START CONTENT * Sorry about the audio last week; wireless headsets don’t compare to the Yeti * The CIA is focusing on cyberespionage in its new management * Anthem is refusing an audit by the OIG office–an org that audits health care groups that provide services to federal employees * Nothing says I’m guilty like refusing an audit * Reminds me of the Russians refusing the crash investigation in Game of Cards * There’s been a possible credit card breach at the Mandarin Oriental hotel chain * The incident was reported by Brian Krebs * Three people were indicted in the Epsilon hack * Resulted in around 1 billion email addresses being stolen * Dave Aitel thinks junk hacking is a waste * Basically hacking your blender or whatever * In my opinion he’s missing the point that most conferences are like this * I think there’s a hierarchy of talks * Create new defense tool based on new defense idea * Create new defense idea * Create new attack tool based on new attack idea * Create new attack idea * Create new tool for existing attack or defense idea * Describe existing attack or defense idea * Microsoft has reported it’s vulnerable to FREAK as well, making it even more serious * FREAK has proved to be less alarming than previous SSL vulns simply because of the difficulty of attack END CONTENT Play Podcast Notes * I think I’m going to standardize the intro and outro so that I only end up recording the actual story content each week. * Any recommendations on what else you’d like to see would be appreciated.

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