Ready, Set, Secure

In this episode Michael and Nick sit down with Contrast Security Co-Founder and CTO Jeff Williams to discuss legacy, modern, and future Application Security.

Things Mentioned:

·       https://www.contrastsecurity.com/appsec-observability-report-promo

·       https://threatpost.com/leak-exposes-private-data-of-genealogy-service-users/157612/

·       https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/opinions/howto-security-expertise-developers/  by Dan Cornell

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Hosts: Michael Farnum and Nick DiPasquale

Produced by: Set Solutions

Edited by: Lauren Lynch

Music Credit: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode Michael and Nick talk to Senior Cloud Security Consultant, Victor Mendoza, and Senior Product Manager, Eric Wolff, about the rapidly changing world of key management.  

Things Mentioned:

• https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ccpa-how-to-prepare-for-californias-new-privacy-law-before-enforcement-starts-july-1
• https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/09/tech/tiktok-security-threat/index.html
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-secret-service-reports-an-increase-in-hacked-managed-service-providers-msps/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-vGwHoQvQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2IdpL7mpzo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y_yBI4ptU

Do you have questions for the hosts? Reach out to us on our website at https://www.setsolutions.com/contact/

Hosts: Michael Farnum and Nick DiPasquale

Produced by: Set Solutions

Edited by: Lauren Lynch

In this episode Michael and Nick talk to Senior Threat Hunter Joel Bork about collective defense strategy. 

Things Mentioned:

• https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2020/06/multi-stage-apt-attack-drops-cobalt-strike-using-malleable-c2-feature/
• https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/the-golden-tax-department-and-the-emergence-of-goldenspy-malware/
• https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/vulnerabilities-declining-in-open-source-but-slow-patching-still-a-problem/d/d-id/1338179 

Do you have questions for the hosts? Reach out to us on our website at https://www.setsolutions.com/contact/

Hosts: Michael Farnum and Nick DiPasquale

Produced by: Set Solutions

Edited by: Lauren Lynch

Music Credit: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode Michael and Nick talk to Senior Security Solutions Architect Brett Wyer about what the team has discovered in the data protection lab.

Things Mentioned:

• https://www.setsolutions.com/how-to-mfa-the-right-way-part-1/
• https://www.setsolutions.com/how-to-mfa-the-right-way-part-2/
• https://www.setsolutions.com/how-to-mfa-the-right-way-part-3/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9K-XEu-b8&t=12s
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb20-30.html
• https://www.imperva.com/blog/imperva-takes-on-its-largest-recorded-account-takeover-attack-on-a-single-company/
• https://www.natlawreview.com/article/federal-court-finds-cybersecurity-forensic-report-not-privileged-under-attorney-work 

Do you have questions for the hosts? Reach out to us on our website at https://www.setsolutions.com/contact/

Hosts: Michael Farnum and Nick DiPasquale

Produced by: Set Solutions

Edited by: Lauren Lynch

Music Credit: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Consulting Services Practice Lead Justin Hutchens and Red Team Security Consultant John Dearman team up to deep dive into the emerging threat landscape.

Show notes:

•  https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/rootless-containers-the-next-trend-in-container-security/
• https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/rare-nsa-advisory-about-russia-based-cyberattacks-unlikely-to-stop-them/d/d-id/1337962
• https://duo.com/decipher/google-makes-dns-over-https-default-in-chrome

Music Credit: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week on the Set Solutions podcast Nick and Michael sit down with Brandt Varni to discuss an upcoming white paper on real time logging and monitoring in the cloud. Stay tuned until the very end to catch our chat with Splunk Partner Sales Manager Michael James!

Show Notes: 

•  https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-hacker-group-using-http-status-codes-to-control-malware-implants/
• https://www.informationweek.com/big-data/big-data-analytics/why-everyones-data-and-analytics-strategy-just-blew-up/a/d-id/1337692
• https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/want-to-improve-cloud-security-it-starts-with-logging/a/d-id/1337383
• To join us for our June 4th Lunch and Learn reach out to your AM or go to https://www.setsolutions.com/events/

Music Credit: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this weeks episode Michael Farnum (CTO) and Nick DiPasquale (Sr. Security Solutions Architect) sit down with Victor Mendoza (Sr. Cloud Security Consultant) to discuss Encryption and Key Management. 

Show Notes

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shade-ransomware-shuts-down-releases-750k-decryption-keys/
• https://www.inforisktoday.com/cognizant-ransomware-attack-disrupting-services-a-14155
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/04/22/14-tech-pros-predict-the-next-big-thing-in-cybersecurity-and-encryption/#3336ce61f5eb

Tune in this week as we talk to Justin Hutchens, Set Solutions Consulting Services Practice Lead, about MFA, penetration testing, and much more!

Show Notes:

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-helped-stop-a-botnet-controlled-via-an-led-light-console/
• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/decades-old-unemployment-systems-cant-handle-record-demand
• https://blog.reversinglabs.com/blog/mining-for-malicious-ruby-gems
• https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/04/microsoft-buys-corp-com-so-bad-guys-cant/

Set Solutions CTO, Michael Farnum, sits down with Nick DiPasquale (Senior Solutions Architect) and Jonathan Townsend (VP of Engineering) to cover some of the latest security threats and introduce Set's brand new video series! 

Show notes are linked below:

• https://threatpost.com/spearphishing-campaign-exploits-covid-19-to-spread-lokibot-infostealer/154432/
• https://komonews.com/news/consumer/scammers-try-to-cash-in-on-government-stimulus-payments
• https://threatpost.com/self-propagating-malware-docker-ports/154453/
• https://cti-league.com/category/cti-league/
• YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNq-xT3FpTf5tq2btC6zjiA
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