DtSR Episode 147 - NewsCast for June 15th, 2015

In this episode...

• Facebook has released PGP-encryption-enabled email communications
  • The anti-privacy platform will now encrypt emails to you if you give them your PGP public key
  • Does no one see the insane irony here?
  • http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/01/facebook_pgp_support/
• White House issues mandate for HTTPS (by default) for all federal websites
  • "By the end of 2016"
  • Is this a good thing? A bad thing? Or does it even matter?
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/https-federal-websites_n_7539164.html
• Attackers are using medical devices to pivot into health care networks
  • The Internet of Medical Things is insecure
  • There are challenges here, but the risks of moving faster aren't negligible
  • Lots to be thought about here
  • http://www.csoonline.com/article/2931474/data-breach/attackers-targeting-medical-devices-to-bypass-hospital-security.html
• Kaspersky gets popped, cue the typical verbiage
  • "Three previously unknown techniques"
  • "..highly sophisticated attack used up to three zero-day exploits.."
  • http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33083050
• PwC healthcare spending study is disturbing
  • Predicts a 6.5% dip
  • Security is one factor in increasing cost
  • http://hitconsultant.net/2015/06/10/pwc-healthcare-spending-growth-rate-to-dip/
  • http://www.csoonline.com/article/2934929/security-leadership/why-the-dip-in-healthcare-spending-is-actually-a-risky-opportunity-for-security-leaders.html

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