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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 239

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/92484/data-breach/imperva-data-breach-2.html https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/the-count-of-managed-service-providers-getting-hit-with-ransomware-mounts/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/city-of-johannesburg-held-for-ransom-by-hacker-gang/

Nov 06, 201931 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 235

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

Apr 15, 201926 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 234

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-wipe-us-servers-of-email-provider-vfemail/ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-state-sponsored-hackers-are-fastest-crowdstrike https://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/

Mar 04, 201941 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 233

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/...

Feb 12, 201949 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 232

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...

Jan 22, 201943 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 231

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:...

Jan 15, 201949 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 230

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/

Dec 04, 201855 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 229

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-los...

Nov 27, 20181 hr 4 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 228

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.h...

Nov 13, 201847 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 227

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-advi...

Oct 30, 201858 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 226 redux

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/

Oct 08, 20181 hr 1 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 225

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

Sep 09, 201853 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 224

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/

Aug 31, 201844 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 223

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/personal-info-of-15m-singhealth-patients-including-pm-lee-stolen-in-singapores-most https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/labcorp-still-recovering-from-ransomware-attack-a-11235 https://www.securityweek.com/cyber-axis-evil-rewriting-cyber-kill-chain https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/prolific-hacking-group-steals-almost-1-million-from-russian-bank/#p3 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/us-charges-12-russian-intelligence-officers...

Jul 31, 201846 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 222

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3285982/data-protection/4-reasons-why-cisos-must-think-like-developers-to-build-cybersecurity-platforms.html https://www.csoonline.com/article/3287655/phishing/stop-training-your-employees-to-fall-for-phishing-attacks.html https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/cryptojacking-displaces-ransomware-as-top-malware-threat-a-11165 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Infrastructure/Incident_Reports/2018-06-28_Github

Jul 15, 201852 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 221

https://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/security-projects-cisos-should-consider-gartner.html https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/legal/data-breach-defendant-must-hand-computer-forensics-reports-court-1004133756 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/26/digitally_signed_malware/ https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/californias-new-privacy-law-its-almost-gdpr-in-us-a-11149 https://blog.erratasec.com/2018/06/lessons-from-npetya-one-year-later.html

Jul 03, 201843 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 220

https://www.wired.com/story/exactis-database-leak-340-million-records/ https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/06/19/opm-breach-fraud/ https://www.tenable.com/blog/should-you-still-prioritize-exploit-kit-vulnerabilities

Jun 28, 201840 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 219

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3276584/ransomware/what-does-a-ransomware-attack-cost-beware-the-hidden-expenses.html https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/mental-health-provider-pays-ransom-to-recover-data-a-11040 https://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/data-security/did-we-see-our-first-data-breach-of-the-gdpr-era.html

Jun 19, 201836 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 218

https://www.zdnet.com/article/wannacry-ransomware-crisis-one-year-on-are-we-ready-for-the-next-global-cyber-attack/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/enterprise-vulnerability-management-as-effective-as-random-chance/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/enterprise-codebases-plagued-by-open-source-vulnerabilities/ https://www.databreachtoday.com/nuance-communications-breach-affected-45000-patients-a-11002

May 28, 201852 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 217

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3262168/ransomware/customers-describe-the-impact-of-the-allscripts-ransomware-attack.html https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/atlanta-city-splurges-27m/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/04/insecure-rsa-conference-app-leaked-attendee-data/ https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-unnerving-supply-chain-attack-that-corrupted-ccleaner/

Apr 24, 201845 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 215

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/nj-ag-smacks-practice-hefty-fine-for-vendor-breach-a-10774 https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/panera-bread-data-leak-persisted-for-eight-months-a-10760 http://www.eweek.com/security/best-buy-delta-sears-hit-by-third-party-chat-widget-breach http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-hack-folo-20180328-story.html

Apr 13, 201852 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 214

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3265024/privacy/are-you-letting-gdpr-s-privacy-rules-trump-security.html http://www.zdnet.com/article/doj-indicts-iranian-hackers-for-stealing-data-from-144-us-universities/ https://www.databreachtoday.com/report-guccifer-20-unmasked-at-last-a-10737 https://www.databreachtoday.com/expedias-orbitz-suspects-880000-payment-cards-stolen-a-10729 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3266364/security/samsam-group-deletes-atlantas-contact-portal-after-the-address-goes-publ...

Mar 29, 201850 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 213

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/14/equifax-insider-trading-data-breach-jun-ying-charged https://gizmodo.com/us-power-company-fined-2-7-million-over-security-flaws-1823745994 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3262551/data-protection/are-your-employees-unwittingly-invalidating-your-cyber-liability-insurance.html https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/

Mar 21, 201842 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 212

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3258817/data-breach/sec-guidance-on-it-security-would-you-report-security-risks-before-a-breach.html http://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-selling-legitimate-code-signing-certificates-to-evade-malware-detection/ http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/39380423/equifax-expects-net-200-million-in-breach-related-costs-in-2018/ http://www.eweek.com/security/crowdstrike-reveals-time-to-breakout-as-key-cyber-security-metric https://www.securityweek.com/sophisticated-cyberspies-...

Mar 13, 20181 hr 8 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 211

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/destructive-malware-wreaks-havoc-at-pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics/ https://www.cyberscoop.com/atos-olympics-hack-olympic-destroyer-malware-peyongchang/ https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/attribution-games-dont-rush-to-blame-p-2594 http://www.zdnet.com/article/meltdown-spectre-flaws-weve-found-new-attack-variants-say-researchers/ https://news.iu.edu/stories/2018/02/iub/releases/13-paper-suggests-agency-to-prevent-cyberattacks.html

Feb 19, 201845 min

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 209

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3247653/data-protection/5-mistakes-ive-made-and-how-to-avoid-them.html https://www.csoonline.com/article/3244650/disaster-recovery/why-we-continue-to-fail-lessons-learned-from-the-atlanta-airport-fiasco.html https://www.wired.com/story/meltdown-and-spectre-patches-take-toll/

Jan 17, 20181 hr 11 min