Liquidmatrix Security Digest Podcast – Episode 21

Episode 0x21 — In which we prepare for RSA

Are you ready for RSA? Packed 500 business cards and a spare liver?

There’s oh so much to talk about. Things we need to talk about, things we really want to not talk about, things you don’t want to hear about.

1. Upcoming this week…
2. Lots of News
3. Breaches
4. SCADA / Cyber, cyber… etc.
5. finishing it off with DERPs/Mailbag and
6. THE DEEP DIVE
7. Our new weekly Briefs – no arguing or discussion allowed

And if you’ve got commentary, please sent it to mailbag@liquidmatrix.org for us to check out.

DISCLAIMER: It’s not that explicit, but you may want to use headphones if you’re at work.

ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMER: In case it is unclear, this is the story of 5 opinionated infosec pros who have sufficient opinions of their own they don’t need to speak for anyone except themselves. Ok? Good.

In this episode:

• News and Commentary
1. Facebook unlikes being hacked
   (Ars Technica)
   (The Atlantic Wire)
   (NYT)
   (BH Consulting)
   (IBI Times)
   (Apple too)
   (watering hole located)
2. Dutch MP fined for hacking medical system
3. NASA makes an oopsy with its software update
4. Kaspersky says “Trust us, we’re good with software”
5. McAfee responds to criticism of AV industry with OpsFail
6. Telecom NZ cancels 60k Yahoo Xtra passwords amid attack
7. Exclusive: The Burger King and Jeep Hacker Is Probably This DJ From New England
8. Obama says share!!!
• The Breach Report
1. Mandiant. That is all.
2. Burger King twitter gets hacked
• SCADA / Cyber, cyber… etc
1. Electricity Market 101 – SCADA isn’t just about the electricity
2. Turns out all that airgapping was just theoretical
3. Cyber Medals for Cyber Warriors
• DERP
1. MTV fakes their twotter account being haxored
• Mailbag / Bizarro Land

1. Hi,

   I just wondered if the Liquid Matrix team would be interested in commenting on the subject of Digital Forensics with Infrastruture-as-a-Service Cloud environments?

   ….

   Adam Robson

   Answer from the team:

   No

• Ben Rants
1. Ben Loses His Mind. Also, would you like a cheap certificate?
• Briefly – NO ARGUING OR DISCUSSION ALLOWED
1. Securosis RSA Guide – 2013 Edition
2. HDCP is dead, really
3. Ronin
4. Punk Spider – a searchable reference for web app vulns
5. Magazine article on Chinese online takedown services gets taken down
6. RoboPlow
7. RoboSurgeon (warning – super gross – avoid)
• Liquidmatrix Staff Projects
1. The Security Conference Library 
2. Contribute to the Strategic Defense Execution Standard (#SDES) and you’ll be Doing Infosec Right in no time.
3. If you’re interested in helping out with openCERT.ca, drop a line to info@openCERT.ca
4. Upcoming Appearances: Ben, Matt James and Dave attending RSA. James and Dave speaking at RSA-e10+. James speaking at Thotcon, BSidesChicago, BSidesRochester and secret coolness for Hacker Summer Camp in Vegas. Dave will be at Secure Dusseldorf, Infosecurity Europe, Black Hat, DEF CON, Secure Asia
• In Closing
1. Come find us at RSA! 
2. Movie Review: Live Free or Die Hard (and you thought it was just a cyberwarfare training video)
3. everyday is CTF! go set up a team
4. Signing up for a SANS course? Be sure to use the code “Liquidmatrix_150” and save $150 off the course fee!
5. Seacrest Says: Am I the only one that crapped my pants when I heard a meteor hit russia?

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