Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast (DtSR)

DtSR Episode 225 - NewsCast for December 20th 2016


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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year everyone!

 

May your holidays be filled with joy, love and family. From Michael, James and myself we wish you the very best and a healthy, prosperous and fulfilling 2017.

We will be back in 2017 with another great DtSR Episode... but before we go - here's one last NewsCast for 2016.

 

Yahoo - setting records again - biggest hack ever

  • It happened again: Yahoo says 1 billion user accounts stolen in what could be biggest hack ever
  • 1 billion accounts.. But 1 billion users? Probably not
  • It was 2013… does it even matter?
  • Bigger issue - secret questions/answers can't be changed easily (if you're honest, which you shouldn't be)
  • What about the integrity of the Yahoo! brand?

Netgear Routers - Simple fix, Difficult fix

  • As with most devices that weren’t designed to be updated…
  • The software fix (firmware) is quite easy according to Netgear
  • Problem is … how to get users to install it
  • http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384

Microsoft Patches dangerous backdoor in skype for Mac OSX

  • Issue on Mac only
  • Use of an unused or outdated API that provided access
  • http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/microsoft-patches-dangerous-backdoor-in-skype-for-mac-os-x-/d/d-id/1327712

Flash being relegated by MS’s Edge browser… is it time?

  • So many vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash, exploitable
  • Chrome already has click-to-run
  • Next version of Edge

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