Jailed Hackers, ICS Honeypots, and Krebs SWATing
Currently, I’m attending a security expo in Helsinki, Finland, so I had to produce this week’s episode quickly, while on the road. Nonetheless, it’s still been a busy security week so far, and there’s a lot of InfoSec news to cover
Today’s episode includes two unrelated stories that share a cyber-law theme, some interesting research about an ICS/SCADA honeypot that attracted a lot of attention from nation-state cyber attackers, and a story about a popular security journalist being targeted by a SWAT attack. Watch the video below for the full scoop, and check out the Reference section below if you’d like more details (and links to some extra InfoSec stories I didn’t have time to cover).
(Episode Runtime: 9:46)
Direct YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvv-KgcsI0w
Episode References:
- Weev sentenced to 41 months in prison for AT&T/iPad hack – The Register
- Greyhat “researcher” illegally infects victims for research project (carna) – The Register
- Kreb’s blog post on his SWAT attack – Krebs on Security
- Trend Micro’s ICS/SCADA honeypot research – Trend Micro
- High-profile Microsoft employee Xbox Live accounts hijacked – The Verge
- Vulnerability in EA’s Origin service can allow attackers to install malware – Threat Post
- Extras:
- Another iOS lock screen flaw, despite the recent fix – Mac Rumors
- Ignorant U.S. Congress man believes in extreme strikeback – Techdirt
- NATO report is ok with killing certain hackers – Gizmodo
- Cisco IOS device password encryption weakness – WGSC
- Hacks against South Korean broadcast and bank sites – ReadWrite.com
- Adware “trojan” affects OS X (some say it’s only badware) – CRN
- Breaking News: Apple’s password reset mechanism suffers a major flaw – The Next Web