Episode - 3.12 - Money, Malware, and Facebook Reads Your Mail

Welcome to the Trusted Security Podcast – a podcast dedicated to bringing the latest news on information security and the industry. This episode features the following members: Geoff Walton, Oddvar Moe, Justin Bollinger, and Alex Hamerstone!

SHOW NOTES

Stories

Title: Casino Screwup Royale: A tale of “ethical hacking” gone awry

URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/03/50-shades-of-greyhat-a-study-in-how-not-to-handle-security-disclosures/

Author: Sean Gallagher

Title: Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware

URL: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43z93g/hackers-hid-android-malware-in-google-play-store-exodus-esurv

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Riccardo Coluccini

Title: ‘Beyond Sketchy’: Facebook Demanding Some New Users’ Email Passwords

URL: https://www.thedailybeast.com/beyond-sketchy-facebook-demanding-some-new-users-email-passwords

Author: Kevin Poulsen

Letters home

A discussion with Alex Hamerstone about how the need to plan communications before you deploy a honeypot or other deception technology.