The Recompiler Podcast

This episode we talk about Chinese spy chips, new sophisticated voice phishing schemes, and Facebook’s huge security breach. https://recompilermag.com/2018/10/12/episode-74-there-is-pumpkin-spice-in-the-air Community Event Planning pre-order. Still time to get in on the book previews. https://community-events-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Survey for event organizers. Please fill it out! https://airtable.com/shrvbemYqHvL1Z7tt Issue 10 - Science! It’s shipping. Back order sale use code READER18 for buy 2, get 3rd 1/2 off! https://shop.recompilermag.com China planted spy chips in computers from Portland-based Elemental, Bloomberg reports | OregonLive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2018/10/chinese_planted_spy_chips_insi.html The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies The Big Hack: Amazon, Apple, Supermicro, and Beijing Respond - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-amazon-apple-supermicro-and-beijing-respond Chinese Hackers Have Allegedly Compromised the Supply Chain to Spy on Amazon and Apple https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gye8w4/chinese-supply-chain-hack-apple-bloomberg Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever — Krebs on Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/10/voice-phishing-scams-are-getting-more-clever/ Facebook says nearly 50m users compromised in huge security breach | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/28/facebook-50-million-user-accounts-security-berach Kim Zetter on Twitter: "The Facebook breach gets even worse - it's not just that an attacker who has your Facebook token can access other accounts you've used your Facebook account to access, he/she can access accounts you haven't even used Facebook to access… https://t.co/BCCpuPG9XI" https://twitter.com/kimzetter/status/1046806168348160000?s=21 jason polakis on Twitter: "Given the scale and severity of the @facebook breach, I’ll share some thoughts based on our recent @USENIXSecurity paper with @m0eb1t, amrutha, @kaytwo, @stevecheckoway, where we explored the ramifications of your Facebook account being compromised. https://t.co/6gS2ERrGvO (1/n)" https://twitter.com/jpolakis/status/1046086964410294272 Facebook Security Bug Affects 90M Users — Krebs on Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/09/facebook-security-bug-affects-90m-users/ O Single Sign-Off, Where Art Thou? An Empirical Analysis of Single Sign-On Account Hijacking and Session Management on the Web https://www.cs.uic.edu/~polakis/papers/sso-usenix18.pdf Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/17/can-mark-zuckerberg-fix-facebook-before-it-breaks-democracy Burgerville Notifies Guests of Data Breach https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/burgerville-notifies-guests-of-data-breach-300723908.html THE WILD INNER WORKINGS OF A BILLION-DOLLAR HACKING GROUP https://www.wired.com/story/fin7-wild-inner-workings-billion-dollar-hacking-group/ Episode 69: We’ll just make a pickle grid – The Recompiler https://recompilermag.com/2018/08/10/episode-69-well-just-make-a-pickle-grid/ MIDI unicorn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3tiuGVDDkk Willamette River presents stunning lidar image on poster from Department of Geology | OregonLive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2013/04/willamette_river_presents_stun.html