As we near RSA conference season, tons of security startups are coming out of stealth! The RSA Innovation Sandbox has also announced the top 10 finalists, also highlighting early stage startups that will be at the show.
In this week's news segment,
- We discuss the highlights of the Cyber Safety Review Board's detailed and scathing report on Microsoft's 2023 breach
- We spend a bit of time on the xz backdoor, but not too much, as it has been covered comprehensively elsewhere
- We discover half a dozen of the latest startups to receive funding or come out of stealth: Coro, Skyflow, Zafran, Permiso, Bedrock Security, Abstract Security, and Sandfly
- Apple is reportedly going to have some big AI announcements this summer, and we discuss how overdue voice assistants are for an LLM makeover.
- Finally, we discuss the amazing innovation that is the Volkswagen RooBadge!
By the way, the thumbnail is a reference to the xz backdoor link we include in the show notes: https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/technologist-vs-spy-the-xz-backdoor
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-356