The Manifestation of New Exploitation – CF056

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This week on Cyber Frontiers we catch up on some of the latest exploitations and availability drops on the web. We kick off with a discussion of the release of the TCP SACK panic as a new mechanism for DDoS via TCP protocol. We then cover a spectrum of relevant security news with the Microsoft OS product line to round off our security deep dives. On the availability side, we recap the Target outage and the Google Cloud Outage and what it means for consumers. We round things off with some healthy skepticism of Facebook’s new Libra crypto-currency. And as if that wasn’t enough, the show starts off with a tangent on migrating from Windows 7 to 10 and some things to look out for.

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Podcast, Cyber Frontiers, cyber, breach, SACK, DDoS, Microsoft, Google, Cloud, Facebook, data breach, spam

A new cyber exploitation technique emerges, SACK panics! A new way to DDoS emerges….

  1. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/06/new-vulnerabilities-may-let-hackers-remotely-sack-linux-and-freebsd-systems/
  2. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/What+You+Need+To+Know+About+TCP+%22SACK+Panic%22/25046

Target Tech Outage Woes, but why?

  1. https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/16/target-outage/
  2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/16/target-outage-caused-error-made-during-regular-maintenance/1471049001/

A Roll-Up of Recent Microsoft Security Events:

  1. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/06/06/microsoft-dismisses-new-windows-rdp-bug-as-a-feature/
  2. https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-zero-day-exploit-code-released-online/
  3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/05/19/microsoft-admits-updates-are-freezing-windows-10-computers-again/#6023b3e86370
  4. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2019/05/14/prevent-a-worm-by-updating-remote-desktop-services-cve-2019-0708/?mod=article_inline

Google Cloud Outage:

  1. https://www.fastcompany.com/90358396/that-major-google-outage-meant-some-nest-users-couldnt-unlock-doors-or-use-the-ac
  2. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-clouds-bad-month-continues-as-google-calendar-sputters/
  3. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cloud-goes-down-taking-youtube-gmail-snapchat-and-others-with-it/

Facebook Gone Wild, Again…

  1. https://www.apnews.com/d276ebdec5224398b9d70a6424bdee7b
  2. https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/facebook-libra/

Boston Dynamics Parody – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9WmA5okpE

 

 

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