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DtSR Episode 147 - NewsCast for June 15th, 2015
Published 10 years, 9 months ago
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In this episode...
- Facebook has released PGP-encryption-enabled email communications
- The anti-privacy platform will now encrypt emails to you if you give them your PGP public key
- Does no one see the insane irony here?
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/01/facebook_pgp_support/
- White House issues mandate for HTTPS (by default) for all federal websites
- "By the end of 2016"
- Is this a good thing? A bad thing? Or does it even matter?
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/https-federal-websites_n_7539164.html
- Attackers are using medical devices to pivot into health care networks
- The Internet of Medical Things is insecure
- There are challenges here, but the risks of moving faster aren't negligible
- Lots to be thought about here
- http://www.csoonline.com/article/2931474/data-breach/attackers-targeting-medical-devices-to-bypass-hospital-security.html
- Kaspersky gets popped, cue the typical verbiage
- "Three previously unknown techniques"
- "..highly sophisticated attack used up to three zero-day exploits.."
- http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33083050
- PwC healthcare spending study is disturbing
- Predicts a 6.5% dip
- Security is one factor in increasing cost
- http://hitconsultant.net/2015/06/10/pwc-healthcare-spending-growth-rate-to-dip/
- http://www.csoonline.com/article/2934929/security-leadership/why-the-dip-in-healthcare-spending-is-actually-a-risky-opportunity-for-security-leaders.html
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