Paul's Security Weekly (Video)

Jared has a long, and outstanding, history in cybersecurity. Today, he works for Microsoft helping them run and respond to bug bounty reports. The scale is massive and I think we can all learn a thing or two about vulnerability management and bug bounties! Segment Resources: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/bounty?rtc=1 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc https://msrc.microsoft.com/report/vul...

In the Security News: You should read the NIST CSF, JTAG hacking the original Xbox, tricked into sharing your password, attacking power management software, the vulnerability is in the SDK, tearing apart printers to find vulnerabilities, a pain in the NAS, urllib.parse is vulnerable, hacking the subway, again, how not to implement encryption from OSDP, Intel does a good job with security, and hack...

The 2020 Armenian war with Azerbaijan called into action over 100 volunteer incident responders from across the country (and the globe) into action. Our guest for this segment was one of the leads during the 40-day conflict and helped organize teams that responded to everything from websites being attacked and country-wide Internet outages. [120K Project]( https://www.120kproject.com/en)   Visit h...

In the Security News: Hacking your Tesla to enable heated seats (and so much more), The Downfall of Intel CPUs, The Inception of AMD CPUs, that's right we're talking about 3 different hardware attacks in this episode! Intel issues patches and fixes stuff even though its hard to exploit, Rubber Ducky you're the one, history of Wii hacking, don't try this at home Linux updates, we are no longer call...

Just how prepared are you for the next cybersecurity incident? Depending on the definition, security incidents likely happen daily at most enterprises. Because we can't prevent everything, the key to success is to be in a constant state of readiness. This means regular training with a focus on preparation. Gerard will walk us through tips and tricks to keep our incident response teams in tip-top c...

In the Security News: Canon shoots out your Wifi password, I want to be Super Admin, you don't need fancy hacks to bypass air gaps, U.S. Senator attacks Microsoft, Tenable CEO attacks Microsoft, we should all be hopeful despite the challenges in infosec, SEC requires reporting Cyberattacks within 4 days, Mirai attacks Tomcat, scanning a car before stealing it, a little offensive appliance, no Inte...

Our good friend Bill Swearingen joins us to talk about some of the incident response work he's been doing lately. Many people have it wrong, you don't need to be a cybersecurity ninja to respond to a security incident. Its about knowing who does what in your organization and executing a plan. Bill has put together a a set of free resources to help the community with incident response as well! Visi...

In the Security News: Cisco hates patching stuff, they hacked a Peleton, so what?, Zenbleeding, stopping Kia Boys, Your BMC is showing, Hacking your toothbrush, Flipper Zero Smoking a Smart Meter was a fake, RFID Tags Inside Amazon Products, Backdoors in Encrypted Police Radios, The Death of Infosec Twitter, and just stop people from accessing the Internet! All that and more on this episode of Pau...

Once an incident has occurred and you've responded, then what? Join us for a chat with Sean Metcalf on what we can do to ensure our infrastructure remains resilient after a security incident.   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw  for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-792  

Sumit comes on the show to teach us a little about PHP type-juggling, introduce a free online security lab, and discuss the new certifications being offered in collaboration with Blackhat. Segment Resources: Our SecOps exams: https://secops.group/cyber-security-certifications/ Black Hat's Certified Pentester exam: https://www.blackhat.com/us-23/certified-pentester.html Vulnmachines platform: https...

This week, up first is the Security News: Microsoft lost its keys, LOL drivers, If you were the CSO, try to keep employees happy but remove their accounts when they leave, gaming device finds a missing child, $3 brute forcing, undocumented instructions are sometimes the best instructions, remote code on your Oscilloscope, fuzzing satellites, routers are great places to hide, typos lead to informat...

In the security news: Someone is going to get hurt, slow migrations, hiding on the Internet is hard, more Fortinet vulnerabilities, BLackLotus source code, the difficulties with roots of trust, stealthy rootkits, patching made easy?, rowhammer and gaslighting, signing with time machines, memory is complicated, and it's alive!!! It's alive!!!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw  for all the...

Getting the correct data in the right place for incident response is challenging. JP comes on the show to talk about how he is helping companies with these challenges, getting control of the security data pipeline while helping save costs!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw  for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-790  

Welcome to another edition of a Paul's Security Weekly Vault episode! This episode was previously recorded on April 5, 2012 and features an interview with none other than Dan Geer. Unfortunately there is no video for this episode, but the content is still relevant today.  Dan Geer is a renowned cybersecurity expert and visionary. With a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field, Dan has made...

In the security news: You got so many CVEs you need your own, dedicated, vulnerability scanner, melting your neighbors with hacking, The FDA's SBOM and OSS, when the vulnerability scanner has a vulnerability, violating CISA directives at scale, make 2FA a little easier with this device, NSA's BlackLotus mitigation guide: who needs those certificates anyhow? All that and more on this episode of Pau...

In this segment we welcome Carlos Perez back to the show! Carlos will discuss methods we can use to hide one systems and cover our tracks. We'll cover how on a system (as administrator) the blue team's struggle using default logs or even on a default install of Sysmon to detect an attacker. Attackers can selectively disable modern event log providers, take action and then re-enable. We will demo t...

In the Security News: There is no national cyber director, time to move away from MoveIT, update Microsoft IIS at least every 6 years, your security system is not secure, for that matter neither is your smart pet feeder, identity management is hard, at least for some, spies using spy gadgets to spy on spies, go ahead and just replace your hardware, secure boot is hard, bypassing the BIOS password...

Emilie comes on the show to talk about penetration testing and share her knowledge and stories!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw  for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-788  

Check out this interview from the PSW VAULT, hand picked by main host Paul Asadoorian! This segment was originally published on April 9, 2013.   Bill Cheswick logged into his first computer in 1968. Seven years later, he was graduated from Lehigh University in 1975 with a degree resembling Computer Science. Ches has worked on (and against) operating system security for over 35 years. He is probabl...

Check out this interview from the PSW VAULT, hand picked by main host Paul Asadoorian! This segment was originally published on October 18, 2015. L0pht Heavy Industries was a hacker collective active between 1992 and 2000 and located in the Boston, Massachusetts area. We learn about the history of the L0pht and the future.   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw  for all the latest episodes! Sh...

In the security news: keystroke logs are stored in plain-text (and other atrocities in software used in schools), WPBT is the gift that keeps on giving and this time it's Gigabyte, PCI DSS 4.0 (drink!), immutable linux desktops, one packet exploits, neat linux malware, sock puppets, a must read new book about hacks, why SMB why?, boot girls, exposing customers....data, cracking GSM, you MUST use 2...

Penetration Tester stories, dumb and funny stuff that's crazier than movies. Segment Resources: https://www.cyberpointllc.com/index.php   https://www.cyberpointllc.com/srt.php   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw  for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-787  

In the Security News: a cross-platform, post-exploit, red teaming framework, cover your backups, your voice should never be your passport, time to change your fingerprints, a drop in the bucket sucka, Thor will take out those pesky drones, never give your AI friends money, bye-bye PyPi for a while anyhow, bug bounties are broken, you say you want people to update routers, not-too-safe-boot, myster...

Liam Mayron from Fastly comes on the show to talk about his unique path into information security, the security implications of generative AI, advances in technologies to protect web applications, detecting bots, and enabling better MSP services! This segment is sponsored by Fastly. Visit https://securityweekly.com/fastly  to learn more about them!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw  for a...

In the security news: How AI Knows Things No One Told It, Dragos Employee Gets Hacked, VMProtect Source Code Leaks, CISA Vulnerabilities, SHA-1 is a Shambles, Microsoft Scans Inside Password Protected Files, Geacon Brings Cobalt Strike Compatability to MacOS, Google Launches Tools to Identify Misleading & AI Images, Cyberstalkers Use New Windows Feature to Spy on iPhones, Texas A&M Prof Flunks all...