Last week was another packed week of information security stories. If you’re falling behind, and don’t know what’s really important, use our weekly video to keep up to date.
Last Friday’s episode covered an ironic story about a “grey hat” security company getting hacked, leaked Adobe Flash 0day, an important software update, and much more. Watch last Friday’s video to learn the details, or peruse the reference section if you prefer to read.
Show Note: This week I’m traveling to the UK for some WatchGuard events. I’ll try my best to post some videos, however, I may miss a few days and have to post at non-typical hours.
(Episode Runtime: 11:18)
Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPmCm0eepxQ
EPISODE REFERENCES:
- Monday: Hacking Team Hacked – Daily Security Byte EP.109
- Hacking Team, a spyware company, breached – Wired
- Hackers dump stolen Hacking Team data – CSO Online
- Industry chuckles over Hacking Team irony – The Register
- More on the Hacking Team breach – Computer World
- Tuesday: Botnet Tool Leaked – Daily Security Byte EP.110
- Malware Must Die post on ZeusVM leak – Malware Must Die
- Expect botnet increase due to ZeusVM leak – The Register
- Malware Must Die video demo of leaked botnet tool – YouTube
- Hacking Team breach leaks 0day Flash flaw – Ars Technica
- US-CERT warns about Flash 0day – Cert.org
- Wednesday: The Cyber Sky is Falling! – Daily Security Byte EP.111
- NYSE halts trading due to computer issues – CNN Money
- NYSE incident FAQ – CNN Money
- United Flights grounded due to computer error – NY Times
- United issue due to router malfunction – Mashable
- Wall Street Journal’s site is temporarily down – Politico
- Anonymous-related twitter account predicts Wall Street issue – Twitter
- It’s time to panic! (light hearted post) – Gawker
- Thursday: Hacked Team Flash ’Sploit Patched – Daily Security Byte EP.112
- Adobe emergency Flash update for July 2015 – Adobe
- Update on how Hacking Team was hacked – Engadget
- OpenSSL Security Advisory for July 2015 – OpenSSL
- Friday: Lizard Squad Drama – Daily Security Byte EP.113
- Lizard Squad teen gets no jail time despite 50,000 counts of fraud – Ars Technica
- Ex-chief of SOE threatens, “I’m coming for you” – Game Informer
- Daybreak Games hit by DDoS after Smedley’s threats – Forbes
- Smedley vents about the case on Reddit – Reddit
EXTRAS:
- ”Gunpoder” Android malware evades antivirus – IT Pro Portal
- Estonian hacker pleads guilty to Internet fraud charges – Bloomberg
- Hacking Team Updates
- Hacking Team says attackers were sophisticated – Motherboard
- The Hacking Team CEO was from PGP – Ars Technica
- The “sketchy” governments doing business with The Hacking Team – Motherboard
- Reddit post on The Hacking Team Breach – Reddit
- Reddit sub on The “Hacked Team” – Reddit
- The price list for “cyber war” – Defense One
- Hacked team downloaded torrents from DC – Twitter
- Hacking Team’s public statement on breach – The Hacking Team
- Criminals exploiting Exploit Team’s 0day flash flaw – Computer World
- Attackers hack a missile battery – TheLocal.de
- Computer World’s take on this alleged attack – Computer World
- 17yr old Lizard Squad DDoSer give a light sentence – Business Insider
- Attacker plans to share how they breached The Hacking Team – Business Insider
- Firefox 39 patches four critical security issues – Threat Post
- Adobe releases emergency Flash update (for 0day) – Adobe
- Ransomware still being evasive (use APT Blocker!) – Threat Post
- FBI Chief won’t give up backdooring our crypto! – Ars Technica
- Cyber criminals targeting intellectual property – The Register
- NSA releases a free security tool. Will you use it? – Betanews
- RIPv1 used in DDoS reflection attack – SotI
- Canadian Gov. says Snowden’s leak were damaging – The Intercept
- Ghost shell dumps tons of university data – Computer World
- Malware in OPM and Anthem breaches related – Network World
- Are you migrating from Windows Server 2003? – The Register
- Researcher’s show Dino malware has a French connection – Ars Technica
- OPM head resigns – CNET