Episodes
Anuj joins us to discuss recent trends in malware. What are the malware authors up to lately? What are the latest techniques for reverse engineering malware? Learn about the latest tools and techniques from Anuj! Anuj is a Principal Threat Researcher at Blackberry, where he performs malware research and reverse engineering. He has more than 15 years of experience in malware analysis and incident response. Anuj also brings his problem-solving abilities to his position as a SANS Certified...
Published 10/05/23
This week, First up its the Security News: libwebp or die: we unravel some of the details behind the webp vulnerability first fixed by Apple and Google, then, hopefully by everyone else, attackers can steal your pixels using your GPU, someone cough China cough has been hacking Cisco routers, Kia boys are still a problem, How the Cult of the Dead Cow plans to save the internet, how iOS updates could break glucose monitors, spamming the CVE database, and when a medium is really a high! Just...
Published 09/28/23
Nathan comes on the show to discuss LLMs, such as ChatGPT, the issues we face today and in the future. Learn about prompt injection attacks, jailbreaking, LLMs for threat actors, and more! In the Security News: LVFS is not a backdoor, attackers are in physical proximity, when you need to re-cast risk, oh Fortinet, pre-installed backdoors again, deep down the rabbit hole, the buffer overflow is in your BIOS!, what is 345gs5662d34?, a cone is all you need, we are compliant because we said so...
Published 09/21/23
Ryan has his finger on the pulse of ransomware and response. We discuss how the initial infections are occurring, how they've changed over time, and where they are going in the future! Segment Resources: For folks to see my recent presentations: for528.com/playlist For folks to see the recordings of our recent Ransomware Summit: https://for528.com/summit23 For folks to watch my recent (free) ransomware workshop: https://for528.com/workshop23  Materials: https://for528.com/workshop Lots...
Published 09/14/23
Check out this interview from the PSW Vault, hand picked by main host Paul Asadoorian! This segment was originally published on February 4, 2013. Dr. Spafford is one of the senior, most recognized leaders in the field of computing. He has an on-going record of accomplishment as a senior advisor and consultant on issues of security and intelligence, education, cybercrime and computing policy to a number of major companies, law enforcement organizations, academic and government agencies......
Published 09/06/23
Amanda joins us to discuss aspects of incident response, including how to get the right data to support findings related to an incident, SMB challenges, cloud event logging, and more! Amanda works for Blumira and is the co-author of "Defensive Security Handbook: Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure." In the Security News: How not to send all your browser data to Google, apparently Microsoft needs pressure to apply certain fixes, the mutli-hundred-billion-dollar-a-year industry that...
Published 08/31/23
Jared has a long, and outstanding, history in cybersecurity. Today, he works for Microsoft helping them run and respond to bug bounty reports. The scale is massive and I think we can all learn a thing or two about vulnerability management and bug bounties! Segment Resources: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/bounty?rtc=1 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc https://msrc.microsoft.com/report/vulnerability/new https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/bounty https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/ ...
Published 08/24/23
The 2020 Armenian war with Azerbaijan called into action over 100 volunteer incident responders from across the country (and the globe) into action. Our guest for this segment was one of the leads during the 40-day conflict and helped organize teams that responded to everything from websites being attacked and country-wide Internet outages. In the Security News: You should read the NIST CSF, JTAG hacking the original Xbox, tricked into sharing your password, attacking power management...
Published 08/18/23
Just how prepared are you for the next cybersecurity incident? Depending on the definition, security incidents likely happen daily at most enterprises. Because we can't prevent everything, the key to success is to be in a constant state of readiness. This means regular training with a focus on preparation. Gerard will walk us through tips and tricks to keep our incident response teams in tip-top condition. In the Security News: Hacking your Tesla to enable heated seats (and so much more), The...
Published 08/10/23
Our good friend Bill Swearingen joins us to talk about some of the incident response work he's been doing lately. Many people have it wrong, you don't need to be a cybersecurity ninja to respond to a security incident. Its about knowing who does what in your organization and executing a plan. Bill has put together a a set of free resources to help the community with incident response as well! Vistit the Awesome Incident Response project here:...
Published 08/03/23
Once an incident has occurred and you've responded, then what? Join us for a chat with Sean Metcalf on what we can do to ensure our infrastructure remains resilient after a security incident. Segment description coming soon!   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 Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-792
Published 08/01/23
This week, up first is the Security News: Microsoft lost its keys, LOL drivers, If you were the CSO, try to keep employees happy but remove their accounts when they leave, gaming device finds a missing child, $3 brute forcing, undocumented instructions are sometimes the best instructions, remote code on your Oscilloscope, fuzzing satellites, routers are great places to hide, typos lead to information leaks of US military emails, pwning yourself, pwning security researchers, getting pwned by a...
Published 07/20/23
Getting the correct data in the right place for incident response is challenging. JP comes on the show to talk about how he is helping companies with these challenges, getting control of the security data pipeline while helping save costs! In the security news: Someone is going to get hurt, slow migrations, hiding on the Internet is hard, more Fortinet vulnerabilities, BLackLotus source code, the difficulties with roots of trust, stealthy rootkits, patching made easy?, rowhammer and...
Published 07/13/23
Welcome to another edition of a Paul's Security Weekly Vault episode! This episode was previously recorded on April 5, 2012 and features an interview with none other than Dan Geer. Unfortunately there is no video for this episode, but the content is still relevant today.  Dan Geer is a renowned cybersecurity expert and visionary. With a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field, Dan has made significant contributions to our understanding of information security and its implications. In...
Published 07/05/23
In this segment we welcome Carlos Perez back to the show! Carlos will discuss the different types of penetration testing, including adversary emulation, and a cool method we can use to cover our tracks on Windows systems. In the security news: You got so many CVEs you need your own, dedicated, vulnerability scanner, melting your neighbors with hacking, The FDA’s SBOM and OSS, when the vulnerability scanner has a vulnerability, violating CISA directives at scale, make 2FA a little easier with...
Published 06/29/23
Emilie comes on the show to talk about penetration testing and share her knowledge and stories! In the Security News: There is no national cyber director, time to move away from MoveIT, update Microsoft IIS at least every 6 years, your security system is not secure, for that matter neither is your smart pet feeder, identity management is hard, at least for some, spies using spy gadgets to spy on spies, go ahead and just replace your hardware, secure boot is hard, bypassing the BIOS password...
Published 06/22/23
Check out this interview from the PSW VAULT, hand picked by main host Paul Asadoorian! This segment was originally published on April 9, 2013.   Bill Cheswick logged into his first computer in 1968. Seven years later, he was graduated from Lehigh University in 1975 with a degree resembling Computer Science. Ches has worked on (and against) operating system security for over 35 years. He is probably best known for "Firewalls and Internet Security; Repelling the Wily Hacker", co-authored with...
Published 06/14/23
Check out this interview from the PSW VAULT, hand picked by main host Paul Asadoorian! This segment was originally published on October 18, 2015. L0pht Heavy Industries was a hacker collective active between 1992 and 2000 and located in the Boston, Massachusetts area. We learn about the history of the L0pht and the future.   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-psw-1
Published 06/07/23
Penetration Tester stories, dumb and funny stuff that's crazier than movies. Segment Resources: https://www.cyberpointllc.com/index.php https://www.cyberpointllc.com/srt.php In the security news: keystroke logs are stored in plain-text (and other atrocities in software used in schools), WPBT is the gift that keeps on giving and this time it's Gigabyte, PCI DSS 4.0 (drink!), immutable linux desktops, one packet exploits, neat linux malware, sock puppets, a must read new book about hacks,...
Published 06/02/23
Liam Mayron from Fastly comes on the show to talk about his unique path into information security, the security implications of generative AI, advances in technologies to protect web applications, detecting bots, and enabling better MSP services! This segment is sponsored by Fastly. Visit https://securityweekly.com/fastly to learn more about them!   In the Security News: a cross-platform, post-exploit, red teaming framework, cover your backups, your voice should never be your passport,...
Published 05/25/23
Kevin Johnson joins us to discuss pen testing, automated testing, why AI testing is not pen testing!   In the security news: How AI Knows Things No One Told It, Dragos Employee Gets Hacked, VMProtect Source Code Leaks, CISA Vulnerabilities, SHA-1 is a Shambles, Microsoft Scans Inside Password Protected Files, Geacon Brings Cobalt Strike Compatability to MacOS, Google Launches Tools to Identify Misleading & AI Images, Cyberstalkers Use New Windows Feature to Spy on iPhones, Texas A&M...
Published 05/18/23
In this talk, Paula Januszkiewicz, renowned cybersecurity expert with years of experience in the field, shares her insights on critical tasks that must be included in any successful penetration testing checklist. She will offer the listeners a sneak peek into her pentesting trick book, discuss the special tools she is using, and highlight the importance of diversifying your pentester's toolkit. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in mastering the art of penetration testing. ...
Published 05/11/23
Rob "Mubix" Fuller comes on the show to talk about penetration testing, what's changed over the years? He'll also discuss "Jurassic Malware" and creating games in your BIOS.   This week in the Security News: 5-year old vulnerabilities, hijacking packages, EV charging apps that could steal stuff, do we even need software packages, selling hacking tools and ethics, I hate it when vendors fix stuff, HTTPS lock status, no pornhub for you!    Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all...
Published 05/04/23
STM32 boards, soldering, decapping chips, RTOS development, lasers, multiple flippers and for what you ask? So I can be alerted about a device I already know is there. The Flipper Zero attracted the attention of news outlets and hackers alike as people have used it to gain access to restricted resources. Is the Flipper Zero that powerful that it needs to be banned? This is a journey of recursion and not taking “no” for an answer. Kailtyn Hendelman joins the PSW crew to discuss the Flipper...
Published 04/27/23
We will talk about Supply chain security, the TPM 2.0 vulnerabilities recently discovered by a Quarkslab researcher, bugs in reference implementations, vulnerability disclosure and perhaps various other topics. Segment Resources: Vulnerabilities in the TPM2.0 reference implementation https://blog.quarkslab.com/vulnerabilities-in-the-tpm-20-reference-implementation-code.html Vulnerabilities in High Assurance Boot of NXP i.MX microprocessors ...
Published 04/20/23