Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including a password issue at Github, the xDedic marketplace, and another Flash zero day.
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including a password issue at Github, the xDedic marketplace, another Flash zero day, and how the poorly the FBI is doing with facial recognition software.
Download: Threatpost_News_Wrap_June_17_2016.mp3
Music by Chris Gonsalves
The agency said the malware has already compromised more than 150 organizations and provided insight into its ransomware-as-a-service behavior.
The widespread compromise affecting key government agencies is ongoing, according to the U.S. government.
Impacted are PHP-based websites running a vulnerable version of the web-app creation tool Zend Framework and some Laminas Project releases.
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