Thursday, August 9
TOP STORY
A group of six researchers from Ben-Gurion University published information showing that smart irrigation systems could take down parts of a city’s water system. An attacker could empty an urban water tower in an hour with a botnet of 1,350-odd sprinklers. More coverage from Motherboard
HACKTIVITY
A web cache deception bug in Discourse reported by @fransrosen last year is public now
Gaining commit access to all Jenkins projects in 30 minutes
Gem signature forgery by @plover. Inconsistencies in how gem processes gem files make it possible to reuse a signature from an existing signed gem and apply it to arbitrary contents.
TWEET OF THE DAY
Let’s turn security around. It’s not about tech, it’s about people. Not secrecy, but openness. Not siloed teams, but pooled & collaborative defense. Not perimeter-based or point-in-time, but all-encompassing and on-going. Not about blame but about learning. Not slow, but fast. - @martenmickos
OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING
Kurt Bugbee is laughing at people saying security is hard. Well played, sir.
And the pwnie goes to… BitFi!
GroupSense report shows that 9.5 million email addresses were utilized by Russia to send comments to FCC regarding net neutrality debate
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