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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

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In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. Supply chain compromises have been talked about for a few years now.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

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In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. Supply chain compromises have been talked about for a few years now.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Threat Modeling

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If you’re not familiar with the film released Star Wars film, now retitled Episode Four: A New Hope, young Luke Skywalker, a a farm boy, from Tatooine, manages to find and exploit a significant flaw in the design of the Empire’s Death Star, a massive structure capable of destroying entire planets, such as the home world of Princess Leia.