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Paul's Security Weekly (Audio)

Paul Asadoorian

For the latest in computer security news, hacking, and research! We sit around, drink beer, and talk security. Our show will feature technical segments that show you how to use the latest tools and techniques. Special guests appear on the show to enlighten us and change your perspective on information security. Note: This is only Paul's Security Weekly, a 2-hour show recorded once per week.

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  • Sep 1, 2022 · 2 hr 34 min

    PSW #754 - John Hammond

    John Hammond joins us today as we start off the show talking about Cybersecurity education! Training and education is a constant conversation within the cybersecurity community, but it doesn't have to be a hard problem to solve. We will discuss how to bring both valuable and actionable information into the industry and how that makes an impact, even in unexpected ways -- for better or for worse. Then, in the Security News: Lastpas breach, long live John McAfee, Macs getting fewer updates, CPE correlating to CVE, clicky clicky hacks, anti-cheat is not anti-hack, new LVFS release, $8 million zero day, don't sign crappy code, a very handy PI and a site that lets you send poop anonymously is hacked (it was a pretty crappy exploit)! Segment Resources: https://youtube.com/johnhammond010 Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw754

  • Aug 25, 2022 · 3 hr 12 min

    PSW #753 - Davi Ottenheimer, Daniel Niefeld, Zachary Stashis

    There's a lot of worry about "fakes" especially in a world rapidly adopting AI/ML, so it's time for solutions. "Solid" is the W3C open standard, extending HTTPS, to upgrade the Web with security paradigms that solve for data integrity. Distributed systems naturally break through digital moats, free control through proper ownership, thus helping expand and achieve the best of the Internet. Segment Resources: https://solidproject.org/ https://github.com/inrupt https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=29523 https://alltechishuman.org/davi-ottenheimer https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/02/inrupt_tim_bern.html https://events.inrupt.com/dublin This week in the Security News: Crypto Miners Using Tox P2P Messenger as Command and Control Server, 8-year-old Linux Kernel flaw DirtyCred is nasty as Dirty Pipe, & Janet Jackson music video given CVE for crashing laptops, & more! Segment Resources: Use code "securityweekly" to save 10% off Hack Red Con tickets at https://www.hackredcon.com/ Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw753

  • Aug 18, 2022 · 2 hr 25 min

    PSW #752 - Greg Conti & Chris Blask

    This week: Greg Conti joins us to discuss InfoSec Lessons from Military Strategy, Tactics, and Operational Art. Online conflict is widespread and at times the internet hurts more than it helps. In this segment, we'll discuss ways to inform today's enterprise defense by better understanding strategy, tactics and operational art from government influence operations, electronic warfare, and cyberspace operations! Then, Larry, Doug, Lee, Josh, and Chris Blask cover the security news from this week! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw752

  • Aug 11, 2022 · 2 hr 58 min

    PSW #751 - Jesse Michael & Mickey Shkatov

    We start off the show this week by welcoming the infamous Eclypsium security researchers Mickey and Jesse to talk about Secure Boot vulnerabilities. They walk us through the history of Secure Boot, how it works, previous research they've performed ("Boothole"), and some details on their current research presented at Defcon this year in a talk titled "One bootloader to rule them all". Then, in the Security News, key fob hacks and stealing cars, the best Black hat and defcon talks of all-time, open redirects are still open, the keys to decrypt the wizard of oz are in a strange place, why the Linux desktop sucks, why businesses should all switch to Linux desktops, SGX attacks, let me send you an Uber to take you to the bank, 27-factor authentication, start your management engines, and guess what, your DMs are not private, and you should have used Signal. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw751

  • Aug 4, 2022 · 2 hr 51 min

    PSW #750 - Guy Bruneau

    Guy will go through some of his career choices that eventually led to 25 years in a long and fun career in information and cybersecurity. Infosec has been a fascinating and challenging field which anyone can learn through training and some of the excellent YouTube videos. Segment Resources: http://handlers.sans.org/gbruneau/ https://isc.sans.edu/handler_list.html#guy-bruneau In the Security News: when hackers are not behind and outage, when hackers are behind re-routing traffic, neat pseudo-keystroke loggers, when XSS leads to code excution, TLS inside, post-quantum encryption that doesn't hold up to pre-quantum computers, Lockbit loading Cobalt Strike using Windows Defender, we love authentication bypass, and impress your co-workers with my Linux command of the week, & more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw750

  • Jul 28, 2022 · 3 hr 3 min

    PSW #749 - Larry Pesce

    We've heard about the recent abuses for Apple's AirTags used in tracking and stalking issues in recent months. While tools exist for detection under the Apple ecosystem, limited options exist for Android and none under Linux. We'll explore the AirTag beacons and showcase some tools for detecting beacons and creating our own for testing under Linux. We'll also show some ways to take our methods even further as an exercise left unto the reader. In the Security News FreeBSD and the software supply chain, open-source implies that its open, hardcoded passwords are always bad, on-again, off-again, on-again, privilege escelation defined, preparing for quantum, so many vulnerabilities, CosmicStrand another UEFI firmware rootkit, & reviving ancient computers! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw749

  • Jul 22, 2022 · 3 hr 4 min

    PSW #748 - Lesley Carhart

    This week in our first segment, we are thrilled to welcome Lesley (@hacks4pancakes) back to the show! In this segment, we'll dig into some ICS security topics including some recent threats, monitoring ICS networks for security, incident response for ICS, and more! Then, in the Security News for this week: heat waves and outages, GPS trackers are vulnerable, cracks in the Linux firewall, bas password crackers, microcode decryptors, SATA antennas, Okta vulnerabilities not vulnerabilities, updates on former CIA agent and Vault 7 leaks, decompiler explorer, and Tuxedo brings to market a liquid cooled laptop, & more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! https://securityweekly.com/psw748

  • Jul 15, 2022 · 3 hr 8 min

    PSW #747 - Andy Robbins

    This week, in our first segment we are joined by Andy Robbins, the Product Architect of BloodHound Enterprise at SpecterOps! Andy will explain the origin story of BloodHound, as well as where the project is today and where it's going in the future! Then, in the Security News for this week: Raspberry Pi Pico W Adds Wireless, Apple expands commitment to protect users from mercenary spyware, UK health authorities slammed for WhatsApp use in pandemic, Three UEFI Firmware flaws found in tens of Lenovo Notebook models, & a Hack Allows Drone Takeover Via 'ExpressLRS' Protocol! Segment Resources: https://github.com/BloodHoundAD/BloodHound https://medium.com/p/82667d17187a Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw747

  • Jul 15, 2022 · 3 hr 11 min

    PSW #746 - Joseph Menn

    This week, we start off the show by interviewing veteran cybersecurity journalist and author Joseph Menn. Now at the Washington Post, Joseph talks about his books and the best reporting on hacking and defense today! Then, in the Security News for this week: ICS training bill, 5 myths, VoIP devices and ransomware, miracle exploits, UnRAR and Zimbra, guess what the most common weakness is, security at the device level is NOT simple, keys to the kingdom, and HP says Destructive firmware attacks pose a significant threat to businesses! Segment Resources: https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Menn/e/B001HD1MF6%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/01/russia-cyber-attacks-hacking/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-politics-beto-orourke/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-rsa/exclusive-secret-contract-tied-nsa-and-security-industry-pioneer-idUSBRE9BJ1C220131220 https://www.reuters.com/article/microsoft-china/insight-microsoft-failed-to-warn-victims-of-chinese-email-hack-former-employees-idUKL1N14I1LU20151231 https://www.wired.com/story/cult-of-the-dead-cow-at-stake-hackers-excerpt/ Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw746

  • Jul 13, 2022 · 3 hr 3 min

    PSW #745 - Sam Bowne

    This week, we kick off the show with an interview featuring Sam Bowne, the Founder of Infosec Decoded, Inc. Sam joins to discuss why many people think security is too difficult to learn because it is such a big field, and constantly growing. In the Security News for this week: appliances with holes, gamification and its pitfalls, false rocket sirens, PHP strikes again, new laws we may actually agree with, hacking jacuzzis, Icefall and the state of ICS security, Adobe is blocking anti-virus, Mega is Mega insecure, Microcorruption CTF and a DIY NSA playset! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Segment Resources: https://samsclass.info/ https://infosecdecoded.com Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw745

  • Jul 8, 2022 · 2 hr 41 min

    PSW #744 - Ray Davidson

    This week, we start off the show by interviewing Ray Davidson, the Program Lead at Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps! The program is relatively mature, and will be presented (along with those of Ohio and Wisconsin) at the upcoming National Governors Association Cybersecurity Summit! Then, we wrap up the show with this week's Security News: Big DDOS, tracking smartphones, play Doom in your BIOS, hertzbleed, Apple M1 vulnerability, who will buy NSO, spoof your location data, building system attacks, a hacker's revenge, & more! Segment Resources: Our home page http://micybercorps.org Our supporting legislation https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/pdf/mcl-Act-132-of-2017.pdf Our partner organization https://www.michigan.gov/dtmb/services/cybersecurity/cyber-partners Key article in moving our development forward - https://warontherocks.com/2018/01/estonias-approach-cyber-defense-feasible-united-states/ An article with more info https://www.lawfareblog.com/bridging-state-level-cybersecurity-resources https://www.nga.org/center/publications/re-envisioning-state-cyber-response-capabilities-the-role-of-volunteers-in-strengthening-our-systems/ Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw744

  • Jul 8, 2022 · 2 hr 49 min

    PSW #743 - Matt McGuirk

    Starting off the show this week, we are joined by Matt McGuirk, Solution Architect at Source Defense, to discuss web application client-side security. Finally in this week's Security News: Analyzing chat logs with Python, consumer reports for IoT, hypothetically BS, the year of the Linux desktop and the year of Linux malware are the same, do you trust Google to tell you open-source software is secure?, Twitter fines, WSL attack vector, Follina, UK Government still won't pay a bounty, ransomware that makes you a better person, & more! This segment is sponsored by Source Defense. Visit https://securityweekly.com/sourcedefense to learn more about them! Segment Resources: "Magecart 101" - a courseware-style overview of the problem for security practioners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4al8idAE_M A quick five minute explainer on the problem and Source Defense's solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8MO45EQcKY Source Defense's brand new (as of 5/25/22) "State of the Industry" report for client-side security: https://info.sourcedefense.com/third-party-digital-supply-chain-report-white-paper Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw743

  • Jul 7, 2022 · 2 hr 55 min

    PSW #742 - John Pescatore

    Kicking off the show, John Pescatore joins for an interview & will go through his mostly random career choices that led to a long and fun career in information/cybersecurity - and how that ties into today's demand to secure the increase complex supply web of chains. Finally, this week in the Security News: Chaining Zoom bugs is possible to hack users in a chat by sending them a message, Microsoft vulnerabilities down for 2021, CISA adds 41 flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, Using NMAP to Assess Hosts in Load Balanced Clusters, Critical Vulnerability in Premium WordPress Themes Allows for Site Takeover, & more! Segment Resources: SANS Cyberstart initiative - https://www.cyberstartamerica.org Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw742

  • May 26, 2022 · 3 hr 14 min

    PSW #741 - Robert Lee & Saumil Shah

    This week, we kick off the show with an interview featuring Robert Lee, where we discuss The Year in Cyber Review 2021! In the second segment, we interview Saumil Shah, where we talk about Firmware Security! Then, in the Security News: Singapore launches safety rating system for e-commerce sites, Watch Out for Zyxel Firewalls RCE Vulnerability, New Bluetooth hack that can unlock your Tesla, Hackers Compromise a String of NFT Discord Channels, a pentester's attempt to be 'as realistic as possible' backfires, & more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw741

  • May 13, 2022 · 2 hr 40 min

    PSW #740 - Fleming Shi

    This week, we kick off the show with an interview featuring Fleming Shi, where we discuss Destructive Malware and Other Threats to Watch! Then, in the Security News: Colonial Pipeline facing $1,000,000 fine, cybercrime tracking bill signed into law, Lincoln College Set to Close After Crippling Cyberattack, Nvidia's LHR limiter bypassed, & North Carolina Becomes the First State to Prohibit Public Entities from Paying Ransoms, & more! This segment is sponsored by Barracuda Networks. Visit https://securityweekly.com/barracuda to learn more about them! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw740

  • May 6, 2022 · 3 hr 12 min

    PSW #739 - Fatih Karayumak

    This week, we kick off the show with an interview featuring Fatih Karayumak, where we discuss Risk Transfer With Engineering Based Cyber Insurance! Then, in the Security News for this week: Lessons from Star Wars on threats, more than just your thermal exhaust port, Pegasus spotted again, Python replaces JavaScript?, Read-Only containers, no problem for malware, breaking out of captive portals, its always DNS, except when its not DNS, but this time its DNS and uClibc, you are ordered to block these sites, ransomeware still hurts, DoD contractors remain vulnerable, hiding in network appliances, QUIETEXIT, & more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw739

  • Apr 29, 2022 · 3 hr 19 min

    PSW #738 - Michael Aminov & Marcus Sachs

    This week, we start the show off with an interview with Michael Aminov, Founder & Chief Architect at Perception Point to discuss Security Blind Spots: Are You Protected? An interview featuring Marcus Sachs, the Deputy Director for Research at McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security where we discuss Crypto Collecting! Finally, in the Security News for this week: Java's "psychic paper", Musk's plans for Twitter's algorithm, Bossware, What Google is getting wrong about expired domains, & NFT Tweet Auctions! Segment Resources: Request a demo and get a FREE coffee on us: https://hubs.la/Q0156lpK0 This segment is sponsored by Perception Point. Visit https://securityweekly.com/perceptionpoint to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw738

  • Apr 21, 2022 · 3 hr 9 min

    PSW #737 - Capt. John Alfred & Thomas Lonardo

    This week on Paul's Security Weekly, an interview with Captain John Alfred retired from the Rhode Island State Police. Second up is a discussion with Tom Lonardo, John Alfred, and the hosts to talk about privacy in your organization, the GDPR, the CFA, and other topics in relation to the long arm of the law. In the Security News: Logitech's Lift is a vertical mouse that's easier to grasp, CISA warns of attackers now exploiting Windows Print Spooler bug, Google tracked 58,exploited zero-day security holes in 2021, For Russian tech firms, QNAP urges customers to disable UPnP port forwarding on routers Putin's crackdown ended their global ambitions, & Hackers can infect over 100 Lenovo models with unremovable malware. Are you patched? Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw737 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

  • Apr 15, 2022 · 3 hr 25 min

    PSW #736 - Mike Wilkes & Amanda Berlin

    This week, we start the show off with an interview Mike Wilkes, Chief Information Security Officer at SecurityScorecard, for an interview about Third Party Risk Management! An interview featuring Amanda Berlin, Lead Incident Detection Engineer at Blumira! Finally, in the Security News for this week: Microsoft Zero-Days, Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 5+ Years in Prison for North Korea Trip, Chinese hackers are using VLC media player to launch malware, An update to Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye, Bearded Barbie hackers catfish high ranking Israeli officials & more! All that and more, on this episode of Paul's Security Weekly! This segment is sponsored by SecurityScorecard! Visit https://securityweekly.com/securityscorecard to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw736

  • Apr 7, 2022 · 3 hr 25 min

    PSW #735 - Sean Metcalf & Jay Beale

    This week, we start the show off with an interview Sean Metcalf, the Founder & CTO of Trimarc, where we talk "Active Directory, Azure AD, & Okta Oh My!" An interview featuring featuring Jay Beale, the CEO of InGuardians, about Kubernetes & Container security! Finally, in the Security News for this week: Ransomeware that was a breeze, getting an eyeful while charging your electric vehicle, scanning for secrets, find my iphone is useful, WTF Apple moments and why I run Linux, Wyze is not very wise, stopping teen hackers, and ranking endpoint detection! All that and more, on this episode of Paul's Security Weekly! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw735 Segment Resources: -Peirates, a Kubernetes penetration testing tool: https://www.inguardians.com/peirates/ -Free Kubernetes workshops: https://inguardians.com/kubernetes/ -DEF CON Kubernetes CTF https://containersecurityctf.com/ -Jay's Black Hat Kubernetes Attack and Defense Training https://www.blackhat.com/us-22/training/schedule/index.html#abusing-and-protecting-kubernetes-linux-and-containers-26473 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://securityweekly.com/acm to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly