Nov 24, 2014

In this episode

• We revisit the 'human' side of hacking
• Chris tells us all about the Defcon CTF his team has hosted
• We discuss the role human nature plays in social engineering, or "Why the bad guys always win"
• Chris gives us his tips for making it harder for social engineers
• Michael and Chris talk metrics and measuring...

Nov 17, 2014

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Topics covered

• Update: Home Depot breach (Hint: apparently it was a 3rd party entry point)
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Nov 10, 2014

In this episode

• Adam and Dmitri discuss what is (and what isn't) threat intelligence
• We discuss strategic, tactical and operational security intelligence
• Who is using threat intelligence, and how?
• Adam talks about the success factors, key points, and trends
• Michael asks how an organization can know whether they're...

Nov 7, 2014

In this episode

• Jeff explains a little bit about who Norse is, and why they were potentially targeted with a DDoS
• We discuss what a DDoS is, how it becomes effective, and what methods/tools attackers use (in this case SNMP v2 reflection)
• We talk about threat intelligence (reputational intelligence) and how companies...

Nov 3, 2014

Topics covered

• Banks urging shoppers not to avoid breached retailers - Companies that get breached impact card holders minimally, at least as far as we can tell, right?
  • http://www.kcentv.com/story/26887771/local-bank-leaders-no-need-to-avoid-hacked-retailers-during-holidays
• Federal officials (FBI, US SS) are making...