EP047 - In-security Podcast

Greetings & Banter
Here’s a musical reference you missed if you’re not old like Matthew: Geto Boys – Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta [Explicit] on YouTube.

Follow up
Some follow up from episode 46 on the Halifax kid viewing freedom of information act items:
– The Halifax Examiner breaks down how the Provincial Employees misled the police to essentially SWAT the 15 year old kid at his parent’s house.
– The Corey Doctorow Boing Boing article mentioned.

Some follow up from episode 46 on Speculative Execution flaws in CPUs:
– Threatpost article on MOAR flaws much like Spectre.

Some follow up from episode 44 on the Equifax breach:
– Specs that Matt discussed around breach record contents.
– ZDNet as a second source of truth

Is it even considered feedback for episode 46 when it’s just more facebook drama:
– Facebook partnership with cellphone manufacturers

Topic for this week: Internet of Things
Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t the traditional devices that go on the Internet like computers, phone, or network equipment. It’s appliances like light bulbs, fridges, toasters, security cameras, and other single purpose devices. The following are some of the links that we used as reference that either made the cut or didn’t:
– Ars Technica article on cameras that let Internet strangers creepily spy on sleeping kids.
– The Rapid7 article I mentioned on VXWorks vulnerable satellites in orbit.
– At the time of the podcast this was an active VxWorks scan using the Shodan.io tool.
– IoT being used as a breaking into a casino database through the fishtank IoT thermometer.