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This week’s “traveling” episode included a story about US cyber sanctions, two different threats to Apple products, and news of a security breach to Mozilla’s bug tracking system. Watch below, and check out the references for more of last week’s infosec news.
(Episode Runtime: 7:55)
Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ993RVG48s
EPISODE REFERENCES:
- Monday: Cyber Espionage Sanctions – Daily Security Byte EP.134
- Article on Obama admin’s rumored cyber sanctions – The Washington Post
- US considering sanction against Russia as well – Reuters
- Tuesday: iOS KeyRaider – Daily Security Byte EP.135
- KeyRaider iOS malware targets jailbroken devices – PC World
- Article on iCloud pirates stealing thousands of accounts – The Register
- Original researcher blog post on iOS KeyRaider threat – Palo Alto Networks
- How to tell if you’re a KeyRaider victim – BGR
- Wednesday:
- N/A
- Thursday: OS X Keychain Broken – Daily Security Byte EP.136
- Beirut researchers disclose zero day OS X Keychain vulnerability – Engadget
- Adware caught using the Keychain vulnerability – Ars Technica
- Attackers may have exploited this a far back as 2011 – Ars Technica
- Friday: Mozilla Hacked – Daily Security Byte EP.137
- Article about attackers spying on Mozilla bugs – The Register
- Mozilla’s FAQ on their bugzilla network breach [PDF] – Mozilla
EXTRAS:
- Researcher finds flaws in Siemen’s ICS software – The Register
- Smart phones shipping with malware pre-installed – SC Magazine
- Sony reaches a settlement with employees over hack – CNET
- French hacker pwns road signs – The Register
- How to disable the Win10 “keylogger” – PC World
- Gozi malware author pleads guilty – Ars Technica
- Leaked docs shows how NSA treats 0day – The Register
- Match.com had malicious ads – Tech World
- A new way to remember complex passwords – PC World
- Browsers shunning RC4 – SC Magazine
- My HTTPS interfaces suffer SSL flaw – Ars Technica
- Original research paper [PDF] – Redhat