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Is Your Software USDA Approved?

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May 11, 2024

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The US Government Is Asking Big Tech to Promise Better Cybersecurity

Released:

May 11, 2024

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Enterprise security topics are discussed through the lens of current events, which catapult us into a discussion about hacking methods, security measures, and outcomes. Your hosts are Carl Franklin, Patrick Hynds, and Duane LaFlotte

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Not a good week for Microsoft: Several attacks against Microsoft properties this week. They can't catch a break! by Security This Week
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From Russia, with Love: Looks like Russia is hacking Ukraine. Who knew? by Security This Week
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Living in a Zero-Trust World: A US government mandate requires authentication systems to start adopting zero-trust policies. Are you ready? by Security This Week
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It's the Little Things: Our pilot episode, in which we lay the groundwork for what to expect from this podcast. by Security This Week
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Rowhammer Time!: What happens when the digital world collides with the physical world? by Security This Week
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Watch out for the Dirty Pipe!: As the kinetic war (and cyberwar) between Ukraine and Russia marches on, a new Linux exploit wreaks havoc on all Linux (and therefore Android) systems. Patch it! by Security This Week
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Cash for Hacks: Disgruntled employee participates in a ransomware attack against their own company! Also, what's a public/private key pair? by Security This Week
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Introducing Security This Week: Our pilot episode, in which we lay the groundwork for what to expect from this podcast. by Security This Week
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VPNs and Cruise Missiles: Carl and Patrick (no Duane this week) talk about the Colonial Pipeline ransomware hack, and Pat's thoughts on how to shut down ransomware. by Security This Week
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This Week in Ransomware: Phishing is when a bad actor sends you an email that looks like it came from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, or some other legit company that you probably use. They give you a link to click on for some reason, and with a single click, your entire hard... by Security This Week
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The Internet is Burning!: No, really. You NEED to listen to this episode before you do anything else. by Security This Week
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Redemption: Microsoft and Apple go on a Patch Rampage! by Security This Week
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We were just trying to help by Security This Week
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The Pyramid of Threats: Patrick talks about the Pyramid of Threats, a mental model to categorize threats according to their popularity (biggest at the base). The higher you go up the pyramid, the harder it is to defend yourself against the threats. by Security This Week
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Not Really the Last Pass: Enable 2 Factor Authentication on your LastPass account! by Security This Week
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More Log4j Stuff: We think we'll be talking about Log4j for a long time. by Security This Week
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Don't look a grift horse in the mouth!: If you have an Android phone and get apps from the Google Play store, you might have been robbed. by Security This Week
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Trick or Treat!: This week there have been some tricks, but you'll get a treat at the end! by Security This Week
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Hackers Get Involved!: As Russia wages war on Ukraine, we see stories emerging of hacking groups on both sides joining the cyberwar. by Security This Week
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OK, Facebook!: One good thing about last week's Facebook outage is that our kids now know what DNS is. by Security This Week
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Skim This!: Nefarious individuals can steal your credit card right underneath your nose! by Security This Week
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Macros Shmacros!: This week, Microsoft got around to disabling Internet macros in Office apps by default. Brilliant! by Security This Week
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Beware Sharp Edges!: Ransomware is the overwhelming theme for this show. As for the sharp edges, you'll have to listen to get that reference. by Security This Week
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Pull up your Breaches!: You will be a breach victim sooner or later. If you don't take measures to mitigate risk, and you get breached, you could be sued. by Security This Week
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Google says Oops!: Last week, Google sent a security patch to 3.2 billion users of Chrome by Security This Week
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Hoisted by their own Petard: Last week cyberspies infected themselves with their own malware by Security This Week
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Russia and Facebook Cancel Each Other: Facebook blocked Russia right after Russia blocked Facebook by Security This Week
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The Neverending Side Story: The three amigos can't seem to stop going on tangents when discussing ransomware and other hacks. by Security This Week
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What if you lost your phone?: Prepare for the prospect that someday your phone may be lost or stolen. by Security This Week
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Happy Christmahaunukwanzadan!: More Log4j developments, more career advice for criminals, and more reasons to not click on email links. by Security This Week
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Microsoft AI. Secure?: Hear about what Carl learned about AI Security while at Microsoft Build in Seattle last week. by Security This Week
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WiFi Hacked Again!: New WiFi Flaw Leaves All Devices Vulnerable to ‘SSID Confusion’ Attacks by Security This Week
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Is DropBox Done?: An SEC security breach filing has us wondering! by Security This Week
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AI Attacks!: GPT-4 Can Exploit Most Vulns Just by Reading Threat Advisories by Security This Week
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The Last Pass for LastPass?: Hackers targeted LastPass employee in failed deep fake CEO call. by Security This Week
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Hey Microsoft, is your House Clean?: Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in security lapse by Security This Week
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State Hackers Blow up Red Hat Linux from the Inside!: Red Hat warns of backdoor in XZ tools used by most Linux distros by Security This Week
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Dyslexic Vampire Sends Rouge iMessages!: New Darcula phishing service targets iPhone users via iMessage by Security This Week
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They can hear what you're typing!: New acoustic attack determines keystrokes from typing patterns by Security This Week
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TikTok. Time's a Wastin!: House passes bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don't sell the popular app. by Security This Week
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Repo Man Confused. Film at 11.: Over 100,000 Infected Repos Found on GitHub! by Security This Week
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Is C# Dead?: White House urges devs to switch to memory-safe programming languages by Security This Week
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Is Your AI Writing Rubber Checks?: Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot by Security This Week
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Hey Canada, Where's My Car?: Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts by Security This Week
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Spoutible Exposes Sensitive User Data!: At least the API was thorough! by Security This Week
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The Mother of All Breaches!: Mother of all breaches reveals 26 billion records! by Security This Week
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Is Bitcoin no longer anonymous?: How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity by Security This Week
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Kerberos Bug Fixed! Film at 11!: Microsoft fixes critical flaws in Windows Kerberos, Hyper-V by Security This Week
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PornHub Complaining Again: PornHub blocks North Carolina, Montana over new age verification laws by Security This Week
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Ultimate Job Interview Fail!: Blockchain dev's wallet emptied in "job interview" using npm package by Security This Week
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Yes, Virginia, They ARE Listening to You: Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads by Security This Week
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WordPress... WTF!: 50K WordPress sites exposed to RCE attacks by critical bug in backup plugin by Security This Week
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Got LogoFAIL? You're Screwed!: LogoFAIL exploit bypasses hardware and software security measures and is nearly impossible to detect or remove by Security This Week
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Is Your iPhone Exploiting You?: Last week there was a scare about the NameDrop feature in iOS 17. What's the real story? by Security This Week
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What's wrong with Password123?: The guys check out a list of the top 200 most common passwords used all over the world. by Security This Week
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Apparently Crime Pays!: Fraudsters make $50,000 a day by spoofing crypto researchers by Security This Week
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OpenAI Goes Down. Film at 11: OpenAI confirms DDoS attacks behind ongoing ChatGPT outages by Security This Week
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Who's That Knocking at Your Windows?: Researchers Find 34 Windows Drivers Vulnerable to Full Device Takeover by Security This Week
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Revenge of the Windows Phone!: Windows Phone gets revenge on YouTube from the grave by helping users bypass its ad-blocker-blocker by Security This Week
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Elmer Fudd Shoots Linux!: 'Looney Tunables' Bug Opens Millions of Linux Systems to Root Takeover by Security This Week
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