Episode 0x3E
HAPPY $COUNTRY JULY PAID DAY OFF
We’re back. Reasons shall be enumerated. And so forth.
Upcoming this week…
- Lots of News
- Breaches
- SCADA / Cyber, cyber… etc.
- finishing it off with DERPs/Mailbag (or Deep Dive)
- And there are 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
- cryptolocker extortionists use bitcoin for less traceable blackmail payments, extortion payments visible in the blockchain till it goes through a mixer. crime pays
- Harper – Canada needs NSA lite because protesters
- More details on the Hacking Team spying software.
- Los Angeles Police Department Kept User ID and Password to “Big Data Policing†Software on Office Whiteboard, Incidentally Broadcast to CNN Viewers During Interview (UK gov/World Cup)
- Breaches
- Benjamin F. Edwards Co. Discloses Data Breach Affecting Customers
- DDoS Attack Puts Code Spaces Out of Business
- Feedly Suffers Extortion Related DDoS Attack
- SCADA / Cyber, cyber… etc
- The Akamai State of the Internet Report
- Deloitte Global Defense Outlook 2014
- OpenSSL roadmap – we’re going faster now
- DERP
- Austria prosecutes a TOR node operate – forgets about other common carriers
- CASL means no more security notifications
- Microsoft steals no-ip’s domain
- Mailbag
-
Hi guys,
Where the fuck have you been?
Sincerely,
The Internet
PS Can we have your domain name if you’re not using it anymore?
- Briefly — NO ARGUING OR DISCUSSION ALLOWED
- Awesome Sysadmin: A curated list of sysadmin resources
- Goals are for losers
- iOS 8 is Randomizing MAC Addresses
- Passwords
- Liquidmatrix Staff Projects — gratuitous self-promotion
- The Security Conference Library
- Contribute to the Strategic Defense Execution Standard (#SDES) and you’ll be Doing Infosec Right in no time.
- If you’re interested in helping out with openCERT.ca, drop a line to info@openCERT.ca
- Upcoming Appearances: — more gratuitous self-promotion
- Dave: – Speaking at RSA Asia, Defcon, Black Hat, BSidesLV, Speaking at BSides Cape Breton, Speaking at 44CON, BSides Toronto, Speaking at Sector
- James: – Lots of work travel, Black Hat, DEF CON, BSidesLV, BSides Toronto, Speaking at Sector
- Ben: – Diaper changing
- Matt: – Seacrest OUT
- Wil: – Maybe painting the bathroom before DefCon and Burning Man.
- Other LSD Writers: – At least someone is blogging
- Advertising – pay the bills…
- Signing up for a SANS course? Be sure to use the code “Liquidmatrix_150” and save $150 off the course fee! Or do the math and figure out if 5% off a course would be a better deal with “Liquidmatrix_5”
- Closing Thoughts
- Seacrest Says: “Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God. It even has a watermark.”
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