Welcome to Zero Day's Week In Security, our roundup of notable security news items for the week ending September 19, 2014. Covers enterprise, controversies, reports and more.
This week, Apple Inc. made security headlines on many fronts after suffering a black eye in the celebrity iCloud nudes scandal, news about the Home Depot attack worsened, and famous hacker / convicted felon Kevin Mitnick officially entered the exploit sales market.
Tim Cook: Apple sells security. Google sells you. http://t.co/WeUEuovWCw
— Chris Wysopal (@WeldPond) September 18, 2014
I can't tell if this is a joke or not. @kevinmitnick is in the exploit brokering business? https://t.co/e2XDU0UlVC
— Christopher Soghoian (@csoghoian) September 18, 2014
Increasingly it's about cyber war (to destroy data): China hacked into Pentagon contractor networks http://t.co/VXU4APcHPs via @guardian
— Ray Boisvert ISECIS (@ISECIS) September 18, 2014
“@WSJ: Edward Snowden accuses New Zealand leader of deception over surveillance http://t.co/BRMxSQdQC6” << @KimDotcom PR stunt
— Justine Aitel (@justineaitel) September 15, 2014
Thanks to Larry Seltzer for contributing to this roundup.