Risky Business Podcast
July 26, 2012
Risky Business #248 -- Being Big Brother on a budget
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I've been busy preparing my debate speech for tomorrow's Splendour in the Grass music festival, so this week's show is a shorter one than usual; there's no feature interview.
But we've got a fascinating sponsor interview with SensePost's Glenn Wilkinson coming up. He's a lead security analyst with SensePost in its London office. He and his colleague Daniel Cuthbert are doing a talk and tool release at 44con in September called Terrorism, Tracking, Privacy and Human Interactions.
They set about writing some really creepy Big Brother-style tools for doing massive surveillance by dropping a few wireless access points around London. And you know what? As it turns out it's really easy to be really creepy!
Show notes
Australia, Canada 'primary spy targets'
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/australia-canada-primary...
Nearly 5 Million People Have Government Security Clearances | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/security-clearances-increasing/
AAPT hacked by Anonymous - Security - Technology - News - CRN Australia
http://www.crn.com.au/News/309915,aapt-hacked-by-anonymous.aspx
Anonymous hackers cripple Aussie government websites | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/technology/anonymous-hackers-cripples-aussie-gove...
Par:AnoIA | Meanwhile in Australia
http://par-anoia.net/queensland/
Watching the crooks: Researcher monitors cyber-espionage ring | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57479682-83/watching-the-crooks-researc...
Microsoft implements BlueHat prize tech | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57479407-83/microsoft-implements-blueha...
Charlie Miller Takes on NFC, Charlie Miller Wins | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/charlie-miller-takes-nfc-charlie-mille...
Reverse-Engineered Irises Look So Real, They Fool Eye-Scanners | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/reverse-engineering-iris-scans/
Siemens Patches Stuxnet-Like SCADA Bugs | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/siemens-patches-stuxnet-scada-bugs-072...
Grum Botnet Briefly Revived, Now Dead Again | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/grum-botnet-briefly-revived-now-dead-a...
Black Hat: Phishing E-Mail Scare A False Alarm | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/black-hat-phishing-e-mail-scare-false-...
Termineter Security Framework for Smart Meters Released | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/termineter-security-framework-smart-me...
This Xbox HDMI cable has 'anti-virus protection' | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/this-xbox-hdmi-cable-has-anti-virus-protection-7000...
Skype makes chats and user data more available to police - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/skype-makes-chats-and-use...
McKinnon extradition decision date set for mid-October | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/mckinnon-extradition-decision-date-set-for-mid-octo...
Power Pwn: This DARPA-funded power strip will hack your network | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/power-pwn-this-darpa-funded-power-strip-will-hack-y...
Eight million passwords stolen from gaming site - Crypto - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/309627,eight-million-passwords-stolen-...
And why is Canada a target of spies? I don't quite see what is with Canada that makes them so. - Feed the Children Reviews
Following on from the uses of smart-phone wifi detection comes the interesting idea from GM - identify pedestrians before you see them in low-visibility situations.
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/07/29/1412252/gm-working-on-wi-fi-di...
Great show - high point of weeks technical listening
