Data Security Podcast Episode 78, Nov 09 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus ten)
On this week’s program:
* Why are web drive-by downloads proliferating like cockroaches?

* Sixty Minutes just covered a data security story. We rate the coverage.
* Our take on this week’s news.
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Special Security Geek Edition: Interview with Marsh Ray, Discoverer of SSL Flaw

For Thursday November 5th, we depart from our regular format for those with an advanced understanding of information security technologies. This episode is a one-topic special edition, providing coverage of a major man-in-the-middle flaw discovered in the SSL protocol (see, we told you it was for security geeks).
We will return to our regular format of [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 76, Nov 02 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus ten)
On this week’s program:
* Placing an online bet for the World Series? Employees of online betting sites might be selling customer data online.

* Google Book Search: What data is Google storing about readers of online books?
* Our take on this week’s [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 75, Oct 25 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus ten)
On this week’s program:
* Everyone loves retail gift cards…they are quick and easy for consumers, and for web application “hackers.”

* Some Time Warner cable internet users are vulnerable to serious attacks — when will Time Warner release a fix?
* Our take [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 74, Oct 18 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus ten)
On this week’s program:
* Now the bad guys are holding computer files for ransom if you don’t buy their phony anti-virus software. We have a workaround.

* Midyear elections are coming up, and the last thing the campaigns seem to think about [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 73, Oct 11 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus ten)
On this week’s program:
* Major patching in store this week, due in part to flaws revealed this summer in Las Vegas?

* A fresh look at a Zeus banking attack counter-measure
* Our take on this week’s news.
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Data Security Podcast Episode 72, Oct 04 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus ten)
On this week’s program:
* Polymorphic malware – every time it attacks it has a new signature.

* The balance on your bank account looks find, too bad all your money’s gone.
* Our take on this week’s news.
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BREAKING NEWS – New Twist to Zeus Bank Trojan; Well-Known Penetration Tester at ISACA Conference Calls Revelation “Disastrous”

Reporting from the ISACA Security and Risk Management Conference in Las Vegas, we have breaking security news this morning.
Organized cyber criminals have added a new damaging element to an already viscous cyber attack. Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO of Finjan spoke by phone with the Data Security Podcast about a frightening new twist to the surge of [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 70, Sep 21 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus five)
On this week’s program:
* Full access to anyone’s Facebook account for $100?
* Update on confidential data case in Maricopa County, AZ
* Our take on this week’s news.
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Data Security Podcast Episode 69, Sep 14 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus five)
On this week’s program:
* Beware the non-delivery email notice – it might really be an attack.
* Apple has added an anti-phishing feature to the new iphone but few people have been able to get it to work right.
* Our take on this [...]