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Defensive Security Podcast - Malware, Hacking, Cyber Security & Infosec

Jerry Bell and Andrew Kalatdefensivesecurity.org
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.

Episodes

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 148

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/04/norse_corp_ceo_fired/ http://www.secureworks.com/resources/blog/ransomware-used-as-a-distraction/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/most-windows-flaws-mitigated-by-removing-admin-rights-says-report/ http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0VD14X http://www.csoonline.com/article/3025787/security/defending-against-insider-security-threats-hangs-on-trust.html http://www.securityforrealpeople.com/2016/02/poor-ux-leads-to-poorly-secured-soho.html

Feb 11, 201657 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 147

Hack in the Box: https://conference.hitb.org/ Circle City Con: https://circlecitycon.com/tickets/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/28/nsas_top_hacking_boss_explains_how_to_protect_your_network_from_his_minions/?page=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDJb8WOJYdA http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/01/sources-security-firm-norse-corp-imploding/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/01/secret-ssh-backdoor-in-fortinet-hardware-found-in-more-products/

Feb 01, 201642 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 146

https://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2016/01/draft-lechiffre-a-manually-run-ransomware/ http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/boeing-supplier-hacked-claims-55-million-worth-of-damage-as-stock-price-falls/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/01/firm-sues-cyber-insurer-over-480k-loss/ http://shawnetuma.com/2016/01/08/supervalu-data-breach-class-action-dismissed-for-lack-of-harm/ Hack in the Box: https://conference.hitb.org/ Circle City Con: https://circlecitycon.com/...

Jan 27, 201640 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 145

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/01/security-firm-sued-for-filing-woefully-inadequate-forensics-report/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/01/et-tu-fortinet-hard-coded-password-raises-new-backdoor-eavesdropping-fears/ http://www.csoonline.com/article/3021774/security/trend-micro-flaw-could-have-allowed-attacker-to-steal-all-passwords.html

Jan 21, 201636 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 144

http://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/01/03/blackenergy-sshbeardoor-details-2015-attacks-ukrainian-news-media-electric-industry/ http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2015/12/on-juniper-backdoor.html http://www.databreaches.net/191-million-voters-personal-info-exposed-by-misconfigured-database/ http://darkmatters.norsecorp.com/2015/12/28/the-cybersecurity-information-sharing-act-cisa-passed/

Jan 03, 201643 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 142

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/12/fin1-targets-boot-record.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/3012443/security/how-the-nsa-uses-behavior-analytics-to-detect-threats.html#tk.rss_all http://www.databreachtoday.com/wyndham-agrees-to-settle-ftc-breach-case-a-8737 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-127.aspx https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/3wa8rl/early_warning_system_for_cryptowall_crypto_canary/

Dec 13, 201543 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 141

http://www.zdnet.com/article/vtech-hack-gets-worse-kids-photos-chat-logs-also-stolen/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/12/dhs-giving-firms-free-penetration-tests/ http://www.csoonline.com/article/3011580/data-protection/insurance-companies-will-crack-down-on-cyber-security-in-2016-report.html http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannabelbey/2015/11/30/7-tips-from-the-fbi-to-prepare-your-firm-for-a-cyber-attack/

Dec 06, 201547 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 140

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/breach-at-it-automation-firm-landesk/ http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/users/2015/11/sony_employees_on_the_hack_one_year_later.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/3006816/cyber-attacks-espionage/damballa-finds-tools-related-to-the-malware-that-hit-sony.html http://www.databreachtoday.com/interviews/what-jpmorgan-chase-breach-teaches-us-i-2982 http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/ftc-data-breach-case-dismissal-raises-bar-for-demonstrating-consumer-harm/4...

Nov 26, 201545 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 139

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-10/hackers-accused-by-u-s-of-targeting-top-banks-mutual-funds http://www.trust.org/item/20151113203615-j3cyu http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/jpmorgan-hackers-breached-anti-fraud-vendor-g2-web-services/#more-32855 http://consumerist.com/2015/11/13/lack-of-windows-3-1-technicians-causes-traffic-backup-at-french-airport/ http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/41950/cyber-crime/fakben-ransomware-as-a-service.html

Nov 16, 201546 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 138

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/crypto-e-mail-service-pays-6000-ransom-gets-taken-out-by-ddos-anyway/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/booming-crypto-ransomware-industry-employs-new-tricks-to-befuddle-victims/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/02/pagefair_malware_snare_scare_in_halloween_hack_of_adblocker_blocker/ http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/it-personnel-are-the-riskiest/

Nov 08, 201555 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 137

http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/10/dumb-dumber-and-cybersecurity.html http://www.businessinsider.com/talktalk-didnt-use-encryption-hack-protect-4-million-customer-details-2015-10 https://grahamcluley.com/2015/10/talktalk-hacked-silly-ask-data-encrypted/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/10/talktalk-hackers-demanded-80k-in-bitcoin/ http://www.securityweek.com/hacking-impact-short-lived-sony-boss https://threatpost.com/european-aviation-agency-warns-of-aircraft-hacking/114987/

Oct 26, 201538 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 136

http://www.threatconnect.com/threat-intelligence-driven-risk-analysis/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/15/inside_mandiants_biggest_forensics_breach_battle_is_this_anthem/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/16/dow_jones_denies_russian_hackers_plundered_its_servers_for_insider_trading_tips/http://m.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/10/opm-fully-do-away-passwords-network-access-2-years/122768/

Oct 21, 201551 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 135

tp://www.databreachtoday.com/report-usps-workers-vulnerable-to-phishing-scams-a-8579 http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/10/at-experian-security-attrition-amid-acquisitions/#more-32501 http://www.databreachtoday.com/etrade-dow-jones-issue-breach-alerts-a-8586 http://www.bankinfosecurity.asia/blogs/cyber-insurance-primer-for-insurers-insured-p-1946 http://www.csoonline.com/article/2990471/social-engineering/near-flawless-social-engineering-attack-spoiled-by-single-flaw.html#tk.rss_all

Oct 13, 201555 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 134

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/patreon-was-warned-of-serious-website-flaw-5-days-before-it-was-hacked/ http://www.scmagazine.com/sec-hits-security-adviser-with-75000-penalty-in-breach-settlement/article/440268/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/10/scottrade-breach-hits-4-6-million-customers/ http://www.wired.com/2015/10/hack-brief-hackers-steal-15m-t-mobile-customers-data-experian/ http://time.com/4056928/trump-hotels-hacked/ http://fortune.com/2015/10/02/american-bankers-association-brea...

Oct 05, 201538 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 132

http://www.thenationaltriallawyers.org/2015/09/standing-neiman-marcus-data-breach/ http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/09/bidding-for-breaches-redefining-targeted-attacks/ http://www.miltonstart.com/blog/2015/09/22/morgan-stanley-employee-pleads-guilty-in-data-breach-case/

Sep 29, 20151 hr 16 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 131

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/atlantech/2015/09/atlantas-bitpay-got-hacked-for-1-8-million-in.html http://www.securityweek.com/excellus-data-breach-impacts-10-million http://www.databreachtoday.com/attacks-on-insurers-lessons-learned-a-8530 http://federalnewsradio.com/cybersecurity/2015/09/us-certs-dos-and-donts-for-after-the-cyber-hack/ http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/10/cyber-threat-data-manipulation-us-intelligence-chief http://www.csoonline.com/article/2984543/vulner...

Sep 21, 20151 hr 5 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 130

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/04/mozilla_firefox_bugzilla_leak/ http://darkmatters.norsecorp.com/2015/09/03/four-non-technical-measures-for-mitigating-insidious-insiders/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/ftc-can-sue-companies-with-poor-information-security-appeals-court-says/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/09/02/microsoft-word-intruder-revealed-inside-a-malware-construction-kit/ http://www.securityweek.com/executive-it-security-problem-lessons-learned-hillary-clinton

Sep 12, 20151 hr 6 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 129

http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/risk-based-security-for-executives/connecting-security-to-the-business/security-reverse-engineering-and-eulas/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/08/my-browser-visited-drudgereport-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-malware/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/08/attackers-actively-exploit-windows-bug-that-uses-usb-sticks-to-infect-pcs/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/lenovo-used-windows-anti-theft-feature-to-install-persistent-crapwar...

Aug 25, 201542 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 127

http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/can-user-awareness-really-prevent-spear-phishing/ http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=18702 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12290-015-0355-5/fulltext.html

Aug 11, 20151 hr 1 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 126

http://fortune.com/2015/07/29/crowdstrike-cybersecurity-george-kurtz/ http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/cyber-security/phishing-up-74-in-q2-2015-reveals-infoblox-dns-threat-index/ http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/angler-exploit-kit-used-to-find-and-infect-pos-systems/ http://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/07/28/new-report-explains-gulf-security-experts-non-experts/

Aug 03, 20151 hr 18 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 125

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/online-cheating-site-ashleymadison-hacked/ http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/reports/rp-aspen-holding-line-cyberthreats.pdf http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/obama-administration-decides-not-to-blame-china-publicly-for-opm-hack/ http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/hacking-team-rcsandroid-spying-tool-listens-to-calls-roots-devices-to-get-in/

Jul 27, 201545 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 124

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/hacking-teams-surveillance-software-sold-to-kgb-successor/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/07/hackingteams-evil-android-app-had-code-to-bypass-google-play-screening/ http://www.scmagazine.com/ios-devices-dont-have-to-be-jailbroken-for-spyware-sold-by-hacking-team-to-be-installed/article/426137/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/hacking-team-used-spammer-tricks-to-resurrect-spy-network/ http://www.scmagazine.com/fireeye-intern-morgan-culbertson-ar...

Jul 19, 201553 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 123

http://labs.bromium.com/2015/07/10/government-grade-malware-a-look-at-hackingteams-rat/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/12/adobe_flash_zero_day_cve_2015_5122/ https://www.tenable.com/blog/lessons-to-learn-from-the-opm-breach http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/opm-director-resigns-after-news-that-hack-affected-21-5-million-people/ http://www.ffiec.gov/cyberassessmenttool.htm

Jul 13, 201554 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 122

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/07/massive-leak-reveals-hacking-teams-most-private-moments-in-messy-detail/ & http://www.csoonline.com/article/2945200/vulnerabilities/adobe-to-patch-flash-0-day-created-by-hacking-team.html http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/38372/cyber-crime/kins-malware-builder-leaked.html Cyber UL Could Become Reality Under Leadership of Hacker Mudge http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/omr/opm-cyber-report/2015/06/23/keypoint-usis-opm-breach/28977277/

Jul 09, 201537 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 121

http://www.databreaches.net/fbi-cyber-division-bulletin-on-tools-reportedly-used-by-opm-hackers/ https://fortune.com/sony-hack-part-1/ http://www.csoonline.com/article/2938310/data-protection/lieberman-mandiant-and-verizon-wrong-on-unstoppable-threats.html http://www.itworld.com/article/2939255/windows/the-us-navys-warfare-systems-command-just-paid-millions-to-stay-on-windows-xp.html

Jun 30, 201551 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 120

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/did-fisma-facilitate-opm-hack-p-1879/op-1 http://www.csoonline.com/article/2936723/data-breach/user-error-is-an-expected-business-problem.html http://www.databreachtoday.com/blogs/post-malware-outbreak-rip-replace-p-1877 http://www.csoonline.com/article/2936615/data-breach/6-breaches-lessons-reminders-and-potential-ways-to-prevent-them.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/baseball/st-louis-cardinals-hack-astros-fbi.html

Jun 23, 201553 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 119

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/28/cottage_healthcare_system_sued/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/report-hack-of-government-employee-records-discovered-by-product-demo/ What I know about US Export Controls and Hacking Tools byu/4d004anonymous innetsec http://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/faqs http://www.wired.com/2015/06/kaspersky-finds-new-nation-state-attack-network/

Jun 15, 201552 min