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. From beekeeping adventures to hiking mounta... more

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Mostly Security episodes:

July 29, 2022242: Mostly Fun, Vol. 1
Jon and Eric were unable to connect this week - so Eric takes a look back at a few of the "Something Fun" topics over the last several years. Enjoy!

0:00 - Intro

0:32 - Episode 8

1:11 - First Amazon Purchases

4:51 - Jon's Beekeeping Journey Begins

6:30 - Episode 42

6:51 - 42

9:23 - Episode 96

9:53 - Hacking Passwords

13:48 - Crazy Sauce

18:42 - Episode 156

19:27 - Star Wars Scroll Creator

22:20 - Arecibo Collapse

25:18 - Chapel of the Ancients

28:15 - Human Nature

28:59 - Outro
...more
30min
July 23, 2022241: Kafkaesque
Jon is in Germany touring cathedrals and Eric is unable to spend money. Cybersecurity apprenticeship programs, Rust-based ransomware and yet another breach. Eric finds hacking fly brains interesting and Jon admires Reims Cathedral.

0:00 - Intro

8:27 - No Sale for NSO Group

9:15 - Cybersecurity Apprenticeships

12:42 - Rust Ransomware

16:09 - Debt Collection Ransomware

20:25 - Hacking Fly Brains

23:28 - Reims Cathedral
...more
29min
July 15, 2022240: Mystery Pipes
Eric enjoying summer and Jon stressed out. Honda key fobs vulnerable to replay attacks, if you mine bitcoin in texas you're cut off, and how to sell a billion dollars in fake Cisco hardware. And (drumroll....) the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are in, and they're stunning. Enjoy!

0:00 - Intro

21:37 - Rolling-PWN

27:51 - Bitcoin Shutdown in Texas

32:48 - Fake Cisco Hardware

38:49 - First Images from JWST!
...more
44min
July 09, 2022239: Humans are Expensive
Eric has a rollercoaster week, Jon counts his bees. Instagram is a ghost, North Korea adds targets to ransomware attacks, and Lawyers hire hackers to get information for litigation. Eric share Absurd Trolley Problems and Jon asserts Code is Just.

0:00 - Intro

14:54 - Boo, Instagram

24:38 - NK Ransomware Attacks

28:56 - Hacking for Lawyers

33:54 - Absurd Trolley Problems

36:21 - Code is Just
...more
43min
July 01, 2022238: Washing Dishes In The Bathtub
Eric feeling better and reading more, Jon fighting squirrels and bees. Are mass resignations incoming? How about some job applicants using Deepfakes then. The price of bitcoin may be hurting North Korea, and if you own the webview you can extract critical data. For fun we have a media hat trick: a podcast (The Joy of Why), a video (Japanese nail-less (de-)construction), and a book (Kaiju Preservation Society).

0:00 - Intro

14:58 - Resignations Incoming?

19:47 - Deepfake Job Applicants

23:17 - Bitcoin Crash Hurts North Korea

26:42 - WebView2 Apps

32:21 - The Joy of Wh(y)

34:44 - Look Ma, No Nails

36:01 - Kaiju Preservation Society
...more
41min
June 24, 2022237: Stop Whacking the Mole
Jon got surprised by last minute concert tickets and has moar internet. Eric gets ill and reads a lot. A US defense contractor wants NSO group tool and some Modified Elephant followup. FBI chases a LinkedIn cryptocurrency scam, scammers chase unpatched Confluence servers, and the US DOJ catches a Russian botnet. Eric appreciates Lava Lamp Encryption and Jon follows up again on CRISPR.

0:00 - Intro

13:35 - NSO technology takeover

15:20 - Elephants planting evidence

18:44 - LinkedIn cryptocurrency scam

24:44 - Confluence bug exploit

27:32 - RSocks proxy seized

30:32 - Lava lamp encryption

34:50 - 100% effective so far!
...more
39min
June 18, 2022236: Dripping Blue
Eric builds bee boxes and Jon's bees aren't doing so well. Oh, and bees "can be included under the law's definition of 'fish'." Three named vulnerabilities this week: PACMAN, SynLapse, and Hertzbleed. Although two of them shouldn't be much of a concern for most of the #realWorld. For fun we have a frustrating game, a beaver internet outage in Canada, and a faceID patent to detect the veins in your face.

0:00 - Intro

10:56 - Bees Are Fish?

13:52 - PACMAN

18:14 - SynLapse

27:00 - Hertzbleed

34:05 - QWOP

37:43 - Leave it to Beaver

40:29 - Face (veins) ID
...more
44min
June 11, 2022235: A Leaky Bike Bucket
Eric has no kitchen, Jon misses the symphony and almost catches a swarm. More "Death to Passwords" talk from Apple, an S3 Bucket exposed, and CISA warns about the top PRC exploits. Eric dives into a new book series and Jon watches more YouTube.

0:00 - Intro

16:00 - Apple Passkey

29:46 - Mobike Bucket

33:52 - CISA Alerts

38:49 - Cradle Series by Will Wight

43:39 - Out of the Woods YouTube
...more
47min
June 04, 2022234: Mutant Tree Ent Overlords
Jon fails at grafting and a Weekend at Eric's. Come for the Bad Guys, stay for the animation. Future cyber predictions, WSL malware, and the Polonium actor group. For fun we have lab grown wood products and the new AI artist in town.

0:00 - Intro

9:15 - The Bad Guys

15:54 - Cybersecurity in the Future

25:09 - WSL Malware Increasing

30:09 - Exposing Polonium Activity

35:54 - Lab Grown Wood

40:51 - AI Can't Spell
...more
48min
May 28, 2022233: A Pleasant Trip To The DMV
Jon talks bees, Eric has a boring weekend. Good news for "Good Faith" hackers. How to steal open source libraries "for science" and the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Eric ponders stolen NFTs and Jon considers Viking Ships.

0:00 - Intro

13:08 - Good Faith Hackers

16:41 - Library Theft

19:13 - Sock Puppets

25:55 - Verizon Report

31:36 - Stolen NFTs

36:43 - Viking Ship
...more
42min

FAQs about Mostly Security:

How many episodes does Mostly Security have?

The podcast currently has 507 episodes available.