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Check out this interview from the ESW Vault, hand picked by main host Adrian Sanabria! This segment was originally published on September 22, 2021. Chris will discuss the relevance of intelligence and threat hunting today and how they work together. He will also talk about his EASY framework for creating impactful intelligence and its relation to hunting! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-esw-8

Join us in this illuminating podcast episode as we sit down with Wendy Nather, a distinguished thought leader and cybersecurity strategist, who has left an indelible mark on the ever-evolving landscape of digital security. Wendy's journey in cybersecurity is a narrative woven with expertise, innovation, and a deep understanding of the intersection between technology and risk. With a career that spans strategic roles in both the public and private sectors, Wendy has become a trusted voice in the industry, offering insights that resonate with cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts alike. As the Head of Advisory CISOs at Cisco, Wendy Nather brings a unique perspective to our conversation. Explore with us as she shares her experiences navigating the complex cybersecurity challenges faced by organizations today. Wendy's strategic vision has helped shape cybersecurity policies, risk management frameworks, and resilient strategies for a myriad of enterprises. Dive into Wendy's wealth of knowledge as she discuss

Check out this interview from the SWN Vault, hand picked by main host Doug White! This segment was originally published on October 4, 2018. This week, Russ takes the reigns in the absence of Dr. Doug to talk about Networking 101! We are going to go back to school to examine how networking and the internet actually work. Russ looks at MAC addresses, IP Addressing (Private/Public), DHCP, routing, and DNS. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-swn-11

Check out this interview from the ASW Vault, hand picked by main host Mike Shema! This segment was originally published on Dec 13, 2022. Threat modeling is an important part of a security program, but as companies grow you will choose which features you want to threat model or become a bottleneck. What if I told you, you can have your cake and eat it too. It is possible to scale your program and deliver higher quality threat models. Segment Resources: - Original blog: https://segment.com/blog/redefining-threat-modeling/ - Open Sourced slides: https://github.com/segmentio/threat-modeling-training Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-asw-8

Check out this interview from the BSW Vault, hand picked by main host Matt Alderman! This segment was originally published on February 22, 2022. The Business Information Security Officer, or BISO, is relatively new and somewhat controversial role. Does this role act as the CISO's non-technical liaison to the business units or as the CISO's deputy to oversee strategy implementation at a granular level? Is this new role a necessary career path for future CISOs or an entry point into security? The BSW hosts debate! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-bsw-8

Batman, Microsoft, War Driving, OpenAI, DevDrive, Scams, The Dead, Aaran Leyland, and more are 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-363

In this segment, featuring guest Amer Deeba, we'll explore how the SEC's new breach reporting rules will affect companies. We've got a ton of questions: What behavior has to change? What additional preparation needs to take place? How does this rule affect data security? How does it affect crisis communications? And most importantly, when is an incident "material"? This is almost a special episode on crazy new products. For the first half of the show, we discuss startup funding, market forces, acquisitions - stuff we usually discuss. Then we get into all the crazy new AI and non-AI products being announced and coming out. Have some disposable cash to pre-order crazy gadgets? This is the episode for you! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-350

In this segment, we discuss topics related to physical security and social engineering. We also touch on the challenges and strategies for implementing effective security measures. The discussion highlights the importance of understanding the relationship between physical security and social engineering. The panel emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach to security, acknowledging that social engineering and physical security often go hand in hand. We stress the significance of testing physical security measures and conducting threat assessments to ensure robust protection against potential threats. The conversation touches on the concept of usability versus security, acknowledging that security measures should provide a balance between effective protection and practical usability. We explore the vulnerabilities of certain security technologies, such as biometrics, and underscore the need for continuous evaluation and adaptation of security measures to mitigate emerging threats. Welcome to a riveting

In the leadership and communications section, SEC’s Enforcement Head: It’s Time for ‘Proactive Compliance’, Improving cybersecurity culture: A priority in the year of the CISO, Breaking Down Barriers: 6 Simple Measures to Overcome Communication Barriers, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-338

We've been scanning code for decades. Sometimes scanning works well -- it finds meaningful flaws to fix. Sometimes it distracts us with false positives. Sometimes it burdens us with too many issues. We talk about finding a scanning strategy that works well and what the definition of "works well" should even be. Segment Resources: https://www.lacework.com/blog/introducing-a-new-approach-to-code-security/ LLMs improve fuzzing coverage, the Shim vuln threatens Linux secure boot, considering AI application threat models, a new language for a configuration file format, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-273

Angry mobs, Azure, Avanti, Rhysida, Warzone, Flipper Zero, Bitlocker, Josh Marpet, and more are 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-362

RoboJoe, SHIM, Fortinet, FaceOff, Simswap, sudo in Windows, 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-361

Legacy systems are riddled with outdated and unreliable cryptographic standards. So much so that recent proprietary research found 61 percent of the traffic was unencrypted, and up to 80% of encrypted network traffic has some defeatable flaw in its encryption No longer can enterprises take their cryptography for granted, rarely evaluated or checked. Knowing when, where and what type of cryptography is used throughout the enterprise and by which applications is critical to your overall security policy, zero-trust approach, and risk management strategy. After all, zero-trust is meaningless if your cryptography isn't working. Segment Resources: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231030166159/en/Proprietary-Research-from-Quantum-Xchange-Shows-the-Dreadful-State-of-Enterprise-Cryptography https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/people/vincentberk/?sh=3d88055852c1 This segment is sponsored by Quantum Xchange. Visit https://securityweekly.com/quantumxchange to learn more about them! This week, we disc

As a computer-smitten middle-schooler in the former Soviet Union in the 1970s, to his current and prominent role in the cybersecurity research community, Bratus aims to render the increasingly prevalent and perilous software, hardware, and networks in our lives much safer to use. His fascination with computer security started for real in the 1990s as a mathematics graduate student when a computer he was programming and responsible for at Northeastern University in Boston was taken over by a hacker. That experience set him on his life’s mission to learn as much as he can about the vulnerabilities of software and hardware with the goal of learning how to best minimize or eliminate those vulnerabilities. Noting his embrace of the hacker community for its deep and innovative expertise in this context, Bratus’s portfolio at DARPA could help reduce or entirely remove even some of the most stealthy and unexpected vulnerabilities that reside in software and its logical, computational, and mathematical foundations. Se

Teens Gone Wild, Nintendo, Anydesk, RUST, Google, Deepfakes, Jason Wood, and more are 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-360

We can't talk about OWASP without talking about lists, but we go beyond the lists to talk about a product security framework. Grant shares his insights on what makes lists work (and not work). More importantly, he shares the work he's doing to spearhead a new OWASP project to help scale the creation of appsec programs, whether you're on your own or part of a global org. Segment Resources: https://owasp.org/www-project-product-security-capabilities-framework/ https://github.com/OWASP/pscf https://prods.ec/ https://owaspsamm.org https://iso25000.com/index.php/en/iso-25000-standards/iso-25010 https://www.scmagazine.com/podcast-episode/application-security-weekly-242 Qualys discloses syslog and qsort vulns in glibc, Apple's jailbroken iPhone for security researchers, moving away from OpenSSL, what an ancient vuln in image parsing can teach us today, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-272

It's time to review the money of security, including public companies, IPOs, funding rounds and acquisitions from the previous quarter. We also update you on the Security Weekly 25 index. The index came roaring back last quarter. Here are the stocks currently in the index: SCWX Secureworks Corp PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. SPLK Splunk Inc GEN Gen Digital Inc FTNT Fortinet Inc AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc. FFIV F5 Inc ZS Zscaler Inc OSPN Onespan Inc LDOS Leidos Holdings Inc QLYS Qualys Inc VRNT Verint Systems Inc. CYBR Cyberark Software Ltd TENB Tenable Holdings Inc DARK Darktrace PLC S SentinelOne Inc NET Cloudflare Inc CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings Inc NTCT NetScout Systems, Inc. VRNS Varonis Systems Inc RPD Rapid7 Inc FSLY Fastly Inc RDWR Radware Ltd ATEN A10 Networks Inc Large security vendors and hyperscalers, including Microsoft, continue to expand their cybersecurity product and service portfolios. Microsoft’s extensive enterprise reach, massive partner network, a

E-Coli, Mercedes, Cloudflare, Ivanti, Volt Typhoon, GIGO, AI, Congress, Aaran Leyland, and more are 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-359

We've seen general users targeted with phishing, financial employees targeted for BEC scams, and engineers targeted for access to infrastructure. The truly scary attacks, however, are the indirect ones that are automated. The threats that come in via software updates, or trusted connections with third parties. The software supply chain is both absolutely essential, and fragile. A single developer pulling a tiny library out of NPM can cause chaos. A popular open source project changing hands could instantly give access to millions of systems. Every day, a new app store or component repository pops up and becomes critical to maintaining infrastructure. In this interview, we'll chat with Pete Morgan about how these risks can be managed and mitigated. Segment Resources: https://blog.phylum.io/q3-2023-evolution-of-software-supply-chain-security-report/ https://blog.phylum.io/software-supply-chain-security-research-report-q2-2023/ https://blog.phylum.io/q1-2023-evolution-of-software-supply-chain-security/ Segm

When an RCE really isn’t, your kernel is vulnerable, calling all Windows 3.11 experts, back to Ebay, Turkish websites and credentials, 10 public exploits for the same vulnerability, hacking Bitcoin ATMs, another vulnerability disclosure timeline gone wrong, Flipper Zero tips and how you should not use it to change traffic lights, Windows 11 S mode, and you’re dead (but like in the movie Hackers dead), and more! Danny Jenkins, CEO & Co-Founder of ThreatLocker, a cybersecurity firm providing Zero Trust endpoint security, is a leading cybersecurity expert with over two decades of experience building and securing corporate networks, including roles on red and blue teams. He is dedicated to educating industry professionals about the latest cyber threats and frequently speaks on the topics of ransomware and Zero Trust. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes