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TV5Monde Pwned, White House Hack, and Snowden – WSWiR Episode 147

April 10, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Information security threats and attacks are evolving faster than IT generalists can keep up with. If you’re falling behind in your InfoSec news, and need a quick summary, this weekly video can help.

Topics from today’s episode include, more details on an old White House breach, cyber attackers blacking out a French broadcaster, and a funny yet enlightening Snowden interview. Press play to get informed.

(Episode Runtime: 10:38)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLbtqmNIGsQ

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Monday: John Oliver Interviews Snowden – Daily Security Byte EP.60
    • John Oliver interviews Edward Snowden on Last Week Tonight – YouTube
    • The Intercept comments on this John Oliver episode – The Intercept
    • A humorous site based on new context in Olivers interview (adult) – See Link
    • The Verge article referring to the site above – The Verge
  • Tuesday: Fake Government Sites – Daily Security Byte EP.61
    • FBI’s PSA advisory on fake government site scam – IC3.gov
    • FBI warns of fake government sites stealing your PII – Threat Post
  • Wednesday: White House Breach Unveiled – Daily Security Byte EP.62
    • CNN on how Russian hackers infiltrated the White House – CNN
    • White House attack allegedly did results in theft of sensitive data – CNET
    • USA today on White House Breach – USA Today
    • Article covering how the breach happened – Help Net Security
    • Original story on last years White House Breach – The Washington Post
  • Thursday: April Apple Patches – Daily Security Byte EP.63
    • Apple’s April Patch Day Summary
      • April OS X updates – Apple
      • April iOS (8.3) update – Apple
      • April Safari updates – Apple
      • April Apple TV updates – Apple
      • April Xcode updates – Apple
    • Latest OS X update fixes over 80 vulnerabilities – ThreatPost
    • iOS update fixes Phantom flaw – ThreatPost
    • Researcher shares details about OS X root privilege flaw – TrueSecDev
  • Friday: Hackers Pwn TV – Daily Security Byte EP.64
    • Alleged ISIS hackers attack TV5Monde – The Guardian
    • TV5Monde taken off the air due to cyber attack – ZDNet
    • French network blames ISIS for cyber attack – Ars Technica
    • TV5Monde expose passwords on a TV broadcast – Ars Technica

EXTRAS:

  • How much Infosec truth is in TV? – Engadget
  • How stolen data travels through the underground – Help Net Security
  • Vulnerability in Dell software gets it marked as malware – Ars Technica
  • Bad cyber security legislation could affect InfoSec research – Dark Reading
  • Great article on “sinkholing” and its risks – Dark Reading
  • Criminals use fake Steam pages to deliver malware – Kotaku
  • A Firefox security feature exposed a new vulnerability –  Help Net Security
  • Many web servers still vulnerable to Heartbleed – Business Insider
  • Latest VMware update fixes old Java flaws – Security Week
  • CAPTCHAs get more complex – Phys.org
  • SMiShers and vishers targeting BECU customers – BECU.org
  • A survey suggests attacks are getting more destructive – NBC News
  • New IoT devices don’t focus on security (prediction confirmed) – Network World
  • Persistent XSS flaw in WP  Super Cache plugin affects over 1M – Ars Technica
  • Security researchers are the immune system of the digital age – Scientific America
  • Article on the FBI’s malware – Gizmodo
  • FBI warns that ISIL is exploiting WordPress flaws – IT Pro
  • An article arguing that CSI: Cyber helps recruit new security pros – Cyber Defense Review
  • Police chief explains why he paid cyber ransom – Ars Technica
  • Watering hole attacks target specific users (Drive-bu-login) – High Tech Bridge
  • Google ads succumbs to some malvertisers – Network World
  • Story on a Russian Hacktivist group against Putin – The Guardian
  • No NSA Congressional oversight because they lack clearance – The Intercept
  • AlienSpy delivers Citadel (just another downloader) – Threat Post
  • Android scareware leverages fear of malicious installers – Help Net Security
  • Websense’s 2015 threat report is sobering – Websense
  • US government says yes to HTTPS only – EFF
  • Beebone malware morphed 19x a day – BBC
  • Details on Beebone botnet takedown – Help Net Security
  • Apple actually talks about removing Adware from Macs – Apple
  • No surprise; people still don’t read EULAs – F-Secure
  • InfoSec Europe’s annual threat survey results – InfoSec Europe
  • AT&T to pay $25M fine after employee steals 300K SSNs – The Next Web
  • More frequent flier accounts hacked (Lufthansa) – Reuters
  • DARPA unveils tech to search for crime on the “Dark Web” – Forbes

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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