So Yahoo lost a lot of passwords. Billion passwords is a lot of passwords.

We added a bitcoin link, in case you would like to donate: btc:1Mg4NYfdaRi38BookVJNqKrEkDRUnv6R78 Ask to join our WhatsApp group We talk about some news, but we spend the last 10 minutes talking about how we started the podcast

We added a bitcoin link, in case you would like to donate: btc:1Mg4NYfdaRi38BookVJNqKrEkDRUnv6R78 Ask to join our WhatsApp group You are heading out to see your relatives for Thanksgiving. You will be asked to help them fix their tech related products. Here are some things you should know. Show Notes: TeamViewer Ninite Signal App Reasons … Continue reading "Security 132 – Thanksgiving 2016"

We added a bitcoin link, in case you would like to donate: btc:1Mg4NYfdaRi38BookVJNqKrEkDRUnv6R78 We are still talking about the aftermath of the botnet that took down Dyn DNS, and what we have to start thinking about. Show Notes

We added a bitcoin link, in case you would like to donate: btc:1Mg4NYfdaRi38BookVJNqKrEkDRUnv6R78 We discuss the massive DDOS attack on Dyn, a large internet DNS provider, that took out a large chunk of the Internet on Friday Show Notes https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/10/25/multiple-bluetooth-low-energy-ble-tracker-vulnerabilities What We Know About Friday’s Massive East Coast Internet Outage https://dyn.com/blog/dyn-statement-on-10212016-ddos-attack/

Veracrypt released their audit today, and there are some bugs. We discuss VPNs again, and again, and again. We finish with some more security news.   We added a bitcoin link, in case you would like to donate: btc:1Mg4NYfdaRi38BookVJNqKrEkDRUnv6R78

Both Yahoo and Signal were asked to give up user data. One did the right thing, the other did not. We added a bitcoin link, in case you would like to donate: btc:1Mg4NYfdaRi38BookVJNqKrEkDRUnv6R78 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-nsa-exclusive-idUSKCN1241YT  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161004/06454935701/feds-gagged-encrypted-communications-firm-open-whisper-systems-over-massively-overbroad-subpoena.shtml https://gizmodo.com/nsa-contractor-arrested-in-probe-of-stolen-source-code-1787445806

We added a bitcoin link, in case you would like to donate: btc:1Mg4NYfdaRi38BookVJNqKrEkDRUnv6R78 “When CHINA RATs our servers, they aren’t sending their best. They’re sending script kiddies, DDOS babies. They’re bringing Tor. They’re bringing DMCA violations. They’re hackers, and some, some, I assume are good people.” ~ Tom   Show Notes: https://www.bestvpn.com/the-ultimate-privacy-guide/

We added a bitcoin link, in case you would like to donate: btc:1Mg4NYfdaRi38BookVJNqKrEkDRUnv6R78 After our forced time off, we come back with a lot of stories that have happened in the last two weeks. We spend a few minutes on each of them.

We added a bitcoin link, in case you would like to donate: btc:1Mg4NYfdaRi38BookVJNqKrEkDRUnv6R78 We always talk about applying security updates, but we have been telling people to avoid Windows 10. Well which is it? The answer in general is to update, especially for security, unless you have a need not to.