CitizenFour, a documentary on Edward Snowden, won an Oscar last night. In response, Snowden, Laura Poitras, and Glenn Greenwald participated in an interesting Reddit AMA, which covers interenting security and privacy subject. Watch the video to learn more. (Episode Runtime: 1:20) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy6HIGPaGJE EPISODE REFERENCES: Snowden, … [Read more...]
NSA Get Out of Our Phones – WSWiR Episode 140
According to the news cyber criminals, nation states, and even our own employees are attacking our digital networks. In fact there's so much information security news each day, it's hard to keep up. If you find yourself falling behind, perhaps my weekly summary video can help. Today's episode covers, nation-state malware, booby-trapped popular web sites, dangerous pre-loaded … [Read more...]
NSA SIM Heist – Daily Security Byte EP.28
Wow! The NSA and GCHQ are at it again, this time stealing the keys to our mobile SIM cards. Even if they say they don't do blanket surveillance, they have the means to. See the video to learn what this is about. (Episode Runtime: 2:41) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n14u03lDZtk EPISODE REFERENCES: NSA and GCHQ hacked SIM card vendors to pwn mobile … [Read more...]
Who Cares About Lovely Horse? – Daily Security Byte EP.20
Oh no... The NSA and GCHQ are following security experts on Twitter! The Sky is falling, the sky is falling! Watch today's video to learn why I don't think the latest "Snowden leak" qualifies as news. (Episode Runtime: 1:29) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz3v3m2w07w EPISODE REFERENCES: Operation Lovely Horse: GCHQ uses researchers public feeds to get … [Read more...]