Risky Business #247 -- Could a quantum leap spell the end of crypto?

Ex-NSA bigwig Brian Snow joins the show...
20 Jul 2012 » Risky Business

On this week's show the NSA's former Technical Director of Information Assurance, Brian Snow, joins the program to warn us that recent advancements in quantum computing could invalidate all of our cryptographic systems within 15 years.

So we'd better get cracking on finding alternatives!

This week's show is brought to you by the security team at Adobe! Big thanks to them. And Adobe's head of security and privacy Brad Arkin will be along later in the show to discuss Adobe's planned deprecation of Flash on mobile devices. As of September 2013 the whole lot goes dark permanently, so how DO you manage that sort of support withdrawal?

That's this week's sponsor interview.

Show notes

Password Leaks Continue: Billabong, NVIDIA Accounts Compromised | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/password-leaks-continue-billabong-nvid...

Hacker Claims Compromise of IT Recruiter | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/hacker-claims-compromise-wall-street-i...

Yahoo gives all clear after hack attack | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57472023-83/yahoo-gives-all-clear-after...

Microsoft: Fake Skype For Android App Linked To SMS Scams | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/microsoft-fake-skype-android-app-linke...

Google Hardens Chrome To Block Malicious Extensions | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/google-hardens-chrome-block-malicious-...

Former Pentagon Analyst Warns China Has Back Doors To Global Telcos | threatpost
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/former-pentagon-analyst-warns-china-ha...

FBI Investigating Major Chinese Firm for Selling Spy Gear to Iran | Threat Level | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/fbi-zte/

Senators introduce amended cybersecurity measure | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57476215-83/senators-introduce-amended-...

Skype squashes bug that sends messages to random contacts | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/skype-squashes-bug-that-sends-messages-to-random-co...

Symantec antivirus software update crashes some PCs | Security & Privacy - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57472624-83/symantec-antivirus-software...

Oracle won't patch zero-day hole in Database | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-wont-patch-zero-day-hole-in-database-7000001...

Nike hacker steals over $80,000 | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/nike-hacker-steals-over-80000-7000001177/

Officials attack Grum: World's third largest botnet (18% of spam) | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/officials-attack-grum-worlds-third-largest-botnet-1...

Security flaw found in Amazon's Kindle Touch | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/security-flaw-found-in-amazons-kindle-touch-7000001...

Apple iOS in-app purchases hacked; everything is free (video) | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/apple-ios-in-app-purchases-hacked-everything-is-fre...

Charlie Miller: 'Difficult to write exploits' for Android 4.1 | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/charlie-miller-difficult-to-write-exploits-for-andr...

Assad's sexist email jokes leaked | Herald Sun
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/assads-sexist-email-jokes...

[Event] Information Security Awareness Tour 2012 - Registration Open and Call for Speakers/Sponsors | in2securITy
http://www.in2security.org.nz/?q=node/153

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