Episode 87

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This week, we started with our quick Moment of Shill, where we discussed the plethora of upcoming conferences:

DerbyCon – Sept 28-30

https://www.derbycon.com/

BruCon – Sept 26-27

http://2012.brucon.org/

HouSecCon – Oct 11

http://houstonseccon.com/

BSidesDFW – Nov 3

http://www.securitybsides.com/w/page/50488342/BSidesDFW 2012

BSidesATL – Oct 19

http://www.securitybsides.com/w/page/58266249/BSidesATL-2012

BSides – Jackson – Nov 10

http://www.securitybsides.com/w/page/53447313/BSidesJackson

SecZone – Cali, Colombia – Dec 3-7

http://www.securityzone.co/indexeng.html

For our stories this evening, we dove straight in to the hullabaloo surrounding this most recent Internet Explorer patch:

http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability-management/167901026/security/attacks-breaches/240007691/multiple-targeted-ie-attacks-underway-microsoft-to-release-patch-tomorrow.html

We also tackled Sophos’ joining of the big boys and their recent challenges with false positive signatures:

http://www.csoonline.com/article/716892/sophos-admits-bad-update-slamming-its-anti-virus-software-customers

And, finally, some great career building advice from Javvad and SpaceRogue

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