DtSR Episode 189 - NewsCast for April 12th 2016

In this episode...

Pros examine mossack-fonseca breach: Wordpress plugin, Drupal likely suspects

• Plug-ins seem to be a universal weakness
• Many companies have this type of 3rd party security issue
• The broader enterprise implications - how do you find these sites?
• http://www.scmagazine.com/pros-examine-mossack-fonseca-breach-wordpress-plugin-drupal-likely-suspects/article/488697/

WordPress pushes free https encryption for all hosted sites

• What's the problem we're trying to solve?
• 2 separate issues, trust vs. authentication - know which you're solving
• http://www.securityweek.com/wordpresscom-pushes-free-https-all-hosted-sites

If you can't break crypto, break the client

• Bishop-Fox researcher finds webkit bug in iMessage
• JavaScript in iMessage, sure, why not
• Same-Origin-Policy (SOP) not enforced since it's a desktop app
• http://www.bishopfox.com/blog/2016/04/if-you-cant-break-crypto-break-the-client-recovery-of-plaintext-imessage-data/

Executives - "We're not responsible for cyber security"

• Raf: This is squarely the fault of security professionals failing to make the security discussion a part of the enterprise vernacular
• Michael & James: What does this mean, and what do we do not? If anything.
• http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/01/many-executives-say-theyre-not-responsible-for-cybersecurity-survey.html

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