Take 1 Security Podcast: Episode 10

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* There was another SQL Injection bug found in SEO by Yoast

* It required admins to click a malicious link
* Was patched quickly
* It’s the plugins that make WordPress vulnerable

* Attackers are targeting gamers for ransomware

* Virlock is one version of ransomware that not only locks the screen, but infects files
* It’s also polymorphic, so it changes itself every time it runs
* TeslaCrypt goes after gamers, which seems super smart because they are often addicted

* The Hello Barbie doll is recording kids voices and sending the recordings over the Internet for voice recognition

* I get asked a lot about what to do about this kind of stuff
* Start by making a list of everything that can record voice or audio in your home, and determine what kind of controls you have on them
* Assume the worst, even though it’s probably not that bad

* US industrial systems attacked 245 times between October 2013 and September 2014

* Most attacks were against Critical Manufacturing and Energy
* Biggest vectors were spear phishing and port scanning

* CloudFlare aims to defeat DDoS with Virtual DNS

* They want to proxy DNS before it hits customer name server

* The CIA supposedly tried to hack Apple hardware

* The article has come under extreme scrutiny

* Going to be on the Security Weekly podcast with Pau
* Hillary Clinton’s email account dram
* OpenSSL is getting an audit

* Bout time

* Wikimedia is suing the NSA over surveillance
* Spoofing the boss is the best way to phish someone, evidently
* Had a great time at CactusCon in Phoenix

* Did a talk with Jason and saw Dave’s keynote
* Dave’s keynote was about struggling with the basics, not APT
* He asked when a major breach was NOT a dumb mistake

* Someone’s looking to make a Snowden Phone
* Looks like I’ll be on the Security Weekly podcast with Paul

* Going to talk about IoT security and my our OWASP project

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