Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video)

Better TLS implementations with Rust, fuzzing, and managing certs, appsec lessons from the everlasting transition to IPv6, LLMs for finding vulns (and whether fuzzing is better), and more! Also check out this presentation from BSides Knoxville that we talked about briefly, https://youtu.be/DLn7Noex_fc?feature=shared Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-305

Identity continues to be one of the most used attack vectors by cybercriminals. From phishing to credential stuffing to password spraying – threat actors are finding new ways to infiltrate systems and cause costly problems to companies. David Bradbury, Chief Security Officer at Okta, joins Security Weekly's Mandy Logan to discuss today's threat landscape, what he's seeing across Okta and our custo...

In the leadership and communications segment, The CISO Mindset: A Strategic Guide for Aspiring CEOs and The Board Members, The Top Strategy to Earn More Respect at Work: A Leadership Expert's Proven Method, The Problem with Mandating Office Presence Without Purpose, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-370

Customer Identity is everywhere. It's powering secure experiences for billions - enabling people to check their luggage at the airport, watch their favorite Major League Soccer games, or take their favorite Peloton class. Because it's everywhere, threat actors now see customer identity as a path to financial gain. Bots now make up nearly 50% of all internet traffic and are being used to steal sign...

The vast majority of the folks working polls and elections are volunteers. This creates a significant training challenge. Not only do they have to learn how to perform a complex and potentially stressful job in a short amount of time (most training is one day or less), cybersecurity-related concerns are usually not included for individual poll location and election workers. Kirsten Davies has a pa...

Tourist Abuse, Fortis, apps, TLP, AWS, Google, Chatbots, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-425

Ever heard someone say, "the attacker only has to be right once, but the defender has to get it right every time"? On this episode, we'll dispel that myth. There is some truth to the saying, but only with regards to initial access to the target's environment. Once on the inside, the attacker's advantage flips to the defender. Call it the 'Home Alone' effect. Or the Goonies effect? Die Hard? So man...

This week: The USB Army Knife that won't break the budget, I don't want to say EDR is useless (but there I said it), Paul's list of excellent hacking tips, FortiJump - an RCE that took a while to become public, do malware care if it's on a hypervisor?, MicroPython for fun and not for hacking?, an unspecified vulnerability, can you exploit speculative execution bugs?, scanning the Internet and crea...

Andy drops some Microsoft Windows and 365 knowledge as we discuss the details on how we get to secure by default in our Windows and cloud environments. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-848

Flaws that arise from inconsistent parsing of JSON and email addresses, CISA's guide to bad software practices, abusing a security disclosure process to take over a WordPress plugin, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-304

In the leadership and communications section, Joe Sullivan: CEOs must be held accountable for security too, More tech chiefs have success measured by profitability, cost management, Is Your Career Heading in the Right Direction?, and more. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-369

Doom on a Human Brain, E2EE, OT, Adload, Cisco, VMware, Internet Archive, Josh Marpet, and more on the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-424

Building cloud native apps doesn't mean you're immune to dealing with legacy systems. Cloud services have changed significantly over the last decade, both in the security controls available to them and the sheer volume of services that CSPs provide. Scott Piper shares some history of cloud security, the benefits of account separation, and how ratcheting security helps orgs stay on a paved path. Se...

Getting C-Suite execs aligned on cyber resilience and cybersecurity can be a challenge. LevelBlue's recent Futures™️ report sought to uncover the barriers that prevent companies from achieving cyber resilience in the enterprise today. The report not only surveyed C-Suite execs (CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs), but non-C-Suite leaders from engineering and architecture roles as well. Segment Resources: Level...

Finally, in the enterprise security news, HUMAN, Relyance AI, and watchTowr raise funding this week Alternative paths to becoming a CISO Vendor booths don't have to suck (for vendors or conference attendees!) Budget planning guidance for 2025 CISOs might not be that great at predicting their own future needs Use this one easy trick to bypass EDR! Analyzing the latest breaches and malware You proba...

Implementing SASE can be tricky and onerous, but it doesn't have to be. Today, we discuss Unified SASE as a Service with Renuka Nadkarni, Chief Product Officer at Aryaka. Particularly, how can Unified SASE make both networking and security more flexible and agile? IT and security professionals need to ensure secure and performant applications and data access to all users across their distributed g...

Stealing Pencils, Kubernetes, Passkeys, SolarWinds, Intel, North Koreans, Sextortion, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-423

Secure by design is more than just AppSec - it addresses how the whole business designs systems and processes to be effective and resilient. The latest report from LevelBlue on Cyber Resilience reveals security programs that are reactive, ill-equipped, and disconnected from IT and business leaders. Most security problems are out of security teams' hands. Addressing them requires input, buy-in, and...

Air gaps are still not air gapped, making old exploits new again, chaining exploits for full compromise, patching is overrated, SBOMs are overrated, VPNs are overrated, getting root with a cigarette lighter, you can be any user you want to be, in-memory Linux malware, the Internet Archive is back, we still don't know who created Bitcoin, unhackable phones, and There's No Security Backdoor That's O...

New security and vulnerability research is published every day. How can security teams get ahead of the curve and build architecture to combat modern threats and threat actors? Tune-in to a lively discussion about the threat landscape and tips on how to stay ahead of the curve. Segment Resources: https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2024/07/01/regresshion-remote-unauthenticated-...

Looking at vulnerable code in Ivanti (Perl) and Magento (PHP), fuzzing is perfect for parsers, handling tenant isolation when training LLMs, Microsoft's small steps towards secure design, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-303

AI Stego, uBlock, PPTP, Log4J rises again, Command Jacking, Windows 10, Principal Skinner's Feet, Josh Marpet, and more on the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-422

In the leadership and communications segment, The CEO's Role in Setting Tone at the Top, CISOs, C-suite remain at odds over corporate cyber resilience, Warren Buffett's Secret To Success? Run It 'Like A Small Family Business,' Says One Of His CEOs, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-368

In today's uncertain macroeconomic environment, security and risk leaders need practical guidance on managing existing spending and new budgetary requests. Jeff Pollard, Vice-President, Principal Analyst on the Security and Risk Team at Forrester Research, joins Business Security Weekly to review Forrester's Budget Planning Guide 2025: Security And Risk. This data-driven report provides spending b...

In the enterprise security news, Eon, Resolve AI, Harmonic and more raise funding Dragos acquires Network Perception Prevalent acquires Miratech The latest DFIR reports A spicy security product review Secure by Whatever New threats Hot takes All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-379