The Security Box, podcast 17: Catch up, Trend Micro and more

Welcome to podcast 17 of the technology series known as the security box. Catch up Michael in Tennessee makes an appearance as he was not able to make it last week. We talk about encryption, the lack there of from the government, and companies in general in the security landscape.We are not pointing our fingers at any one company, but mainly an open discussion. Topics: A subset of apps were targeted in an article that indicates that 76 percent of them have at least one vulnerability or bug. The goal is not to write perfect software, but software that can be fixed within a reasonable time frame. Different types of terms are used within this article, none of which I'm too familiar with, but the article I found quite interesting. It came from the folks at help net security. 76% of applications have at least one security flaw is the article, let us discuss. Trend Micro has a program for free called House Call which is accessible. This was actually talked about this past Thursday with Andy and Josh. In the article Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks Trend Micro talks about what they've done with the program and how it can benefit you. URL tracking systems like add words and add cents by Google can be abused just like the URL shorteners before it. How URL Tracking Systems are Abused for Phishing comes from Phishlabs, and its well worth the read. This should probably be talked about, because sites use these services including blindness related sites. Do you think it is time to move away from the services in the name of security? News Notes and more In some good news, we've definitely got some. Two Charged in SIM Swapping, Vishing Scams is the article penned by Mr. Krebs. Maybe this is a start to something, only time will tell what happens. There may be more news that I didn't cover here or on the podcast of the box, let me know what you want covered. Books Due to space limitations, the books section of the show notes can't be reproduced here. The Tech blog will have the entire notations including the books for you to peruse. Thanks so much for listening and contributing!