Month: April 2013

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 16

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In this episode, another Java 0day, Symantec’s Q1 2013 0day roundup, the Akamai State of the Internet report, the Verizon 2013 DBIR, AP’s twitter feed hack, and cyber terrorists.

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http://www.scmagazine.com/livingsocial-updates-encryption-practices-after-password-breach-affects-50m/article/291042/

Q1 0day vulnerabilities: http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/2013-first-quarter-zero-day-vulnerabilities

http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/

http://www.verizonenterprise.com/resources/reports/rp_data-breach-investigations-report-2013_en_xg.pdf

http://akamai.infoworld.com/d/security/5-hot-security-defenses-dont-deliver-217045

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2036261/ap-twitter-hack-prompts-fresh-look-at-cybersecurity-needs.html

http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/associated-press-twitter-account-hack-hits-us-stock-prices-6015.html

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2263460/cyber-terrorists-are-only-a-matter-of-time-warns-eugene-kaspersky

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 15

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This week: Twitter account hacks highlight opportunity for exploitation by attackers, Microsoft and Malwarebytes both release bad patches, Oracle releases a Java patch which fixes 42 security bugs, Oracle announces that Java 8 is delayed due to the focus on Java 7, a new botnet is being created by compromising WordPress installations for some unknown purpose, Linode was compromised in an attack targeted at some Linode customers, Microsoft finds a trojan that cleans up after itself in the next wave of anti-forensics, the Boston marathon bombing and West, Texas explosions see many phishing scams leading to malware installations, spam is down, targeted attacks via email are up, Microsoft released it’s second half 2012 Security Intelligence Report with some odd mixes of data, Microsoft releases EMET 4.0 beta, and a former employee has been charged with planting back doors on 2723 Hostgator servers.

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60 minutes, 48 hours, NPR, BBC twitter accounts recently hacked.

MS and Malwarebytes released bad updates

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/04/java-update-plugs-42-security-holes/

http://mreinhold.org/blog/secure-the-train

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/04/brute-force-attacks-build-wordpress-botnet/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/16/linode_breach/

http://m.darkreading.com/133696/show/b7639d290f6c32534f633e85cfe6ac04/

Boston bombing used to spread malware in multiple ways
http://feeds.trendmicro.com/~r/Anti-MalwareBlog/~3/Z6nE3UFETb0/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57579847-83/targeted-cyberattacks-jump-42-percent-in-2012-symantec-says/

SIR: http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/0/F/E0F59BE7-E553-4888-9220-1C79CBD14B4F/Microsoft_Security_Intelligence_Report_Volume_14_Key_Findings_Summary_English.pdf

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/04/18/introducing-emet-v4-beta.aspx

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/04/former-employee-arrested-charged-with-rooting-2700-hostgator-servers/

 

 

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 14

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I’ll be picking someone to give an e-copy of @Taosecurity’s new book “The Practice of Network Security” who sends me an email with feedback on the show.
Encrypt your drives, eve. If you don’t think the computer will leave the office: http://feedly.com/k/ZM172z

Spate of MS and Adobe patches fix numerous remote code execution and priv escalation bugs

SEC filings seem to disagree with the growing furor over cyber attacks: http://feedly.com/k/ZM1IRB

51 weeks of windows XP left

FireEye threat report: http://feedly.com/k/11mWyAn

2 ideas for better security: http://feedly.com/k/14VTn5V

A review of APT1 http://www.malware.lu/Pro/RAP002_APT1_Technical_backstage.1.0.pdf

http://packetstormsecurity.com/news/view/22398/Author-Of-The-SSH-Protocol-Wants-A-New-One.html

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/041013-shylock-bank-trojan-upgraded-with-268583.html?source=nww_rss

http://packetstormsecurity.com/news/view/22399/Porn-Sites-Pose-Growing-Malware-Risk.html

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/global-closes-breach-investigation-a-5684?rf=2013-04-15-eb&elq=593a933acd7a48d4b7e39bcc55f49e62&elqCampaignId=6440

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 13

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The Internet destroying ddos attack that wasn’t

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/missouri-court-rules-against-440000-cyberheist-victim/

http://hothardware.com/News/Huge-Spike-In-Mobile-Data-Traffic-Drives-IEEE-400-Gigabit-Ethernet-Standard/

http://adamcaudill.com/2013/04/04/security-done-wrong-leaky-ftp-server/

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/05/ransomware-child-buse/

http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/three-lessons-from-the-south-korea-mbr-wiper-attacks/