In this episode, I talk about the Sony hacks, MacDefender, Dropbox privacy issues, ForensicArtifacts.com and upcoming events in the month of June. Show Notes: Sony/PBS Hacks links: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/sony-hacked-yet-again-plaintext-passwords-posted.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/hacktivists-scorch-pbs-in-retaliation-for-wikileaks-documentary.ars http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/229700188 Mac Defender, Apple Security Update and Avast A/V Free for Mac: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/19/macdefender-malware-protection-and-removal-guide/ http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/31/mac-security-update-2011-003-now-available-for-download/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/02/apple-responds-quickly-to-evolving-mac-defender-threat-with-updated-malware-definitions/ http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4657 http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/01/avast-free-antivirus-for-mac-beta-now-available/ Using TrueCrypt with Dropbox: http://lifehacker.com/5794486/how-to-add-a-second-layer-of-encryption-to-dropbox [...]
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Episode 29- Sony Hack, MacDefender, Dropbox Privacy and ForensicArtifacts.com
REMNux Update Coming Soon
Attention all Malware Analysts…… Lenny Zeltser is putting finishing touches on the next version of REMnux (v 2.0), which is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution for analyzing malware. It is set for release this month. Lenny uses it in the SANS FOR610 course, but it has also been well received by the malware analyst community, and [...]
Episode 22- Firesheep, Sophos for Mac and REM Review
In this episode, I discuss the “Firesheep” extension for Firefox, Find My iPhone becoming a free service for iDevice users, Sophos’ free Anti-Virus application for the Mac OS and finally, I review the SANS Forensics 610 (Reverse Engineering Malware) course. Links: Firesheep-http://codebutler.com/firesheep Article on Firesheep- http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9192923/New_Firefox_add_on_hijacks_Facebook_Twitter_sessions EFF & The TOR Project’s “HTTPS Everywhere” Firefox Extension- [...]
Discount code for SANS Reverse Engineering Malware course (NYC)
SANS was kind enough to provide a discount code to my listeners for their upcoming Forensics 610 (FOR610) Reverse Engineering Malware course that is taking place October 25-29th, 2010 in NYC. This 5-Day course, which is being taught by Lenny Zeltser, is regularly $3,425.oo. The below code will give you 10% off. That is a [...]
Episode 20- Lenny Zeltser talks Malware Analysis
Another milestone episode. Made it to 20 and was lucky to have a special guest, Lenny Zeltser. Lenny (in my opinion) is a Malware Analysis guru. He stopped by to talk about Malware Analysis, a Linux distribution called REMnux which he recently released and the two Malware courses that he teaches for SANS. Show Notes: [...]
Episode 18- ForensicArtifacts.com, McAfee, Adobe Patches, Facebook Places
Welcome to an episode of potpourri proportions. I cover the following topics: Forensic Artifacts Website: http://forensicartifacts.com Forensic Artifacts Twitter Feed: Follow @4n6artifacts McAfee’s List of Most Dangerous Celebrities to Search For: http://home.mcafee.com/AdviceCenter/most-dangerous-celebrities?ctst=1 Intel purchases McAfee for $7.7 Billion Dollars: Forbes article Gizmodo article The Register article Adobe Issues Out-of-Band Patches: Secunia- http://secunia.com/advisories/40766 Infosecurity (USA)- http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/11898/adobe-issues-emergency-patches-for-reader-and-acrobat/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter [...]
Episode 14- Shutting down Windows AutoRun
In this episode, I highlight some news stories and I discuss how to Disable the AutoRun feature of Windows XP/Vista/7. Show Notes: Google not using Windows anymore- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html Mac Spyware- http://blog.intego.com/2010/06/01/intego-security-alert-osxopinionspy-spyware-installed-by-freely-distributed-mac-applications/ LikeJacking on Facebook- http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=8893&rss http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2010/06/02/click-paramore-naked-photo-leaked-facebook-link/ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Facebook-Likejacking-Attacks-Continue-to-Snare-Users-286834/ http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/likejacking_takes_off_on_facebook.php 2010 Forensic4cast Awards- http://forensic4cast.com/?p=612 IBM distributes USB drives with malware- http://www.scmagazineus.com/ibm-distributed-infected-usb-drives-at-conference/article/170862/ Disabling Windows AutoRun feature- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715 Podcast: [...]
