Threatpost News Wrap, June 5, 2015
Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss Facebook’s moves toward encrypted notifications and SHA-2 usage, the audit of GitHub SSH keys and the awesome OpenSesame garage door hack from Samy Kamkar.
Podcasts
Brian Donohue On Security and Journalism
Dennis Fisher talks with Brian Donohue about his time at Threatpost, learning about security and the joy and pain of being a journalist.
Threatpost News Wrap, May 22, 2015
Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso talk about the Logjam attack, the proposed Wassenaar export rules on exploits, and the letter to the president decrying crypto back doors.
Dennis Fisher talks with security pioneer Marcus Ranum about writing an early Internet firewall at DEC, the security gold-rush era of the 1990s and early 2000s, why he never patented most of the ideas he has come up with and how he found peace of mind.
Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso talk about the VENOM vulnerability, the idea of marketing bugs, Microsoft’s new Edge browser security features and the awesome CSI: Cyber finale.
Dennis Fisher talks with Dan Kaminsky about the VENOM bug, the value of virtual machine escapes, why everyone wants to make every bug the worst one of all time or just a bunch of hype and what the Avengers have to do with vulnerability disclosure.
Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso talk about the end of the Patch Tuesday era for most Microsoft customers, the appeals court ruling on Section 215 metadata collection and Dennis’s idea for a security industry commission.
Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss the post-RSA news, including the MySQL bug, the progress of the OpenSSL overhaul and the wildly entertaining House hearing on crypto backdoors.
Dennis Fisher talks with Jennifer Leggio, a longtime player in security PR and marketing, about her start as an obituary writer in Southern California, her move into tech in the Bay Area, what she loves about working in security and what makes for successful startups.
Dennis Fisher, Mike Mimoso and Brian Donohue discuss the news of the week from the RSA Conference.
