The Petya Plague Exposes the Threat of Evil Software Updates
The Petya Plague Exposes the Threat of Evil Software Updates
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
July 12, 20178m 13s
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Show Notes
On the list of computer security advice standbys, "update your software" ranks just below with "don't use the password 'password.'" But as the cybersecurity research community gets to the bottom of the malware outbreak that exploded out of Ukraine to paralyze thousands of networks around the world last week—shutting down banks, companies, transportation and electric utilities—it's become clear that software updates themselves were the carrier of that pathogen.
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