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FirstCon14, As Seen from Twitter
As is the case with any conference, attendees can't be everywhere at once. If you attend one talk, you're missing a few others down the hall. If you can't attend, you miss everything.That's one of the things I love about Twitter: You can keep up with what's happening. Such is the case this week during the FIRST conference in Boston. As I attend my chosen talks, I'm keeping up with everything
FirstCon14: Was Spafford Too Negative?
After security luminary Eugene Spafford gave a keynote at the FIRST conference in Boston this morning, some noted that his overall outlook was dark and depressing.
FIRSTCon14: Are CERTS the Janitors of InfoSec?
Security luminary Eugene Spafford gave a rather bleak assessment of the state of the industry in his FIRST Conference keynote this morning. His focus of gloom: Patches. Specifically, the addiction companies and organizations have to patching, at the expense of building more ironclad systems.
FIRST Conference Podcasts and Tweets
I'm at the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) annual meet-up at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, and will be blogging about some of the talks in the coming days. But for those who can't make it, I want to direct you to the FIRST homepage, where you can keep track of the action and soak in some of the experience.Two cool noteworthy items here:First, there are several podcasts
Keynotes at FIRST Security Conference
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) annual Boston meet-up starts in earnest today at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. For those planning to attend, here's a look at the keynote speaker roster.
Akamai Security Podcast Now on iTunes
You can now subscribe to the Akamai Security Podcast from the iTunes store. Hear interviews with Akamai security specialists as well as security luminaries from the larger industry. Preview the podcast here and, to subscribe, click "view in iTunes." Once iTunes launches, you can hit the subscribe button.Thanks for listening!
Anonymous Continues Targeting World Cup
In recent days, we've been monitoring attempts by Anonymous and others to cause Internet disruptions during the World Cup. Here's how those attacks are playing out in the media.Related:World Cup 2014 Attack TargetsInternet Disruptions Possible During World Cup 2014Podcast: Online Extortion and World Cup Risks
26th Annual FIRST Conference: "Back to the 'root' of ...
Next week I'll be attending the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) annual Boston meet-up at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel along with several Akamai colleagues. FIRST is a global non-profit organization that brings together computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) from over 240 corporations, government bodies, universities and other institutions spread across the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
Web Security in the News
A look at the security issues making headlines so far this week: The €30k data takeaway: Domino's Pizza Faces Ransom Demand After Hack (The Guardian) Hackers have demanded a ransom of €30,000 (£24,000) from Domino's Pizza after stealing personal data on more than 600,000 of its French and Belgian customers. Ruling Raises Stakes for Cyberheist Victims (KrebsOnSecurity) A Missouri firm that unsuccessfully sued its bank to recover $440,000 stolen in