Mostly Security

By Jon King and Eric Wuehler

From commentary on current events to random musings, they chat (mostly) about security and technology topics. However, life is more than just the day job, there's always something fun to wrap up the ... more

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Mostly Security episodes:

April 04, 2026434: Squares Revival
Eric releases updated apps, and Jon's back from vacation. Autonomous jailbreaks, a malicious release of a popular npm package, and Anthropic accidentally releases source maps for claude code. The Artemis II launched successfully, and an opportunistic visit to bronze age burial cairns.

0:00 - Intro

17:18 - AI, Attack Thy Brethren

22:04 - Malicious Axios Package

26:58 - Claude Code Leak

35:21 - To The Moon!

37:40 - Clava Cairns
...more
42min
March 27, 2026433: Mostly Fun, Vol 3
Spring Break! Jon shares a couple fun notes before heading out and Eric pulls a few favorites from the archives. Enjoy Something Fun!

0:00 - Spring Break!

0:29 - Hidden Water Beneath Mars

2:36 - Chickpeas Grown in Simulated Moon Soil

4:43 - Episode 403: Commodore 64

8:51 - Episode 403: Really Old Honey

12:48 - Episode 378: Woolly Mammoth Mouse

16:15 - Episode 378: Greenland Sharks

21:48 - Episode 397: Aardwolfs and Numbats
...more
28min
March 21, 2026432: False Colored
Eric enjoys Mozart's Requiem and Antigravity. Jon goes fishing. Amazon Kuiper is now Leo. Claude vulnerabilities are chained to do bad things. Google releases the H1 2026 Cloud Threat Horizons Report. Ravens are smart. Spiral Galaxies are cool.

0:00 - Introduction

8:13 - Amazon Leo

10:46 - Claudy Day

15:27 - Google Cloud Threat Report

21:31 - Wolf-Predicting Ravens

23:10 - Spiral Galaxy
...more
26min
March 13, 2026431: Squares is Back!
Eric updates Squares! after a 15 years hiatus and Jon decides to become an Apple Developer. The FBI issues a scam alert on planning and zoning permits. Google buys security company Wiz. Stryker Medical hit by wiper malware. NASA has cool eyes and we're now modeling every biological molecule.

0:00 - Introduction

11:10 - FBI Alert

14:12 - Google buys Wiz

17:03 - Cyber Destruction

20:05 - NASA Eyes

22:28 - Modeling Biology
...more
27min
March 07, 2026430: Weakest Airport
Eric goes hiking and Jon gets his Eufy. AI assisted breaches faster than ever, and Anthropic struggles to expand server capacity. Fun playing with materials in a web Sandbox (sandvox?) and an image of 3I that took a while to download.

0:00 - Introduction

11:28 - 27 Second Breach

16:40 - Claud's Week

23:51 - Sandboxels

27:23 - 3I Image
...more
31min
February 27, 2026429: I Entertain Myself
Jon goes behind the scenes at the symphony while Eric gets back to normal. Steganography used to conceal malicious code. University of Mississippi Medical Center ransomware attack. AI-Assisted Threats continue to evolve. Eric clicks mindlessly in townscaper (not townscraper) and Jon finds AI helpful in finding rare earth metals.

0:00 - Introduction

12:12 - Steganographic Code

15:49 - Medical Center Ransomware

18:38 - AI-Assisted Firewall Breach

22:28 - Townscaper

25:42 - Rare Earth Metals
...more
29min
February 21, 2026428: Rate My Cone
More AI coding, only Peter can go to [OpenAI], Human Rentals, Backup Persistence, and Really Old Vulnerabilities. Have fun on the Useless Web and why not release genetically engineered biophages? What could go wrong.

0:00 - Intro

12:19 - Peter Goes To OpenAI

12:52 - Openclaw Infostealer

16:22 - Rent-a-Human

19:20 - Backup Persistence

21:37 - 18 Year Old Vuln

24:40 - The Useless Web

26:48 - CRISPR for Antibiotic Resistance
...more
32min
February 13, 2026427: Don't Eat Them, They're Woody
More fun with AI Agents and Mason Bees. OpenClaw is all the rage and as insecure as it readily admits. Squatting 7Zip ia a Proxy Node? Eric marvels over the largest tree and Jon talks about AI building compilers. AI is going to college.

0:00 - Introduction

10:41 - OpenClaw Insecurity

17:33 - 7Zip Squatting

21:13 - Pando Tree

24:22 - AI Compiler Developer
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30min
February 07, 2026426: Lobsterfest
Jon copes with flat tires and Eric continues AI coding adventures. Much ado about crustaceans, apple working towards ending carrier tracking, and abusing Microsoft to send scams. Weavesilk.com is fun to play with, and Google deepmind is attempting to understand dolphins.

0:00 - Intro

8:38 - Openclaw Renaming

11:09 - Closing the Carrier Loophole

17:04 - Power BI Abuse

22:57 - Weave Silk

24:58 - Dolphin Gemma
...more
28min
January 30, 2026425: Grumpy Old Men
Eric does more AI coding and avoids water problems. Jon makes some AI coding discoveries and we're not talking about automobile water problems. Everybody uses a browser at work. Python RATs discovered in spell checkers. Eric looks through windows around the world and Jon introduces us to Gladys West.

0:00 - Introduction

8:42 - Browsers Everywhere

13:17 - Spell Checker RATs

17:23 - Windows around the World

19:22 - Gladys West and GPS
...more
25min

FAQs about Mostly Security:

How many episodes does Mostly Security have?

The podcast currently has 549 episodes available.