Risky Business Podcast
June 24, 2020
Risky Business #589 -- Why Microsoft's steep E5 license pricing is a national security risk
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On this week’s show Patrick and Adam discuss the week’s security news, including:
- Australia “under attack” - a wrap
- Microsoft releases more security protections for E5 customers
- US to introduce “anti encryption” bill
- Shady encrypted phone company owned by the cops
- NSA to offer filtered DNS services to defence industry
- MORE
This week’s sponsor is Kasada. They offer a service that eliminates synthetic/bot traffic from the web. Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is an investor and has joined Kasada’s board. Kasada’s CEO Pascal Podvin is this week’s sponsor guest.
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Show notes
One thing Microsoft could do to avert state-sponsored attacks - Risky Business
Australia blames a state actor for major disruptions. China is already denying it.
Microsoft's 'Safe Documents' feature reaches general availability in Office 365 | ZDNet
Microsoft releases first public preview of its Defender antivirus on Android | ZDNet
Encrypted Phone Network Says It's Shutting Down After Police Hack - VICE
‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments — Krebs on Security
The NSA is piloting a secure DNS service for the defense industrial base
Bolton book could cause 'irreparable damage' to US signals intelligence, NSA director says
Federal agencies recommend blocking Hong Kong-US undersea cable over national security concerns
North Korea's state hackers caught engaging in BEC scams | ZDNet
Zoom Reverses Course and Promises End-to-End Encryption for All Users | WIRED
AWS said it mitigated a 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever | ZDNet
Oracle’s BlueKai tracks you across the web. That data spilled online | TechCrunch
How spies used LinkedIn to hack European defense companies
Crooks abuse Google Analytics to conceal theft of payment card data | Ars Technica
To evade detection, hackers are requiring targets to complete CAPTCHAs | Ars Technica
Adobe wants users to uninstall Flash Player by the end of the year | ZDNet
New Zealand freezes $90 million connected to accused bitcoin launderer Alexander Vinnik
Warning: ‘Invisible God’ Hacker Sold Access To More Than 135 Companies In Just Three Years
FEMA IT Specialist Charged in ID Theft, Tax Refund Fraud Conspiracy — Krebs on Security
Chrome extensions with 33 million downloads slurped sensitive user data | Ars Technica
Microsoft: COVID-19 malware attacks were barely a blip in total malware volume | ZDNet
Russia unbans Telegram | ZDNet
Facebook sues websites that sold Instagram likes and scraped Facebook user data | ZDNet
Mozilla to launch VPN product 'in the next few weeks' | ZDNet
Hackers Compromise a Grey Market for Roblox Items - VICE
Security researcher earns $4k bug bounty after hacking into Starbucks database | The Daily Swig
FBI tracked Philly protester through Etsy, LinkedIn to charge her with torching police cars
Samsung Blu-ray players are rebooting in a loop and nobody knows why | ZDNet
Maersk, me & notPetya - gvnshtn
Twitter says some business users had their private data exposed | TechCrunch