Security researcher and IoT hacker Dennis Giese talks about his mission to liberate robot vacuums from the control of their manufacturers, letting owners tinker with their own devices and - importantly - control the data they collect about our most intimate surroundings.

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In this week’s episode of the podcast (#207) we speak with Sara Tatsis of the firm Blackberry about her 20 year career at the legendary mobile device maker and the myriad challenges attracting women to- and keeping them in the information security field.

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In this week’s episode of The Security Ledger Podcast (#86) we speak with Dr. Kevin Fu of the University of Michigan about research he conducted that casts doubts on reports of mysterious acoustic attacks on US embassy employees in Havana, Cuba. Also: Chip Block of Evolver talks about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s expanded cyber security guidance. And finally: thousands of radiologic sensors were deployed in the U.S. following the attacks of September 11 2001. We’ll look at new efforts to secure those systems from cyber attack. The US State Department decided last week to make staff cuts to the Cuban Embassy permanent, citing a need to protect American personnel from what the State Department called a series of “health attacks” – reportedly sonic assaults that left embassy staff and employees with hearing loss and a range of other symptoms. But did attacks really take place? Bad Vibes in Havana […]

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In this week’s Security Ledger Podcast, we talk with Genevieve Southwick, CEO of the B-Sides Las Vegas hacker conference about the information security industry’s #metoo problem and what steps conference organizers are taking to stem sexual assault and harassment at information security events. Also: researcher Alec Muffet talks with us about making a TOR version of Wikipedia (and why it’s not sticking around). Finally, Martin McKeay of Akamai talks about the state of Internet security one year after Mirai. (Spoiler alert: Mirai is still a problem.) Part 1: Information Security has a #metoo problem First person testimony by victims of sexual assault and harassment toppled giants in sectors like politics, the media, film, high-tech and the arts in recent weeks. At the same time, the #metoo movement has spread awareness about the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault beyond the limelight. Listeners will not be surprised to learn, then, that […]

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