This week in the security news, Dr. Doug and Larry explore various technological advancements and their implications with a healthy dose of nostalgia, particularly focusing on health monitoring through Wi-Fi signals, the misconceptions surrounding 5G connectivity, the importance of understanding internet speed needs, and the cybersecurity threats facing water systems. They also discuss the potential chaos that could arise from infrastructure failures and the vulnerabilities present in automated tank gauges, emphasizing the need for better asset management and security measures.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-844
Fuzzing network traffic in OpenWRT, parsing problems lead to GitLab auth bypass, more fuzzing finds vulns in a JPEG parser, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-300
C3pbot, Kaspersky, Octo2 Electric Boogaloo, Honkai: Star Rail, ServiceNow, LinkedIn, IoT, Josh Marpet, and more on the Cyber Security News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-416
APIs are essential to modern application architectures, driving rapid development, seamless integration, and improved user experiences. However, their widespread use has made them prime targets for attackers, especially those deploying sophisticated bots. When these bots exploit business logic, they can cause considerable financial and reputational damage. In this discussion, David Holmes offers insights into the latest trends in API and bot attacks and provides strategies to defend against these threats.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-300
AI is bringing productivity gains like we’ve never seen before -- with users, security teams and developers already reaping the benefits. However, AI is also bolstering existing threats to application security and user identity -- even enabling new, personalized attacks to emerge.
Shiven Ramji, President of Customer Identity at Okta, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how AI is changing app authentication and authorization for developers and security teams. With traditional and AI-powered applications facing more complex security challenges, companies need to explore new ways to protect their end users while also creating seamless customer experiences – and that starts with Identity.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-365
In the leadership and communications segment, CISA Releases Cyber Defense Alignment Plan for Federal Agencies, UnitedHealth Group CISO: We had to ‘start over’ after Change Healthcare attack, 20 Essential Strategies for Leadership Development Success, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-365
This week, the cybersecurity industry's most basic assumptions under scrutiny. Following up our conversation with Wolfgang Goerlich, where he questions the value of phishing simulations, we discuss essays that call into question:
Also some whoopsies:
Fortinet has a breach, but is it really accurate to call it that?
Some Coalfire pentesters that were arrested in Iowa 5 years ago share some unheard details about the event, and how it is still impacting their lives on a daily basis five years later.
The news this week isn't all negative though! We discuss an insightful essay on detection engineering for managers from Ryan McGeehan is a must read for secops managers.
Finally, we discuss a fun and excellent writeup on what happens when you ignore the integrity of your data at the beginning of a 20 year research project that resulted in several bestselling books and a Netflix series!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-376
In this episode, we explore some compelling reasons for transitioning from traditional SOAR tools to next-generation SOAR platforms. Discover how workflow automation and orchestration offers unparalleled speed and flexibility, allowing organizations to stay ahead of evolving security threats. We also delve into how advancements in AI are driving this shift, making new platforms more adaptable and responsive to current market demands.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-376
Shroombots, pagers, Tor, Raptor Train, GRU, Blue Light, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-415
A month ago, my friend Wolfgang Goerlich posted a hot take on LinkedIn that is less and less of a hot take these days.
He posted, "our industry needs to kill the phish test",and I knew we needed to have a chat, ideally captured here on the podcast.
I've been on the fence when it comes to phishing simulation, partly because I used to phish people as a penetration tester. It always succeeded, and always would succeed, as long as it's part of someone's job to open emails and read them. Did that make phishing simulation a Sisyphean task? Was there any value in making some of the employees more 'phishing resistant'?
And who is in charge of these simulations? Who looks at a fake end-of-quarter bonus email and says, "yeah, that's cool, send that out."
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-376
Gain insights into the CISA KEV straight from one of the folks at CISA, Tod Beardsley, in this episode of Below the Surface. Learn how KEV was created, where the data comes from, and how you should use it in your environment.
This segment is sponsored by Eclypsium. Visit https://securityweekly.com/eclypsium to learn more about them!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-843
Apple drops a lawsuit to avoid exposing secrets, what does it mean for the security industry if MS locks down the kernel?, exploding pagers, more things from the past: Adobe Flash exploits, robots get rid of your data, PKFail is still a thing, Android TV malware is back: now with conspiracy theories, DMA attacks, gamers are not nation-state attackers, the story of a .MOBI Whois server, a better bettercap, and when not to trust video baby monitors.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-843
A takeover of the MOBI TLD for $20, configuring an LLM for a CTF, firmware flaw in an SSD, Microsoft talks kernel resilience, six truths of cyber risk quantification, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-299
When a conference positioned as a day of security for developers has to be canceled due to lack of interest from developers, it's important to understand why there was so little interest and why appsec should reconsider its approach to awareness. Dustin Lehr discusses how appsec can better engage and better deliver security concepts in a way that makes developers not only feel like their time is well used, but that the content appeals to them.
Segment Resources: - The Security Champion Program Success Guide -- A free guide that includes all steps necessary to build a successful security champion program, with real-world recommendations and examples: https://securitychampionsuccessguide.org/ - Let's Talk Software Security -- A free global virtual community where we host monthly open discussions on appsec topics: https://www.meetup.com/lets-talk-software-security/
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-299
In the leadership and communications segment, Why Companies Should Consolidate Tech Roles in the C-Suite, End of an era: Security budget growth slows down, Global cybersecurity workforce growth flatlines, stalling at 5.5M pros, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-364
Cybersecurity is complex. We have threats, vulnerabilities, incidents, controls, risks, etc. But how do they all connect together to drive a cyber risk program? As an industry, we've struggled for 20+ years trying to boil this ocean. Maybe we've been going about it the wrong way.
Padraic O'Reilly, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at CyberSaint, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how AI can help us solve the cybersecurity data problem. Starting with simple mappings from risks to controls, CyberSaint is flipping the cyber risk management problem on it's head. Instead of working from the bottom up, CyberSaint is tackling the problem from the top down. Padraic will discuss how CyberSaint is using AI, practical AI, to address the complexities of cybersecurity data, including:
This segment is sponsored by CyberSaint . Visit https://securityweekly.com/cybersaint to learn more about them!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-364
Ever wondered what it's like to be responsible for the cybersecurity of a sports team? How about when that sports team is one of the world's most successful Formula One teams? I can't describe how excited we are to share this interview. This interview is basically two huge F1 nerds who happen to also be cybersecurity veterans asking everything they've always wanted to know about what it takes to secure an F1 team.
For the folks out there that aren't familiar with this sport, Formula One is arguably the fastest, most watched, and most international automotive racing sport today. In the 2024 season, the racing series will feature ten teams traveling to 24 race tracks located in 21 different countries. Also, did you know that only two countries get more than one race? Italy gets to host two Grand Prix, and the United States gets to host three.
A HUGE thanks to Keeper Security and Darren Guccione for making this interview possible. This isn't a sponsored interview, but it was Keeper's PR team that pitched the idea for this interview to us, and as F1 fans, we're super grateful they did!
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-375
We are a month away from Oktane -- the biggest identity event of the year. Okta is bringing thousands of identity industry thought leaders, IT and security executives, and other tech leaders together on October 15-17 to discuss the changing landscape for security and identity, how organizations are putting identity first, new Okta products, and more. Harish Peri, Senior Vice President of Product Marketing, joins Enterprise Security Weekly to discuss what people should expect from Oktane this year, the conversations that will take place at the event and why it’s important for security professionals to attend/tune in.
This segment is sponsored by Oktane. Visit https://securityweekly.com/oktane2024 and use discount code OKTNSC24 to pay only $100 for your full conference pass!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-375
Through the Fire and Li-On Flames, Lazarus, Whatsup, Scattered Spider, Hadooken, Dead People, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-413
This week, in the enterprise security news,
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-375
Don't tell the FCC there is a new Flipper firmware release, unpatchable?, argv[0] and sneaking past defenses, protect your registries, someone solved my UART RX problem, PKFail update, legal threats against security researchers documented, EDR bypass whack-a-mole continues, emulating PIs, VScode moonlights as a spy, Want to clone a YubiKey? All you need is $11,000, some fancy gear, and awkwardly close proximity to your victim, and Telegram’s encryption: it’s kinda like putting a 'Keep Out' sign but leaving the door unlocked.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-842
Lee comes on the show to discuss:
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-842
AI Trucks, Solid Concrete, Sonicwall, Progress, Rust, Apple, and more, on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-412
Considerations in paying down tech debt, make Rust work on bare metal, ECDSA side-channel in Yubikeys, trade-offs in deploying SSO quickly, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-298
In the leadership and communications segment, Blind Spots in the C-Suite & Boardroom, Evolving Cybersecurity: Aligning Strategy with Business Growth, How to Lead Like a Coach, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-363