Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video)

Angry mobs, Azure, Avanti, Rhysida, Warzone, Flipper Zero, Bitlocker, Josh Marpet, and more are on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-362

This week, we discussed how a quick (minutes) and cheap ($15 a pop) fake ID service creates VERY convincing IDs that are possibly good enough to fool ID verification services, HR, and a load of other scenarios where it's common to share images of an ID. Kudos to 404Media's work there. In the security market, we discuss who might be the first cybersecurity unicorn to go public in 2024, Oasis Securi...

RoboJoe, SHIM, Fortinet, FaceOff, Simswap, sudo in Windows, Aaran Leyland, and More on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-361

In the Security News: - Shim Shady, Up Shims Creek, whatever you want to call it, there's a vulnerability affecting pretty much all Linux distributions (and other operating systems as well), when your toothbrush attacks the Internet, or some claim, glibc has some vulnerabilities, not all got a CVE, and one is for the algorithm lovers, Google shows some love for Rust, beating Bitlocker in 43 second...

Legacy systems are riddled with outdated and unreliable cryptographic standards. So much so that recent proprietary research found 61 percent of the traffic was unencrypted, and up to 80% of encrypted network traffic has some defeatable flaw in its encryption No longer can enterprises take their cryptography for granted, rarely evaluated or checked. Knowing when, where and what type of cryptograph...

As a computer-smitten middle-schooler in the former Soviet Union in the 1970s, to his current and prominent role in the cybersecurity research community, Bratus aims to render the increasingly prevalent and perilous software, hardware, and networks in our lives much safer to use. His fascination with computer security started for real in the 1990s as a mathematics graduate student when a computer...

Qualys discloses syslog and qsort vulns in glibc, Apple's jailbroken iPhone for security researchers, moving away from OpenSSL, what an ancient vuln in image parsing can teach us today, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-272

Teens Gone Wild, Nintendo, Anydesk, RUST, Google, Deepfakes, Jason Wood, and more are on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-360

We can't talk about OWASP without talking about lists, but we go beyond the lists to talk about a product security framework. Grant shares his insights on what makes lists work (and not work). More importantly, he shares the work he's doing to spearhead a new OWASP project to help scale the creation of appsec programs, whether you're on your own or part of a global org. Segment Resources: https://...

Large security vendors and hyperscalers, including Microsoft, continue to expand their cybersecurity product and service portfolios. Microsoft's extensive enterprise reach, massive partner network, and enormous influence in the C-suite puts pressure on CIOs and CISOs to consolidate on it as much as possible for cybersecurity. This report helps security leaders understand Microsoft's cybersecurity...

It's time to review the money of security, including public companies, IPOs, funding rounds and acquisitions from the previous quarter. We also update you on the Security Weekly 25 index. The index came roaring back last quarter. Here are the stocks currently in the index: SCWX Secureworks Corp PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. SPLK Splunk Inc GEN Gen Digital...

E-Coli, Mercedes, Cloudflare, Ivanti, Volt Typhoon, GIGO, AI, Congress, Aaran Leyland, and more are on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-359

In this week's Enterprise Security News, Adrian, Tyler, and Katie discuss: 1. Tons of funding! 2. A notable acquisition! 3. The line is blurring between services and product firms 4. Apparently IronNet isn't dead? 5. The toxicity of Hero culture in tech 6. Knowing when to quit 7. AI-powered fraud is hitting close to home 8. Quantum snake oil is getting worse 9. Prompt injection 10. Are you being h...

We've seen general users targeted with phishing, financial employees targeted for BEC scams, and engineers targeted for access to infrastructure. The truly scary attacks, however, are the indirect ones that are automated. The threats that come in via software updates, or trusted connections with third parties. The software supply chain is both absolutely essential, and fragile. A single developer...

Danny Jenkins, CEO & Co-Founder of ThreatLocker, a cybersecurity firm providing Zero Trust endpoint security, is a leading cybersecurity expert with over two decades of experience building and securing corporate networks, including roles on red and blue teams. He is dedicated to educating industry professionals about the latest cyber threats and frequently speaks on the topics of ransomware and Ze...

When an RCE really isn't, your kernel is vulnerable, calling all Windows 3.11 experts, back to Ebay, Turkish websites and credentials, 10 public exploits for the same vulnerability, hacking Bitcoin ATMs, another vulnerability disclosure timeline gone wrong, Flipper Zero tips and how you should not use it to change traffic lights, Windows 11 S mode, and you're dead (but like in the movie Hackers de...

Vulns in Jenkins code and Cisco devices that make us think about secure designs, MiraclePtr pulls off a relatively quick miracle, code lasts while domains expire, an "Artificial Intelligence chip" from the 90s, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-271

This week in the Security Weekly News: the NSA admits to secretly buying your internet browsing data, malicious Google ads target Chinese users, Juniper releases update for Junos OS flaws, Outlook could be leaking your NTLM passwords, WhiteSnake malware on Windows, Jason Wood discusses new guidance on the Microsoft "Midnight Blizzard" attack, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-35...

We return to the practice of presentations, this time with a perspective from a conference organizer. And we have tons of questions! What makes a topic stand out? How can an old, boring topic be given new life? How do you prepare as a first-time presenter? What can conferences do to foster better presentations and new voices? Segment resources: https://bsidessf.org https://infosec.exchange/@worldw...

In the leadership and communications section, A tougher balancing act in 2024, the year of the CISO, CISOs Struggle for C-Suite Status Even as Expectations Skyrocket, Want to Be a Better Leader? Stop Thinking About Work After Hours, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-336

How do you prepare for a cyber incident? You train as you fight, but in what environment? William "Hutch" Hutchinson, CEO and co-founder of SimSpace, joins BSW to share cyber best practices and why testing in your operational environment not a good idea. Learn what it takes to be Cyber Ready. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-336

Visa RB Cash AP Formula 1 Team, Veolia, FeverWarn, SystemK, Fortra, GitLab, Ring, Trickbot, Aaran Leyland, and More News on the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-357

Oleria, Vicarius, and Secret Double Octopus raise funding (NOTE: Secret Double Octopus is a real company that chose Secret Double Octopus as their name, I'm making none of this up). Rumors about Zscaler's next 9-digit acquisition, 2 new security vendors and demystifying public cybersecurity companies. Chrome gets AI features, security teams have TOO much data, and a new threat intel database from...

We interview the co-founder and CTO of Fleet to understand why good, cross platform MDM/EMM has been such a challenge for so many years. Want good Windows device management? You're probably going to compromise on MacOS management. Ditto for Windows if you prioritize your Macs. Want good Linux device management? It doesn't exist. Hopefully, Fleet can change all that in 2024, as they aim to complete...

In the Security News: Don't expose your supercomputer, auth bypass and command injection FTW, just patch it, using OSQuery against you, massive credential stuffing, backdoors in Harmony, looking at Android, so basically I am licensing my printer, hacking Tesla, injecting keystrokes over Bluetooth, and remembering the work of David L. Mills. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-814