On this episode of the NewsCast

• Intel forms new Automotive Security Research Board (ASRB) to focus on security of their automotive platform
  • http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2015/09/13/intel-commits-to-mitigating-automotive-cybersecurity-risks
  • Good security as a competitive advantage?
  • Interesting development in the effort to secure cars as a technology platform
• Appeals court forces the issue of 'fair use' in DMCA case
  • http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/14/appeals-court-copyright-holders-must-consider-fair-use-before/
  • Interesting development in the case against Universal Music Group's malicious prosecution and nonsense take-down orders
• Bitpay sues their insurance company after giving away $1.8M
  • http://www.coindesk.com/bitpay-sues-insurer-after-losing-1-8-million-in-phishing-attack/
  • Interesting argument in court - indirect loss
  • Company exec got phished for credentials
  • Execs fall for "transfer large quantity of money" scam
  • Follow this case!
• China making demands of US tech companies
  
  • http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/17/china-us-tech-companies-security-policies/
  • This has happened before...US companies found ways around this once
  • Essentially it appears as though China is asking for 'backdoors' and secret access to source code, etc in order to do business in China
  • Talk about anti-competitive!
• The Kardashian train wreck exposes fans' information due to web flaw
  • http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/16/kardashian-website-security-issue-exposes-names-emails-of-over-half-a-million-subscribers-payment-info-safe/#.gofm76:EZbS
  • Some 'developer' wanted to see how the site worked, poked around and found an interesting flaw and posed it to owners
  • ~500,000 subscribers info exposed

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