FBI Call Eavesdropping, Stolen Source Code, and Windows Patches
Phew! This was one busy week for security. There were at least four big breaches, many software security updates, and quite a few other security stories I didn’t have time to cover. Check out this week’s episode of WatchGuard Security Week in Review for the highlights.
If you’d rather read about these big security stories, see the Reference section below the video.
Finally, I’d love to hear from you. Let me know if there are stories I should have covered, if there are ways I can make these weekly highlights more useful, and also feel free to share this video and blog with your friends. (Video Runtime: 7:25)
Episode References:
- Anonymous intercepts confidential FBI call:
- Hacker group intercepts call – Business Week
- Actual call posted to youtube – YouTube
- Anonymous hacks Syrian President’s email – Yahoo News
- PC Anywhere Leaked to Public:
- Symantec extortion emails – PasteBin
- PC Anywhere posted on Pirate Bay – Gizmodo
- Swagg Security breaches Foxconn:
- Foxconn breached for laughs – News.co.nz
- SwaggSec Pastebin post – Pastebin
- Patches and Updates:
- Chrome security update – CNet
- February Microsoft Patch Day Announcement – WatchGuard Security Center
— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)
For the past two weeks I have been unable to view the Corey’s briefing on the attached video file. The first two episodes opened on You Tube just fine. The third and fourth gave “An error occurred. Please try again later” message. Episode 3 permited direct access or You Tube alternative that both ended in that error. The 4th episode only permitted direct access. Is there something that must be enabled through the firewall. The information is very good and it only takes a few moments to get up to speed. Thanks!
Ed,
Sorry for the late reply. I was extremely busy yesterday, and just saw this today.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It is possible that a proxy (or app control) setting can block the youtube video from showing up correctly. If that is the case, you should get a message in traffic monitor to help you out. That said, it is also possible that there is a issue with how I’m posting the video, and the WordPress plugin for youtube.
I am currently having a problem where the video doesn’t show up or work for me in Chrome, but it does in Firefox (that could be an issue with Flash crashing in Chrome though).
In any case, I will ask my web mistress to look at the post, and see if there is something wrong on our end.
Cheers, and thanks for watching.
Thanks for the article,
its really a big security story.
Thanks for the inromative article 🙂