If you missed the show from yesterday (10/12/2016) or just want to review it again, we’ve got it edited and posted to our YouTube channel!
On this episode we go over some of the recent random news with our awesome IRC chat.
Researchers Demonstrated How NSA Broke Trillions of Encrypted Connections:
http://thehackernews.com/2016/10/nsa-crack-encryption.html
BlockChain.info Domain Hijacked; Site Goes Down; 8 Million Bitcoin Wallets Inaccessible:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheHackersNews/~3/jaJ5kJm-UJg/blockchain-bitcoin-website.html
Encrypted communications could have an undetectable backdoor for 1024 Bit keys:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3130160/security/encrypted-communications-could-have-an-undetectable-backdoor.html
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/how-the-nsa-can-break-trillions-of-encrypted-web-and-vpn-connections/
NSA paid $10 million bribe to RSA (circa 2013): http://thehackernews.com/2013/12/nsa-paid-10-million-bribe-to-rsa.html
Amazon finds cache of reused passwords: change yours now!:
Amazon finds cache of reused passwords: change yours now!
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Share Data with Location-based Social Media Surveillance Startup:
http://thehackernews.com/2016/10/social-media-monitoring-tool.html
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/10/11/178247/facebook-instagram-twitter-block-tool-for-cops-to-surveil-you-on-social-media
Amazon Music Unlimited challenges Spotify with steep discounts for Echo, Prime users:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3130121/streaming-services/amazon-music-unlimited-challenges-spotify-with-steep-discounts-for-echo-prime-users.html
Samsung will ‘dispose of’ recalled Note 7 phones, won’t repair or refurbish them:
http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/10/12/13257504/samsung-galaxy-note-7-disposal
https://gizmodo.com/how-one-outrageous-law-turned-the-samsung-phone-recall-1787659621
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/11/samsung-ships-fire-proof-boxes-and-gloves-to-recover-note-7s/
Google and Facebook building super high-speed cable between LA and Hong Kong:
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/12/13255858/google-facebook-submarine-cable-trans-pacific
StrongPity’ malware infects users through illegitimate WinRAR and TrueCrypt installers:
https://www.neowin.net/news/strongpity-malware-infects-users-through-legitimate-winrar-and-truecrypt-installers
Get CryptoPrevent version 8 Beta:
https://www.d7xtech.com/cryptoprevent-beta/
KeePass overview:
Yahoo adds security event tracking to its Account Info page, but still no “delete” button:
Yahoo adds security event tracking to its Account Info page, but still no “delete” button
Verizon wants you to know its Google Pixel phones will get immediate Android updates:
Verizon wants you to know its Google Pixel phones will get immediate Android updates
Enterprise customers pull back on security spending, says Fortinet
http://www.zdnet.com/article/enterprise-customers-pull-back-on-security-spending-says-fortinet/
will not fix their IoT security flaws allowing ALL their hardware to be compromised:
http://www.avtech.com.tw/
http://news.softpedia.com/news/avtech-shuns-security-firm-and-leaves-all-products-vulnerable-without-a-patch-509223.shtml
AVTECH vulnerability matrix:
http://www.search-lab.hu/media/vulnerability_matrix.txt
Violent Extremism is a slippery slope FBI game:
https://cve.fbi.gov/whatis/?state=blameSection1
Mr. President game:
https://kotaku.com/mr-president-asks-players-to-save-donald-trump-from-as-1787677514
Military looking at blockchain for nuclear weapons:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/10/11/2045240/us-military-is-looking-at-blockchain-technology-to-secure-nuclear-weapons
WD finally gets into the ssd game:
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/11/western-digital-finally-offers-a-consumer-ssd/
space vid of the day:
weird vid:
Court rejects major penalties for torrent damages:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/10/11/2044252/court-rejects-massive-torrent-damages-claim-admin-avoids-jail
Comcast fined for negative option billing practices:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/10/11/1819210/comcast-fined-23-million-by-fcc-for-negative-option-billing-practices
FCC Complaints link:
The power of the internet at it’s worst:
https://gizmodo.com/is-this-horrifying-youtube-video-linked-to-the-disappea-1787682470
https://gizmodo.com/that-horrifying-hostage-video-was-just-a-twisted-misund-1787702303
Lawmakers want UK to set example on transparency in AI decision making:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3130497/lawmakers-want-uk-to-set-example-on-transparency-in-ai-decision-making.html
Colorado making batteries from beer waste:
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/12/colorado-researchers-turn-beer-waste-into-battery-electrodes/
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