Risky Business #417 -- PlayPen ruling to let FBI off leash?

Risky Business Podcast

July 08, 2016

Risky Business #417 -- PlayPen ruling to let FBI off leash?

Presented by

Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

In this week's feature interview we're chatting with Stanford's very own Jennifer Granick about a recent ruling in a Virginia court that appears to give the FBI permission to hack into any computer it wants, sans warrant. Well that's what the headlines are screaming, anyway. But as you'll hear, it's not quite that black and white.

This week's edition of the show is brought to you by Senetas, big thanks to them. We'll of course be hearing from Senetas founder and CTO Julian Fay later on in this week's sponsor segment. He's joining us to talk about the latest guidance from NIST with regard to moving towards quantum resistant encryption. You've heard Julian and I discuss why NIST thinks the industry should do this, now we're going to talk about the how.

Adam Boileau, as usual, joins us to discuss the week's security news headlines.

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Show notes

FBI - Statement by FBI Director James B. Comey on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton's Use of a Personal E-Mail System
https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/statement-by-fbi-direct...

Infidelity website Ashley Madison facing FTC probe, CEO apologizes | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ashleymadison-cyber-idUSKCN0ZL09J

Chelsea Manning 'rushed to hospital after trying to take own life' | Americas | News | The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chelsea-manning-rushed-...

Sorry Privacy Lovers, The Blackphone Is Flirting With Failure - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/07/06/silent-circle-blac...

Researchers Sue the Government Over Computer Hacking Law | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/2016/06/researchers-sue-government-computer-hackin...

Over 100 Snooping Tor Nodes Have Been Spying on Dark Web Sites | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/over-100-snooping-tor-nodes-have-been-s...

These Maps Show What the Dark Web Looks Like | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/these-maps-show-what-the-dark-web-looks...

After hiatus, in-the-wild Mac backdoors are suddenly back | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/07/after-hiatus-in-the-wild-mac-bac...

How a Hacker Is Gaming the Media to Extort His Victims | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-a-hacker-is-gaming-the-media-to-ext...

Scope of ThinkPwn UEFI Zero Day Expands | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/scope-of-thinkpwn-uefi-zero-day-expands/119027/

HummingBad Android Malware Connected to YiSpecter iOS Attacks | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/chinese-ad-firm-raking-in-300k-a-month-through-ad...

Android's full-disk encryption just got much weaker-here's why | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/07/androids-full-disk-encryption-ju...

Most Post-Intrusion Cyber Attacks Involve Everyday Admin Tools | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/most-post-intrusion-cyber-attacks-involve-everyda...

SSD Advisory - Wget Arbitrary Commands Execution - SecuriTeam Blogs
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/2701

DOJ Deploys Highly-Questionable Legal Arguments In Attempt To Save FBI's Hacking Warrants | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160503/17463334339/doj-deploys-highl...