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Power grids, alarming alarms and penguin-packing game consoles [Chet Chat Podcast 226]

The Chet Chat podcast rolls into 2016 with Chet and John at the helm. A crisis-free new year allowed us to spend a few moments this week discussing the finer points of the week's news.
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January 07, 2016
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Sophos Security Chet Chat – Episode 226 – Jan 6, 2016

Wow, time flies and the first Chet Chat of 2016 is here. John Shier joined me this week for a fortunately slow news week to go a bit deeper than usual into our topics.

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IN THIS EPISODE

We kicked 2016 off by discussing the Ukrainian blackout and the relevence of state sponsorship.

Google released updates for Android again, including a critical mediaserver vulnerability, but update delivery is still problematic. Even the Black Phone needs fixes, but still seems to have the security edge.

The internet of insecure things keeps rearing its ugly head, this time involving a security product. We invite you to visit our booth at RSA 2016 to learn more about securing your IoT gadgets.

The Playstation 4 has been jailbroken, but as with so many things the power you unleash may cause problems if you dabble in unauthorized software. John and I discuss the pros and cons.

Lastly, we remind everyone that they can get free anti-virus and web protection with Sophos Home, our enterprise-grade protection bundled up for home use. We have released a new video to help explain the importance of comprehensive security and simplicity in one neat package. Check it out.

We would like to thank all of you who listened to the podcast in 2015. We logged more than 1 million listens and we hope you will stick with us in 2016. If you enjoy the podcast, please share it with other people interested in security and privacy and give us a vote on iTunes and other podcasting directories.

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About the Author

Chester Wisniewski is Director, Global Field CTO at next-generation security leader Sophos. With more than 25 years of security experience, his interest in security and privacy first peaked while learning to hack from bulletin board text files in the 1980s, and has since been a lifelong pursuit. 

Chester works with Sophos X-Ops researchers around the world to understand the latest trends, research and criminal behaviors. This perspective helps advance the industry's understanding of evolving threats, attacker behaviors and effective security defenses. Having worked in product management and sales engineering roles earlier in his career, this knowledge enables him to help organizations design enterprise-scale defense strategies and consult on security planning with some of the largest global brands.

Based in Vancouver, Chester regularly speaks at industry events, including RSA Conference, Virus Bulletin, Security BSides (Vancouver, London, Wales, Perth, Austin, Detroit, Los Angeles, Boston, and Calgary) and others. He’s widely recognized as one of the industry’s top security researchers and is regularly consulted by press, appearing on BBC News, ABC, NBC, Bloomberg, Washington Post, CBC, NPR, and more.

When not busy fighting cybercrime, Chester spends his free time cooking, cycling, and mentoring new entrants to the security field through his volunteer work with InfoSec BC. Chester is available on Mastodon (securitycafe.ca/@chetwisniewski).

For press inquiries, email chesterw [AT] sophos [.] com.

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