Risky Business #246 -- Here lies password authentication. RIP.

1961-2012. Dead at 51...
July 13, 2012 -- 

On this week's edition of the show we catch up with Mark Dowd of Azimuth security for a bit of a chat about Apple's upcoming iOS 6 operating system and its security features. We also wind up chatting about Apple's approach to OS security in general and the whole signed code appstore thing, it's fun stuff!

This week's show is brought to you by Tenable Network Security -- the most long term and loyal supporter of this podcast.

Tenable founder and CEO Ron Gula joins us later on in the show to chat about the media hype surrounding DNSChanger and Flame, as well as talking about some really, really rudimentary approaches to picking up stuff your AV may have missed. That's this week's sponsor interview.

In this week's news segment, Insomnia Security's Adam Boileau joins the program to discuss the following stories:

Govt defends need to snoop on online and phone records | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/technology/govt-defends-need-to-keep-internet-dat...

1.3M Cellphone Snooping Requests Yearly? It's Time for Privacy and Transparency Laws | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/mobile-data-transparency/

AusCERT loses passwords to Govt service - Web/client - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/307954,auscert-loses-passwords-to-govt...

Gone in 3 Minutes: Keyless BMWs a Boon to Hacker Thieves | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/keyless-bmw-gone/

Android forum site hacked; data swiped on 1 million users | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57471297-83/android-forum-site-hacked-d...

Top domains and passwords compromised by Yahoo breach | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57471299-83/top-domains-and-passwords-c...

Formspring disables user passwords in security breach | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57469944-83/formspring-disables-user-pa...

Apple Receives NFC Patent, But Takes It Slow with Mobile Payments | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/apple-receives-nfc-patent-taking-it-sl...

Anonymous Group Says It Gave Syrian E-mails to WikiLeaks | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/anonymous-syrian-emails/

WikiLeaks Wins Icelandic Court Battle Against Visa for Blocking Donations | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/wikileaks-visa-blockade/

Instagram Patches “Friendship Vulnerability” Privacy Hole | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/instagram-patches-friendship-vulnerabi...

Google Adds Full Flash Sandbox to Chrome 21 | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/google-adds-full-flash-sandbox-chrome-...

Google Patches Three High-Priority Flaws in Chrome 20 | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/google-patches-three-high-priority-fla...

Microsoft Revokes Trust in 28 of Its Own Certificates | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/microsoft-revokes-trust-28-its-own-cer...

NSA Chief Says Today's Cyber Attacks Amount to 'Greatest Transfer of Wealth in History' | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/nsa-chief-says-todays-cyber-attacks-am...

Deep Packet Inspection Firm Cyberoam Issues Fix Following Private Key Leak | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/deep-packet-inspection-firm-cyberoam-i...

Hackers can break into your Cisco TelePresence sessions | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/hackers-can-break-into-your-cisco-telepresence-sess...

Data-breach laws are coming: OAIC assistant | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/data-breach-laws-are-coming-oaic-assistant-7000000761/

Stratfor Class Action Settlement Email
http://cryptome.org/2012/07/sterling-stratfor-email.htm

Comments

Patrick Gray's picture

Yeah I've been splitting them out into separate notes pages for the last two weeks!

You're right, it's better that way...

obd2's picture

It's great to have the source of your reports, but could not you put them on a separate page show scores They are not half as much fun to read as listening to you and Adam discuss, and learn the stories gate in advance!

Anonymous123's picture

I just discovered this blog. Awesome show! I'll be back for more!

pleriche's picture

Hey Patrick, it's great to have the sources of your news stories, but couldn't you put them on a separate show notes page? They're not half as much fun to read as listening to you and Adam discussing them, and it spoils it knowing the stories in advance!

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