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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/kics 2MS: 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 configu

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://securit

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 Models The [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 TTPForge Wired, by Lily Hay Newman: Facebook's ‘Red Team X’ Hunts Bugs Beyond the Social Network's Walls MOSE (Master Of SErvers) is a post exploitation tool for configuration management servers. BSides SF 2024 - Beyond Quick Cash: Rethinking Bug Bounties for Great

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 f

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, and Dynamically 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, Senat

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, SIEM what is SOAR's role in the current SIEM market? machine learning and generative AI's role strategies for implementing a SIEM common mistakes that still lead to SIEMs becoming shelfware and 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. F

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 t

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

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. Segment Resources: The Economic Impact of API and Bot Attacks: https://www.imperva.com/resources/resource-library/reports/the-economic-impact-of-api-and-bot-attacks/ The True Cost of API Insecurity and Bot Attacks in 2024: https://www.imperva.com/resources/resource-library/webinars/the-true-cost-of-api-insecurity-and-bot-attacks-in-2024/ This segment is sponsored by Imperva. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/imperva to learn more about them! In the news, fuzzing network traffic in OpenWRT, parsing pro

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! 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. Segment Resources: https://developerday.com/ https://www.okta.c

Shroombots, pagers, Tor, Raptor Train, GRU, Blue Light, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! 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." Segment Resources: Phishing in Organizations: Findings from a Large-Scale and Long-Term Study The GoDaddy Phishing Awareness Test The Chicago Tribune - How a Phishing Awareness Test Went Very Wrong University of California Santa Cruz - This uni thought it would be a

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. 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! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-843

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/ In the news, 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

Back to the office serfs, Void Banshee, ServiceNow, Taiwan, Dlink, C++, 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-414