DtSR Episode 127 - NewsCast for January 26th, 2015

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Topics Covered

• Google picks up really big rocks, but lives in a glass house. As Google drops zero-day on Apple and Microsoft they respond with a lame excuse as to why they aren't patching a vulnerability that puts north of 60% of all Android users at risk.
  • http://m.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2389839/google-puts-60-percent-of-android-users-at-risk-with-webview-security-changes
  • http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/197346-google-throws-nearly-a-billion-android-users-under-the-bus-refuses-to-patch-os-vulnerability
  • http://www.eweek.com/security/google-project-zero-continues-its-microsoft-zero-day-assault.html
  • http://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-project-zero-reveals-three-apple-os-x-zero-day-vulnerabilities/
• Marriott reverses its decision to block guests' personal WiFi devices at their properties
  • http://threatpost.com/marriott-agrees-to-stop-blocking-guest-wifi-devices/110441
• LabMD's request to have an enforcement action against them by the Federal Trade Commission is denied. While this doesn't necessarily mean anything serious, yet, it's definitely one to watch.
  • http://healthitsecurity.com/2015/01/23/ftc-healthcare-data-breach-case-v-labmd-continues/
• Heartland Payment Systems - yes the company that was the posted child for nearly going out of business because of a horrible breach - is continuing to reinvent itself around security, this time making headlines with an offer of a data breach warranty. Strings, as you may suspect, attached.
  • http://www.cspnet.com/industry-news-analysis/technology/articles/heartland-offering-data-breach-warranty
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