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* UK police arrest 18-year-old in connection to Playstation and XBox attack

* Major ASUS router bug



* Local users can take full control without a password

* Biggest issue there seems to be DNS hijacking


* Legislative attacks on infosec profession and encryption



* Anti-hacking law language ambiguous “according to owner”

* Obama is said to agree with Cameron, but it’s complicated

* Evidence of a plot is different than outlawing encryption

* There’s other talk about it being illegal to see hack data


* French reporting 19,000 DoS attacks since the shootings

* Anonymous is going after ISIS and others



* An attack on free speech is an attack on Anonymous


* Google releases another Windows flaw that they didn’t fix

* Verizon API vulnerability exposes customer email addresses



* Issue was with a mobile API used by Android devices

* Allowed him to retrieve peoples’ emails and send emails as them


* On whether we should trust the FBI regarding the Sony attack



* We now find out the attribution came from a previous NSA hack

* It’s hard to criticize without data

* This doesn’t mean they did it, or that the FBI is always right, or that they should always be trusted

* It means be cautious when you don’t have any information, and the person you’re criticizing has all of it


* Free speech and the Paris attacks



* Where is the line for free speech?

* I think it comes down to safety and taste

* You can’t yell fire, and art matters


* Quote of the week



* No one is as happy as they seem on Facebook, as depressed as they seem on Twitter, or as employed as they seem on LinkedIn.



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Notes



* I have a consolidated InfoSec news feed (here) that I use as a source for headlines.

START CONTENT 
 
 
* UK police arrest 18-year-old in connection to Playstation and XBox attack 
* Major ASUS router bug 
 
 
* Local users can take full control without a password 
* Biggest issue there seems to be DNS hijacking 
 
* Legislative attacks on infosec profession and encryption 
 
 
* Anti-hacking law language ambiguous &#8220;according to owner&#8221; 
* Obama is said to agree with Cameron, but it&#8217;s complicated 
* Evidence of a plot is different than outlawing encryption 
* There&#8217;s other talk about it being illegal to see hack data 
 
* French reporting 19,000 DoS attacks since the shootings 
* Anonymous is going after ISIS and others 
 
 
* An attack on free speech is an attack on Anonymous 
 
* Google releases another Windows flaw that they didn&#8217;t fix 
* Verizon API vulnerability exposes customer email addresses 
 
 
* Issue was with a mobile API used by Android devices 
* Allowed him to retrieve peoples&#8217; emails and send emails as them 
 
* On whether we should trust the FBI regarding the Sony attack 
 
 
* We now find out the attribution came from a previous NSA hack 
* <a href="https://danielmiessler.com/blog/reason-believe-fbi-sony-hack/">It&#8217;s hard to criticize without data</a> 
* This doesn&#8217;t mean they did it, or that the FBI is always right, or that they should always be trusted 
* It means be cautious when you don&#8217;t have any information, and the person you&#8217;re criticizing has all of it 
 
* Free speech and the Paris attacks 
 
 
* Where is the line for free speech? 
* I think it comes down to safety and taste 
* You can&#8217;t yell fire, and art matters 
 
* Quote of the week 
 
 
* No one is as happy as they seem on Facebook, as depressed as they seem on Twitter, or as employed as they seem on LinkedIn. 
 
 
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Play Podcast 
 
Notes 
 
 
* I have a <a href="http://feeds.danielmiessler.com/infosecnews">consolidated InfoSec news feed (here)</a> that I use as a source for headlines.

Unsupervised Learning is a Security, AI, and Meaning-focused podcast that looks at how best to thrive as humans in a post-AI world. It combines original ideas, analysis, and mental models to bring not just the news, but why it matters and how to respond.

Unsupervised Learning is a Security, AI, and Meaning-focused podcast that looks at how best to thrive as humans in a post-AI world. It combines original ideas, analysis, and mental models to bring not just the news, but why it matters and how to respond.

Exploring the fascinating intersection of security, technology, and humans.

Unsupervised Learning

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