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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO Business Intelligence

So, in a nutshell, least privilege says that every object in a system – whether a user, a process, or an application – must be able to access only the information and resources that it needs, and no more. It is essential to create standard, secure builds for your operating systems that eliminate unnecessary bloatware, plug-ins, and protocols.

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The CyberWire Daily Podcast EP. 389 With Guest Speaker David Brumley

ForAllSecure

So when you deny them access to the location data in the operating system, that essentially denies them access to the GPS receiver. Joe Carrigan: [00:16:38] Well, Google is going to fix this in the next release of their operating system. This 20 minute podcast is available for listening below. Dave Bittner: [00:16:41] OK.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking With Light And Sound

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: Okay, shouldn’t all this be covered in the SDLC, the software development lifecycle, in the design phase, in threat modeling, you know, where developers and engineers first need to articulate all the inadvertent attacks such as these?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking With Light And Sound

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: Okay, shouldn’t all this be covered in the SDLC, the software development lifecycle, in the design phase, in threat modeling, you know, where developers and engineers first need to articulate all the inadvertent attacks such as these?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking With Light And Sound

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: Okay, shouldn’t all this be covered in the SDLC, the software development lifecycle, in the design phase, in threat modeling, you know, where developers and engineers first need to articulate all the inadvertent attacks such as these?

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The CyberWire Daily Podcast EP. 389 With Guest Speaker David Brumley

ForAllSecure

So when you deny them access to the location data in the operating system, that essentially denies them access to the GPS receiver. Joe Carrigan: [00:16:38] Well, Google is going to fix this in the next release of their operating system. This 20 minute podcast is available for listening below. Dave Bittner: [00:16:41] OK.

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THE CYBERWIRE DAILY PODCAST EP. 389 WITH GUEST SPEAKER DAVID BRUMLEY

ForAllSecure

So when you deny them access to the location data in the operating system, that essentially denies them access to the GPS receiver. Joe Carrigan: [00:16:38] Well, Google is going to fix this in the next release of their operating system. This 20 minute podcast is available for listening below. Dave Bittner: [00:16:41] OK.