A security podcast geared towards those looking to better understand security topics of the day. Hosted by Kurt Seifried and Josh Bressers covering a wide range of topics including IoT, application security, operational security, cloud, devops, and security news of the day. There is a special open source twist to the discussion often giving a unique perspective on any given topic.
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Episode 326 - Big fat containers
Josh and Kurt talk about containers. There are a lot of opinions around what type of containers is best. Back when it all started there were only huge distro sized containers. Now we have a world with many different container types and sizes. Is one better? Show Notes Programming in the Apocalypse Bob Diachenko Paranoids Podcast
Episode 325 - Is one open source maintainer enough?
Josh and Kurt talk about a recent OpenSSF issue that asks the question how many open source maintainers should a project have that's "healthy"? Josh did some research that shows the overwhelming majority of packages have one maintainer. What does that mean? Show Notes OpenSSF TAC Issue 101
Episode 324 - WTF is up with WFH
Josh and Kurt talk about the whole work from home debate. It seems like there are a lot of very silly excuses why working from home is bad. We've both been working from home for a long time and have a chat about the topic. There's not much security in this one, but it is a fun discussion. Show Notes Boris Johnson blames cheese Apple and WFH
Episode 323 - The fake 7-Zip vulnerability and SBOM
Josh and Kurt talk about a fake 7-Zip security report. It's pretty clear that everyone is running open source all the time. We end on some thoughts around what SBOM is good for, and who should be responsible for them. Show Notes Probably fake 7-Zip
Episode 322 - Adam Shostack on the security of Star Wars
Josh and Kurt talk to Adam Shostack about his new book "Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars". We discuss some of the lessons and threats in the Star Wars universe, it's an old code I hear. We also discuss if Star Wars is a better than Star Trek for teaching security (it probably is). It's a fun conversation and sounds like an amazing book. Show Notes Adam Shostack Adam's Website The book
Episode 321 - Relativistic Security: Project Zero on 0day
Josh and Kurt talk about the Google Project Zero blog post about 0day vulnerabilities in 2021. There were a lot more than ever before, but why? Part of the challenge is the whole industry is expanding while a lot of our security technologies are not. When the universe around you is expanding but you're staying the same size, you are actually shrinking. Show Notes Google Project Zero blog post Apple 0days Joint cyber advisory
Episode 320 - Security Twitter is not the real world
Josh and Kurt talk about a survey about a TuxCare patch management and vulnerability detection. Sometimes our security bubble makes us forget what it's like in the real world for the people who keep our infrastructure running. Patching isn't always immediate, automation doesn't fix everything, and accepting risk is very important. Show Notes State of Enterprise Vulnerability Detection and Patch Management CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Google 0days
Episode 319 - Patch Tuesday with a capital T
Josh and Kurt talk about a lot of security vulnerabilities in this month's Patch Tuesday. There's also a new Git vulnerability. This sparks the age old question of how fast to patch? The answer isn't binary, the right answer is whatever works best for you, not what someone tells you is best. Show Notes Patch Tuesday Git security update
Episode 318 - Social engineering and why zlib got a 2018 CVE ID
Josh and Kurt talk about hackers using emergency data requests to gain access to sensitive data. The argument that somehow backdoors can be protected falls under this problem. We don't yet have the technical or policy protections in place to actually protect this data. We also explain why this zlib issue got a 2018 CVE ID in 2022. Show Notes Hackers using fake emergency data requests CVE-2018-25032 Global Security Database
Episode 317 - The lack of compromise in security
Josh and Kurt talk about the binary nature of security. Many of our ideas are yes or no, there's not much in the middle. The conversation ends up derailed due to a Twitter thread about pinning dependencies. This gives you an idea how contentious of a topic pinning is. The final takeaway is not to let security turn into your identity, it ends up making a mess. Show Notes Josh's Twitter thread How to install week old npm packages
Episode 316 - You have to use open source
Josh and Kurt talk about the latest NPM backdoored package. It feels like this keeps happening. We talk about why this is and why it's probably OK. Kurt fixes Linus' Law, in open source the superpower isn't bugs are shallow (they're not), the superpower is security bugs in open source can't be ignored. Show Notes node-ipc protestware
Episode 315 - Who even makes all these terrible decisions?
Josh and Kurt talk about Microsoft accidentally letting us find out about ads in file explorer. Changing your clocks sucks. And touch on some of the security implications of the Russian invasion and sanctions. There are a lot of security lessons we can all learn. Mostly what not to do. Show Notes Ads in Windows Filemanager Russia running out of storage Russia threatens to nationalize industry Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant Cockcroft's Follies German government advises citizens to uninstall Kaspersky
Episode 314 - The Linux Dirty Pipe vulnerability
Josh and Kurt talk about the Linux Kernel Dirty Pipe security vulnerability. This bug is an amazing combination of amazing complexity, incredible simplicity, and a little bit of luck. The discovery is amazing, the analysis is enlightening. There's almost no way a bug like this could be found outside of open source. Show Notes Dirty Pipe Writeup
Episode 313 - Insecurity at scale
Josh and Kurt talk about the challenges of security at scale. Specifically we focus on why a lot of security starts to fall apart once you have to do something more than a few times. There's a lot of new thinking we need to push security forward. Show Notes Stable Linux Kernel and Machine Learning
Episode 312 - The Legend of the SBOM
Josh and Kurt talk about SBOMs. Not what they are, there's plenty about that. We talk about why everyone keeps claiming they're super important, and why we're starting to see some people question if we really need them. SBOMs are part of a future that's still being invented. Show Notes Questioning SBOMs Rezilion Log4j diagram David A Wheeler on CII Badges Using open source is communism