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#VZW tagging users for advertisers; Android ransomware via SMS; string: your favorite vuln. tool; Al

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SANS Daily Network Security Podcast (Stormcast) for Tuesday, October 28th 2014
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#VZW tagging users for advertisers; Android ransomware via SMS; string: your favorite vuln. tool; Al Quaida SSID grounds flight.

Verizon Injects Header in HTTP Traffic to Allow Advertisers to Identify Users
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/faqs/AccountManagement/mobile_ads.html

New Android Ransom Wear Spreads via SMS
http://research.zscaler.com/2014/10/android-ransomware-koler-learns-to.html

Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in "strings"
http://lcamtuf.blogspot.com/2014/10/psa-dont-run-strings-on-untrusted-files.html

"Al Quaida" SSID causes flight delay
http://abc7.com/news/lax-flight-delayed-after-wifi-hotspot-name-prompts-concerns/367110/