We've got a pretty heavily spook-themed show for you this week. The feature interview is with New Zealand-based blogger and writer Keith Ng. He was trawling the Kim Dotcom affidavits in New Zealand and noticed that documents pertaining to the illegal GCSB surveillance on Mr. Dotcom had Five Eyes stamped all over them.
So, err, it looks like the surveillance apparatus established by five eyes to combat national security threats and terrorism was used indirectly by the NZ police force to spy on a guy over a copyright case. Interesting stuff.
And Senetas co-founder and CTO Julian Fay joins in this week's sponsor interview to a chat about the types of demands customers are making in the wake of Edward Snowden's leaks. Traffic analysis is king!
Adam Boileau, as usual, stops in to discuss the week's news headlines.
Show notes
These are the show notes for episode 294 of Risky Business
Tech Companies and Government May Soon Go to War Over Surveillance | Wired Opinion | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/08/stop-clumping-tech-companies-in-wit...
NSA seeks 'groundbreaking' spying powers, new leak reveals | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57600647-83/nsa-seeks-groundbreaking-sp...
Internet Giants Got Millions From Taxpayers to Cover PRISM Spying Costs | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/08/millions-paid-prism-compliance/
Facebook Gave 38K Users' Data to Governments in 6 Months | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/08/facebook-divulged-user-data/
US intercepted UN comms: report - Networks - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/354652,us-intercepted-un-comms-report....
School district hires company to follow kids' Facebook, Twitter | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57600251-83/school-district-hires-compa...
German government denies Windows 'back door' claims | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57599735-83/german-government-denies-wi...
Open Secret About Google's Surveillance Case No Longer Secret - Digits - WSJ
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/26/open-secret-about-googles-surveil...
My Dinner With NSA Director Keith Alexander - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennifergranick/2013/08/22/my-dinner-with-ge...
Melbourne IT compromise redirects NY Times, HuffPo readers - Networks - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/354935,melbourne-it-compromise-redirec...
Who Built the Syrian Electronic Army? - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/08/who-built-the-syrian-electronic-army/
China's Internet hit by DDoS attack; sites down for hours | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57600083-83/chinas-internet-hit-by-ddos...
Google Palestine domain hacked - Web/client - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/354811,google-palestine-domain-hacked....
LulzSec hacker Sabu's sentencing delayed - Hackers - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/354643,lulzsec-hacker-sabus-sentencing...
Hacker Pleads Guilty to Selling FBI Access to U.S. Supercomputers | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/08/hacker-super-computer-access/
Firefox Extension HTTP Nowhere Allows Users to Surf in Encrypted-Only Mode | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/firefox-extension-http-nowhere-allows-users-to-bro...
Arabic Text String Crashes iOS, Mac OS X | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/arabic-text-string-taking-down-apps-clients-browse...
Metasploit Module Adds Sudo Vulnerability for OS X | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/metasploit-module-adds-sudo-vulnerability-for-os-x...
Phone Hack Could Block Messages, Calls on GSM Networks | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/phone-hack-could-block-messages-calls-on-some-mobi...
New Mozilla Plug-N-Hack Tool Integrates Browsers and Security Tools | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/mozilla-plug-n-hack-integrates-browsers-and-securi...
Ransomware snares victims with NSA PRISM ruse - Applications - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/354787,ransomware-snares-victims-with-...
VMware Patches Root Privilege-Escalation Flaw | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/vmware-patches-root-privilege-escalation-flaw/102067
Remote Unauthenticated Bug Haunts Cisco ACS Server | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/remote-unauthenticated-bug-haunts-cisco-acs-server...
Opera 16 Fixes Bugs, Improves HTML5 Performance | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/opera-16-fixes-bugs-improves-html5-performance/102129
Another Java 6 Vulnerability Found in the Wild | Threatpost
http://threatpost.com/java-6-zero-day-a-reminder-to-upgrade-browser-plug...
OnPoint \u2022 Public Address
http://publicaddress.net/onpoint/
Midnight Oil - Dreamworld - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcKcjpSWmm0
That is one serious stuff right there. I guess that would be the thing we all are concerned of. - Adam LaFavre
