Episode 0x36

Which part of WEEKLY is this?

There's a chance that you'll learn something during this romp through the wonderful world of infosec. Or something.

Upcoming this week...

1. Lots of News
2. Breaches
3. SCADA / Cyber, cyber... etc.
4. finishing it off with DERPs/Mailbag (or Deep Dive)
5. And there are weekly Briefs - no arguing or discussion allowed

And if you've got commentary, please sent it to [email protected] for us to check out.

DISCLAIMER: It's not that explicit, but you may want to use headphones if you're at work.

ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMER: In case it is unclear, this is the story of 5 opinionated infosec pros who have sufficient opinions of their own they don't need to speak for anyone except themselves. Ok? Good.

In this episode:

• News and Commentary
1. Homeland Security Has to Explain Why and When It Can Kill Cell Networks
2. GitHub DERPS Are Why We Can't Have Nice Things
3. Cyber-arms dealer APT APT APT (fun stuff about cve-2013-3906)
4. Toyota's killer firmware: Bad design and its consequences
5. Obligatory Rob Ford Story... Hacker Destructo Needed.
• SCADA / Cyber, cyber... etc
1. More Stuxnet CyberDerping.
2. FBI Posts Bad Craigslist Casual Encounters Ad
• DERP
1. Enabling the Snowdens? Users like you and me (or, at least, people who work at the NSA)
2. Humblebraging is still not cool... MacRumors attacker says "Relax guys"
• Mailbag
1. Friend of the show @JimmyVo asks: @myrcurial Definitely beyond 140 chr answer but how would you train up SIEM/SOC analysts?
2. The Liquidmatrix Crew respondeth thusly:DO THESE THINGS.
• Briefly -- NO ARGUING OR DISCUSSION ALLOWED
1. ErrataRob's isowall
2. Google Inactive Account Manager
3. WhiteHat Hiring A Ruby Dev
4. Why Korea uses internet exploder
• Liquidmatrix Staff Projects -- gratuitous self-promotion
1. The Security Conference Library
2. Contribute to the Strategic Defense Execution Standard (#SDES) and you'll be Doing Infosec Right in no time.
3. If you're interested in helping out with openCERT.ca, drop a line to [email protected]
• Upcoming Appearances:  -- more gratuitous self-promotion
1. Dave: - In the YYZ Air Canada lounge.
2. James: - Probably no where until Shmoocon.
3. Ben: - Dancing on the ceiling.
4. Matt: - Hiding behind a beard. AppSec trip canceled :(
5. Wil: - On stage, probably acting, or probably in one of his drunken stupors.
6. Other LSD Writers: - Someone forgot to feed them.
• Advertising - pay the bills...
1. Signing up for a SANS course? Be sure to use the code "Liquidmatrix_150" and save $150 off the course fee! And Liquidmatrix_5 for 5% off a course
2. Seacrest Says: Skype is teh suck. Scotch saveth thee.

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