Paul's Security Weekly (Video)

Fast cars kill people, Apple 0-Days, memory safety, poisoning the well, babble babble and malware that tries really hard to be stealthy, Palto Alto and Fortinet have some serious new vulnerabilities, open-source isn't free, but neither is commercial software, get on the TPM bus, find URLs with stealth, stealing credentials with more Palto Alto and Fortinet, the first zoom call, and one person's trash is another person's gaming PC!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-852

Black Hats & White Collars: We know criminal hacking is big business because we've spied on them! Ken comes on the show to talk about chasing and stalking criminals, even if it means sacrificing some of your own personal safety.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-852

We kicked things off by talking about the Holiday Hack Challenge, which is like this massive cyber playground that Sans puts out every year for everyone from fifth graders to government spooks. Ed Skoudis broke down how they're changing things this time, with an early release and a phased approach that'll give you more time to play and learn. But the real mind-bender was when Ed spilled the beans on how they build this whole thing using one giant Google sheet - I mean, we're talking hundreds of tabs, color-coded cells, and JSON to create entire virtual worlds. Then we covered the rest of the security news including hacking Mazda's infotainment system and more!

Segment Resources:

• https://sans.org/holidayhack

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-851

Alright, so we dove deep into some pretty wild stuff this week. We started off talking about zip files inside zip files. This is a variation of old-school zip file tricks, and the latest method described here is still causing headaches for antivirus software. Then we geeked out about infrared signals and the Flipper Zero, which brought back memories of the TV-B-Gone. But the real kicker was our discussion on end-of-life software and the whole CVE numbering authority mess. Avanti's refusal to issue a CVE for their end-of-life product sparked a heated debate about cybersecurity accountability and conflicts of interest.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-851

In the news: Pacific Rim, Linux on Windows for attackers, one of the worst cases of a former employee's retaliation, Zery-Day FOMO, we predicted that, hacking for fun, working hard for no PoC, an LLM that discovers software vulnerabilities, absurd fines, long usernames and Okta, and paying a ransom with dough!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-850

We chatted with Kayne about education systems security, funding for cyber tools and services, and what the future of education might look like to fill more cyber roles.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-850

Google's cookie encryption drama, Microsoft accusing Google of shady antitrust tactics, AI shenanigans, the rejected Defcon talk and hacking traffic lights, vulnerabilities in Realtek SD card readers, the never-ending debate on quantum computing vs. cryptography, backdoors are not secrets and where we are pushing attackers, firmware leakage, more on Windows Downgrade (and UEFI locks), super nerdy Linux things, EDR is dead, well not really but more on how to make it not phone home, bypassing memory scanners, couple of Bluetooth hacking things, and a really awesome article about an IoT 0-Day that is no longer on the Internet.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-849

We had the pleasure of finally having Dave Lewis on the show to discuss shadow IT and security debt. Dave shared some fascinating insights from his long career in cybersecurity, emphasizing the importance of addressing fundamental security issues and the human aspect of security. We delved into the challenges of managing shadow IT, the complexities of security debt, and the need for organizations to prioritize security practices. Overall, it was a great conversation that highlighted the ongoing struggles in our industry and the importance of learning from past mistakes to build a more secure future.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-849

This week: The USB Army Knife that won't break the budget, I don't want to say EDR is useless (but there I said it), Paul's list of excellent hacking tips, FortiJump - an RCE that took a while to become public, do malware care if it's on a hypervisor?, MicroPython for fun and not for hacking?, an unspecified vulnerability, can you exploit speculative execution bugs?, scanning the Internet and creating a botnet by accident.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-848

Andy drops some Microsoft Windows and 365 knowledge as we discuss the details on how we get to secure by default in our Windows and cloud environments.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-848