The CyberWire Daily Podcast for 11.29.17

Another misconfigured AWS S3 bucket, this one with US Army INSCOM files. Apple fixes a major issue in MacOS. Influence ops and autarky. Boyusec disbanded.

Show Notes

Transcript

In today's podcast we hear that another misconfigured AWS S3 bucket has turned up. This one holds sensitive US Army files. Apple fixes a big flaw in the latest MacOS High Sierra version—the password is…"root." Russia says American aggression in cyberspace is moving it to create its own DNS. Russia and Venezuela exploit the Catalan independence movement for disruptive information operations. Boyusec, mentioned in recent US indictment, has been disbanded. Dale Drew from CenturyLink with lessons on consolidation. Jason McGee from IBM on software containers.

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Dave Bittner is a security podcast host and one of the founders at CyberWire. He's a creator, producer, videographer, actor, experimenter, and entrepreneur. He's had a long career in the worlds of television, journalism and media production, and is one of the pioneers of non-linear editing and digital storytelling.

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