Defensive Security

Get well soon, Mr. Kalat!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/20/steffan_needham_aws_rampage_prison_sentence_voova/https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/study-shows-programmers-will-take-the-easy-way-out-and-not-implement-proper-password-security/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/03/50-shades-of-greyhat-a-study-in-how-not-to-handle-security-disclosures/https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/11/security-incident/index.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-wipe-us-servers-of-email-provider-vfemail/https://www.securityweek.com/russian-state-sponsored-hackers-are-fastest-crowdstrikehttps://www.zdnet.com/article/icann-there-is-an-ongoing-and-significant-risk-to-dns-infrastructure/https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/password-managers-no-more-secure-1/https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-do-these-things-now-to-protect-your-network/

https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-using-rdp-are-increasingly-using-network-tunneling-bypass-protections https://www.zdnet.com/article/trojan-malware-is-back-and-its-the-biggest-hacking-threat-to-your-business/ https://www.csoonline.com/article/3336923/security/phishing-has-become-the-root-of-most-cyber-evil.html https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ransomware-attack-via-msp-locks-customers-out-of-systems/d/d-id/1333825 https://www.dlapiper.com/~/media/files/insights/publications/2019/02/dla-piper-gdpr-data-breach-survey-february-2019.pdf

https://www.zdnet.com/article/popular-wordpress-plugin-hacked-by-angry-former-employee/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/notpetya-an-act-of-war-cyber-insurance-firm-taken-to-task-for-refusing-to-pay-out/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/employees-sacked-ceo-fined-in-singhealth-security-breach/ – https://www.zdnet.com/article/firms-fined-1m-for-singhealth-data-security-breach/ https://www.securityweek.com/new-variant-bec-seeks-divert-payroll-deposits https://www.zdnet.com/article/oklahoma-gov-data-leak-exposes-millions-of-department-files-fbi-investigations/

https://lifehacker.com/why-smart-people-make-stupid-mistakes-1831503216 https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tribune-publishing-malware-20181230-story,amp.html https://www.securityweek.com/was-north-korea-wrongly-accused-ransomware-attacks https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/staff-lapses-and-it-system-vulnerabilities-are-key-reasons-behind-singhealth-cyberattack https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2019/01/hhs-releases-voluntary-cybersecurity-practices-health-industry/153835/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-of-2-4-million-blur-password-manager-users-left-exposed-online/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/12/iranian-phishers-bypass-2fa-protections-offered-by-yahoo-mail-and-gmail/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/hacker-backdoors-widely-used-open-source-software-to-steal-bitcoin/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/11/marriott-data-on-500-million-guests-stolen-in-4-year-breach/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/12/what-the-marriott-breach-says-about-security/

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/11/internet-con-men-ripped-off-pathe-nl-for-e19m-in-sophisticated-fraud/ https://lifehacker.com/how-password-constraints-give-you-a-false-sense-of-secu-1830564360 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3319704/data-protection/the-end-of-security-as-we-know-it.html https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/breach-settlement-has-unusual-penalty-a-11669 https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bje8na/massive-data-leaks-keep-happening-because-big-companies-can-afford-to-lose-your-data https://www.zdnet.com/article/city-of-valdez-alaska-admits-to-paying-off-ransomware-infection/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-how-artificial-intelligence-will-become-weaponized-in-future-cyberattacks/ https://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/12434583/everyone-needs-to-take-responsibility-for-cybersecurity-in-the-workplace https://www.zdnet.com/article/adobe-coldfusion-servers-under-attack-from-apt-group/ https://www.securityweek.com/troubled-waters-how-new-wave-cyber-attacks-targeting-maritime-trade https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/77676/malware/industrial-facilities-malware.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/equifax-engineer-who-designed-breach-portal-gets-8-months-of-house-arrest-for-insider-trading/ https://www.csoonline.com/article/3314557/security/ransomware-attack-hits-north-carolina-water-utility-following-hurricane.html https://www.securityweek.com/insurer-anthem-will-pay-record-16m-massive-data-breach https://blog.sucuri.net/2018/10/malicious-redirects-from-newsharecounts-com-tweet-counter.html https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2018/09/26/sec-hits-voya-financial-advisors-with-1m-fine-over/ https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/debunking-cybersecurity-thought-humans-are-weakest-link

Note: this episode is being re-released to fix a problem with the mp3 download. https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/bec-as-a-service-offers-hacked-business-accounts-for-as-little-as-150/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ic3-issues-alert-regarding-remote-desktop-protocol-rdp-attacks/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/10/supply-chain-security-is-the-whole-enchilada-but-whos-willing-to-pay-for-it/  

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa8emg/russian-indicted-jp-morgan-chase-hack https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-government-releases-post-mortem-report-on-equifax-hack/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/phishing-alert-north-korean-hacking-attacks-shows-your-email-is-still-the-weakest-link/ https://www.verizon.com/about/news/lifting-lid-cybercrime

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-destructive-ransomware-has-made-crooks-6m-by-encrypting-data-and-backups/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/reddit-announces-security-breach-after-hackers-bypassed-staffs-2fa/ https://www.databreachtoday.com/art-steal-fin7s-highly-effective-phishing-a-11286 https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/