Topic: Shellshock

The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) is described as the central interface for cyber threat mitigation. Secretary Jeh Johnson claims the agency handled 97,000 incident reports and issued 12,000 alerts in 2014. The segment mocks the agency's "house calls" to private companies and its role in mitigating vulnerabilities like Heartbleed and Shellshock.

The Nova special discusses Stuxnet as a blueprint for cyber warfare that could be repurposed against the nations that developed it. The hosts also mention the "Bash bug" (Shellshock) vulnerability affecting Linux and Mac OSX systems as a real-world example of digital insecurity.