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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/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 64

Some advice from Bob, arrest made in the heartbleed attack on the Canadian Revenue Agency; Heartbleed used to bypass 2 factor controls,;Mandiant’s 2014 M-Trends report; The economics of security controls; 3 million credit cards stolen from Michaels and Aaron’s stores; Hardward company Lacie has a year long data breach.

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/16/mounties_get_their_man_canadian_heartbleed_hacker_nabbed

https://www.mandiant.com/blog/attackers-exploit-heartbleed-openssl-vulnerability-circumvent-multifactor-authentication-vpns/

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2340171/hackers-hit-harley-medical-group-in-customer-data-extortion-attempt

https://www.mandiant.com/blog/mtrends-2014-threat-report-revealed/

http://www.fireeye.com/blog/corporate/2014/04/the-economics-of-security.html

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/3-million-customer-credit-debit-cards-stolen-in-michaels-aaron-brothers-breaches/

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/hardware-giant-lacie-acknowledges-year-long-credit-card-breach/