{"id":8291,"date":"2015-04-10T17:18:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T21:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/?p=8291"},"modified":"2020-08-28T18:59:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:59:29","slug":"talk-security-dyre-github-ddos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/talk-security-dyre-github-ddos\/8291\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk Security: Million Dollar Malware, Github DDoS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Threatpost reporters Chris Brook and Brian Donohue discuss recent security headlines, including a contentious new Executive Order, the Dyre banking scheme, Github\u2019s distributed denial of service troubles, the sale of hacked Uber accounts, Edward Snowden on Last Week Tonight, Snapchat\u2019s first transparency report, a cool YouTube hack and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3482503\/height\/270\/width\/270\/theme\/standard\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" width=\"270px\" height=\"270px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"podcast-subscribe\"><a data-omniture-download-button-type=\"TrialBuilds\" data-omniture-product-name=\"podcast-itunes\" class=\"itunes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/talk-security\/id909407206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/kaspersky-embeds\/img\/button-subscribe-apple.png\"><\/a><a data-omniture-download-button-type=\"TrialBuilds\" data-omniture-product-name=\"podcast-spotify\" class=\"spotify\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1VGCKlOoQ9C24dJiCHGTK5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2014\/11\/06042137\/rss-podcasts1.png\" alt=\"rss-podcasts\" width=\"116\" height=\"40\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHRIS AND BRIAN\u2019S READING LIST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research advocates are concerned that a new <a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/white-house-executive-order-declares-cyber-national-emergency\/112041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Executive Order from U.S. President<\/a> Barack Obama could put well-intentioned security researchers at risk of prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/dyre-banking-malware-a-million-dollar-threat\/112009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">criminal banking threat called Dyre<\/a> has emerged, stealing millions from corporate bank accounts with a clever mix of trojans and social engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese hackers knocked the open-source code repository, <a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/ddos-attack-on-github-linked-to-earlier-one-against-greatfire-org\/111919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Github<\/a>, offline for several days in retaliation for its hosting of content from a prominent anti-censorship website.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-pullquote\"><p>#TalkSecurity: @threatpost\u2019s @theBrianDonohue and @Brokenfuses discuss recent #security headlines<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkas.pr%2FF3ux&amp;text=%23TalkSecurity%3A+%40threatpost%26%238217%3Bs+%40theBrianDonohue+and+%40Brokenfuses+discuss+recent+%23security+headlines\" class=\"btn btn-twhite\" data-lang=\"en\" data-count=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tweet<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/hackers-selling-uber-credentials-on-underground-market\/111894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">hacked Uber accounts available for as little as $1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/british-airways-suspends-some-accounts-following-unauthorized-activity\/111903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">British Airways frequent flyer accounts suspended<\/a> following compromise, <a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/little-change-in-online-behavior-following-snowden-revelations\/111954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">changes in online behavior<\/a> following NSA revelations, Snapchat\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/snapchat-publishes-first-transparency-report\/112023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">first transparency report<\/a> and an <a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/google-awards-5k-bounty-for-youtube-video-delete-bug\/111980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">interesting YouTube hack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Music for this podcast by <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Dom_La_Nena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dom La Nena<\/a> licensed under Creative 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