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DtSR Episode 217 - NewsCast for October 25th 2016
Published 9 years, 7 months ago
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The Massive DDoS That Hit Dyn.Org
- Massive DDoS disrupts a ton of popular websites (Netflix, Twitter, etc)
- IoT used to amplify attack
- What does this mean for corporate users, home users, and vendors?
- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powered-todays-massive-internet-outage/
Verizon Reviewing Terms of Yahoo Deal As Revenue Slides
- Is this really the result of the breach or did someone just get cold feet?
- We’re speculating, but we’ve heard this type of talk before
- To be honest, Yahoo! saw a rise in earnings over what was projected
- http://www.wsj.com/articles/verizon-revenue-falls-below-views-1476966420
Passwords - We’re Still Giving Out Horrible Advice
- Why are companies still making their end-users follow ridiculous policies?
- Selfies? Is that a viable replacement?
- What about SMS as an OTP replacement that NIST ‘deprecated’?
St. Jude Medical to Create Cybersecurity Advisory Board; Muddy Waters Releases More Vulnerability Allegations
- The ‘fight’ between the short-sell firm and St. Jude Medical is back
- Smack in the middle is "MedSec"
- St. Jude in middle of acquisition by Abbott Labs
- What’s the real goal, this is starting to feel ugly
- When vendors and researchers fight, patients lose - end of story
- What is the happy ending here?
- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-19/st-jude-faces-new-safety-charges-from-muddy-waters-capital