DtSR Episode 217 - NewsCast for October 25th 2016

The Massive DDoS That Hit Dyn.Org Massive DDoS disrupts a ton of popular websites (Netflix, Twitter, etc) IoT used to amplify attack What does this mean for corporate users, home users, and vendors? https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powered-todays-massive-internet-outage/ Verizon Reviewing Terms of Yahoo Deal As Revenue Slides Is this really the result of the breach or did someone just get cold feet? We’re speculating, but we’ve heard this type of talk before To be honest, Yahoo! saw a rise in earnings over what was projected http://www.wsj.com/articles/verizon-revenue-falls-below-views-1476966420 Passwords - We’re Still Giving Out Horrible Advice Why are companies still making their end-users follow ridiculous policies? Selfies? Is that a viable replacement? http://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-try-out-selfies-as-password-alternatives-1476661046 What about SMS as an OTP replacement that NIST ‘deprecated’? https://threatpost.com/nist-recommends-sms-two-factor-authentication-deprecation/119507/   St. Jude Medical to Create Cybersecurity Advisory Board; Muddy Waters Releases More Vulnerability Allegations The ‘fight’ between the short-sell firm and St. Jude Medical is back Smack in the middle is "MedSec" St. Jude in middle of acquisition by Abbott Labs What’s the real goal, this is starting to feel ugly When vendors and researchers fight, patients lose - end of story What is the happy ending here? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-19/st-jude-faces-new-safety-charges-from-muddy-waters-capital Have something to say? Let's hear it.Support the show>>> Please consider clicking the link above to support the show!-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=YouTube home: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyo0dkKRvfVtWXjRxNISrhme1MgBj3C2U&si=scHDiTuLXSEQ9qHqLinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/down-the-security-rabbithole-podcast/X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/dtsr_podcast