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Ransomware attacks typically don't care about memory safety and dependency scanning, they often target old, unpatched vulns and too often they succeed. Rob Allen shares some of the biggest cases he's seen, what they have in common, and what appsec teams could do better to help them. Too much software still requires custom configuration to make it more secure. And too few software makers are embracing secure by default, let alone secure by design. In the news, passively monitoring geosynchronous satellite communications on the cheap, successful LLM poisoning of any size model with a single size dose, security engineering lessons from Signal's post-quantum crypto work, improving security for JavaScript in the browser, and more! This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-353

Segment 1: David Brauchler on AI attacks and stopping them David Brauchler says AI red teaming has proven that eliminating prompt injection is a lost cause. And many developers inadvertently introduce serious threat vectors into their applications – risks they must later eliminate before they become ingrained across application stacks. NCC Group’s AI security team has surveyed dozens of AI applications, exploited their most common risks, and discovered a set of practical architectural patterns and input validation strategies that completely mitigate natural language injection attacks. David's talk aimed at helping security pros and developers understand how to design/test complex agentic systems and how to model trust flows in agentic environments. He also provided information about what architectural decisions can mitigate prompt injection and other model manipulation risks, even when AI systems are exposed to untrusted sources of data. More about David's Black Hat talk: Video of the talk and accompanying s

Erotic Chats, UEFI, F5, Cisco, Doug Sings, Insiders, Lastpass, Sora, 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-521

First up is a technical segment on UEFI shells: determining if they contain dangerous functionality that allows attackers to bypass Secure Boot. Then in the security news: Your vulnerability scanner is your weakest link Scams that almost got me The state of EDR is not good You don't need to do that on a phone or Raspberry PI Hash cracking and exploits Revisiting LG WebOS Hardening Docker images Hacking Moxa NPort Shoddy academic research The original sin of computing Bodycam hacking A new OS for ESP32 The AI bubble is going to burt Mobile VPNs are not always secure Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-896

Still managing compliance in a spreadsheet? Don't have enough time or resources to verify your control or risk posture? And you wonder why you can't get the budget to move your compliance and risk programs forward. Maybe it's time for a different approach. Trevor Horwitz, Founder and CISO at TrustNet joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how the evolution of Agentic AI can automate compliance and risk programs. Move beyond spreadsheets and let the power of AI streamline your compliance and risk program. In the leadership and communications segment,Is the CISO chair becoming a revolving door?, When Integrity Collides with Bureaucracy: The Price of Leadership in Cybersecurity — and Why Walking Away Can Be the Bravest Act!, Improve Communication With Others By Talking Less — Not More, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-417

Bikers, Apple, Storm-657, Astaroth, EES, Salesforce, 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-520

Interest and participation in the OWASP GenAI Security Project has exploded over the last two years. Steve Wilson explains why it was important for the project to grow beyond just a Top Ten list and address more audiences than just developers. He also talks about how the growth of AI Agents influences the areas that appsec teams need to focus on. Whether apps are created by genAI or directly use genAI, the future of securing software is going to be busy. Resources https://genai.owasp.org https://genai.owasp.org/llm-top-10/ LLM security book on Amazon at https://a.co/d/6LZoXxQ This segment is sponsored by The OWASP GenAI Security Project. Visit https://securityweekly.com/owasp to learn more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-352

Segment 1 - Interview with Dr. Anand Singh We're always thrilled to have authors join us to discuss their new book releases, and this week, it is Dr. Anand Singh. He seriously hustled to get his new book, Data Security in the Age of AI, out as soon as possible so that it could help folks dealing with securing AI rollouts right now! We'll discuss why he wrote it, how he got it done so quickly, and who needs to read it. Segment Resources: Get the book on Amazon: Data Security in the Age of AI (available in Kindle and print) Segment 2 - Topic: The reasons why CISOs buy (and the things that don't matter to them) Val Tsanev, founder of ExecWeb, part of the CyberRisk Alliance family, posted shared some VERY spicy insights about how CISOs buy products. This elicited some passionate responses. There are many interesting insights, but the biggest and most interesting is that 76% of CISOs choose products that presents the least risk to them, personally. Career safety trumps product performance, it would seem. Segm

Ballistic Hot Dogs, Sonicwall, Clayrat, Twonet, Lockbit, Breachforums, Resumes, Discord, 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-519

This week we kick things off with a special interview: Kieran Human from Threat Locker talks about EDR bypasses and other special projects. In the security news: Hacking TVs Flushable wipes are not the only problem People just want to spy on their pets, except the devices can be hacked Linux EDR is for the birds What does my hat say we love exploits and hashes ESP32s in your router RF signal generator on a PI Zero Mic-E-Mouse and other things that will probably never happen, until they do Hacking with money Uninitialized variables and other things the compiler should catch Breaking out of the shell Hacking with sound, for real, not just another side channel attack Bring back 2G When the game engine gets hacked Oracle 0-days 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: https://securityweekly.com/psw-895

Global spending on cybersecurity products and services will see a strong 14.4% CAGR from 2024 through 2029 and will hit $302.5 billion in 2029, driven by continued concerns around cyberattacks across all verticals and geographies. But where is the spending occuring and how do you prepare? Merritt Maxim, VP & Research Director at Forrester, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss the Global Cybersecurity Market Forecast, 2024 To 2029 report. Merritt will discuss the findings, including: In 2029, 69% of cybersecurity spending will be on software across seven prime functional disciplines of cybersecurity (applications, cloud, data, endpoint, network, identity, and security operations); the remaining spending will be allocated to security services, excluding security outsourcing, implementation, and deployment services; and AI software spending will grow at a CAGR of 21.2%, from $74.3 billion in 2024 to $194.3 billion by 2029. See Merritt's blog of the results at https://www.forrester.com/blogs/global-cy

Bad Crypto, Blood Thirsty Zombie CPUs, Y2K38, Park Mobile, Palo Alto, Redis, Red Hat, Deloitte, 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-518

Software has forever had flaws and humans have forever been finding and fixing them. With LLMs generating code, appsec has also been trying to determine how well LLMs can find flaws. Nico Waisman talks about XBOW's LLM-based pentesting, how it climbed a bug bounty leaderboard, how it uses feedback loops for better pentests, and how they handle (and even welcome!) hallucinations. In the news, using LLMs to find flaws, directory traversal in an MCP, another resource for learning cloud and AI security, spreadsheets and appsec, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-351

At Oktane 2025, leaders from across the security ecosystem shared how identity has become the new front line in protecting today’s AI-driven enterprises. As SaaS adoption accelerates and AI agents proliferate, organizations face an explosion of human and non-human identities—and with it, growing risks like misconfigured access, orphaned accounts, and identity-based attacks. In this special Enterprise Security Weekly episode, we bring together insights from top experts: Dor Fledel (Okta) explains how teams can gain visibility into AI agents, uncover risks, and enforce appropriate access controls. Alexander Makarov (Adyen) shares how a global fintech unified and streamlined identity with Okta, improving both security and employee experience across 200+ countries. Aaron Parecki (Okta) highlights the importance of open standards—like IPSIE, MCP, and A2A—for building secure, interoperable AI ecosystems and centralized control over AI-driven interactions. Heather Ceylan (Box) discusses how Box embeds AI into workf

Ratboi, Clop, Oracle, svgs, Impact Solutions, The Pentagon, Open AI, Josh Marpet, 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-517

In addition to some fun news, we get a Mary Ann Davidson as a surprise guest. We even get a great quote from her of "You're never going to have enough cybersecurity people to defend what was never built to be defensible.". Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-894

More than four out of ten (41%) Chief Information Officers (CIOs) report cybersecurity as their top concern, yet these same leaders are simultaneously increasing security budgets (77%), expanding cloud infrastructure (68%), and accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities (67%). According to the new Future Forward: CIO 2025 Outlook report released by Experis, a global leader in IT workforce solutions and part of the ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) family of brands, modern technology leaders are walking a tightrope between protecting their organizations and driving innovation in an era of relentless cyber threats and rapid digital transformation. Amanda Jack, CTO at Manpower Group, joins Business Security Weekly to share the finding, including: 77% of organizations plan to increase cybersecurity budgets in 2025, followed by cloud infrastructure (68%) and AI (67%) 76% of IT employers worldwide report difficulty finding skilled tech talent 52% of tech leaders are embedding AI skills into existing roles rath

Attica, Crustacean Porn, Broadcom, William of Ockham, Jaguar, SVG, 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-516

Dealing with vulns tends to be a discussion about prioritization. After all, there a tons of CVEs and dependencies with known vulns. It's important to figure out how to present developers with useful vuln info that doesn't overwhelm them. Francesco Cipollone shares how to redirect that discussion to focus on remediation and how to incorporate LLMs into this process without losing your focus or losing your budget. In the news, supply chain security in Ruby and Rust, protecting package repositories, refining CodeQL queries for security, refactoring and Rust, an OWASP survey, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-350

How identity security can keep pace with the evolving threat landscape, with Brett Winterford Today’s threat landscape has never been more complex. Malicious actors are leveraging tools like generative AI to develop more creative social engineering attacks that can have serious ramifications for businesses. Brett Winterford, VP of Okta Threat Intelligence, shares findings from his team’s most recent investigations, as well as recommendations for organizations looking to strengthen their defenses. Segment Resources https://www.okta.com/newsroom/articles/okta-threat-intelligence-exposes-genai-s-role-in-dprk-it-scams/ https://www.okta.com/newsroom/articles/okta-observes-v0-ai-tool-used-to-build-phishing-sites/ https://sec.okta.com/articles/uncloakingvoidproxy/ How to navigate app development in the AI era with Shiv Ramji As AI reshapes how applications are built and consumed, developers and engineering leaders face a new set of challenges: enabling innovation while maintaining security. In this interview, Au