Microsoft Email Breaches, API Security Concerns, and Irresponsible Vulnerability Disclosure

The guys discuss a recent privileged account compromise at Microsoft corporate that resulted in an email breach. They speak high-level of API security concerns and what to expect in the future. Finally they cover a recent example of vulnerability disclosure done poorly that left potentially 160,000 WordPress websites being exploited. As always they end with […]

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The guys discuss a recent privileged account compromise at Microsoft corporate that resulted in an email breach. They speak high-level of API security concerns and what to expect in the future. Finally they cover a recent example of vulnerability disclosure done poorly that left potentially 160,000 WordPress websites being exploited.

As always they end with One Cool Thing.

Show Notes

Resources:

Microsoft admits email hack

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/microsoft-downplays-scope-of-email-attack-/d/d-id/1334423

API Security Concerns

https://www.scmagazine.com/home/opinion/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-api-protection/

Security researcher dropping 0-days

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/04/a-security-researcher-with-a-grudge-is-dropping-web-0days-on-innocent-users/

One Cool Thing

The Data Map:  https://thedatamap.org/

Monitor Darkly:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvP2FEfOSsk

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Gerry Auger (@Gerald_Auger)
Steven Cardinal (@sgcardinal)

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