October 8 2012, Episode 276, Show Notes

Episode 276 of The CyberJungle is about 36 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with John Strand, begins at about the 22min mark.  You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 276 via the flash player:

Interview

John Strand InfoSec expert and Senior SANS Instructor. Find him here on PaulDotCom.com.

Tales From The Dark Web

Blitzkrieg-like bank takeover attacks coming?

Our Take on This Weeks News

*Congress: Chinese telecom firm Huawei a national security threat. The CyberJungle interview with FX following his Huawei security presentation,  at DefCon20 this summer. Listen here, starting at about the 14min mark.

‘FakeInstaller’ attacks Android users

Hotel locks breached with tool disguised as a marker

Wrap

Researchers SICK OF SPAM submit ridiculous article to mag

October 3 2012, Episode 275, Show Notes

Episode 275 of The CyberJungle is about 26 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Jack Daniel, begins at about the 15min mark.  You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 275 via the flash player:

Interview

Jack Daniel InfoSec Curmudgeon, Reluctant CISSP, and Amateur Blacksmith. Find him here on @jack_daniel, he works at Tenable Network Security.

Tales From The Dark Web

Even when PCs are locked down, modems and routers can still be compromised

Our Take on This Weeks News

98% of Android devices running old version of software

NIST Selects Winner of Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) Competition

Appeals Court ruling on CP damages to victims

Wrap

FTC Case Results in $163 Million Judgment Against “Scareware” Marketer

September 17 2012, Episode 273, Show Notes

Episode 273 of The CyberJungle is about 30 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Rafel Los Security Evangelist with HP, begins at about the 17min mark.  You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 272 via the flash player:

Interview

Rafel Los is the Security Evangelist for HP Software. Read the blog posting, Landmark ruling- Insiders aren’t hacking if you’ve given them access. Follow Rafel Los on Twitter

Tales From The Dark Web

Your smartphone WiFi may be spilling your “bees-wax”

Our Take on This Weeks News

China’s Huawei, ZTE grilled by U.S. officials over spying concerns. The Case For Huawei in American, by Dan Steinbock

Another School Violated a Student’s First Amendment Rights by Disciplining Her For Facebook Posts — R.S. v. Minnewaska Area School Dist. No. 2149.

Wrap

Ira Victor will be tweeting from SANS Network Security 2102 in Las Vegas this week. Follow Ira Victor in Twitter @ira_victor.

August 27 2012, Episode 271, Show Notes

Episode 271 of The CyberJungle is about 30 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Patent Attorney Ben Langlotz about digital forensics and infosec an the Apple v Samsung case, begins at about 14:30minmin.  You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 271 via the flash player:

Interview

Patent Attorney Ben Langlotz about digital forensics and infosec an the Apple v Samsung case. To reach Ben Langlotz, contact him on patent [at symbol] langlotz.com

Tales From The Dark Web

How Child Porn And The Other Awfulest Things Ever Get Scrubbed [From Social Networks]

Our Take on This Weeks News

Onity’s Plan To Mitigate Hotel Lock Hack

Dropbox to add two factor authentication. From Businessinsider.com:

“Two-step verification is optional but we recommend you enable it for added protection.

To add two-step to your account:

1. Head to www.dropbox.com and sign into the website
2. Click on your name in the upper-right to open your account menu.
3. Next, click Settings from the account menu and select the Security tab.
4. Under the Account sign in section, next to Two-step verification, turn the feature on.”

Wrap

Top 10 Clever Uses for Dropbox

June 21, 2012, Episode 263, Show Notes

Episode 263 of The CyberJungle is about 33 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Sean Morrissey of Katana Forensics. You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 263 via the flash player:

Interview

Sean Morrissey of Katana Forensics

Tales From The Dark Web

IE remote code execution vulnerability being actively exploited in the wild

Our Take on This Weeks News

The Failure of Anti-Virus Companies to Catch Military Malware

Facebook Can Now Spot You in a Crowd?

LinkedIn Blew Security, Class Claims

How Your Passwords Are Stored on the Internet (and When Your Password Strength Doesn’t Matter)

Wrap

VIZIO ditches the crapware

May 1, 2012, Episode 257, Show Notes

Episode 259 of The CyberJungle is about 22 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Chester Wisniewski Apple Expert at Sophos Security begins at about 13:30min. You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 259 via the flash player:

Interview

From the floor of Interop Las Vegas: Chester Wisniewski Apple Expert at Sophos Security

Tales From The Dark Web

If you’re seeing ads on Wikipedia, your computer is probably infected with malware

Our Take on This Weeks News

ElcomSoft Helps Investigate Crime Providing Yet Another Way to Break into iOS with iCloud Attack

Apple posts twin security updates for OS X Leopard

Wrap

Heavy sleeper? Tired of snoozing past your alarm? Use the ‘smartphone in a cup’ trick to crank the volume!

May 1, 2012, Episode 257, Show Notes

Episode 257 of The CyberJungle is about 28 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with the Hon. Paul Chertoff, begins at about 13min. You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 257 via the flash player:

Interview

From the floor of the Forensic Expert Witness Association, we talk with Judge Paul Chertoff.

Tales From The Dark Web

Hotmail Password Fix Arrives Too Late For Many

Our Take on This Weeks News

NYTimes: Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, Report Finds

The Hill: Lawmakers push bill to ban bosses from asking for Facebook passwords

The Reg: Win Phone 7 not ready for security role

Wrap

Buy Followers Your Social Networking Account!

April 17, 2012, Episode 255, Show Notes

Episode 255 of The CyberJungle is about 32 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 255 via the flash player:

Interview

Exclusive: James Bologna from Thomson Reuters on security process

Tales From The Dark Web

Pardon the audio quality as we upgrade to a new studio; Tales from The Dark Web is on a break.

Our Take on This Weeks News

Email snooping by IT administrators

Apple posts separate Flashback removal tool

Is Google invading privacy with ReCAPTHA RePurposing?

 

Wrap

FBI track Anonymous hacker using his girlfriend’s boobs

April 4, 2012, Episode 253, Show Notes

Episode 253 of The CyberJungle is about 23 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. We are in a temporary studio, as the main studio undergoes an upgrade. We apologize for the weaker audio quality. You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 253 via the flash player:

Interview

From ISC West conference 2012, we talk with Kevin Kjosa, Assistant Director, The Center for Infrastructure Assurance at UT Austin

Tales From The Dark Web

On a break as we transition to a new studio

Our Take on This Weeks News

Cell Phone Location Tracking Public Records Request, from the ACLU

ATT violating its own policy when selling data to LE?

OnStar Lets You [and Law Enforcement] Track You and Your Spouse

Apple [Dropbox, box.net, others,] holds the master decryption key when it comes to….security, privacy

March 26, 2012, Episode 252, Show Notes

Episode 252 of The CyberJungle is about 27 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with  Dr. Thibadeau of Wave Systems begins at about 17:30min. You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show.

To listen to Episode 252 via the flash player:

Interview

From the floor of RSA Security Conference, we talk with Dr. Robert Thibadeau of Wave Systems about the challenges of data wiping and digital forensics on solid state drives (SSD)

Tales From The Dark Web

We take a break from our format this week, and therefore no Tales from The Dark Web

Our Take on This Weeks News

Facebook Threatens Legal Action Against Employers Asking for Your Password

Facebook responds to workplace password releases

Report: Some GSM networks can be easily breached

Seattle Startup Offers Solution for Apps Rejected by Apple for Using UDID

Wrap

Web 0.2: Today I Learned Buick “Created A Website” Before There Was Even A Web