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* New SSL attack called FREAK



* Has to do with falling RSA back to a deprecated and weak level

* Requires the client and server are both vulnerable

* The solution is to patch

* Many orgs will also want to note which servers were vulnerable

* The lesson is that you don’t reduce security to increase it

* Backdoors x time = regret


* Using Ruby’s Open-URI could be dangerous



* open-uri monkeypatches kernel.open

* open(params[:url]) can execute |ls


* Hilary Clinton used a personal email address and did not store correspondence on government servers for her entire 4 years as Secretary of Defense



* This seems highly suspect

* First you’re putting that data at risk in a personal system

* Second you’re obviously trying to hide your conversations


* Facebook can access your account without your password

* Google no longer encrypting Lollipop by default



* Was one of the main selling points for 5, and now it’s gone

* They said it was simply a driver issue


* DLink routers have a remote command injection bug



* Could allow DNS hijacking and other attacks


* ISIS has threatened some members of the Twitter team for disabling their accounts



* This really puts a point on public presence for me

* I’m a strong proponent of the belief that the way to avoid attack is to avoid being a target, not to be hard to attack once people want to

* This works for personal attacks, not for countries obviously


* There has been some major fraud happening with people connecting stolen cards to ApplePay



* The issue isn’t a security problem with ApplePay, but rather with standard bank / card security issue


* Up to 18.8 non-Anthem customers exposed in the Anthem breach



* This is in addition to the 80 million actual anthem customers


* GoPro vulnerability on its website exposes customer Wi-fi passwords



* Expect more of this


* Uber took over 5 months to issue a breach notification



* There was a breach of driver names and license numbers that they just now disclosed


* Seagate NAS vulnerability allows unauthorized root access



* This raises the cloud storage issue I blogged about last week




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* Sorry about my voice on this one. I’m a bit sick. :(

START CONTENT 
 
 
* New SSL attack called FREAK 
 
 
* Has to do with falling RSA back to a deprecated and weak level 
* Requires the client and server are both vulnerable 
* The solution is to patch 
* Many orgs will also want to note which servers were vulnerable 
* The lesson is that you don&#8217;t reduce security to increase it 
* Backdoors x time = regret 
 
* Using Ruby&#8217;s Open-URI could be dangerous 
 
 
* open-uri monkeypatches kernel.open 
* open(params[:url]) can execute |ls 
 
* Hilary Clinton used a personal email address and did not store correspondence on government servers for her entire 4 years as Secretary of Defense 
 
 
* This seems highly suspect 
* First you&#8217;re putting that data at risk in a personal system 
* Second you&#8217;re obviously trying to hide your conversations 
 
* Facebook can access your account without your password 
* Google no longer encrypting Lollipop by default 
 
 
* Was one of the main selling points for 5, and now it&#8217;s gone 
* They said it was simply a driver issue 
 
* DLink routers have a remote command injection bug 
 
 
* Could allow DNS hijacking and other attacks 
 
* ISIS has threatened some members of the Twitter team for disabling their accounts 
 
 
* This really puts a point on public presence for me 
* I&#8217;m a strong proponent of the belief that the way to avoid attack is to avoid being a target, not to be hard to attack once people want to 
* This works for personal attacks, not for countries obviously 
 
* There has been some major fraud happening with people connecting stolen cards to ApplePay 
 
 
* The issue isn&#8217;t a security problem with ApplePay, but rather with standard bank / card security issue 
 
* Up to 18.8 non-Anthem customers exposed in the Anthem breach 
 
 
* This is in addition to the 80 million actual anthem customers 
 
* GoPro vulnerability on its website exposes customer Wi-fi passwords 
 
 
* Expect more of this 
 
* Uber took over 5 months to issue a breach notification 
 
 
* There was a breach of driver names and license numbers that they just now disclosed 
 
* Seagate NAS vulnerability allows unauthorized root access 
 
 
* This raises the cloud storage issue I blogged about last week 
 
 
 
END CONTENT 
 
Play Podcast 
 
Notes 
 
 
* Sorry about my voice on this one. I&#8217;m a bit sick. :(

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.

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