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Security 271 – Western Digital Did Bad (But Maybe Not)
The big topic of the week is that if you had a Western Digital MyBook from 2015, there was a bug/exploit that wiped all your data. We talk about the bug, and whose fault it is (WD). Then we finished u
Security 270 – Good Police Work
We cover two recent stories on what we call “Good Police Work.” Without breaking encryption, the police find ways to catch criminals. How the FBI Tricked Criminals into Using its Messaging App https:/
Security 269 – Cookie Law
We go on a rant about cookies, and the cookie laws. Countries are talking about simplifying the law to create “acceptable cookie levels” in browsers, this means you’ll need to set this for every devic
Security 268 – Patents
In this episode we discuss patents. We focus on patent trolls and software patents. https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_curtis_how_i_beat_a_patent_troll/transcript?language=en#t-279192 https://blog.cloudfl
Security 267 – Gas Line Ransomware
In this episode we discuss the Colonial Gas Pipeline ransomware attack. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/a-closer-look-at-the-darkside-ransomware-gang/
Security 266 – Signal Found Something
Our two main stories is how Signal found a Cellebrite hardware analyzer. Then they say they found a bunch of vulnerabilities https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/
Security 265 – Signal’s Mobile Coin and Google vs Oracle
Signal is testing a new payment method that we are not thrilled about. Yes, they want to solve a hard problem, but we don’t think this is it. We end with the Google vs Oracle decision. https://signal.org/blog/update-on-beta-testing-payments/ https://en...
Security 264 – Facebook and Ubiquiti Leaks
We talk about two significant user leaks that happened recently. Facebook: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/are-you-one-of-the-533m-people-who-got-facebooked/ Ubiquiti: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/ubiquiti-all-but-confirms-breach-response-in...
Security 263 – Vaccination Privacy
We talk mainly about privacy in today’s show. One thing I’ve been thinking about is literally how do you prove your vaccination status. Seriously! Not just the card, but actual proof
Security 262 – Encrypted Email
TLDR: Give up on securing email. Its a trashfire and wasn’t design with security in mind. Everything about email from the protocol, to the clients, to the layers and layers of stuff built on top of it isn’t designed with security in mind.