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Security Ledger Voted Top Infosec Podcast

In-brief: The Security Ledger Podcast had the honor of being named one of the 35 top podcasts covering information security. In honor of that honor, we’re reprising some of our most popular broadcasts from recent months. 

Telepresence Robots? Hackable.

In-brief: Residents of Uncanny Valley have something more to worry about: telepresence robots by the firm Double Robotics contain numerous, exploitable vulnerabilities, the firm Rapid7 reports. 

Podcast: CIA Hacking Tools, Our Orwellian Internet of Things & G-Men can subpoena Memories?

In-brief: In this week’s podcast, Paul talks with Sven Dietrich of The John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York about the release of CIA hacking tools, FBI Director Comey’s talk on encryption and more. 

CIA Hacking Tools, Orwellian Internet of Things & G-Men can subpoena Memories?

Sven Dietrich of IEEE and City University of New York discusses the news of the week with Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts. Among the topics: the release of a trove of CIA hacking tools, James Comey’s speech in Boston decrying strong encryption and the Orwellian Internet of Things.

Merchants of Doh! Cameras, DVRs, NAS Fall Down on Security

In-brief: In just the last week, remotely exploitable security holes cropped up in hundreds of models of IP enabled security cameras and recorders as well as a popular line of network attached storage (NAS) devices. The culprit? Shoddy firmware and lax oversight by vendors. When will it end??