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Beers with Talos EP 16: Strong Copy - Bad Rabbit and the Nyetya Connection

Summary: Beers with Talos episode 16 covers Apache OpenOffice vulnerabilities and the question of when one CVE is enough versus one hundred, along with signal-to-noise ratio and Twitter canaries getting things wrong. The episode also discusses Bad Rabbit, its relationship to Nyetya, and why OpenOffice vulnerabilities are a concern even to businesses run like hippie communes.

What's compelling: The episode ties Bad Rabbit to Nyetya, a destructive worm that spread through networks and caused widespread damage, and raises OpenOffice flaws as a worry for organizations regardless of how loosely they are run.

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