Sep 23, 2013

I want to thank Mr. Josh Corman ( @JoshCorman ) for guest-commentating today's episode, and lending his expertise and industry leadership point of view.

Topics Covered

• UK's GCHQ has been using Prism (Courtesy of the NSA) to spy on you ... the revelation continues - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10106507/GCHQ-has-been-accessing-intelligence-through-internet-firms.html
• Wisconsin trucker vs. Koch Industries, just what is a "direct loss"? - http://www.kfdi.com/news/local/Wisconsin-man-pleads-guilty-in-cyber-attack-on-Koch-Industries-223365221.html
• iPhone, fingerprint reader, #IsTouchIDHacked - http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/09/22/iphone-fingerprint-scanner-hacked-should-you-care/
• Can the FTC (and other government entities) go after companeis who fail to do reasonable security? (also, what does that mean?) - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242531/FTC_lacks_data_breach_authority_says_accused_medical_lab?taxonomyId=17&pageNumber=2
• The gang that popped Bit9 is at it again, IE 0-day in the wild - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242570/Security_org_raises_Internet_threat_level_after_seeing_expanded_IE_attacks

More information on The Cavalry

The talk: "The Cavalry Isn't Coming: Starting the Revolution to FSCK it all!"

The video of the more mellow, smaller BSides "warm-up before DEF CON 21" is here: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/bsideslasvegas2013/1-2-2-the-cavalry-isnt-coming-starting-the-revolution-to-fsck-it-all-nicholas-j-percoco-and-joshua-corman

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Josh Corman's Bio:

Joshua Corman is the Director of Security Intelligence for Akamai.  Mr. Corman’s cross-domain research highlights adversaries, game theory and motivational structures. His analysis cuts across sectors to the core security challenges and toward emerging technologies and shifting incentives. 

A staunch advocate for CISOs, Corman also serves as a Fellow with the Ponemon Institute, on the Faculty for IANS, co-founder of Rugged Software and was a 2009 Top Influencer of IT in NetworkWorld. Corman received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy, graduating summa cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire.