-ransomware-get-chance-of-free-decryption-key/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/disgraced-it-worker-stole-confidential-expedia-e-mails-even-after-he-left/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/millions-exposed-to-malvertising-that-hid-attack-code-in-banner-pixels/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-heist-bangladesh-exclusive-idUSKBN1411ST http://motherboard.vice.com/read/newly-uncovered-site-suggests-nsa-exploits-for-direct-sale http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/what-can-you-do-with-a-billion-yahoo-passwords-lots-of-bad-things/


