UIS Security Podcast

Summer 2019: Announcement

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:30:00 +0100

What to do if you want to carry on receiving episodes of the UIS Security Podcast. Depending on your setup, it might be very little...

UIS Service Desk: servicedesk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Phish of the Day: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/security/stay-safe-online/phishing/phishy
Sophos RDP report: https://sophos.com/rdp
Patch RDP: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1182
Patch Sharepoint: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0604

Subsequent to recording this, the audio files have been moved over to the SRCF, so that may well become the new home.

June 2019: Steganography

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:21:00 +0100

What if you had something to hide? Could you plant it in, say, a podcast episode with nobody noticing?

UIS Service Desk: servicedesk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Phish of the Day: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/security/stay-safe-online/phishing/phishy
National Cyber Security Centre: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
US visas: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/us-visa-application-social-media.html
AMCA breach: http://newsroom.questdiagnostics.com/AMCADataSecurityIncident
Talktalk non-notification: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48351900
MS patches include moribund OSes: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708
Sensitive data on used hard drives: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blancco-reveals-42-of-used-drives-sold-on-ebay-are-holding-sensitive-data-300838201.html
Windows Hello FIDO2 certified in 1903: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/05/14/windows-10-brings-password-free-access-another-step-closer/

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April 2019: Supply chain shenanigans

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:28:00 +0100

Paul and Graham are joined by Joe Irvin who gives us the benefit of his experience fighting emotet. We also look at supply-chain attacks and cross-site scripting.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Phish of the Day: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/security/stay-safe-online/phishing/phishy
National Cyber Security Centre: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
Exercise in a Box: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/exercise-in-a-box
Naked Security: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/
Hot for Security: https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/
OWASP Top 10 (2017): https://www.owasp.org/images/7/72/OWASP_Top_10-2017_%28en%29.pdf.pdf
OWASP Top 10 on LiL: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-the-owasp-top-10
ASUS: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asus-cyber/asus-implements-fix-for-malware-attack-idUSKCN1R710X
Bitlocker vulnerability: https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/articles/TPM-sniffing
Second hand USB drives: https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/secondhand-usb-drive-memory-stick-study/
Japanese police charge 13-yr old: https://www.zdnet.com/article/japanese-police-charge-13-year-old-for-sharing-unclosable-popup-prank-online/
Windows automatic updating changes: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2019/04/04/improving-the-windows-10-update-experience-with-control-quality-and-transparency/#PLKYTL4ai2hMMybG.97

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February/March 2019: Device passwords

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Paul and Graham give their usual round-up of issues both within and outside the University; Graham takes a particular look at Cisco"s SmartInstall.
About four minutes into the episode, Paul alludes to a change in the way people contact CERT but wondered if it might be premature to mention it. The day after we recorded this, an e-mail went out to the uis-announce mailing list detailing the way that security response is to become a second-line service from 11 April with immediate issues being resolved by the UIS Service Desk. Perfect timing!

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Phish of the Day: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/security/stay-safe-online/phishing/phishy
National Cyber Security Centre: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
Three Random Words: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/three-random-words-or-thinkrandom-0
The Human Factor: http://jennyradcliffe.com/the-deception-chronicles/
US govt certificate non-renewal: http://jennyradcliffe.com/the-deception-chronicles/
Tampa mayor Twitter hacked: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/02/25/hijacker-pwns-tampa-mayors-account-2-weeks-before-election/
Drupal patching: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/27/drupal_rce_exploits_seen_wild/
Chrome flagging lookalikes: https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-chrome-to-get-warnings-for-lookalike-urls/

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January 2019: Passwords again....again!

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Graham reports on his tests of systems across the University and the news isn't great, particularly on the password front. Apparently we still have work to do in getting the message across. We also do our usual trawl of security news inside and outside the University.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
National Cyber Security Centre: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
Three Random Words: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/three-random-words-or-thinkrandom-0
UIS Friendly Probing: https://probing.csx.cam.ac.uk/
Home routers: https://cyber-itl.org/assets/papers/2018/build_safety_of_software_in_28_popular_home_routers.pdf
Phish bypassing (SMS) 2FA: https://blog.certfa.com/posts/the-return-of-the-charming-kitten/
Worst password list: https://www.teamsid.com/100-worst-passwords-top-50/
USDHS copying data: https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2018-12/OIG-19-10-Nov18.pdf
MS combatting scam support: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/11/29/new-breakthroughs-in-combatting-tech-support-scams/
Chrome mitigates ads masquerading as clickbait: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Edge and the Mail: https://uk.pcmag.com/news-analysis/119288/microsofts-edge-browser-says-not-to-trust-the-daily-mail
Wikipedia and the Mail: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/08/wikipedia-bans-daily-mail-as-unreliable-source-for-website

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December 2018: Christmas Special

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000

As well as the usual news from the University and further afield, Paul and Graham reflect on the last year, consider password managers and

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Australian anti-encryption bill: https://thehackernews.com/2018/12/australia-anti-encryption-bill.html
Russian involvement in bit for US defence: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46489689
HR phish: https://twitter.com/InfoSecSherpa/status/1062036305146724354
False detail on Google Maps: https://www.businessinsider.com/scammers-edit-google-maps-bank-listings-fraud-2018-11?r=US&IR=T
Dashlane: https://www.dashlane.com/
Keepass: https://www.keepass.info/

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November 2018: Podcast-lite

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:00:00 +0000

Paul goes through the news headlines in the University of Cambridge and further afield in a shorter-than-usual episode.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Mobile third-party tracking: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.03603.pdf
Password length and re-use: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3142270
#OneReset: https://www.cyberaware.gov.uk/blog/one-reset-you-need-protect-your-emails-hackers

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October 2018: Probing and shrinkage

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:35:35 +0000

Paul and Graham are joined this month by Anna Langley who talks about developments to the friendly probing suite. We also talk about URL shorteners and Graham's observations from recent penetration tests.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
UIS Friendly Probing: https://probing.csx.cam.ac.uk/
Financial phishing posters from UIS Comms: https://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/downloads/financial-phishing
Protecting your privacy when online dating: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/online-dating-privacy-tips/
Google reverse image search: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/1325808?hl=en
Swytch: https://www.swytch.com/
Burnermail: https://burnermail.io/
OpayQ: Link dead
Latest Facebook data breach: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/10/15/facebook-opens-up-about-data-breach-details/
Brian Acton interview: https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive-whatsapp-cofounder-brian-acton-gives-the-inside-story-on-deletefacebook-and-why-he-left-850-million-behind/#60ff07af3f20
Chrome password generator: https://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-69-released-with-new-ui-and-random-password-generator/
TLS 1.3 in Chrome/Firefox/Safari: https://geekflare.com/enable-tls-1-3-in-browsers/
Apple Hacky Hack Hack: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45219895
National Cyber Security Centre: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
NCSC Web Check: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/web-check-helping-you-secure-your-public-sector-websites
URL Scan: https://urlscan.io
NCBI Blast: https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi

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August 2018: Challenge Graham!

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:35:35 +0000

Paul, Graham and Chris Quy gather round the microphones to talk about CERT 9to5, password timeouts, ePO and managing your consultants properly. Plus we telegraph other changes to the podcast line-up and Graham issues a rash challenge...

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Chrome 68 flagging http: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHBVwQlosA
GRU forgets VPN: https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/guccifer-2-0s-schoolboy-error-reveals-hes-hacking-from-moscow-19704.html
Google claim no successful phishing: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/07/google-security-keys-neutralized-employee-phishing/
Money laundering through in-game assets: https://kromtech.com/blog/security-center/digital-laundry
Photoshop CC patch: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12810 (and CVE-2018-12811
UIS Endpoint Security: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/user-accounts-security/security/antivirus/managed-antivirus-software

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July 2018: All change!

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:25:35 +0000

Paul, Graham, Kieren and Mr. Squeaky gather round the microphones to discuss financial scams, hacking ships, security networking, memorable passwords and transparancy, patching and how to react to a CERTogram. It also turns out that we've only got two good mics - spot who got the cheap one... We also telegraph a change in the CERT line-up.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Hacking ships: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PyUGqM9KbrSPTdAb-S5bbZvATm6RoEkC/view
Florida gun checks: http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/06/08/adam-putnams-office-stopped-concealed-weapons-background-checks-for-a-year-because-it-couldnt-log-in/
NCSC password advice: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/three-random-words-or-thinkrandom-0
WPA3 launches: https://www.wi-fi.org/news-events/newsroom/wi-fi-alliance-introduces-wi-fi-certified-wpa3-security
Google dictate OEM updates: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-require-oem-regular-security-patches/
Zip Slip: https://snyk.io/blog/zip-slip-vulnerability/

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June 2018: Get certified!

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:15:15 +0000

Certificates are the order of the day this month as Paul and Graham look at upgrading web servers to HTTPS, the pros and cons of digitally signed e-mail and how with great power comes great responsibility -- particularly if that power is over people's passwords.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Telegraph story about EU and GDPR: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/05/30/embarrassing-leak-shows-eu-falls-short-data-law/
2FA on eBay: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/05/31/how-to-set-up-2fa-on-ebay-go-do-it-now/
2FA on Firefox: https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-accounts-gets-2fa-security-you-can-use-google-authenticator-one-time-codes/
Chrome to show HTTP as not secure: https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html
QuoVadis certificates from UIS: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/website-resources/website-components/tls-certs
Let"s Encrypt: https://letsencrypt.org/
Certbot: https://certbot.eff.org/
Upgrading connections (Apache): https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/rewrite/avoid.html (first example)
Upgrading connections (nginx): https://bjornjohansen.no/redirect-to-https-with-nginx
GPG: https://gnupg.org/
Why Johnny can"t encrypt: https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/sec99/full_papers/whitten/whitten_html/index.html
Why Johnny STILL can"t encrypt: https://www.rsaconference.com/videos/why-johnny-still-cant-encrypt

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May 2018: Keeping it boring, keeping it secret

Wed, 16 May 2018 15:15:15 +0000

The big theme that keeps coming up this month is the way that the everyday, boring procedures have a much greater effect on your security than the exciting, flashy toys. Paul and Kieren try to talk about being boring while not actually being so themselves.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
WhatsApp text bomb overstated (article by last week"s guest, Paul Ducklin): https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/05/10/the-whatsapp-text-bomb-no-it-wont-destroy-your-phone/
WhatsApp, Signal flaws: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/01/11/whatsapp-signal-group-chats/
Yahoo! fined $35m: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-71
Yahoo! perp gets 8 years and says "The FSB made me do it!": https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/12/carding-kingpin-sentenced-again-yahoo-hacker-pleads-guilty/
Patching 7zip: https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/adc65bfa/
Fingerprints via WhatsApp photo: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-43754497/drugs-for-sale-message-catches-man-dealing-to-bridgend
Bitlocker: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-overview

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April 2018 Extra: A busy period...

Fri, 04 May 2018 11:00:00 +0000

In this out-of-band episode, we look at Cambridge Analytica and Facebook with the help of Graham Rymer, "next generation" anti-malware with Chris Quy and the new Intrusion Prevention Service with Ashley Culver. Rather than the usual back-and-forth between Paul and Kieren, this episode is essentially three extended interviews.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
The story as it broke: https://www.wired.com/story/cambridge-analytica-50m-facebook-users-data/
Was your account affected: https://www.facebook.com/help/1873665312923476?helpref=search&sr=1&query=cambridge
UIS AV information: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/user-accounts-security/security/antivirus-individuals
UIS Managed Firewall: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/user-accounts-security/security/antivirus-individuals
UIS IPS: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/devices-networks-printing/network-services/infoinstitutions/ips

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April 2018: Call the CIA!

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:31:00 +0000

More phishing, new biometrics, anti-malware and an acronym to help with your security audits. And, once again, we forget to announce the date on which we're recording - it was Weds 11 April 2018. There's also a major topical issue that we avoid - more on that next time.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Typing style authenticator: https://www.typingdna.com/authenticator
Intel's support for patching Meltdown: https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/04/microcode-update-guidance.pdf
MoviePass: https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/05/moviepass-ceo-proudly-says-the-app-tracks-your-location-before-and-after-movies/
Naked Security blog: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/

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March 2018: GDPR Special

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:12:00 +0000

Pwned passwords, obfuscated domains and Paul gets a new co-host, but mostly why 25 May 2018 deserves a place in your diary. Clue: It's GDPR Day.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
Troy Hunt's blog: https://www.troyhunt.com/
Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
UIS Password Changer: https://password.csx.cam.ac.uk/
Phishing with Punycode (not Tinycode!): https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/04/19/phishing-with-punycode-when-foreign-letters-spell-english-words/
IDN Safe for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/idn-safe/
IDN Safe for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/idn-safe/kegeenojcnijgmfgkcokknkbpmjcabdm
IDN Safe for Opera: https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/idn-safe/?display=en
BrowseAloud allows Coinmining on ICO etc websites: https://scotthelme.co.uk/protect-site-from-cryptojacking-csp-sri/
Hurrah for Microsoft: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/03/01/microsoft-still-refusing-to-hand-over-private-email-data-stored-in-ireland/
Flight Simulator password miner: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pamzqk/fs-labs-flight-simulator-password-malware-drm
GDPR Toolkit: https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/new-data-protection-toolkit-for-university-institutions

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February 2018: We're Having A Meltdown!

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Kieren talks about phishing and unwelcome job opportunities, Paul talks to Chris Quy and Martin Lee and we finish off looking at the NCSC's Cyber Essentials accreditation scheme.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
KeePass: http://www.keepass.info
UIS Anti-malware pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/antivirus
Meltdown & Spectre: https://meltdownattack.com/
Hawaiian Missile Alert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert
Tinder insecurity: https://www.wired.com/story/tinder-lack-of-encryption-lets-strangers-spy-on-swipes/
Infected USB sticks as cybersecurity quiz prize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42634571
National Cyber Security Centre: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
Cyber Essentials: https://www.cyberessentials.ncsc.gov.uk/
CYBER17: https://www.cyber17.event.cam.ac.uk/
Cisco Talos https://www.talosintelligence.com/

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January 2018: New Year, New Podcast

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Paul and Kieren introduce themselves; Kieren talks about UIS and the Technical University of Tallinn testing each others' security, Paul interviews Emma W from the National Cyber Security Centre and we finish with a discussion of passwords vs passphrases. Give us feedback! E-mail Paul at pm107@cam.ac.uk and put the word "Podcast" in the subject line.

UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
UIS Cyber Security pages: http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cybersecurity
E-mail CERT: cert@cam.ac.uk
National Cyber Security Centre: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
Three Random Words: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/three-random-words-or-thinkrandom-0
CYBER17: https://www.cyber17.event.cam.ac.uk/
Meltdown & Spectre: https://meltdownattack.com/
My reality is different... https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-slipped-a-mr-robot-promo-plugin-into-firefox-1821332254
Spam death threats https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/12/12/ransom-email-scam-from-hitman-demands-pay-up-or-die/