Dennis Fisher talks with Josh Shaul of AppSec about the current run of targeted attacks and data breaches, the state of denial among some security and IT staffs about the extent of the problem and what can be done to address the issues.
Dennis Fisher talks with Anup Ghosh of Invincea about the current wave of targeted attacks against high-profile companies such as RSA, the IMF and Citigroup and how the lack of innovation on the defensive side of the fence has made life easier for the attackers.
Dennis Fisher and Paul Roberts discuss the re-emergence of the MacDefender malware, Apple’s decision to push out an OS X update to protect against and the release of Google Wallet and the security implications of the system.
Dennis Fisher and Paul Roberts talk about the data breach of the Sony PlayStation Network, Sony’s response to the attack and whether the recent legislation proposed by the White House and its new cyberspace strategy will have any effect.
Dennis Fisher talks with Alex Hutton of Verizon about the 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report, the massive decrease in the number of records breached, the increase in the number of incidents and the clues to the cover challenge that may or may not be embedded in the report.
Dennis Fisher talks with Tyler Shields of Veracode about his research on the Pandora Android app and the data it collects and sends to advertisers, as well as the security and privacy concerns related to iPhone, Android and BlackBerry apps in general.
Dennis Fisher talks with Rich Mogull of Securosis about the fallout from the RSA attack, the way that the communications with the public and customers are being handled and the effects of the email breach at Epsilon.
Dennis Fisher talks with Paul Kocher of Cryptography Research about the details of the attack on RSA, what the attackers might have stolen and what the compromise of the seed file for the SecurID tokens would mean for customers.
Dennis Fisher talks with Alex Lanstein of FireEye about this week’s takedown of the Rustock botnet, the important legal precedent it helped set with Microsoft’s lawsuit and the mechanics behind the operation and dismantling of large-scale botnets.
Dennis Fisher talks with Microsoft’s Katie Moussouris about the way that the Trustworthy Computing effort at Microsoft has changed, how the security community has evolved since she got involved in the 1990s and the challenges–and fun–of being a woman in security.
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