DtR Episode 58 - NewsCast for September 23rd, 2013

I want to thank Mr. Josh Corman ( @JoshCorman ) for guest-commentating today's episode, and lending his expertise and industry leadership point of view.

Topics Covered

UK's GCHQ has been using Prism (Courtesy of the NSA) to spy on you ... the revelation continues - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10106507/GCHQ-has-been-accessing-intelligence-through-internet-firms.html
Wisconsin trucker vs. Koch Industries, just what is a "direct loss"? - http://www.kfdi.com/news/local/Wisconsin-man-pleads-guilty-in-cyber-attack-on-Koch-Industries-223365221.html
iPhone, fingerprint reader, #IsTouchIDHacked - http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/09/22/iphone-fingerprint-scanner-hacked-should-you-care/
Can the FTC (and other government entities) go after companeis who fail to do reasonable security? (also, what does that mean?) - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242531/FTC_lacks_data_breach_authority_says_accused_medical_lab?taxonomyId=17&pageNumber=2
The gang that popped Bit9 is at it again, IE 0-day in the wild - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242570/Security_org_raises_Internet_threat_level_after_seeing_expanded_IE_attacks

More information on The Cavalry

The talk: "The Cavalry Isn't Coming: Starting the Revolution to FSCK it all!"

The video of the more mellow, smaller BSides "warm-up before DEF CON 21" is here: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/bsideslasvegas2013/1-2-2-the-cavalry-isnt-coming-starting-the-revolution-to-fsck-it-all-nicholas-j-percoco-and-joshua-corman

Twitter: @iamthecavalry

URL: http://iamthecavalry.org

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Josh Corman's Bio:

Joshua Corman is the Director of Security Intelligence for Akamai.  Mr. Corman’s cross-domain research highlights adversaries, game theory and motivational structures. His analysis cuts across sectors to the core security challenges and toward emerging technologies and shifting incentives. 

A staunch advocate for CISOs, Corman also serves as a Fellow with the Ponemon Institute, on the Faculty for IANS, co-founder of Rugged Software and was a 2009 Top Influencer of IT in NetworkWorld. Corman received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy, graduating summa cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire.