We chat with Sounil Yu, co-founder of LLM access control startup, Knostic. We discuss both the experience of participating in Black Hat's startup competition, and what his company, Knostic, is all about. Knostic was one of four finalists for Black Hat's Startup Spotlight competition and was announced as the winner on August 6th.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-371
0.0.0.0, Blacksuit, OpenAI, AWS, Cisco Phones, Win 10, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-405
In this interview we explore the new and sometimes strange world of redteaming AI. I have SO many questions, like what is AI safety?
We'll discuss her presence at Black Hat, where she delivered two days of training and participated on an AI safety panel.
We'll also discuss the process of pentesting an AI. Will pentesters just have giant cheatsheets or text files full of adversarial prompts? How can we automate this? Will an AI generate adversarial prompts you can use against another AI? And finally, what do we do with the results?
Resources:
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-371
Learn what is most interesting at hacker summer camp this year!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-838
This week, Downgrade attacks, bootloader fun, check your firmware before you wreck your firmware, you've got mail server issues, Ivanti is the new Rhianna, you should update your BIOS, Openwrt dominates, and attacking the security tools for fun and profit!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-838
The code curation considerations of removing abandoned protocols in OpenSSL, kernel driver lessons from CrowdStrike's crash, choosing isolation primitives, cross-cache attacks made possible by SLUBStick, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-294
Fake IDS, Storm Bamboo, uBlock, Rhysida, Snake, Delta, TikTok, Josh Marpet, and more, on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-404
Even though Security Champions programs look very different across organizations and maturity levels, they share core principles for becoming successful. Marisa shares her experience in building these programs to foster a positive security culture within companies. She explains the incentives and rewards that lead to more engagement from champions and the benefits that come from so many people being engaged with security.
Segment Resources:
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-294
Inspired by my co-host Jason Albuquerque, this quarter's Say Easy, Do Hard segment is Job Search Strategies for CISOs. In part 2, Jason proposes we blow it all up, while Ben recommends a certification board for CISOs. We have no shortage of suggestions for how to fix the CISO hiring problem.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-359
Inspired by my co-host Jason Albuquerque, this quarter's Say Easy, Do Hard segment is Job Search Strategies for CISOs. In part 1, we discuss the challenges facing the CISO role and it's hiring. As CISOs leave the role, the position is not necessarily being refilled. How will this impact future CISO hiring?
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-359
This week, in the enterprise security news,
All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-370
There's plenty of content out there detailing how vendors fall short:
So what should they doing? In this episode, we chat with Dani Wolff, about how marketers can adopt the skills and mindsets of security researchers to improve GTM strategies, without resorting to awful tactics. Drawing from extensive experience in qualitative interviews and collaborations with enterprise security executives and researchers, Dani will uncover how the innate curiosity and analytical prowess of researchers can dismantle unhealthy habits within vendor organizations.
We'll also discuss Dani's various projects, including the WTF Did I Just Read podcast, CyberNest, and CyberSynapse. Dani will explain how these are all designed to address the gap between vendors and buyers in the cybersecurity industry.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-370
Taco Bell AI, Azure, Scams, AI Emails, IBM, Crowdstrike, I try to be more succinct, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-403
Remember 20 years ago? When we were certain SIEMs would grant our cybersecurity teams superpowers? Or 10 years ago, when we were sure that NGAV would put an end to malware as we knew it? Or 15 years ago, when we were sure that application control would put an end to malware as we knew it? Or 18 years ago, when NAC would put an end to unauthorized network access?
Why do we keep thinking that the next vendor offering is going to solve all our problems? In this interview, we talk with Fred Wilmot about the hard work of building effective processes and resilient architectures that will actually yield reductions in risk and detection/response capabilities that actually work.
We'll discuss shifts in thinking that can move us past the latest distractions, and keep security teams focused on work that moves the needle. Fred may also mention his past transgressions against the industry and what he's doing to "wipe out the red from his ledger".
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-370
Hacking traffic lights (for real this time), the Docker API strikes again, access Github deleted data, using EDR to elevate privileges on Windows, computers I need in my life, failed experiments and Raspberry PI access points, sitting ducks and TuDoor - its always DNS times 2, null sessions and a blast from the past, chaining UEFI vulnerabilities, pirates exposed, revoking SSL certificates, and using AI to analyze your brain: Multimodal Automated Interpretability Agent!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-837
John is one of the foremost experts in UEFI and joins us to talk about PK Fail! What happens when a vendor in the supply chain accidentally loses a key? It's one of the things that keeps me up at night. Well, now my nightmare scenario has come true as a key has been leaked. Learn how and why and what you can do about it in this segment!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-837
Forever Mouse, RPC, WhatsApp, NIST, PKFail, 0Auth, Josh Marpet, and More, on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-402
Modern appsec isn't modern because security tools got shifted in one direction or another, or because teams are finding and fixing more vulns. It's modern because appsec is meeting developer needs and supporting the business. Paul Davis talks about how AI is (and isn't) changing appsec, the KPIs that reflect outcomes rather than being busy, and the importance of communication for security teams.
This segment is sponsored by JFrog. Visit https://securityweekly.com/jfrog to learn more about them!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-293
The CISO role has been evolving for 20 years, but the last 2 years have accelerated that evolution. Some might say it's evolving into extinction. What are the factors driving this evolution?
Allan Alford, CEO at Alford and Adams Consulting and host of The Cyber Ranch Podcast, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss this evolution and some of the factors driving these trends. In this interview, Allan will share his insights:
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-358
Identity, the security threat that keeps on giving. For the 17th year in a row, identity is one of the top threats identified in the Verizon DBIR. Why?
Dor Fledel, Senior Director of Product Management at Okta and Co-Founder of Spera, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss the challenges of identity and how to solve them. From numerous disparate identity systems to a proliferation is SaaS application usage, Dor explains why Identity SecurityPosture Management is critical component to identify vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and streamline remediation. If you're struggling with securing your identities, don't miss this interview.
Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/products/identity-security-posture-management/ https://www.okta.com/secure-identity-commitment/
This segment is sponsored by Okta. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/okta to learn more about them!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-358
This week, on Enterprise Security Weekly, we've got:
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-369
Edward Wu thinks so! Understandably so, as his startup, Dropzone.ai is making a big bet on generative AI to change the face (and pace) of security operations.
We'll talk about what has changed here, and I have so many questions:
Finally, we'll wrap by talking about where this tech goes next, and can we get there with current technology, or are we dependent on more breakthroughs from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta?
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-369
Twitter Opt-In, the DOJ, DarkSeoul, Fake Employees, PlugX, Stargazer Ghost, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-401
The emergence of generative AI has caused us to rethink things on two fronts:
But wait - is GenAI even useful for defenders or attackers? We'll dive deep into the state of AI as it pertains to security operations, just as Gartner announces that AI is hitting the trough of disillusionment. What better time to dispel the hype and focus on where real progress can be made?
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-369
Segment description coming soon!The Crowdstrike incident: what happened and what we can do better, people forget what 0-Day really means, shutting off the heat in January, honeypot evasion and non-functional exploits, what not to use to read eMMC, what if we don't patch DoS related vulnerabilities, a CVSS 10 deserves its own category, port shadow attacks, IPC and DBUS and a very informative and entertaining article, container breakouts, when you are bored on an airplane, Linksys security violations, fake IT workers, Telegram 0-day, and how to be more resilient on the same technology stack!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-836