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Unsupervised Learning: No. 195

Unsupervised Learning: No. 195

FromUnsupervised Learning


Unsupervised Learning: No. 195

FromUnsupervised Learning

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Sep 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Here's the new MITRE 2019 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors. Memory corruption bugs are huge right now. MoreThere's a ton of recent DDoS activity that's leveraging IoT devices for UDP amplification attacks. Specifically, the WS-Discovery service (WSD) is being used because the response to request ratio is so large (from 43% to 15,000%). MoreThere's a lot of chatter out there about Snowden due to his new book coming out, the NSA suing to keep him from making money off of it, him saying he'd like to come home, and him reiterating that he was just trying to do the right thing. Oh, and him saying he's never cooperated with the Russians. This whole situation makes me cautious of anyone with a singular and strong opinion about this, including myself. In 2016 I wrote a short piece about my opinion, and I am pretty much still in the same place with it. In short, if you think he's a hero you're probably wrong, and if you think he's a traitor you're probably wrong. He seems to be some combination of these two things, and from day to day, article to article, and book to book, I simply can't tell how much of which. BookSupport the show: https://danielmiessler.com/support/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sep 23, 2019
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Thinking about the intersection of security, technology, and society—and what might be coming next. Every Monday morning you get a curated 15-30 minute summary of the week's most important stories and why they matter. Plus regular essays and interviews that explore a single topic.