Risky Business Podcast
July 11, 2014
Risky Business #329 -- BitCoins ARE money, Snowden seeks Russia stay
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There is no feature interview in this week's show. If you tuned in last week you would have heard HD Moore and I talking about a project called Invisible.im. Well, we launched a FAQ and the Internet liked it... the Internet *really* liked it... so I've spent much of the week working on invisible.im. There's some really cool stuff happening there that I can't really talk about yet, but I can say the project has picked up a lot of interest.
There's some very cool stuff happening and I'll be able to talk more about it soon.
So, in this week's show we're going to have a chat about the week's infosec news with Adam Boileau, then we'll have a really interesting talk with Chris Gatford, head honcho with this week's sponsor Hacklabs. We're chatting with Chris all about the case of the public transport Victoria website receiving a "free pentest" from a 16-year-old kid. He reported a bug, didn't hear anything back after a couple of days, then went to the press. The whole thing blew up and he wound up in a bunch of hot water with the police.
Anyway, the whole episode came to a conclusion this week. The kid had to sign a statement acknowledging that he'd committed a crime, but beyond that there was no further sanction.
"Unsolicited pentests" are a murky, murky area. Chris joins us to chat about this case and how we might move towards some sort of consensus on how things should actually happen in these situations.
Show notes
Judge Shoots Down 'Bitcoin Isn't Money' Argument in Silk Road Case | Threat Level | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2014/07/silkroad-bitcoin-isnt-money/
Snowden asks for extension on Russian asylum - CNET
http://www.cnet.com/au/news/snowden-asks-for-extension-on-russian-asylum/
US arrests Russian politician's son over hacking theft - Security - News - iTnews.com.au
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/389424,us-arrests-russian-politicians-son-...
In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-nsa-intercepted...
Latest Snowden Leaks: FBI Targeted Muslim-American Lawyers | Threat Level | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2014/07/snowden-leaks/
Researcher: I Was Suspended For Finding Flaws In FireEye Security Kit
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2014/07/09/researcher-i-was-s...
Google confronts more site certificate problems - CNET
http://www.cnet.com/au/news/google-confronts-more-site-certificate-probl...
Google blocks leaked Goldman Sachs email - Security - Software - News - iTnews.com.au
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/389105,google-blocks-leaked-goldman-sachs-...
Microsoft Settles With No-IP Over Malware Takedown | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
http://threatpost.com/microsoft-settles-with-no-ip-over-malware-takedown...
Chinese Hackers Pursue Key Data on U.S. Workers - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/world/asia/chinese-hackers-pursue-key-data-on-us-workers.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region\xaeion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=2
China cyberspies hit US national security think tanks - CNET
http://www.cnet.com/au/news/china-cyberspies-hit-us-national-security-th...
Android factory reset doesn't delete all data - CNET
http://www.cnet.com/au/news/android-factory-reset-doesnt-delete-all-data/
How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will | Business | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-google-maps/
Aussies dodge US mobile device flight bans - Security - News - iTnews.com.au
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/389388,aussies-dodge-us-mobile-device-flig...
Minister defends NZ's slow migration off XP - Security - Software - News - iTnews.com.au
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/389391,minister-defends-nzs-slow-migration...
Oracle ends Java support for Windows XP - Security - Software - News - iTnews.com.au
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/389378,oracle-ends-java-support-for-window...
Brute-Forcing Botnet Sniffs Out Lax POS Systems | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
http://threatpost.com/brute-forcing-botnet-sniffs-out-lax-pos-systems/10...
DHS Releases Hundreds of Documents on Wrong Project Aurora | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
http://threatpost.com/dhs-releases-hundreds-of-documents-on-wrong-aurora...
Android Exploited to Make, End Phone Calls; Send USSD Codes | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
http://threatpost.com/android-exploited-to-make-and-end-phone-calls-send...
Yahoo Fixes Trio of Bugs in Mail, Messenger, Flickr | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
http://threatpost.com/yahoo-fixes-trio-of-bugs-in-mail-messenger-flickr/...
July 2014 Adobe Flash Player patch | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
http://threatpost.com/adobe-patches-flash-vulnerability-exploited-by-ros...
Microsoft July 2014 Patch Tuesday fixes 29 IE Vulnerabilities | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
http://threatpost.com/microsoft-july-patch-tuesday-updates-patch-29-ie-v...
The Ex-Google Hacker Taking on the World's Spy Agencies | Threat Level | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2014/07/morgan-marquis-boire-first-look-media/
Just Another Security Blog: PTV; The police, and the aftermath.
http://blog.internot.info/2014/07/ptv-police-and-aftermath.html
Little band scene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_band_scene
Dogs in Space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_Space
