Down The Security Rabbithole

Topics covered Sony Pictures is having a very, very bad couple of days - and it could keep getting worse. http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/24/7277451/sony-pictures-paralyzed-by-massive-security-compromise http://www.csoonline.com/article/2852982/data-breach/sales-contracts-and-other-data-published-by-sonys-attackers.html A newly discovered (but old) comment bug in Wordpress affects ~86% of sites. The story isn't what you think it is- http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/newly-discovered-comment-security-bug-affects-86-of-wordpress-blogs-112414.html The Australian government is blaming a data breach from February on ... "awareness"? Michael disagrees (and he's right). http://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/australian-government-data-breach-linked-to-poor-security-training.html The public release of the research on Regin malware has it pegged as the most advanced thing since the computer - so what? http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/23/technology/security/regin-malware-symantec/index.html?hpt=hp_t2