The Network Security Podcast, Episode 156

Martin is off in Japan this week, so I’m joined by our good friend Amrit Williams from BigFix and the Techbuddha blog. Amrit and I start off by talking about the rolling blackouts in California and disaster preparedness, before jumping into the week’s security news.

Network Security Podcast, Episode 156
Time: 41:28

Show Notes :

The New York Times and Wikipedia censor reports of a captured reporter to protect him.
Dave Shackleford on 10 things your auditor doesn’t want you to know.
Trojan steals FTP credentials
Juniper pulls ATM hacking talk from Black Hat
Most systems have unpatched software. Is anyone surprised?
Tonight’s Music: Since I haven’t figured out how to get the podcasting rights to Jimmy Buffett’s entire collection, there’s no music for tonight’s close.

1 Comment

reppep 2009-07-01

Re: Rohde: This is a case that makes me reassess my normal belief in free information and concern about control of information. On the other hand, he was kidnapped while working for the Times in November 2008, and he escaped without NY Times assistance in June 2009, so their censorship efforts don't seem to have helped Rohde any. Perhaps the Taliban would have killed him for having written for the Christian Science Monitor, or didn't know who they kidnapped and held for over half a year. Neither seems very likely, but I suppose they're possible. So what did the Times really accomplish?