The Weekly Security and Tech Review

The Weekly Security and Tech Review


WSTR: Week of March 17, 2019

March 31, 2019

This week, Jesse, Stan and Kevin discuss Facebook storing users passwords in plain text, Critical Flaws in Medtronic Defibrillators, Drone Tech creating a blended threat, Microsoft rebrands Windows Defender, Zero-Days in Counter Strike 1.6 clients and Wind Power


Reference articles on the topics covered:


Facebook Employees had access to hundreds of millions of plain text passwords


Medtronic Defibrillators Have Critical Flaws, Warns DHS


Drone Tech creates new type of blended threat


Microsoft ships antivirus for macOS as Windows Defender becomes Microsoft Defender


Zero-Days in Counter-Strike Client Used to Build Major Botnet


People who live near wind turbines prefer them to solar and fossil plants