Network Security Podcast

The Skype gods definitely worked against us tonight as David Mortman from Debix joined us to to talk about a new study the released on identity theft and children. No, you’re 8 month old is stealing identities like I suspect that creepy kid from the ETrade commercials is, but due to both error and fraud a surprising number of children have financial histories they didn’t know about. We also discuss last week’s Microsoft emergency update, Bono frolicking on MySpace, and the usual TSA foibles. We had some audio issues today so we kept the podcast short to spare your ears as much as possible.

The Network Security Podcast, Episode 125

Show Notes:

• Debix sponsored research into the problem of children and identity theft. There is also a webcast they are hosting with the FBI on Wednesday, October 29th, at 3 CDT.
• Microsoft releases and out of band patch for a critical vulnerability.
• Bono shows up on some girl’s MySpace page. Oops. At least he wasn’t driving drunk without underwear and with an infant in his lap like the usual MySpace-divas.

Tonight’s music is courtesy of George Thorogood and the Destroyers.

Want to talk about electronic voting?  We did.  So we invited Jacob West from Fortify to talk with us about a paper he just published with a couple of engineers at Fortify.  Guess what, they found electronic voting using DRE voting machines are the least secure way to vote.  Makes me feel good going into the election.  It’s a good thing we’re fairly self-policing when it comes to time, this is a conversation that could have gone on for a couple of hours.

We had a number of technical issues tonight, so be glad we’ve got a podcast up at all.

Network Security Podcast, Episode 124, October 21, 2008 

Show Notes:

• Dear Mr. President: Let’s talk tech - We desparately need a geek in the Cabinet!
• Miley Cyrus Hacker Raided by FBI - Don’t brag to the press when you’re already in the cross-hairs!
• Flash Suckage:  Eat your cookies – Now you can be tracked through Flash too.  
• VeriSign and ICANN square off over the DNS root – Let’s just give it to Dan K. and let him manage it.
• Judge Suppresses Report on Voting Machine Security – Which brings us to why we’re really here
• Fortify’s paper on e-voting

Once again, life is interfering and there won’t be a podcast tonight.  The funny thing is, it’s not due to travel schedules or work, it’s due to all the non-work issues in our lives.  We’ll return refreshed and rejuvenated next week. 

Thanks

Wow- this episode number is the same as the combination on my luggage. What a strange coincidence!

For the first time in a while it is just Martin and myself, which likely explains why we went over 30 minutes. We even had about 7 live listeners tonight, out of our regular audience of 2000 or so per episode. I kind of like knowing there are real people out there and Martin and I are exploring how to make it a better experience in the future. We talked about a lot tonight, ranging from the tragedy of electronic voting to the just-released clickjacking details.

As a reminder, keep an eye on our Twitter feed for our recording times if you want to listen live- usually Monday or Tuesday evenings.

Network Security Podcast, Episode 123, October 7, 2008

Show Notes:

• China snooping on Skype text chats.
• Judge puts a gag order on electronic voting machine vulnerability disclosure. Yeah, like that ever works.
• Forever21 had scads of credit card date laying around, in violation of PCI (despite being certified).
• NSA release an example application developed with secure coding practices.
• Rsnake reveals clickjacking details after they are independently discovered.

• Tonight’s music:  Casey Desmond with Save Me Now