Vovox Insecure Messaging, Credit Card Chips Not Enough, and Chipping the Human




InfoSec ICU show

Summary: Brandon and Steve discuss another incident involving insecurity in text messaging as an authentication mechanism. They discuss criminals success in compromising credit card security controls. They finish with the interesting and somewhat science fiction approach to authentication via microchipping humans.<br> <a href="https://podcast.musc.edu/podcast/infosec/e51-infosecicu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Show Notes</a><br> <br> Resources:<br> Vovox Text Messaging Issues<br> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/15/millions-sms-text-messages-leaked-two-factor-codes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/15/millions-sms-text-messages-leaked-two-factor-codes/</a><br> <br>  <br> <br> Chipped credit card theft and fraud<br> <a href="https://threatpost.com/u-s-chip-cards-are-being-compromised-in-the-millions/139028/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://threatpost.com/u-s-chip-cards-are-being-compromised-in-the-millions/139028/</a><br> <br>  <br> <br> Chip Implants for authentication<br> <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/16/employee-microchip-security-orwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/16/employee-microchip-security-orwell</a><br>  <br> One Cool Things<br> SANS Holiday Hack Challenge<br> <a href="https://www.holidayhackchallenge.com/2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.holidayhackchallenge.com/2018/</a><br> The Biltmore Estate<br> <a href="https://www.biltmore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.biltmore.com/</a><br>  <br> Contact<br> Email <a href="mailto:infosecicu@musc.edu">infosecicu@musc.edu</a><br> Twitter:<br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/Gerald_Auger" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gerry Auger (@Gerald_Auger)</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/sgcardinal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steven Cardinal (@sgcardinal)</a><br> <br>