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DtSR Episode 121 - NewsCast for December 1st, 2014
Published 11 years, 3 months ago
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- Sony Pictures is having a very, very bad couple of days - and it could keep getting worse.
- A newly discovered (but old) comment bug in Wordpress affects ~86% of sites. The story isn't what you think it is-
- The Australian government is blaming a data breach from February on ... "awareness"? Michael disagrees (and he's right).
- The public release of the research on Regin malware has it pegged as the most advanced thing since the computer - so what?
- http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/23/technology/security/regin-malware-symantec/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
- https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/11/24/secret-regin-malware-belgacom-nsa-gchq/
- Symantec whitepaper: http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/regin-analysis.pdf
- The Justice Department is using a 225 year old law to tackle a modern problem of encrypted cell phones through the manufacturer.
- The court system...works? 440 year jail threat down to a misdemeanor in no time flat
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