SecureWV/Hack3rcon

Training Nov. 2-5:

Conference (Virtual): Nov. 6-8

CFP is Open

Call for Sponsors is Open

https://www.securewv.org/

Wild West Hackin’ Fest (WWHF) training at SecureWV - Training Nov. 2-5

https://wildwesthackinfest.com/wwhf-at-secure-wv/?fbclid=IwAR0_digf-c99HVprsLlXfFX9kt-CBFQYvkTQhU5_5XU2DiceYJJlOSDVsx0

General SecureWV/Hack3rcon announcements

Training:

Wild West Hackin’ Fest (WWHF) training at SecureWV

https://wildwesthackinfest.com/wwhf-at-secure-wv/?fbclid=IwAR0_digf-c99HVprsLlXfFX9kt-CBFQYvkTQhU5_5XU2DiceYJJlOSDVsx0

 

Jailed Huawei executive will learn her fate Monday as China demands her release

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/09/tech/meng-wanzhou-hearing-huawei-tensions/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNi&utm_content=2018-12-10T04%3A36%3A43&utm_term=link&fbclid=IwAR3uqDqBw2s6DmaZJXzbLVk0rvH1yCaWKlwrWT5-xR6rxutGekGg6eOO9OU

Marriott Announces Starwood Guest Reservation Database Security Incident

http://news.marriott.com/2018/11/marriott-announces-starwood-guest-reservation-database-security-incident/

Diabetics Are Hacking Their Own Insulin Pumps - CNBC [Raspberry Pi Artificial Pancreas]

https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/a3lxdx/diabetics_are_hacking_their_own_insulin_pumps/

Making a Ransomware Payment? It May Now Violate U.S. Sanctions

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/making-a-ransomware-payment-it-may-now-violate-us-sanctions/ 

Specially designated nationals and blocked persons list https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx

We talk with Amanda Berlin about the plans for the upcoming Derbycon Mental Health Workshop

Facebook wants to hide secret inaudible messages in TV ads that can force your phone to record audio

This week we talk to 304Geeks president and con organizer Benny Karnes about SecureWV 2018\Hack3rCon 9.

This week we talk with Amanda Berlin about 50 FREE things you can do to improve the security of most environments

Upcoming Conferences

ShmooCon 2018 - January 19-21, 2018 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC

http://shmoocon.org/

BSidesNYC

January 20, 2018

https://bsidesnyc.org

http://www.securitybsides.com/

THOTCON 0x8 - May 4-5, 2018

https://thotcon.org/

SOLD OUT

DerbyCon

Sponsorships will open up the first week in March.

Call for Trainers (CFT), Call for Papers (CFP), and Call for Workshops (CFW) opens on April 1st, 2018

Call for Trainers opens on March 1st and close on April 14th, 2018

Call for Papers (CFP) and Call for Workshops (CFW) opens April 1st, 2018 and end on July 1st, 2018

Ticket Sales: May 5th (Derby Day), 2018 at 1:00PM ET

DerbyCon training dates: October 3rd and 4th, 2018

DerbyCon conference dates: October 5th – 7th, 2018

https://derbycon.com

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Patreon

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Stories

Security bod uncovers 15-year-old macOS zero-day flaw

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3023615/security-bod-uncovers-15-year-old-macos-zero-day-flaw

North Korean Hackers Hijack Computers to Mine Cryptocurrencies

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-02/north-korean-hackers-hijack-computers-to-mine-cryptocurrencies

Mirai botnet co-authors plead guilty in US court

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3023120/mirai-botnet-co-authors-plead-guilty-in-us-court

Mirai: Student behind IoT malware used it in Minecraft server protection racket, claims Krebs

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3002896/mirai-student-behind-iot-malware-used-in-minecraft-server-protection-racket-claims-krebs

Former Rutgers student admits to creating code that crashed internet

http://www.nj.com/education/2017/12/rutgers_student_charged_in_series_of_cyber_attacks.html

Plea Agreement Full Text: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4327738-Paras-Jha-Plea.html

We Need a New FUD

http://daveshackleford.com/?p=1081

Serial Swatter “SWAuTistic” Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/01/serial-swatter-swautistic-bragged-he-hit-100-schools-10-homes/

Shame: Richard 'Rick' Fisher Hayes

http://attrition.org/errata/shame/richard_hayes/

Massive child porn site is hiding in plain sight, and the owners behind it

https://sijmen.ruwhof.net/weblog/1782-massive-child-porn-site-is-hiding-in-plain-sight-and-the-owners-behind-it

';--have i been pwned? - Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Upcoming Conferences

ShmooCon 2018 - January 19-21, 2018 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC

http://shmoocon.org/

THOTCON 0x8 - May 4-5, 2018

https://thotcon.org/

SOLD OUT

BSidesNYC

January 20, 2018

https://bsidesnyc.org

http://www.securitybsides.com/

The podcast RSS and iTunes Feed

RSS: https://audioboom.com/channels/4914568.rss

iTunes: pcast://audioboom.com/channels/4914568.rss

Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/rebootitpodcast

Stories

Bitcoin Price Now Down 15% from All-Time High

https://www.coindesk.com/17k-breached-bitcoin-price-now-down-15-from-all-time-high/

Coinbase halts Bitcoin Cash transactions amidst accusations of insider trading

https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/20/16800940/coinbase-bitcoin-cash-fork-insider-trading-probe

U.S. blames North Korea for 'WannaCry' cyber attack

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-northkorea/u-s-blames-north-korea-for-wannacry-cyber-attack-idUSKBN1ED00Q

Facebook’s Latest Facial Recognition Tools Introduce New Privacy Concerns

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/12/19/facebook_announces_new_facial_recognition_features.html

But this is OK: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/12/why-privacy-activists-are-wary-of-those-new-airport-face-scans/548975/?utm_source=SFFB

iPhone slowdown blamed on controversial fix for aging batteries

https://www.slashgear.com/iphone-slowdown-blamed-on-controversial-fix-for-aging-batteries-19512365/

Apple under fire as it admits it DOES deliberately 'smooth out' the performance of older iPhones to keep them running as their batteries age

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5199917/Apple-admits-DOES-deliberately-slow-older-iPhones.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

Alteryx - Amazon S3 breach https://www.upguard.com/breaches/cloud-leak-alteryx