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 158 - The mess that we call credit agencies in the US
Josh and Kurt talk about the current state of credit security freezes in the US. We recount a thrilling tale of all the things Josh had to do to get new Internet service. It was all quite silly really. Show Notes Weak security freeze pins 'null' license plate
Episode 157 - Backdoors and snake oil in our cryptography
Josh and Kurt talk about snakeoil cryptography at Black Hat and the new backdoored cryptography fight. Both of these problems will be with us for a very long time. These are fights worth fighting because it's the right thing to do. Show Notes Time AI video Kurt's Tweet about technical explanations Josh's blog post about bug training Schneier on Barr's encryption discussion
Episode 156 - What if we MitM a whole country?
Josh and Kurt talk about Kazakhstan requiring citizens to place a government controlled root CA certificate on their computers. How does this work. What does it mean for the citizens of Kazakhstan, and why we all should be paying attention. Show Notes Kazakhstan MitM all TLS traffic Mozilla bug
Episode 155 - Stealing cars and ransomware
Josh and Kurt talk about a new way to steal cars because a service didn't do proper background checks. We also discuss how this relates to working with criminals, such as ransomware, and what it means for the future of the ransomware industry. Show Notes Car2go theft Alberta driver's license security Albertosaurus Las Vegas won't pay a ransom
Episode 154 - Chat with the authors of the book "The Fifth Domain"
Josh and Kurt talk to the authors of a new book The Fifth Domain. Dick Clarke and Rob Knake join us to discuss the book, cybersecurity, US policy, how we got where we are today and what the future holds for cybersecurity. Show Notes The Fifth Domain Dick Clarke Rob Knake Future State Podcast
Episode 153 - The unexpected security of AI, photographs, and VPN
Josh and Kurt talk about user expectations around Facebook's AI. Normal people are starting to see the capabilities and potential risk with all these services. We also cover the topic of China owning a number of VPN services.
Episode 152 - Tavis breaks the world ... again
Josh and Kurt talk about the disclosure of security vulnerabilities. It's still not a settled topic, we frame the conversation around a recent disclosure from Tavis Ormandy of Google Project Zero.
Episode 151 - The DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge with David Brumley
Josh and Kurt talk to David Brumley. The CEO of ForAllSecure and professor at CMU. We discuss when David's team won the Cyber Grand Challenge, what the future of automated security looks like, and what ForAllSecure is doing. It's a fascinating window into the future of the industry.
Episode 150 - Our ad funded dystopian present
Josh and Kurt talk about the future Chrome and ad blockers. There is a lot of nuance to unpack around this one. There are two versions of the Internet today. One with an ad blocker and one without. The Internet without an ad blocker is a dystopian nightmare. The actionable advice at the end of this one is to use Firefox.
Episode 149 - Chat with Michael Coates about data security
Josh and Kurt have a chat with Michael Coates from Altitude Networks. We cover what Altitude is up to as well as general trends we're seeing around data security in the cloud. Michael lays out his vision for "data first security".
Episode 148 - You just got pwnt, what now?
Josh and Kurt talk about public disclosure. We start out with a story about Canva, then discuss what do you do if you have a security incident? Who do you tell, what do you tell them. How do you tell your story? It's a really hard problem even if it's something you've done many times in the past.
Episode 147 - Scams and operations as part of the supply chain
Josh and Kurt talk about a new type of lockbox scams. We also discuss Slack being a target for nation state attacks. Do you consider your operations part of your supply chain?It's totally part of your supply chain.
Episode 146 - What the @#$% happened to Microsoft?
Josh and Kurt talk about Microsoft. They're probably not the bad guys anymore, which is pretty wild. They're adding a Linux kernel to Window. Can we declare open source the unquestionable winner now?
Episode 145 - What do security and fire have in common?
Josh and Kurt talk about fire. We discuss the history of fire prevention and how it mirrors many of things we see in security. There are lessons there for us, we just hope it doesn't take 2000 years like it did for proper fire prevention to catch on.
Episode 144 - The security of money, which one is best?
Josh and Kurt talk about the security of money. Not how to keep it secure, but the security issues around using cash, credit, and bitcoin. We also talk about Banksy's clever method for proving something is original.