Paul's Security Weekly (Audio)

It's another holiday week, so enjoy this interview from the PSW archives!   We chat with Marcus J. Ranum of Tenable, pit ODROID against Raspberry Pi, and introduce you to USBee in our security news. All that and more, so stay tuned!

Zero Trust is the buzzword of the 2020's. Vendors are selling it, the US Federal Government is requiring it, and organizations are implementing it, but what does it really mean (I mean really beyond the hype)? In this segment, Paul and Ron will talk ways combat threats through people, process, and technology Zero Trust Risk Management. Segment Resources: Forrester Research Zero Trust blogs: https:...

Linux systems are a collection of free and Open Source software-- some packaged by your distro, some built from source. How do you verify that your upstream isn't polluted by bad actors? Segment Resources: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch   https://securityonionsolutions.com/software/ https://deer-run.com/users/hal/   https://archive.org/details/HalLinuxForensics   In the Security News: VM...

Linux systems are a collection of free and Open Source software-- some packaged by your distro, some built from source. How do you verify that your upstream isn't polluted by bad actors?  Segment Resources: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch  https://securityonionsolutions.com/software/  https://deer-run.com/users/hal/  https://archive.org/details/HalLinuxForensics  In the Security News: VMw...

In a recent survey on purple teaming, 89 percent of respondents who had used the method deemed purple teaming activities "very important" to their security operations. Purple teaming exercises conducted regularly have the power to improve collaboration across teams, ensure issues are identified and remediated more proactively, and provide a means to measure progress over time. With all these benef...

This week in the Security News: GetVariable strikes again, attackers could blow up your computer remotely, escaping containers, null-dereferences and faulty evaluations, 31 new CPU vulnerabilities for AMD, a look into Chrome, santa, not-so-secure secure booting, and malware included!   Open source is the bedrock of most of the world's software today, so how to raise the floor on software quality a...

We're aren't recording this holiday week, so enjoy this PSW throwback episode! Main host Paul Asadoorian selected this episode to share as it's still relevant to the hacker community today. PSW366 was recorded June of 2016 with Gary McGraw. 

Over the last few years, the trend to use Open Source has been migrating into safety-critical applications, such as automotive and medical, which introduces system-level analysis considerations. In a similar fashion, these components are now being considered for the evolution of critical infrastructure systems. In the US, security concerns have prompted some emerging best practices, such as increa...

In the Security News: The Roblox prison yard, password manager problems, PyTorch gets torched with a supply chain attack, Oppenheimer cleared, Puckungfu, spice up your persistence with PHP, turning Google home into a wiretap device, Nintendo 3DS remote code execution, Linux kernel remove code execution, steaking cards in 2022 - The API way, and there is no software supply chain... and more!   This...

While we most likely do not believe that penetration testing is dead it continues to evolve over time. What do penetration tests look like today? Have they become more or less specialized? What is the continuing value of penetration testing? With development and IT moving so fast, how have penetration tests adapted? This discussion will dive into the details of penetration testing today and provid...

Is there still a network or has it slipped away from us entirely? What about efforts for localization because people do not trust the cloud, its providers or its reliability (ala Twitter vs. the Fediverse?). Do you still need actual hardware firewalls? What about VPNs? How long will these devices still be around as everyone goes to the cloud and SDWAN technologies? And what about identity? If you...

We are joined by Josh and Kurt from the amazing Open Source Security Podcast! We're talking about supply chain risks, threats and vulnerabilities in this segment! Segment Resources: https://opensourcesecurity.io/   This week in the Security News: When you just wanna hurl, malicious containers, FCC bans stuff, these are not the CVE's you're looking for, Linux password mining, mind the gap, hacking...

In the Security News: Stealing Mastodon passwords, reporting vulnerabilities in open-source privately, labeling does not solve problems, or does it? will it every get patched? geolocating people from photos, no meta-data required, update your firmware on Linux, hacking flow computers, when a driver isn't really a driver, well, its a driver, but not the one you may be thinking of, oops I leaked it...

Every penetration test should have specific goals. Coverage of the MITRE ATT&CK framework or the OWASP Top Ten is great, but what other value can a pentest provide by shifting your mindset further left or with a more strategic approach? How often do you focus on the overall ROI of your penetration testing program? This talk will explore what it means to "shift left" with your penetration testing b...

Blenster comes on to talk about the Maker Movement, Hackerspaces, community and inclusive cultures, intentionality and kindness as a social cheat code, the right to repair movement, and using tools like the arduino/raspberry Pi to bring your projects to the next level!   In the Security News: last year's open source is tomorrow's vulnerabilities, RepoJacking, I feel like there will always be authe...

This week in the Security News: A Security Maturity Model for Hardware Development, Palo Alto Networks fixed a high-severity auth bypass flaw in PAN-OS, New UEFI rootkit Black Lotus offered for sale at $5,000, What are SBOMS, & Critical Remote Code Execution issue impacts popular post-exploitation toolkit Cobalt Strike   Chris Crowley, SOC-Class Course Author, SANS Senior Instructor, and Consultan...

This week in the Security News: rethinking vulnerability severity, exploiting the hacker tools, Microsoft "fixes" the vulnerable driver problem, its what you do with the data that matters, what is comprehensive security, deconflictions, moles are always a problem, checking the certs, oh and there is a vulnerability in OpenSSL, well at least one that we know of, currently!   In this segment, we are...

As Vice President of Threat Research & Intelligence at BlackBerry, Ismael Valenzuela leads threat research, intelligence, and defensive innovation. Ismael has participated as a security professional in numerous projects around the world for over the past two decades. In this episode, Ismael discusses his journey to become a top cybersecurity expert. We also explore the cybersecurity trends he and...

Red Balloon Security CEO Ang Cui has spent over a decade looking into the most critical devices supporting our infrastructure. He explains why the insight that launched his company still holds true, and what it will take for security experts, manufacturers and end users to resolve our insecure stasis.   Segment Resources: https://redballoonsecurity.com/ https://ofrak.com/ https://github.com/redbal...

Hackers rarely break through crypto or exploit fancy zero days. Most of the time they simply login using stolen credentials. Managing passwords, keys and other forms of secrets does not work at scale. In this segment we'll look into a more radical approach to infrastructure security: getting rid of secrets entirely and moving to access control based on physical properties of humans and machines. T...

Sinan Eren, the VP of Zero Trust at Barracuda joins us to discuss various aspects of MFA Fatigue & Authentication with the PSW crew! Segment Resources: https://assets.barracuda.com/assets/docs/dms/NetSec_Report_The_State_of_IIoT_final.pdf This segment is sponsored by Barracuda Networks. Visit https://securityweekly.com/barracuda to learn more about them! In the Security News: Bloodhound's blind sp...

Analyst burnout and the talent shortage are creating environments where teams are stressed out, overwhelmed, and frustrated. Security Operations managers (or anyone managing teams of security analysts) must empower their analysts with solutions that can make them more effective at their job. Thomas Kinsella joins to discuss why No-code automation is the ultimate solution to do that! Then, in the S...

John Hammond joins us today as we start off the show talking about Cybersecurity education! Training and education is a constant conversation within the cybersecurity community, but it doesn't have to be a hard problem to solve. We will discuss how to bring both valuable and actionable information into the industry and how that makes an impact, even in unexpected ways -- for better or for worse. T...

There's a lot of worry about "fakes" especially in a world rapidly adopting AI/ML, so it's time for solutions. "Solid" is the W3C open standard, extending HTTPS, to upgrade the Web with security paradigms that solve for data integrity. Distributed systems naturally break through digital moats, free control through proper ownership, thus helping expand and achieve the best of the Internet. Segment...

This week: Greg Conti joins us to discuss InfoSec Lessons from Military Strategy, Tactics, and Operational Art. Online conflict is widespread and at times the internet hurts more than it helps. In this segment, we'll discuss ways to inform today's enterprise defense by better understanding strategy, tactics and operational art from government influence operations, electronic warfare, and cyberspac...