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Summary: Join intrepid host Justin Freid as he traverses the week's biggest tech news in a rapid-fire roundtable discussion before your very ears.
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The EFF put out a guide on how to host your own security event. Since we do something like that, we discuss https://sec.eff.org/articles/first-training
Chrome is playing games with Adblock extensions again: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evy53j/google-struggles-to-justify-making-chrome-ad-blockers-worse https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/4/18650363/firefox-block-trackers-default-enhanced-tracking-protection Ring Doorbells and Police: https://www.cnet.com/features/amazons-helping-police-build-a-surveillance-network-with-ring-doorbells/ Apple does some magic voodoo to prevent find my mac stalking: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-find-my-cryptography-bluetooth/
Google found out that almost 100% of automated phishing attacks can be prevented with ANY form of 2FA: https://security.googleblog.com/2019/05/new-research-how-effective-is-basic.html
We got some big security holes for you this week. Last week ended with a WhatsApp bug. Update Now! https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/05/whatsapp-vulnerability-exploited-to-infect-phones-with-israeli-spyware/ CPU.Fail: https://cpu.fail/ Google Security Key Vulnerability: https://security.googleblog.com/2019/05/titan-keys-update.html?m=1 Can you please fill out our podtrac survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=B8NmaYB8k-kH&ver=short
So what privacy settings do you want in your smart cylinder?https://gizmodo.com/a-very-long-list-of-privacy-features-google-talked-abou-1834593900 Why is it a problem that “Works with Nest” is going away. https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/google-works-with-nest-discontinued-1203207335/ Can you please fill out our podtrac survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=B8NmaYB8k-kH&ver=short
I saw how Banksy authenticates his work, and we got to thinking about how we verified things in the past, and future. https://reprage.com/post/how-banksy-authenticates-his-work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation Can you please fill out our podtrac survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=B8NmaYB8k-kH&ver=short
The EFF put out a privacy focused feature request to several tech companies titled #FixItAlready. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/announcing-fix-it-already Can you please fill out our podtrac survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=B8NmaYB8k-kH&ver=short
This week: We talk wifi WPA3 vulnerabilities: https://gizmodo.com/new-super-secure-wifi-is-actually-full-of-security-hole-1833967122 Finally a settlement from the Pixel 6p: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/11/18306552/google-huawei-nexus-6p-class-action-lawsuit-settlement-agreement-compensate Google Security Key is your phone: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18295348/google-android-phone-fido-webauthn-phishing-two-factor-authentication Can you please fill out our podtrac survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=B8NmaYB8k-kH&ver=short
Podtrac Survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=B8NmaYB8k-kH&ver=standard Facebook internally stored passwords in plaintext: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/facebook-stored-hundreds-of-millions-of-user-passwords-in-plain-text-for-years/ Response: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/03/keeping-passwords-secure/ If your a system admin, how would you stop the New Zealand shooting video. Netflix changing show order based on something: https://twitter.com/LukasThoms/status/1107839333824937984?s=19 Scam Alerts through Social Security:
First, update chrome… We explain why. This link doesn’t: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/03/06/serious-chrome-zero-day-google-says-update-right-this-minute/ Then Facebook says we care about security (Again): https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/a-privacy-focused-vision-for-social-networking/10156700570096634/ We finish about Multi Factor Authentication, and how terrible it is to explain to the average user. Tom’s Talk: https://samurailink3.com/talks/2-factor/ Crypto and Privacy Village Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Hj9TpFpjY Comcast PIN is 000000: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/03/05/comcast-security-nightmare-default-0000-pin-on-everybodys-account/
There was a not so hidden microphone in Nest’s security base: https://www.androidauthority.com/nest-secure-google-assistant-mic-950134/ Should you lock people out of their account for insecure passwords? https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3071207/googles-nest-is-locking-customers-out-of-accounts-until-they-fix-their-security Can you please fill out our podtrac survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=B8NmaYB8k-kH&ver=short
Google and Facebook get slapped on the wrist by apple. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/facebook-and-google-offered-gift-cards-for-root-level-access-to-ios-users-data/ People throwing away their expensive wifi lightbulbs : https://limitedresults.com/2019/01/pwn-the-lifx-mini-white/ and more U2F talk
Should I buy a u2f device? Google Phishing Quiz: https://phishingquiz.withgoogle.com/ Google Chrome vs Adlbockers: https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1088106690313097217 How to make the library cards more convenient
Some Facebook meme wants us to post photos 10 years apart. https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-10-year-meme-challenge/ Verizon is making Remind pay more money: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/verizon-price-hike-could-kill-free-texting-service-for-teachers-and-students/ WhatsApp not deregistering phone numbers
We discuss different ways to start the new year off right. Also, what to do with those holiday IoT devices And… Whatever this is: https://casthack.thehackergiraffe.com/