New security and vulnerability research is published every day. How can security teams get ahead of the curve and build architecture to combat modern threats and threat actors? Tune-in to a lively discussion about the threat landscape and tips on how to stay ahead of the curve. Segment Resources: https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2024/07/01/regresshion-remote-unauthenticated-code-execution-vulnerability-in-openssh-server Air gaps are still not air gapped, making old exploits new again, chaining exploits for full compromise, patching is overrated, SBOMs are overrated, VPNs are overrated, getting root with a cigarette lighter, you can be any user you want to be, in-memory Linux malware, the Internet Archive is back, we still don't know who created Bitcoin, unhackable phones, and There's No Security Backdoor That's Only For The "Good Guys" ! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-847

Looking at vulnerable code in Ivanti (Perl) and Magento (PHP), fuzzing is perfect for parsers, handling tenant isolation when training LLMs, Microsoft's small steps towards secure design, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-303

AI Stego, uBlock, PPTP, Log4J rises again, Command Jacking, Windows 10, Principal Skinner's Feet, Josh Marpet, and more on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-422

In today’s uncertain macroeconomic environment, security and risk leaders need practical guidance on managing existing spending and new budgetary requests. Jeff Pollard, Vice-President, Principal Analyst on the Security and Risk Team at Forrester Research, joins Business Security Weekly to review Forrester's Budget Planning Guide 2025: Security And Risk. This data-driven report provides spending benchmarks, insights, and recommendations that will keep you on budget while still mitigating the most critical risks facing your organization. Jeff will cover which areas to invest, divest, and experiment, but you'll have to listen to get the details. In the leadership and communications segment, The CEO’s Role in Setting Tone at the Top, CISOs, C-suite remain at odds over corporate cyber resilience, Warren Buffett's Secret To Success? Run It 'Like A Small Family Business,' Says One Of His CEOs, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-368

Cybercab, Golden Jackal, Mamba 2FA, Multi Microsoft, iPhone thieves, esims, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-421

For this interview, Ben from CyberNest joins us to talk about one of my favorite subjects: information sharing in infosec. There are so many amazing skills, tips, techniques, and intel that security professionals have to share. Sadly, a natural corporate reluctance to share information viewed as privileged and private has historically had a chilling effect on information sharing. We'll discuss how to build such a community, how to clear the historical hurdles with information sharing, and how to monetize it without introducing bias and compromising the integrity of the information shared. Aaron was already a skilled bug hunter and working at HackerOne as a triage analyst at the time. What he discovered can't even be described as a software bug or a vulnerability. This type of finding has probably resulted in more security incidents and breaches than any other category: the unintentional misconfiguration. There's a lot of conversation right now about the grey space around 'shared responsibility'. In our news segment later, we'll also be discussing the difference between secure design and secure defaults. The recent incidents revolving around Snowflake customers getting compromised via credential stuffing attacks is a great example of this. Open AWS S3 buckets are probably the best known example of this problem. At what point is the service provider responsible for customer mistakes? When 80% of customers are making expensive, critical mistakes? Doesn't the service provider have a responsibility to protect its customers (even if it's from themselves)? These are the kinds of issues that led to Aaron getting his current job as Chief of SaaS Security Research at AppOmni, and also led to him recently finding another common misconfiguration - this time in ServiceNow's products. Finally, we'll discuss the value of a good bug report, and how it can be a killer addition to your resume if you're interested in this kind of work! Segment Resources: Aaron's blog about the ServiceNow data exposure.The ServiceNow blog, thanking AppOmni for its support in uncovering the issue. In the enterprise security news, Eon, Resolve AI, Harmonic and more raise fundingDragos acquires Network PerceptionPrevalent acquires MiratechThe latest DFIR reportsA spicy security product reviewSecure by WhateverNew threatsHot takes All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-379

"Code of Honor: Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity" by Ed Skoudis is a book that explores the ethical challenges faced by cybersecurity professionals in today's digital landscape. The book delves into the complex moral dilemmas that arise in the field of cybersecurity, offering guidance on how to navigate these issues while maintaining integrity. The authors provide practical advice and real-world examples to help readers develop a strong ethical framework for decision-making in their cybersecurity careers. Segment Resources: Code of Honor: https://www.montreat.edu/cybersecurity-code/Purchase Ed's book here: https://a.co/d/gb3yRxU Get ready for a wild ride in this week's podcast episode, where we dive into the latest security shenanigans! Default Credentials Gone Wild: We’ll kick things off with a look at how default credential scanners are like that friend who shows up to the party but never brings snacks. They're everywhere, but good luck finding one that actually works!Critical Vulnerabilities in Tank Gauges: Next, we’ll discuss how automated tank gauges are now the new playground for hackers. With vulnerabilities that could lead to environmental disasters, it’s like giving a toddler a box of matches—what could possibly go wrong?Cisco Routers: The Forgotten Gear: Cisco's small business routers are like that old car in your driveway—still running but definitely not roadworthy. We’ll explore why you should check your network before it becomes a digital junkyard.Firmware Updates: A Love Story: Richard Hughes has dropped some juicy updates on fwupd 2.0.0, making firmware updates as easy as ordering takeout. But let’s be real, how many of us actually do it?Stealthy Linux Malware: We’ll also uncover Perfctl, the stealthy malware that’s been creeping around Linux systems since 2021. It’s like that one relative who overstays their welcome—hard to get rid of and always looking to borrow money!PrintNightmare Continues: And yes, the PrintNightmare saga is still haunting Windows users. It’s like a horror movie that just won’t end—grab your popcorn!Cyber Shenanigans at Comcast and Truist: We'll wrap up with a juicy breach involving Comcast and Truist Bank that compromised data for millions. Spoiler alert: they didn’t have a great plan for cleaning up the mess. Tune in for all this and more as we navigate the wild world of security news with a wink and a nudge! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-846

Zed Attack Proxy has been a crucial web app testing tool for decades. It's also had a struggle throughout 2024 to obtain funding that would enable the tool to add more features while remaining true to its open source history. Simon Bennetts, founder of ZAP, and Ori Bendet from Checkmarx update us on that journey, share some exploration of LLM fuzzing that ZAP has been working on, and what the future looks like for this well-loved project. Segment Resources: https://www.zaproxy.org/blog/2024-09-24-zap-has-joined-forces-with-checkmarx/ https://www.zaproxy.org/blog/2024-09-30-improving-fuzzing-payloads-for-llms-with-fuzzai/ https://checkmarx.com/press-releases/checkmarx-joins-forces-with-zap-to-supercharge-dynamic-application-security-testing-dast-for-the-enterprise-and-enhance-community-growth/KICS: https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics2MS: https://github.com/Checkmarx/2ms The many lessons to take away from a 24-year old flaw in glibc and the mastery in crafting an exploit in PHP, changing a fuzzer's configuration to find more flaws, fuzzing LLMs for prompt injection and jailbreaks, security hardening of baseband code, revisiting the threat models in Microsoft's Recall, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-302

AI Fest, American Water, Broadband, Claroty, Okta, Meta, Phishing, Robocop, Josh Marpet, and more on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-420

Does the CISO need to act like a politician? Negotiating budgets, communicating risks, and selling your strategy across the organization does sound a little like a politician. And if that's the case, are you hiring the right campaign staff? Kush Sharma, former CISO for CPR, City of Toronto, and Saputo, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss why you should run your security program like an election campaign. Kush will discuss the other positions you need to hire, not just the technical positions, to help you budget, communicate, and sell your strategy. A politician can't do it all by themself, so why should a CISO? In the leadership and communications segment, PwC Urges Boards to Give CISOs a Seat at the Table, CISO Salary Surge: Fewer Job Changes, Bigger Paychecks for Experienced Cybersecurity Leaders, Fostering a cybersecurity-first culture: Key leadership insights for building resilient businesses, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-367

Perfctl, Warm Cookie, Pig Butchering, Ivanti, Zimbra, BabyLockerKZ, AI gone Wild, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-419

Our latest in a series of interviews discussing cybersecurity career paths, today we talk to Jayson Grace his path into cybersecurity and his experience building red teams at national labs and purple teams at Meta. We also talk about his community impact, giving talks and building open source tools. Jayson just left Meta for an AI safety startup named Dreadnode, which we'll discuss as well. Segment Resources: CyberSecEval 3: Advancing the Evaluation of Cybersecurity Risks and Capabilities in Large Language ModelsThe [TTPForge] (https://github.com/facebookincubator/TTPForge) is a Cybersecurity Framework for developing, automating, and executing attacker Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).ForgeArmory provides TTPs that can be used with the TTPForgeWired, by Lily Hay Newman: Facebook's ‘Red Team X’ Hunts Bugs Beyond the Social Network's WallsMOSE (Master Of SErvers) is a post exploitation tool for configuration management servers.BSides SF 2024 - Beyond Quick Cash: Rethinking Bug Bounties for Greater ImpactBSides LV 2023 - [GF - Enemy Within: Leveraging Purple Teams for Advanced Threat Detection & Prevention - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MT0tNi2vvc This week in the enterprise security news, we've got: Torq, Tamnoon, and Defect Dojo raise fundingCheckmarx acquires ZAPCommvault acquires ClumioWould you believe San Francisco is NOT the most funded metro area for cybersecurity?Auto-doxxing Smart glasses are now possibleMeta gets fined $100M for storing plaintext passwordsAI coding assistants might not be living up to expectationsWorst PracticesDumpster fires and truth bombs All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly! The way we use browsers has changed, so has the way we need to secure them. Using a secure enterprise browser to execute content away from the endpoint, inside a secure cloud browser is a dramatically more effective and cost-effective approach to protect users and secure access. This segment is sponsored by Menlo Security. Visit https://securityweekly.com/menloisw to learn more about them! Sevco is a cloud-native vulnerability and exposure management platform built atop asset intelligence to enable rapid risk prioritization, mitigation, validation, and metrics. Segment Resources: Customer Testimonials: https://www.sevcosecurity.com/testimonials/ Product Videos: https://www.sevcosecurity.com/sevcoshorts/ This segment is sponsored by Sevco Security. Visit https://securityweekly.com/sevcoisw to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-378

This episode of Paul Security Weekly features John Hammond, a senior security researcher from Huntress, discussing malware analysis. Hammond dives into the analysis of Ocean Lotus attacks, highlighting the use of stealthy techniques like alternate data streams and DLL side-loading. The conversation also touches on the challenges of combating attackers who leverage ‘bring your own vulnerable driver’ techniques to gain kernel-level privileges. The hosts discuss the need for secure-by-default configurations and the ongoing struggle to combat attackers who exploit vulnerabilities. The episode concludes with a discussion on how to improve the security of the industry. Segment Resources: https://www.huntress.com/blog/the-hackers-in-the-arena-the-huntress-ctf-retrospective https://www.huntress.com/blog/fake-browser-updates-lead-to-boinc-volunteer-computing-software Automated tank gauges are leaking more than just fuel, while CUPS is serving up a steaming hot brew of vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, Supermicro's BMC firmware is giving away root access like it's going out of style. If you thought your Kia was safe, think again - all it takes is a license plate and 30 seconds to turn your car into a hacker's joyride. China's been busy building a massive IoT botnet called Raptor Train. It's been chugging along undetected for four years. NIST has decided that your password doesn't need to be a cryptographic masterpiece anymore. No more special characters or arbitrary changes - just make it long and don't use "password123". A Texas hospital is playing a game of "hot potato" with ambulances thanks to a ransomware attack. More thoughts on known exploited vulnerabilities, firmware unpacking tools lowdown, Aruba, Bahama, come-on command injection, and kids changing the name of their school! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-845

More remote car control via web interfaces, an RCE in CUPS, Microsoft reduces attack surface, migrating to memory safety, dealing with dependency confusion, getting rid of password strength calculators, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-301

Death Stars are not real or are they?, Recall, Microsoft, Brocade, AI and More and More AI, Josh Marpet, and more on the Cyber Security News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-418

The zero-trust security model has been billed as an ultra-safe defense against emerging, unrecognized and well-known threats. Unlike perimeter security, it doesn't assume people inside an organization are automatically safe. Instead, it requires every user and device -- inside and out -- to be authorized before any access is granted. Sounds enticing, but deployments require major architectural, hardware, and software changes to be successful. Rob Allen, Chief Performance Officer at ThreatLocker, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how their Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform can start to help you attain Zero Trust from your endpoints by: Blocking Untrusted Software,Ringfencing™ Applications, andDynamically Controlling Network Traffic This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! In the leadership and communications segment, Underfunding And Leadership Gaps Weaken Cybersecurity Defenses, A Self-Care Checklist for Leaders, Senate bill eyes minimum cybersecurity standards for health care industry, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-366

Passwords, CUPS, KIA, Gilbert Gottfried, Salt Typhoon, Rob Allen from ThreatLocker, and More on the Security Weekly News. Segment Resources: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-deploy-ai-written-malware-in-targeted-attacks/ This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-417

The SIEM market has undergone some significant changes this summer. This is a great opportunity to talk about the current state of SIEM! In this conversation, we'll discuss: market changes and terminology: security analytics, data lakes, SIEMwhat is SOAR's role in the current SIEM market?machine learning and generative AI's rolestrategies for implementing a SIEMcommon mistakes that still lead to SIEMs becoming shelfwareand much more! Both Seth and Adrian have a long history when it comes to SIEMs, so this conversation will be packed with anecdotes, stories, and lessons learned! This segment is sponsored by Graylog. Visit https://securityweekly.com/graylog to learn more about them! We've been hearing a lot lately about how the talent gap in cybersecurity is much more complex than some folks have been making it out to be. While making six figures after going through a six week boot camp might be overselling the cybersecurity job market a bit, it is definitely a complex space with lots of opportunities. Fortunately, we have folks building passion projects like My Cyber Path. When Jason transitioned into cyber from the military, he took note of the path he took. He also noticed how different the path was for many of his peers. Inspired by NIST NICE and other programs designed to help folks get a start in cyber, he created My Cyber Path. My Cyber Path has a very organized approach. There are 12 paths outlined, which fall into 4 main areas. After taking a personality test, this tool suggests the best paths for you. Hmmm, this sounds a lot like the sorting hat in Harry Potter, and there are 4 "houses" you could get put into... coincidence? Segment Resources: My Cyber Path has a free account where people can get matched to a cybersecurity work role based on their interests and personality traits and get access to free areas in the platform without having to save a credit card. https://www.mycyberpath.com/https://www.mycyberpath.com/auth/register In the Enterprise News, the hosts discuss various trends and challenges in the cybersecurity landscape, including the evolution of terminology, funding trends, the emergence of new startups, and the impact of AI on security practices. They also explore the challenges faced by CISOs, the importance of humor in the industry, and the future of quantum readiness. The conversation highlights the need for clarity in cybersecurity messaging and the potential for consolidation in the market. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-377

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. Kayla Williams, Chief Security Information Officer at Devo, discussed the role of AI in cybersecurity and the ongoing issue of burnout for SOC analysts. Working with Wakefield Research, Devo discovered that 83% of IT professionals feel burnt out due to stress, lack of sleep, and anxiety. Many also report that their burnout leads to breaches. This segment is sponsored by Devo . Visit https://securityweekly.com/devo to learn more about them! Segment Resources: SOC Analyst Appreciation Day: https://www.socanalystday.com/ Kayla's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaylamwilliams1/ Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-844

C3pbot, Kaspersky, Octo2 Electric Boogaloo, Honkai: Star Rail, ServiceNow, LinkedIn, IoT, Josh Marpet, and more on the Cyber Security News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-416