Firefox 31, Tails 0day, and iOS Backdoor
Are you curious about the latest network breaches, dangerous new zero day exploits, or breaking security research, but too busy to find all this information on your own? No worries. We summarize the most important security news for you in our weekly security video every Friday.
In this week’s episode, you’ll learn how the latest Firefox update makes it harder to download malware, why you can’t rely on some anonymizers, and whether or not you should worry about the rumored backdoor in iOS. Check out the video for the full scoop, and don’t forget to peruse the extra stories in the Reference section below.
(Episode Runtime: 7:51)
Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1wsjzjC4Q
Episode References:
- Researcher claims iOS has a backdoor – Ars Technica
- iOS Backdoors presentation [PDF] – Zdziarski.com
- Vulnerabilities found in Tails OS – Exodus Intel
- Firefox 31 fixes 11 security issues, 3 critical – Mozilla
- Firefox to check signatures for downloads – IT Portal
Extras:
- Researchers Rickrolls Chromecast with a Rickmote – Business Insider
- Wallstreet Journal database breach via SQLi attack – Computer World
- How the WSJ and others got hacked – Forbes
- Retefe trojan hijacks phones and computers to invade Swiss bank accounts – The Register
- 15-yr-old Austrian arrested for hacking 259 orgs in 90 days – ZDNet
- EFF releases open source router (OWM) to let others anonymize through you – ZDNet
- A counterpoint to Microsoft’s “use weak passwords” argument – PC World
- Many WordPress blog hijacks due to Mailpoet – Ars Technica
- Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller creat $150 car IPS systems – Business Insider
- Crappy cyber scammers already exploiting MH17 tragedy – Red Orbit
- Sony gives more free games for breach settlement – Engadget
- European Central Bank site breach results in data leak – Silicon Republic
- US-CERT warns of a Huawei wireless router XSS – US-CERT
- Nigerian 419 criminals moving from scams to malware – The Register
- How attackers use Amazon EC2 for bitcoin mining (upcoming Blachhat talk) – Wired
- Search engines expose hackers passwords – The Verge