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US & Japan Gov. Hacked – WSWiR Episode 155

June 7, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

A few years ago we’d be surprised to learn about a public data breach once a month. However, nowadays two nation states can suffer major hacks in the same week. If you have trouble keeping up with the weekly security news yourself, let our vlog help you with a short recap.

This week’s episodes shares two stories about nation states losing their citizen’s data, as well as a more light-hearted story about a researcher hacking garage door openers. Press play on the YouTube video below for all the details, and check the Reference section for links to other interesting news.

(Episode Runtime: 8:52)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmzOZPnSg8k

Show Note: I’m attending Gartner’s Security and Risk Management Summit with week, so I may not be able to do my daily videos every day. I’ll return to the normal schedule next week.

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Japan Pension System hacked
    • Cyber attackers steal 1.2M records from Japan Pension System  – Reuters
    • Hackers steal pensioner data – The Register
  • Hacker pwns garage door openers – Wired
    • Video from security researcher talking about garage door hack – YouTube
  • OPM Data Breach
    • Chinese breach 4M records from OPM – The Washington Post
    • OPM officially confirms the data breach – OPM.gov
    • FBI to investigate OPM breach – FBI.gov
    • Long form article on OPM breach – NY Times
    • OPM hackers got 30yrs of data – Reuters
    • OPM attacker bypass EINSTIEN3 – Bloomberg
    • US threatens sanctions against OPM attackers – The Guardian
    • Will OPM hackers go after UK next? – Independent
    • OPM hack discovered during security upgrade – Slate

EXTRAS:

  • Hola says it fixes is holes, security folks disagree – Motherboard
  • Security pen-test hacks GoPro 4 WiFi – IT Pro Portal
  • Ransomware author apologizes for “accidental” sleeper malware – Network World
  • Attackers can install rootkit with Mac flaw – The Register
  • Grabit malware targets SMBs – SC Magazine
  • Researchers claim they can track folks on the Dark Web – Motherboard
  • BBC deals with a 1000 security incidents a month – V3.co.uk
  • Upcoming documentary to highlight the Sony Pictures hack – The Guardian
  • 60 more SOHO router security vulnerabilities – Computer World
  • Holo CEO fires back against critics – Business Insider
  • Tox’s author abandons his creation – Business Insider
  • Latest Snowden leak talks about warrantless snooping – The Register
  • SourceForge accused of hijacking Nmap – Digital Trends
  • How apps track you – Trustlook Blog
  • You can now use PGP on Facebook – Ars Technica
  • MEDJACK attacks target medical devices – SC Magazine
  • Why your medical data is a hacker jackpot – Digital Trends
  • Researcher uses printer lasers as a backchannel – PC World
  • Anonymous rages against Sabu’s return to Twitter – IBTimes

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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