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March 19 2013, Episode 294, Show Notes

Posted in Vulnerabilities, eMail Security, darkweb, Breach, ediscovery, criminal forensics, Exclusive, Court Cases, The CyberJungle, Show Notes with tags , , , , , on March 19, 2013 by datasecurityblog

Episode 294 of The CyberJungle is about 30 minutes long.  The interview with James Elste on privacy and Trusted Identities 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 294 via the flash player:


Interview

James Elste, information security expert, talks privacy and NIST’s Trusted Identities effort. Here are the links from the segment:

www.idecosystem.org

NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR TRUSTED IDENTITIES IN CYBERSPACE

Making Online Transactions Safer, Faster, and More Private

Tales From The Dark Web

Ira talked about the credit reporting agency break ins, and how Federal law made the attacks easier

Our Take On This Week’s News

Huawei USB modems vulnerable

How will you know who’s recording? Google Glass protestors set up campaign group to censor the high-tech eyewear

Wrap

Ohio judge calls speed cameras ‘scam’

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November 15 2012, Episode 281, Show Notes

Posted in Breach, Conference Coverage, criminal forensics, darkweb, ediscovery, eMail Security, Exclusive, Show Notes, The CyberJungle, Vulnerabilities, web server security with tags , , , , , on November 15, 2012 by datasecurityblog

Episode 281 of The CyberJungle is about 30 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Conrad Constantine of Alien Vault, begins at about the 19min 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 281 via the flash player:


Interview

Gregory Kipper, Futurist and Author

Tales From The Dark Web

Drive-by Downloads targeting un-patched IE and Word users.

Our Take on This Weeks News

Ira’s take CIA Director Petraeus scandal

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has released its 2012 Annual Report to Congress.

“This year’s report covers recent developments in the U.S.-China trade and economic relationship; the role of state-owned enterprises in China, the U.S.-China trade and investment relationship, recent developments in China’s military, China’s cyber capabilities, developments in China’s nuclear and strategic abilities, China in the South China Sea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China in Europe, China’s demand and control of global resources, China’s efforts to become a more innovative society, and the Chinese political transition.”

Wrap

Ira’s take on tracking John McAffe

August 21 2012, Episode 270, Show Notes

Posted in Breach, Conference Coverage, criminal forensics, darkweb, ediscovery, eMail Security, Exclusive, Show Notes, Vulnerabilities, web server security with tags , , , , on August 20, 2012 by datasecurityblog

Episode 270 of The CyberJungle is about 32 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Ken Westin on mobile device forensics begins at about 18:30min.  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 270 via the flash player:


Interview

Ken Westin is the founder of ActiveTrak Inc, Developers of GadgetTrak Software. He also helped develop a digital forensic service enabling web searches via device serial number for photos taken with that one unique camera.

Tales From The Dark Web

Investigating China’s Online Underground Economy, download the report

Our Take on This Weeks News

“When my data died, it was the cloud that killed it…”

Dear Apple: Please set iMessage free

Wrap

Tony Scott, Director, Enemy of the State , RIP

May 1, 2012, Episode 257, Show Notes

Posted in Breach, Court Cases, criminal forensics, darkweb, ediscovery, eMail Security, Show Notes, The CyberJungle, Vulnerabilities with tags , , , , on May 17, 2012 by datasecurityblog

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

Posted in Breach, Court Cases, criminal forensics, darkweb, ediscovery, eMail Security, Show Notes, The CyberJungle, Vulnerabilities, web server security with tags , , , , on May 1, 2012 by datasecurityblog

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

Posted in Breach, Court Cases, criminal forensics, eMail Security, Exclusive, Show Notes, The CyberJungle, Vulnerabilities with tags , , , , on April 17, 2012 by datasecurityblog

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

March 4, 2012, Episode 251, Show Notes

Posted in Breach, Court Cases, criminal forensics, darkweb, eMail Security, Legislation, Show Notes, The CyberJungle, Vulnerabilities, web server security with tags , , , , , on March 4, 2012 by datasecurityblog

Episode 251 of The CyberJungle is about 28 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Dave Porcello of Pwnie Express begins at about 18min. 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 251 via the flash player:


Interview

From the floor of RSA Security Conference, we talk with Dave Porcello, CEO of Pwnie Express. After the interview, Ira ran into Robert McMillan, a reporter for Wired. Robert was looking for Dave Porcello to do an interview for Wired. Here is Robert’s excellent take on the Pwnie Express news story for Wired: The Little White Box That Can Hack Your Network.

Tales From The Dark Web

Anonymous Supporters Tricked into Installing Zeus Trojan. Read the Symantec posting for code details.

Our Take on This Weeks News

“Feds crack suspect’s encrypted drive, avoid Constitution meltdown; Digital age plays havoc with 5th Amendment” Read details in the Register story.

Ira spoke about an email from Thales eSecurity.

Wrap

How One Bureaucrat Almost Succeeded in Banning Car Radios

Feb 20th 2012, Episode 249

Posted in Breach, Court Cases, eMail Security, Show Notes, The CyberJungle, Vulnerabilities with tags , , on February 19, 2012 by datasecurityblog

Episode 249  of  The CyberJungle is about 33 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Mr. Denis Foo Kane, a PhD candidate, and security researcher, begins at about 10:30; the interview with David Ting, the CTO of multifactor authentication systems provider Imprvata begins at about 20:50.  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 249 via the flash player:


Interviews

Denis Foo Kune is a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, and co-author of the study Location leaks on the GSM air interface

David Ting, the CTO of Imprivata, and has more than 20 years of experience in developing advanced imaging software and systems for high security, high-availability systems. Prior to founding Imprivata he developed biometric applications for government programs and web-based applications for secure document exchange.  David blogs for Imprivata here.

Tales From The Dark Web

No Tales from The Dark Web this week, as we expand coverage for HIMSS2012 with the David Ting segment.

Our Take on This Weeks News

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Google Circumvents Safari Privacy Protections .

He doesn’t want to just read your mail, he wants reads everyone’s mail, he’s The Gmail Man.

Scott Cleland, author of the book, Search and Destroy, Why You Can’t Trust Google Inc., spoke with the CyberJungle in May 2011 about Google’s privacy practices.

Wrap

#nerdflix, partial list, the twitter-based list

Feb 7, 2012, Episode 247

Posted in Court Cases, criminal forensics, darkweb, ediscovery, eMail Security, Exclusive, Show Notes, The CyberJungle, Vulnerabilities, web server security with tags , , on February 6, 2012 by datasecurityblog

Episode 247  of  The CyberJungle is about 30 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Mr. Dmitry Sumin the CEO of Passware begins at about 20min. 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 247 via the flash player:


Interview

Passware CEO Dmitry Sumin on a forensic tool to break Mac Encrypted FileVault and Encrypted KeyChain. Visit the Passware site and read the news release.

Tales From The Dark Web

Cybercriminals target law firms for their client’s data. Read the Bloomberg story.

Our Take on This Weeks News

Walled Gardens: What Commons Do We Wish For? How Facebook uses you as their product; click here for a version of the NYTimes story Ira Victor talked about, but without a paywall.

Updates:  Mal-mail research results and settings adjustments; and Marriott Attacker

Wrap

HIMSS National Conference Feb 20-24 2012 in Las Vegas. “Shelter from the Coming Malpractice Storm.” Co-presented by  Ira Victor. Will include research done on 100 hospitals, and cover the preemptive use of forensic tools to reduce medical malpractice litigation and settlement costs.

Jan 31, 2012, Episode 246

Posted in darkweb, ediscovery, eMail Security, Exclusive, Show Notes, The CyberJungle, Vulnerabilities, web server security with tags , , , on January 31, 2012 by datasecurityblog

Episode 246 of  The CyberJungle is about 25 minutes long.  You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. The interview with Mr. Ros with Labdoo.org begins at about 12min. 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 246 via the flash player:


Interview

Jordi Ros is an executive with Labdoo.org. The goal of Labdoo is to use grassroots, decentralized, social networking tools to efficiently bring excess laptops, preloaded with Linux,  to the children in the developing world. Find out more at Labdoo.org .

Tales From The Dark Web

Iframe shop spins hijacked traffic. Read more at SCMagazine.

Our Take on This Weeks News

Warning: Driveby Spam Infects PCs When E-Mail Is Opened

Stealing smartphone crypto keys using plain old radio. Read more at ITWorld.

Wrap

Meet Bill Gates, the Man Who Changed Open Source Software. Read The Wired Story.

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