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Power grid risks. Update on the Mandiant employee hack. "Mr. Smith" holds HBO for ransom. Shipping industry looks for GPS backup. DHL sees a NotPetya windfall. Google patches ten Android remote-code execution vulnerabilities. NIST issues a Cybersecurity W

CyberWire Daily

N2K Networks, Inc.

Daily News, Tech News, News, Technology

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In today's podcast, we hear about a security incident at EirGrid, a misconfigured server in Texas, and a demonstration of photovoltaic system hacking prompt power grid security concerns. Update on the Mandiant employee hack. "Mr. Smith" holds HBO for ransom (but says, no, he's really a good guy). Shipping industry looks for GPS backup capability, and shippers not hit by NotPetya enjoy an increase in business. Google patches ten Android remote-code execution vulnerabilities. Joe Carrigan from JHU on Facebook and Google eavesdropping conspiracy theories. Juan Perez-Etchegoyen from Onapsis on Oracle business app vulnerabilities . NIST issues a Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. Supported by E8 Security, Johns Hopkins University, and Domain Tools.

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