Jerry Bell and Andrew Kalat

Defensive Security Podcast - Malware, Hacking, Cyber Security & Infosec

Defensive Security is a weekly information security podcast which reviews recent high profile cyber security breaches, data breaches, malware infections and intrusions to identify lessons that we can learn and apply to the organizations we protect.

Author

Jerry Bell and Andrew Kalat

Category

Technology

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defensivesecurity.org

Latest episode

Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 201 11.09.2017

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/equifax-breach-response-turns-dumpster-fire/ https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/09/06/security-vulnerability-leaves-fortune-100-firms-vulnerable/ http://nypost.com/2017/09/08/equifax-blames-giant-breach-on-vendor-software-flaw/amp/ https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache-struts-statement-on-equifax https://qz.com/1073221/the-hackers-who-broke-into-equi...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 200 29.08.2017

http://www.securityweek.com/three-questions-every-ciso-should-be-able-answer https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/powerful-backdoor-found-in-software-used-by-100-banks-and-energy-cos/?amp=1 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/08/blowing-the-whistle-on-bad-attribution/ http://www.csoonline.com/article/3213030/security/when-it-comes-to-the-cloud-do-cisos-have-their-heads-in-the-sand.h...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 199 14.08.2017

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/salesforce_fires_its_senior_security_engineers_after_defcon_talk/?mt=1502653861726 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/carbon_black_denies_sec_sys_broken/ http://www.databreachtoday.com/ocr-tells-organizations-to-step-up-phishing-scam-awareness-a-10174 https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/anthem-medicare-patients-hit-breach/ https://www.theregist...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 198 07.08.2017

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/wannacry-inspires-worm-like-module-in-trickbot/d/d-id/1329491 http://www.securityweek.com/one-million-exposed-adware-hijacked-chrome-extension https://www.darkreading.com/risk/can-your-risk-assessment-stand-up https://youtu.be/ac1NeL6_o0k

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 197 24.07.2017

http://thehackernews.com/2017/07/adwind-rat-malware.html https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/swiss_domain_name_hijack/ http://www.databreachtoday.com/fedex-warns-notpetya-will-negatively-affect-profits-a-10118 http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/21/a-cyberattack-is-going-to-cause-this-tech-company-to-miss-earnings.html http://www.securityweek.com/alarming-percentage-employees-hide-security-incidents-...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 196 12.07.2017

http://www.databreachtoday.com/notpetya-patient-zero-ukrainian-accounting-software-vendor-a-10080 http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/07/the-medoc-connection.html?m=1 http://www.databreachtoday.com/police-seize-backdoored-firms-servers-to-stop-attacks-a-10083 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/m-e-doc-software-was-backdoored-3-times-servers-left-without-updates-since-2013/ https://w...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 195 27.06.2017

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/60243/data-breach/dra-data-leak.html https://www.wired.com/story/crash-override-malware/ https://threatpost.com/fin10-extorting-canadian-mining-companies-casinos/126382/ http://variety.com/2017/digital/features/netflix-orange-is-the-new-black-leak-dark-overlord-larson-studios-1202471400/amp/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/32tb-of-windows-...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 194 22.06.2017

https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/heartbleed-still-hurting-hard-uk-council-fined-100000-after-data-breach-18205.html https://threatpost.com/ransomware-attack-hobbles-prestigious-university-college-london/126299/ http://www.securityweek.com/web-hosting-provider-pays-1-million-ransomware-attackers https://infosec.engineering/improving-the-effectiveness-of-vulnerability-remediation-targetin...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 193 12.06.2017

http://www.csoonline.com/article/3198492/security/ceos-risky-behaviors-compromise-security.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ex-admin-deletes-all-customer-data-and-wipes-servers-of-dutch-hosting-provider http://thehackernews.com/2017/06/intel-amt-firewall-bypass.html http://thehackernews.com/2017/06/microsoft-powerpoint-malware.html

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 192 06.06.2017

http://www.csoonline.com/article/3198496/compliance/sometimes-it-is-necessary-to-bend-the-rules-a-bit.html http://www.securityweek.com/nature-vs-nurture-bad-cybersecurity-our-dna http://gizmodo.com/top-defense-contractor-left-sensitive-pentagon-files-on-1795669632 https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/06/02/onelogin-warns-that-attacker-could-be-able-to-decrypt-data/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 191 25.05.2017

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/05/windows-7-not-xp-was-the-reason-last-weeks-wcry-worm-spread-so-widely/ http://www.publictechnology.net/articles/news/nhs-cyber-attack-forces-week-long-council-email-block https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/nsa-officials-worried-about-the-day-its-potent-hacking-tool-would-get-loose-then-it-did/2017/05/16/50670b16-3978-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_s...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 190 10.05.2017

http://www.verizonenterprise.com/resources/reports/rp_DBIR_2017_Report_en_xg.pdf

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 189 25.04.2017

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cybersecurity-startup-tanium-exposed-california-hospitals-network-in-demos-without-permission-1492624287 http://www.csoonline.com/article/3191286/security/most-employees-willing-to-share-sensitive-information-survey-says.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-36-000-computers-infected-with-nsas-doublepulsar-malware/

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 188 17.04.2017

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/purported-shadow-brokers-0days-were-in-fact-killed-by-mysterious-patch/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-sysadmin-accused-of-planting-time-bomb-in-companys-database/ http://www.computerworld.com/article/3189059/security/what-prevents-breaches-process-technology-or-people-one-answer-is-pc-and-one-is-right.html http://www.csoonline.com/ar...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 187 28.03.2017

http://www.itworld.com/article/3182431/security/some-https-inspection-tools-might-weaken-security.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/former-it-admin-accused-of-leaving-backdoor-account-accessing-it-700-times/ http://www.securityweek.com/what-cisos-can-learn-er-doctors http://www.csoonline.com/article/3180762/data-breach/inside-the-russian-hack-of-yahoo-how-they-did-it.html https://ar...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 186 14.03.2017

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/emory-healthcare-database-breach-what-happened-a-9745 http://www.networkworld.com/article/3176718/security/dealing-with-overwhelming-volume-of-security-alerts.html#tk.rss_security http://www.networkworld.com/article/3175030/security/trend-micro-report-ransomware-booming.html https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/03/02/yahoo-cookie-forging-incident/ http://www.darkrea...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 185 28.02.2017

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-used-to-attack-polish-banks-contained-false-flags-blaming-russian-hackers/ http://www.csoonline.com/article/3173639/security/bleeding-clouds-cloudflare-server-errors-blamed-for-leaked-customer-data.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/3174153/security/carders-capitalize-on-cloudflare-problems-claim-150-million-logins-for-sale.amp.html http://...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 184 20.02.2017

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ATA-Playbook-ef0a8e38/file/169827/1/ATA%20Playbook.pdf http://www.securityweek.com/google-shares-data-corporate-email-attacks http://www.databreachtoday.com/reworked-ny-cybersecurity-regulation-takes-effect-in-march-a-9733 http://www.computerworld.com/article/3169386/security/recent-malware-attacks-on-polish-banks-tied-to-wider-hacking-campaign.html#tk.rss_sec...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 183 14.02.2017

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/antivirus-is-bad/?amp=1 http://www.darkreading.com/risk/7-tips-for-getting-your-security-budget-approved/d/d-id/1328004 https://www.asd.gov.au/publications/protect/essential-eight-explained.htm http://www.csoonline.com/article/3163068/application-development/how-to-secure-active-directory.html https://securosis.com/mobile/tidal-forces-software...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 182 23.01.2017

http://www.securityweek.com/cyber-threat-intelligence-shows-majority-cybercrime-not-sophisticated http://www.databreachtoday.com/new-in-depth-analysis-anthem-breach-a-9627 http://www.databreachtoday.com/475000-hipaa-penalty-for-tardy-breach-notification-a-9624 http://www.databreachtoday.com/insurer-slapped-22-million-hipaa-settlement-a-9643 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/extortionists-wipe-th...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 181 09.01.2017

http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-hacking-fears-reportedly-triggered-by-vermont-employee-checking-his-email-2017-1 http://www.cio.com/article/3153706/security/4-information-security-threats-that-will-dominate-2017.html http://www.databreachtoday.com/major-breach-insurer-blames-system-integrator-a-9603 http://www.zdnet.com/article/this-ransomware-targets-hr-departments-with-fake-job-applicatio...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 180 20.12.2016

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-scheme-spread-popcorn-time-ransomware-get-chance-of-free-decryption-key/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/disgraced-it-worker-stole-confidential-expedia-e-mails-even-after-he-left/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/millions-exposed-to-malvertising-that-hid-attack-code-in-banner-pixels/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-heist-...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 179 18.12.2016

2016 HOLIDAY PODCAST MASHUP With: PVC Security Podcast: http://www.pvcsec.com/ Brakeing Down Security Podcast: http://www.brakeingsecurity.com/ Advanced Persistent Security Podcast: https://advancedpersistentsecurity.net/ ...and Amanda Berlin!

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 178 28.11.2016

http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/11/24/imagegate-check-point-uncovers-new-method-distributing-malware-images/ http://www.csoonline.com/article/3143713/analytics/shall-we-care-about-zero-day.html http://www.databreachtoday.com/umass-amherst-hit-650000-hipaa-settlement-a-9554 http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/elegant-0day-unicorn-underscores-serious-concerns-about-linux-security/ http://www.sec...

Defensive Security Podcast Episode 177 14.11.2016

Book recommendations: https://defensivesecurity.org/resources/recommended-books/ Slack channel:  http://https://defensivesecurity.org/slack-channel/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/kaspersky-accuses-microsoft-of-anticompetitive-bundling-of-antivirus-software/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/11/11/yahoo-staff-knew-they-were-breached-two-years-ago/ http://www.csoonline.co...

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