The Southern Fried Security Podcast
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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%202012
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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am3TmXm3doA

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