The Security box, program 232: Phish Data turning in to Apple and Google wallets

Hello gang,

We’ve neglected to get the show notes up on the blog. Its better late than never, so let’s do it.

For those who need a download, podcast 232 (185mb) will be your link.

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Welcome to the security box, program 232. Phish data can be used in all kinds of things, including apple wallets. Google is also affected, so don’t be complacent. Find out more about this within our podcast. This will be our main topic. We have news, notes and the landscape, some of which are highlighted within the notes on the RSS feed and full notes on the blog.

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Breaking! 23andMe filing for bankrupsy, possible sale eminent

In breaking news, it looks like a certain company has finally filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, and this is no surprise. Kim Komando had blogged back in October that this could happen through a sale, not necessarily a bankruptcy proceeding per say, but the fact that your data can be sold now to the highest bidder is now possible. 23andMe files for bankruptcy: what does this mean for customers’ DNA data? is the article. Did Kim Komando call this? Not exactly this way, but the article does indicate that this means that the data you entrusted to them could now be sold unless you delete it. Under California law, you can do that, and instructions are in the linked article. The JRN will have a blog post as well.

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Trivia

If you want to guess, please listen to the podcast, then contact Jared through a method of your choice. Otherwise, read on for the question and answer.

Podcast 231

Question: What character did Jeff Bazos write when forwarding an email with a customer complaint to a department? Answer: Question mark Those who guessed did not get it correct when asked. If you’re reading this, you should have sent in a guess before reading the answer.

Podcast 232

For this week, the question is: It’s another wonderful Wednesday, friend. Let’s kick off today’s tech knowledge drop with trivia. Your phone’s maps work like magic. But it’s actually satellites doing the heavy lifting. So, how many GPS satellites are zipping around Earth right now? Is it … A.) 15, B.) 25, C.) 31 or D.) 75? Navigate to the answer at the end!

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More Cpanel trouble

This is absolutely getting worse. While this past outage from this past thursday is one that didn’t take long to fix, I still think Cpanel hasn’t learned their lesson from the massive discussion we had about this on podcast 226. podcast 226 (212.8mb) if you want to download it or find it on the RSS feed.

What to read

• 4.39. HELP! Mailman is munging HTML & MIME-formatted messages before they are sent out? (problems with Mailman 2.1.x footers)
• Can I configure mailman so that it won’t break S/MIME digital signatures?

Interestingly enough, TSB, LA Metro Communication and MENVI do not have this behavior. I put text above the links that are at the end of each message by default for the page for the list, and the various pieces of info that is sent with each message. This is still sent on those lists, however, it is not the only thing sent, so maybe this is a fix?

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Page Thompson

We’ve been following Page Thompson’s fiasco for many years, and it seems like there’s an interesting update on it. Do you agree with the sentence given? Did Page Thompson get too light of a sentence? is our blog post if you want to peruse the latest and read older coverage.

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Our topic: Apple and Google Phishing data

Let’s make things clear. This is not just an apple problem. This is also a Google problem. The article we’re using for this topic is coming from Krebs on Security and is titled How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets so if you have not read it, you should. This is going to get very interesting and we know that this is not going to be over any time soon.

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