On this week’s show we’re taking a look at the business dealings of John McAfee. Earlier today the NYSE announced the company that arranged to hire McAfee, MGT Capital, would be de-listed from the NYSE: MKT small cap exchange. This follows a class action investor lawsuit and the unearthing of a remuneration agreement between the company and McAfee that have lead some to suggest the whole company could be a pump and dump scam.
This comes hot on the heels of a release of a Showtime documentary that alleges McAfee’s involvement in two murders and the rape of a scientist working for him. We’ll hear from respected industry analyst Rich Mogull about MGT’s proposed product line while Georgetown Law’s Visiting Professor Russell Stevenson takes a look at MGT’s somewhat strange remuneration agreement with McAfee.
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Adam is away on his company retreat this week so I’ve actually asked Haroon to fill in for him in the news segment, too. It’s your double dose of Haroon Meer!
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Show notes
- Facebook Bug Bounty Program Pays Out $5 Million in 5 Years | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
- Hackers Hit U.S. Senate GOP Committee — Krebs on Security
- Attackers Hiding Stolen Credit Card Numbers in Images | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
- Adult FriendFinder Vulnerability Leaves Millions Exposed, Report Claims | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
- Search Warrant Targets Fingerprints to Crack Open iPhones | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
- Tor Project and Mozilla Making It Harder for Malware to Unmask Users | Motherboard
- Cocaine Bust Shows How Close the Dark Web and Street Crime Really Are | Motherboard
- Beware of all-powerful DDoS malware infecting cellular gateways, feds warn | Ars Technica
- Old SSH Vulnerability at Center of Credential-Stuffing Attacks | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
- Criminal Hackers Have Launched a ‘Turf War’ Over the Internet of Shit | Motherboard
- Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Pleads Guilty to Federal Felony in Leak Investigation | OPA | Department of Justice
- James Cartwright, Ex-General, Pleads Guilty in Leak Case - The New York Times
- Cybersecurity | Donald J Trump for President
- Kevin Beaumont on Twitter
- "Quick update on Trump corp email servers - all internet accessible, single factor auth, no MDM, Win2003, no security patching. https://t.co/nIMTa9UmdL"
- WikiLeaks Release Excludes Evidence of €2 Billion Transfer from Syria to Russia | The Daily Dot
- Trump Organization uses really, really insecure e-mail servers. Sad! | Ars Technica
- Joyce Karam on Twitter: "#Ecuador confirms it Cut Internet on #Assange to avoid interference in US elections. Statement via @robertcaruso https://t.co/0NmVuWfVE3"
