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	Podcast:		Down the Security Rabbithole
	Episode:		DtSR Episode 225 - NewsCast for December 20th 2016
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:44:37
	Publish Date:		2016-12-20 11:50:09
	Description:		Merry Christmas, Happy New Year everyone! May your holidays be filled with joy, love and family. From Michael, James and myself we wish you the very best and a healthy, prosperous and fulfilling 2017. We will be back in 2017 with another great DtSR Episode... but before we go - here's one last NewsCast for 2016. Yahoo - setting records again - biggest hack ever It happened again: Yahoo says 1 billion user accounts stolen in what could be biggest hack ever 1 billion accounts.. But 1 billion users? Probably not It was 2013… does it even matter? Bigger issue - secret questions/answers can't be changed easily (if you're honest, which you shouldn't be) What about the integrity of the Yahoo! brand? Netgear Routers - Simple fix, Difficult fix As with most devices that weren’t designed to be updated… The software fix (firmware) is quite easy according to Netgear Problem is … how to get users to install it http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384 Microsoft Patches dangerous backdoor in skype for Mac OSX Issue on Mac only Use of an unused or outdated API that provided access http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/microsoft-patches-dangerous-backdoor-in-skype-for-mac-os-x-/d/d-id/1327712 Flash being relegated by MS’s Edge browser… is it time? So many vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash, exploitable Chrome already has click-to-run Next version of Edge will do click-to-run Should we just nuke Flash? Isn’t HTML5 prime-time already? http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/12/flash-will-become-click-to-run-in-edge-chrome-in-2017/
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