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 111 - The TLS 1.3 and DNS episode
Josh and Kurt talk about TLS 1.3 and DNS. What can we expect from the future for these, how are they related (or not related). We touch on DNSSEC and why it probably won't matter. DNS over TLS is looking pretty great though. There is also a guest appearance from quantum crypto.
Episode 110 - Review of Black Hat, Defcon, and the effect of security policies
Josh and Kurt talk about Black Hat and Defcon and how unexciting they have become. What happened with hotels at Defcon, and more importantly how many security policies have 2nd and 3rd level effects we often can't foresee. We end with important information about pizzza, bananas, and can openers.
Episode 109 - OSCon and actionable advice
Josh and Kurt talk about phishing training and how it doesn't really matter. Josh spoke at OSCon and comes back with some fun observations and advice. People want practical actionable advice and we're not good at that.
Episode 108 - Bluetooth, phishing, airgaps, and eating soup off the floor
Josh and Kurt talk about the latest attack on bluetooth and discuss phishing in the modern world. U2F is a great way to stop phishing, training is not. We also discuss airgaps in response to attacks on airgapped power utilities.
Episode 107 - The year of the Linux Desktop and other hardware stories
Josh and Kurt talk about modern hardware, how security relates to devices and actions. Everything from secure devices, to the cables we use, to thermal cameras and coat hangers. We end the conversation discussing the words we use and how they affect the way people see us and themselves.
Episode 106 - Data isn't oil, it's nuclear waste
Josh and Kurt talk about Cory Doctorow's piece on Facebook data privacy. It's common to call data the new oil but it's more like nuclear waste. How we fix the data problem in the future is going to require solutions we can't yet imagine as well as new ways of thinking about the problems.
Episode 105 - More backdoors in open source
Josh and Kurt talk about some recent backdoor problems in open source packages. We touch on is open source secure, how that security works, and what it should look like in the future. This problem is never going to go away or get better, and that's probably OK.
Episode 104 - The Gentoo security incident
Josh and Kurt talk about the Gentoo security incident. Gentoo did a really good job being open and dealing with the incident quickly. The basic takeaway from all this is make sure your organization is forcing users to use 2 factor authentication. The long term solution is going to be all identity providers forcing everyone to use 2FA.
Episode 103 - The Seven Properties of Highly Secure Devices
Josh and Kurt talk about a Microsoft Research paper titled "The Seven Properties of Highly Secure Devices". We take a real world view into how to secure our devices. What works, what doesn't work, and why this list is actually really good.
Episode 102 - Michael Feiertag from tCell
Josh and Kurt talk to Michael Feiertag, the CEO of tCell. We talk about what a Web Application Firewall is, what it does and doesn't do, and what the future of this technology looks like. We touch on how this affects a DevOps environment. Security has to fit into the existing model, not try to change it.
Episode 101 - Our unregulated future is here to stay
Josh and Kurt talk about Bird scooters. The implications of the scooters on the city, segways, bicycles. The topic of how these vehicles interact with pedestrians on the road and trails. It's an example of humans not wanting to follow the rules and generally making the situation annoying for everyone. It's the old security story of new technology without clear rules. The show ends with some horrifying numbers behind how bad things can get before people really care.
Episode 100 - You're bad at buying security, we can help!
Josh and Kurt talk about how to be a smart security buyer. We have guest Steve Mayzak walk us through how a the buying process works as well as giving out a ton of great advice. Even if you're experienced with how to buy security technology you should give this a listen.
Episode 99 - Consumer security is too broken to fix, and it doesn't matter
Josh and Kurt talk about a number of consumer security issues. The FBI told everyone to reboot their routers which they won't do. The .app top level domain is a cesspool of malware. Everyone has a cell phone and won't update them properly. None of this probably matters though. Unless there are real measurable tragedies caused by this tech, people tend not to really care.
Episode 98 - When IT decisions kill people
Josh and Kurt talk about the NTSB report from the fatal Uber crash and what happened with Amazon's Alexa recording then emailing a private conversation. IT decisions now have real world consequences like never before.
Episode 97 - Automation: Humans are slow and dumb
Josh and Kurt talk about the security of automation as well as automating security. The only way automation will really work long term is full automation. Humans can't be trusted enough to rely on them to do things right.