This week's show is a bit shorter than usual. We've got a discussion of the week's news then a great chat with Brian Contos, the VP and CISO of Blue Coat Systems Advanced Threat Protection Group.
It's this week's sponsor interview and we'll be chatting about whether or not cyber warfare is really asymmetrical. It's the accepted wisdom that it is, but I gotta say, when we look at who's using it -- the US and Israel against Iran and Syria, Russia versus Estonia -- it looks to me like it's something used by the big guys to smash the little guys. Brian disagrees, so it's a nice lively discussion and it's coming up after the news.
Show notes
You can find that episode here.
Stolen Opera Code-Signing Certificate Used to Sign Malware | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/opera-code-signing-certificate-stolen-malware-sign...
Google Adds Feature to Keep Malware Out of Chrome Web Store | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/google-fortifies-chromes-web-store-vetting-process/
Researcher Hijacks Facebook Accounts Via Mobile | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/sms-account-hijack-exploit-fixed-by-facebook/
Facebook bug exposed contact info of 6M users | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57590528-83/facebook-bug-exposed-contac...
Senate urged to pass data breach notification law - Risk - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/347895,senate-urged-to-pass-data-breac...
Australian AG scraps ISP data retention plans | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57590675-83/australian-ag-scraps-isp-da...
Hackers reportedly release data on U.S. troops in Korea | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57591048-83/hackers-reportedly-release-...
Mobile malware grows by 614 percent in last year | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57591042-83/mobile-malware-grows-by-614...
LG Android Backup Software Vulnerable to Root Exploit | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/pre-installed-backup-software-on-lg-android-phones...
Researchers Uncover PinkStats APT Toolkit | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/researchers-uncover-pinkstats-apt-toolkit/
WikiLeaks Volunteer Was a Paid Informant for the FBI | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/wikileaks-mole/
14 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Firefox 22 | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/14-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-firefox-22/
WordPress Update 3.5.2 Patches Seven Vulnerabilities | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/latest-wordpress-update-patches-seven-vulnerabilit...
NSA collected Americans' email records in bulk for two years under Obama | World news | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/27/nsa-data-mining-authorised-o...
U.K. Spy Agency Secretly Taps Over 200 Fiber-Optic Cables, Shares Data With the NSA | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/gchq-tapped-200-cables/
Student group files complaint against U.S. firms over NSA data snooping | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57591122-83/student-group-files-complai...
Whistle-blower update: Snowden lands in Moscow; WikiLeaker's Gmail searched | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57590599-83/whistle-blower-update-snowd...
NSA Surveillance Leaks Prompt Legislation | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/nsa-spy-legislation/
Feds charge Snowden with espionage | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57590549-83/feds-charge-snowden-with-es...
Handling of Encryption, Tor Exposed in Leaked NSA Documents | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/new-nsa-leak-sheds-light-on-encrypted-data-retention/
Udall: NSA states "significant" errors about privacy protections - The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_23530383/udall-nsa-states-significant-error...
Putin says Snowden is not technically in Russia
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/06/25/snowden-russia-china...
you am i - rumble [audio only] - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1wp2D5DM_s
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