Rich and Adrian join up to talk about some interesting developments in Apple privacy, and how Apple may be using it to get some competitive advantage. Mike is out on a beach this week sunning himself (don’t think to hard about that) so Rich and Adrian join up to talk about some interesting developments in Apple privacy, and how Apple may be using it to get some competitive advantage. Share:
The question of the day is: Are we in a Sputnik moment? Did the Target breach shake things up so much that security is moving up the chain? Or are these short-term reactions, which will fade with our memories of what happened? Mike is off giving a giant mouse all his money, so Rich and Adrian ran the Firestarter as a duo this week. The question of the day is: Are we in a Sputnik moment? Did the Target breach shake things up so much that security is moving up the chain? Or are these short-term reactions, which will fade with our memories of what happened? We keep these notes short, but here is a link to the Reuters article we mention. Share:
We apologize for the quality of this week’s show… but Rich is on the road and can’t seem to understand the word ‘bandwidth’. Assuming you are willing to put up with us, watch us amuse ourselves over FBI wanted posters with Chinese army members on them. Then we debate the sometimes-sorry state of 95% of the 863 security cons in the world. Share:
A lot is going on in security land, so Rich, Mike, and Adrian return with another 3 for 5 episode. Three stories, five minutes each, all the sarcastic bite in a convenient package. Share:
Adrian is off at the altar of Buffett (the other one – not the one I wear a coconut bra for), so Mike and I delved into SecDevOps, triggered by a post from Andrew Storms over at DevOps.com. This is where the world is heading folks – you might as well prepare yourselves now. Share:
After missing a week, Rich, Mike, and Adrian return to talk about birthdays, the annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, and child-induced alcohol consumption. Share:
What’s a couple hundred gigabits per second of traffic between friends, right? Because that is the magnitude of recent volumetric denial of service attacks, which means regardless of who you are, you need a plan to deal with that kind of onslaught. Regardless of motivation attackers now have faster networks, bigger botnets, and increasingly effective tactics to magnify the impact of their DDoS attacks – organizations can no longer afford to ignore them. In Defending Against Network-based Distributed Denial of Service Attacks we dig into the attacks and tactics now being used to magnify those attacks to unprecedented volumes. We also go through your options to mitigate the attacks, and the processes needed to minimize downtime. To steal our own thunder, the conclusion is pretty straightforward: Of course there are trade-offs with DDoS defense, as with everything. Selecting an optimal mix of defensive tactics requires some adversary analysis, an honest and objective assessment of just how much downtime is survivable, and clear understanding of what you can pay to restore service quickly. We owe a debt of gratitude to A10 Networks for licensing this content and supporting our research. We make this point frequently, but without security companies understanding and getting behind our Totally Transparent Research model you wouldn’t be able to enjoy our research. Download Defending Against Network-based Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (PDF). Attachments Securosis_NetworkDDoS_FINAL.pdf [841KB] Share:
In this week’s Firestarter the team makes up for last week and picks three different stories, each with a time limit. It’s like one of those ESPN shows, but with less content and personality. Share:
Last week we held a wake for Windows XP. This week we continue that trend, as we discuss the end of yet era – coincidentally linked to XP. Last week the venerable Thunderdome of security lists bid adieu, as the Full Disclosure list suddenly shut down. And yes, this discussion is about more than just one email list going bye-bye. Share:
We originally recorded this episode on St. Patty’s Day and thought it would be nice to send off Windows XP with a nice Irish wake, but Google had a hiccup and our video was stuck in Never Never Land for an extra day. To be honest, we thought we lost it, so no complaints. But yes, the end is nigh, all your coffee shops are going to be hacked now that XP is unsupported, yadda yadda yadda… Share:
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