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Adobe Data Breach – WSWiR Episode 79

October 4, 2013 By Corey Nachreiner

IE Exploit, Silk Road Ruined, and NSA Tor Hacks

Better late than never.

This week’s regular Friday InfoSec video includes the latest on the Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability, a warning to Adobe customers about a data breach, news of a popular Tor site takedown, and the latest NSA and Snowden leak. Watch the video below for details, and check out the Reference section for links to more interesting news.

Have a great weekend!

(Episode Runtime: 8:54)

Direct YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtPtQU76-ak

Episode References:

  • Software Updates
    • Get ready for Microsoft Patch Day – WGSC
    • Adobe to release Reader update – Adobe
    • Latest Chrome update fixes 50 flaws – Chrome Releases
  • Many attackers exploiting IE 0day – The Register
  • Rapid 7 release IE 0day Metasploit exploit – Rapid 7
  • Adobe warns of their major network breach; 2.9mil records stolen – Adobe
  • Authorities takedown the Silk Road marketplace – Vice
  • How the FBI found the “Dread Pirate Roberts” – Daily Dot
  • Proxy.sh sniffs clear text customer traffic – Torrent Freak
  • How NSA hacks Tor users – The Guardian
  • NSA slides about Tor hacking – The Guardian
  • Schneier’s OpEd on NSA attacks to Internet security – The Guardian
  • Glenn Greenwald does Reddit AMA – Reddit

Extras:

  • 100Gb DDoS relies only on botnets, not recursion attacks – eWeek
  • 16yr old arrested for SpamHaus DDoS – The Hacker News
  • Watch out for malicious Twitter DMs – CNET
  • Symantec sinkholes part of ZeroAccess botnet – CSO Online
  • Imprisoned ex-QWEST CEO feels validated by Snowden leaks  – Washington Post
  • NSA did try to claim Lavabit’s private keys – Wired

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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Filed Under: Security Bytes Tagged With: Adobe, Hacking, Infosec news, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, NSA, proxy.sh, Reader, Silk Road, Snowden, Software vulnerabilities, Tor, trust, Updates and patches, VPN, Zero day exploit

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