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episode 711: DNSpionage
Top Security Stories this Week:
• Google uses its "SensorVault" to help catch the bad guys.
• Time to update Drupal again.
• Facebook steals users' email contact lists, logs plaintext Instagram passwords
• Russia moves closer to adopting "Internet Master Cutoff Switch" legislation.
• A reminder that "USB Killers" are a real thing.
• Marcus Hutchins' plea deal
• A new(ish) actively exploited Windows 0-day
• A bunch of Microsoft Edge news
• Windows 7 end-of-life notices
• Something from the "I did say this was bound to happen" department
• Detailed threat research from Cisco's Talos group about the leveraging of DNS epionage.
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