Paul's Security Weekly

Lots of press lately regarding ChatGPT and its impact on cybesecurity. Some say it will help us fight adversaries, while others say it will only make adversaries more sophisticated. Lot's of FUD on both sides of the discussion. BSW hosts debate the pros and cons of ChatGPT (and other AI) to truly understand its impact and what we, as security leaders, need to know. In the leadership and communications section, Leaders Are Feeling the Pressure of an Uncertain, Dynamic Risk Landscape, Gartner Predicts Nearly Half of Cybersecurity Leaders Will Change Jobs by 2025, How to Empower Teams, and more!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw295

It's another holiday week, so enjoy this episode from the ESW archives!   The cloud and SaaS were supposed to make things easier, simpler, more scalable. Arguably, they _have_ done all those things, but traditional, legacy networks linger. Migrations are messy and take time. Nearly everything is encrypted in transit by default. Today, we interview Marty Roesch, the creator of Snort and founder of SourceFire, to discuss how things have changed and what defenders can do to catch up and restore some order to the madness. We'll step through some history along the way - listeners might be surprised at how much our current situation mirrors the reasons behind why Marty created Snort in the first place.

It's another holiday week, so enjoy this interview from the PSW archives!   We chat with Marcus J. Ranum of Tenable, pit ODROID against Raspberry Pi, and introduce you to USBee in our security news. All that and more, so stay tuned!

It's another holiday week, so enjoy this episode from the BSW archives!   This week, we welcome Graeme Payne, President at Cybersecurity4Executives, to discuss Impacts of a Data Breach! During the Equifax 2017 Data Breach, Graeme Payne was Senior Vice President and CIO of Global Corporate Platforms. He was fired the day before the former Chairman and CEO of Equifax testified to Congress that the root cause of the data breach was a human error and technological failure. Graeme would later be identified as the human error.   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/BSW172 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes!   Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

It's another holiday week, so enjoy this episode from our archives! What does a collaborative approach to security testing look like? What does it take to tackle an entire attack class as opposed to fixing a bunch of bugs? If we can shift from vulnerability mitigation to vulnerability elimination, then appsec would be able to demonstrate some significant wins -- and they need a partnership with DevOps teams in order to do this successfully. Log4j has more updates and more vulns (but probably not more heartburn...), revisiting outages and whether availability has made it into your threat models, deep dive into hardware security, another data point on bug bounty awards, and looking at risk topics for the next year. This completes another year of the podcast! A very heartfelt thank you to all our listeners! And a special thank you and shout out to the crew that helps make this possible every week -- Johnny, Gus, Sam, and Renee. We'll keep the New Wave / Post-Punk, movie, and pop culture references coming for all

This week Dr. Doug civilly discusses: a Liquid Robot Death Punch, Korean cars, Fortinet, Frebniis, Atlassian, BingBots, Hacking Back, Derek Johnson covers the National Cyber Strategy documents and more on the Security Weekly News!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn275

Organizations today operate under the constant looming threat of cyber attacks. While reactive cybersecurity measures will help organizations respond to past and present threats, offensive measures are the only chance to get ahead of attackers and beat them to the punch. There is now a greater call for offensive solutions like penetration testing and red teaming to evaluate environments so security gaps can be identified and closed before a breach. Join us as we discuss how these solutions work both independently and together, as well as practical ways organizations can build or mature an offensive security strategy.  Segment Resources:  https://www.coresecurity.com/resources/videos/when-use-pen-testing-red-teaming-or-both?code=cmp-0000011540&ls=717710006&utm_source=hubspot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cts-security-weekly  https://www.coresecurity.com/resources/guides/complete-guide-layering-offensive-security?code=cmp-0000011540&ls=717710006&utm_source=hubspot&utm_medium=email&am

Zero Trust is the buzzword of the 2020’s. Vendors are selling it, the US Federal Government is requiring it, and organizations are implementing it, but what does it really mean (I mean really beyond the hype)? In this segment, Paul and Ron will talk ways combat threats through people, process, and technology Zero Trust Risk Management. Segment Resources: Forrester Research Zero Trust blogs: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/category/zero-trust-security-framework-ztx/ Ron Woerner YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ronw68123 VetSec: https://veteransec.org/ Free CISSP Training Program: https://frsecure.com/cissp-mentor-program/   In the Security News: If it can run Linux, it should, TikTok thefts, significant vulnerability findings, and I'm not even joking, typo squatting is lame, what will it take Bruce!, stealing from the TPM, GoAnywhere, including root, what if attackers targeted your yacht?, two for the price of one (exploits), X is really old, and vulnerable, come for a ride on a CHERI-OT and be memory sa

Organizations spend hundreds of work hours to build applications and services that will benefit customers and employees alike. Whether the application/service is externally facing or for internal use only, it is mandatory to identify and understand the scope of potential cyber risks and threats it poses to the organization. But where and how do you start with an accurate threat model? Nick can discuss how to approach this and create a model that's useful to security and developers alike. Segment Resources https://github.com/trailofbits/publications/blob/master/reviews/2022-12-curl-threatmodel.pdf   Reddit's breach disclosure, simple vulns in Toyota's web portals, OpenSSL vulns, voting results for Portswigger's top 10 web hacking techniques of 2022, tiny IoT cryptography implementations, real world migration of a million lines of code    Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/secweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/se

This week, guest host Aaran Leyland takes over with expert commentator Josh Marpet! Tune in for Clipper malware, Chinese hackers, record DDoS attack, Apple patch zero day flaw and more!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn274

How do you manage the human side of cybersecurity? Traditionally, security awareness programs have checked this box from a compliance angle but had minimal impact on cyber risk. Human Risk Management (HRM) is transforming this space by connecting an integrated, data-driven approach with personalized security training to deliver quantifiable results. In this session, we'll define HRM, explore how it is being adopted, and review the business case supporting the change.   This segment is sponsored by Living Security. Visit https://securityweekly.com/livingsecurity to learn more about them!   In the leadership and communications section, What CISOs Should Know About Hacking in 2023, Getting Employee Buy-In for Organizational Change, Listening — The most important communication skill, and more!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly   Show Notes: https://securityweek

Dysentery, Healthcare Privacy, Gootloader, Bing AI, Vela, Russian jobs, Reddit, and Bradley Barth discusses his series on Walmart. All this and more on the Security Weekly News.   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn 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://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn273

Tanium has recently released a new capability called Tanium Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to help customers identify third-party libraries associated with software packages. • What is Tanium SBOM • Why is it different and why do you need it • How to configure SBOM • How to query for the details about every software application in your environment • Where your vulnerable packages exist • Ways that Tanium can remediate vulnerabilities from OpenSSL to Struts to Log4j today as well as new supply-chain vulnerabilities in the future   No one knows what the next supply chain vulnerability is going to be, but with Tanium, you will have access to data about how your applications are affected before it happens so that when it does, you're ready to take action to remediate the issue from within the Tanium XEM platform.   Segment Resources: https://www.tanium.com/products/tanium-sbom/  https://www.tanium.com/press-releases/tanium-launches-software-bill-of-materials-for-unprecedented-visibility-to-combat-supply-chain-

Linux systems are a collection of free and Open Source software-- some packaged by your distro, some built from source. How do you verify that your upstream isn't polluted by bad actors? Segment Resources: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch  https://securityonionsolutions.com/software/ https://deer-run.com/users/hal/  https://archive.org/details/HalLinuxForensics   In the Security News: VMware and Ransomware makes you want to run some where, double-free your OpenSSH, download the RIGHT software, you have Docker, I have root, we don't talk about CORS, to vulnerability or not to vulnerability, vulnerability risk scoring, a matter of perspective, very persistent Cisco attacks, running UPNP without all the protections, overflowing a buffer in your bootloader over HTTP, C can be memory safe (but developers will still screw it up), and lasers, microwaves, satellites and the Sun! All that, and more, on this episode of Paul’s Security Weekly!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episode

Chat-GPT fails, Ernie, Bard, Chinese Androids, Fortra, Sunlogin, Dingo Token, Google Ads, Jason Wood and More on this edition of Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes!   Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly    Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn272

Most of the myths and lies in InfoSec take hold because they seem correct or sound logical. Similar cognitive biases make it possible for even the most preposterous conspiracy theories to become commonly accepted in some groups. This is a talk about the importance of critical thinking and checking sources in InfoSec. Our industry is relatively new and constantly changing. Too often, we operate more off faith and hope than fact or results. Exhausted and overworked defenders often don't have the time to seek direct evidence for claims, question sources, or test theories for themselves. Resources - https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma2023/presentation/sanabria - https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/conference/protected-files/enigma2023_slides_sanabria.pdf - https://yourbias.is - Discuss: What Makes a Good Breach Response? - ESW #303: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpZiVu3xEs   The aviation equivalent of ASCII art, a memory safety issue in OpenSSH that might not be terrible, a format string in F5 th

This week, it's Security Money. While the major indexes have improved, the SW25 index has not. Pressures from the macro economic conditions appear to have a greater impact on cybersecurity. We'll dig in and review.   In the leadership and communications section, Who Does Your CISO Report To?, 5 CISO Traps to Avoid and Truths to Embrace, How to effectively communicate cybersecurity best practices to staff, and more!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw293

This week in the Security News Doug Chides: Chat-GPT, QNAP, Google FI, REDIS, Headcrab, Banner, GoodRx, Oracle, GoAnywhere, & more!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn271

Cyber insurance is a must-have, but organizations are finding that cyber insurance premiums are more costly, policies are more difficult to obtain, and policies attach more limitations and exclusions than before. We will discuss cyber insurance’s role in risk management and trends.   Segment Resources: https://www.forrester.com/report/q-and-a-cyber-insurance/RES178563?ref_search=3185990_1675109251447 https://www.forrester.com/report/tech-execs-guide-to-cyber-insurance/RES178564?ref_search=3185990_1675109251447 https://www.forrester.com/blogs/whos-responsible-for-cyber-insurance-policy-misrepresentations-it-depends/?ref_search=3185990_1675109251447   Insiders - employees, contractors, and partners - are responsible for almost a quarter of data breaches. Reducing insider risk requires a dedicated approach, including user monitoring. But be careful, Forrester predicts that a C-level executive will be fired for their firm’s use of employee monitoring in 2023.   Segment Resources: https://www.forrester.com/blo

In a recent survey on purple teaming, 89 percent of respondents who had used the method deemed purple teaming activities “very important” to their security operations. Purple teaming exercises conducted regularly have the power to improve collaboration across teams, ensure issues are identified and remediated more proactively, and provide a means to measure progress over time. With all these benefits, why isn’t everyone doing it? Purple teaming doesn’t have to be such a heavy lift. With the right mindset and tools, any team can get started regardless of resources. This talk will highlight practical tips for getting started with purple teaming exercises and show off PlexTrac Runbooks, a platform designed to plan, execute, report, and remediate collaborative purple teaming engagements so teams can maximize their efforts and improve their security posture.   Segment Resources: Learn more and book a demo: https://plextrac.com/securityweekly More information on Runbooks: https://plextrac.com/platform/runbooks/   T