Paul's Security Weekly (Video)

There are many options to choose from when setting up The Security Onion. The use cases are vast, including a NIDS (Zeek, Suricata), HIDS (Beats, Wazuh, osquery) and standalone instances for a SOC workstation and static analysis. I really like SO as a platform to collect all kinds of data from the network and from your systems (some even use the word XDR).   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/ps...

Today Dan DeCloss, CEO of PlexTrac, joins the panel to share results from a CyberRisk Alliance survey of 315 security practitioners in the U.S. and Canada. This research, sponsored by PlexTrac, shows a correlation between purple teaming and program maturity, which emphasizes the importance of adversary emulation in today's security landscape. Tune in to get the scoop on the survey results and MUCH...

In the Security News, Microsoft adds automated mitigations for Exchange servers, Senior US cyber officials support mandatory breach reporting, 2021 has broken the record for 0days, but maybe that's a good thing? Speaking of which, Apple patches some 0days, Lithuania warns against using Huawei and Xiaomi phones, the FCC pays companies to ditch Huawei and ZTE gear, the latest on Cybercrime, UK resea...

To defend themselves, companies need to detect ransomware attacks early, gather the intelligence to understand the attack, and prevent the attacks from occurring in the future. Qualys' Mehul Revankar will discuss ransomware trends, defensive maneuvers and discuss the inspiration and research behind Qualys' new ransomware exposure dashboard that provides companies with personalized plan to remediat...

This week in the Security News: What to do with your old hardware, renting your phone, "persistently execute system software in the context of Windows", sensational headline: ransomware could cause a food shortage, could someone please schedule the year of the Linux desktop?, public-key crypto explained?, malware attacks Windows through Linux, Microsoft Exchange AutoDiscover bug leaks 100k creds,...

In this segment Paul and Larry attempt to confirm or deny that Nzyme performs intelligent device fingerprinting and behavioral analytics to detect rogue actors. Classic signature-based detection methods are just too easy to circumvent in WiFi environments.   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw711 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes!

Velociraptor is a multi-platform, open-source, endpoint forensics, monitoring, and response platform that allows security professionals to quickly and easily dig through host artifacts and perform detection and response at scale. It's fast, precise, powerful … and free. It also supports Linux, Windows and MacOS. Velociraptor is a unique tool since it offers a query language so that users may query...

This week in the Security News: Anonymous hacks Epik (with a K), Fuzzing Close-Source Javascript Engines, ForcedEntry, 8 Websites that can replace computer software, REvil decryptor key released, Microsoft fixes Critical vulnerability in Linux App, Drone accidentally delivers drug paraphernalia to high schoolers, & more!   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw710 Visit https://www.securitywee...

Brakeman is a free static analysis security tool specifically designed for Ruby on Rails applications. It analyzes Rails application code to find security issues at any stage of development. Justin first released Brakeman in 2010. In 2018, the commercial version, "Brakeman Pro", was acquired by Synopsys. Brakeman continues to be a very popular security tool for Rails, with tens of thousands of dow...

Network breaches, ransomware attacks, and remote-work challenges highlight the need for cloud-native Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) deployments.   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw710 This segment is sponsored by Barracuda Networks. Visit https://securityweekly.com/barracuda to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! 

Benjamin will discuss securing iframes with the sandbox attribute. This segment is sponsored by Acunetix.   Visit https://securityweekly.com/acunetix to learn more about them!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw709

This week in the Security News: Hacking Honda, a fact about single-factor, disarming your home and alarming vulnerability disclosure response, btw, you have a Sudo vulnerability, NSO under investigation, Loki and 0days, Linux turns 30, SANS appoints a new president of the college, how much does your USB thumb drive weigh?, and When "Florida Woman" attacks!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/ps...

Paul presents a Technical Segment that walks through Nmap, Vulners scripts, & Flan Scan!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw709

This week in the Security News: Some describe T-Mobile security as not good, if kids steal bitcoin just sue the parents, newsflash: unpatched vulnerabilities are exploited, insiders planting malware, LEDs can spy on you, hacking infusion pumps, PRISM variants, 1Password vulnerabilities, plugging in a mouse gives you admin, & yard sales!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest...

Apple's new M1 systems offer a myriad of benefits for both macOS users, and unfortunately, to malware authors as well. In this talk Patrick details the first malicious programs compiled to natively target Apple Silicon (M1/arm64), focusing on methods of analysis.   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw708

Gain some insights into the OpenVAS project, why you might want to use it and some of the best implementations. This segment will dive right into the extended setup by compiling OpenVAS, and all components, from source code.   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw708

Shifting security left is good - but it's an incomplete strategy that often leads to a false sense of security. In this segment, Sonali will discuss how organizations can reduce their risk of breach by embracing the modern AppSec techniques, that will allow development, operations and security teams to work together in order to efficiently and effectively secure all of their applications. This seg...

The Qualys Research Team discovered a size_t-to-int type conversion vulnerability in the Linux Kernel's filesystem layer affecting most Linux operating systems. Any unprivileged user can gain root privileges on a vulnerable host by exploiting this vulnerability in a default configuration. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows any unprivileged user to gain root privileges on the vuln...

In the Security News for this week: Buffer overflows galore, how not to do Kerberos, no patches, no problem, all your IoTs belong to Kalay, the old pen test vs. vulnerability scan, application security and why you shouldn't do it on a shoe string budget, vulnerability disclosure miscommunication, tractor loads of vulnerabilities, The HolesWarm.......malware, T-Mobile breach, and All you need is......

This week in the Security News: Accenture gets Lockbit, $600 million in cryptocurrency is stolen, and they've started returning it, Lee and Jeff's data is leaked (among other senior citizens), authentication bypass via path traversal, downgrade attacks, Apple's backdoor, super duper secure mode, re-defining end-to-end encryption and how that doesn't work out, pen testers file suit against Dallas C...

Mythic is an open-source, multi-platform framework for conducting red team engagements. This talk will cover the automated deployment of a Mythic server, developing new "wrappers" to extend the framework, and modifying public payload types to evade signature-based detections. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw706

Joe will discuss his upcoming Book, "Practical Social Engineering" in addition to OSINT. He is primarily passionate about OSINT and adjacent forms of Intelligence, but will need to discuss some social engineering (conducting it or defenses). He will also mention the Trace Labs OSINT Search Party competitions (he won his 2nd one last weekend at DEFCON). Segment Resources: https://www.theosintion.co...

This week in the Security News: PwnedPiper and vulnerabilities that suck, assless chaps, how non-techy people use ARP, how to and how not to explain the history of crypto, they are still calling about your car warranty, master faces, things that will always be true with IoT vulnerabilities, DNS loopholes, and a toilet that turns human feces into cryptocurrency! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com...

With Eclypsium researchers' discovery of BIOSDisconnect and their upcoming talk and demo at DefCon 29 upon us, the stakes have never been higher when it comes to protecting the foundation of computing at the firmware level. A feature meant to make updating and protecting the firmware easier for users (BIOSConnect) ends up exposing the BIOS to being bricked or implanted with malicious code operatin...

The RF Hackers Sanctuary is a group of experts in the areas of Information, Wifi, and Radio Frequency Security with the common purpose to teach the exploration of these technologies with a focus on security. We focus on teaching classes on Wifi and Software Defined Radio, presenting guest speakers and panels, and providing the very best in Wireless Capture the Flag games to promote learning. Segme...