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Quantum AI Drones, Ransomhub, Pixel, Mad Liberator, the return of Russ Beauchemin, and More on the Security Weekly News

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-407

Early on in his career Spaf was working with microcode and continued to work on technical projects. As time went on he realized that focusing on the non-technical work, such as policies and shaping our thinking, would help move the needle. Borrowing concepts from his book on the subject, we will delve into some cybersecurity myths such as: Are users really the weakest link? Are cybersecurity vendors truly incentivized to provide better security? Do we agree on what cybersecurity really means? - Do not miss this segment!

This week: Option ROMS are a novel way to compromise a system at the lowest level, Sinkclose opens AMD processors up to attacks, at home in your firmware exploiting SMM complete with examples, Sonos speakers get hacked and enable attackers to listen in on your conversations, DEF CON badges use new chips and are not without controversy, lasers that can steal your passwords, it was a regex, Larry updates us on some IoT research, attackers have your SSN, and more updates from last week's hacker summer camp!

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-839

In this conversation, the hosts discuss patchless patching, vulnerabilities in the Windows TCP/IP stack, and the trustworthiness of Microsoft. They highlight the challenges of marketing in the cybersecurity industry and the importance of building trust with customers. The conversation also touches on the need for vendors to prioritize security and code quality over rushing products to market. Overall, the hosts express concerns about the frequency of security vulnerabilities and the potential impact on customer trust. Other topics of discussion include the Innovators and Investors Summit at Black Hat, the potential sale of Trend Micro, layoffs in the industry, and the controversy surrounding room searches at DEF CON. They also touch on the concept of time on the moon and its implications for future lunar missions.

Devo, the security analytics company, recently launched data orchestration, a data analytics cloud, and security operations center (SOC) workflow enhancements. Enterprise security teams are struggling with growing data volumes—and they’re also up against headcount and budget constraints. These solutions offer security teams data control, cost optimizations, and efficient automation for better security outcomes.

Segment Resources: https://www.devo.com/defend-everything/

This segment is sponsored by Devo. Visit https://securityweekly.com/devobh to learn more about how Devo's new solutions can streamline your security operations.

As security monitoring has gotten more mature over the years, remediating security vulnerabilities is still stuck in the dark ages requiring mountains of CVE reports and thousands of manual tasks to be done by network engineers at the wee hours of the nights and weekends. Cyber resilience requires a more continuous approach to remediation, one that does not depend on manual work but also one that can be trusted not to cause outages.

This segment is sponsored by BackBox. Visit https://securityweekly.com/backboxbh to learn more about them!

Many cybersecurity experts are calling recent attacks on healthcare more sophisticated than ever. One attack disrupted prescription drug orders for over a third of the U.S. and has cost $1.5 billion in incident response and recovery services. Separately, an operator of over 140 hospitals and senior care facilities in the U.S. was also victimized. These attacks are becoming all too common. Disruptions can lead to life-and-death situations with massive impacts on patient care. All industries, especially healthcare, have to better prepare for ransomware attacks. Are you ready to turn the tables on threat actors? Marty Momdjian, Semperis EVP and General Manager provides advice on how hospitals can regain the upper hand.

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The annual report details the latest ransomware attack trends and targets, ransomware families, and effective defense strategies. Findings in the report uncovered an 18% overall increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year, as well as a record-breaking ransom payment of US$75 million – nearly double the highest publicly known ransomware payout – to the Dark Angels ransomware group.

Segment Resources: For a deeper dive into best practices for protecting your organization and the full findings, download the Zscaler ThreatLabz 2024 Ransomware Report Link below - https://zscaler.com/campaign/threatlabz-ransomware-report

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-372

Startups and small orgs don't have the luxury of massive budgets and large teams. How do you choose an appsec approach that complements a startup's needs while keeping it secure. Kalyani Pawar shares her experience at different ends of an appsec maturity spectrum.

In complex software ecosystems, individual application risks are compounded. When it comes to mitigating supply chain risk, identifying backdoors or unintended vulnerabilities that can be exploited in your environment is just as critical as staying current with the latest hacking intel. Understand how to spot and reduce the risk to your environment and prevent disruption to your operation.

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Every mobile device connecting to enterprise assets hosts a unique blend of work and personal apps, creating a complex landscape of innumerable vulnerabilities. Thankfully, methods exist to provide security teams with the real-world insights necessary to proactively address threats and shield against attacks targeting mobile apps and device endpoints. Nikos Kiourtis, CTO at Quokka, shares the latest findings in mobile security, outlining emerging threats and effective measures to reduce your mobile app attack surface – and safeguarding against potential attacks and data breaches.

Segment Resources: - Panelcast with SC Magazine: 8 ways attackers target mobile apps to steal your data (and how to stop them) https://www.scmagazine.com/cybercast/8-ways-attackers-target-mobile-apps-to-steal-your-data-and-how-to-stop-them - Ryan Johnson’s talk at DEF CON 32, “Android App Usage and Cell Tower Location: Private. Sensitive. Available to Anyone?” https://defcon.org/html/defcon-32/dc-32-speakers.html

This segment is sponsored by Quokka. Visit https://securityweekly.com/quokkabh to learn more about their intelligence app solutions!

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-295

DEFCON Hijinx, AMD, Ukraine, FreeBSD, OpenVPN, the Pwnie Awards, Josh Marpet, and more, on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-406

This week, it’s time for security money, our quarterly review of the money of security, including public companies, IPOs, funding rounds and acquisitions from the previous quarter. This quarter, Crowdstrike crashes the index, as Thoma Bravo acquires another index company. The index is currently made up of the following 25 pure play cybersecurity public companies:

• Secureworks Corp
• Palo Alto Networks Inc
• Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
• Rubrik Inc
• Gen Digital Inc
• Fortinet Inc
• Akamai Technologies, Inc.
• F5 Inc
• Zscaler Inc
• Onespan Inc
• Leidos Holdings Inc
• Qualys Inc
• Verint Systems Inc.
• Cyberark Software Ltd
• Tenable Holdings Inc
• Darktrace PLC
• SentinelOne Inc
• Cloudflare Inc
• Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
• NetScout Systems, Inc.
• Varonis Systems Inc
• Rapid7 Inc
• Fastly Inc
• Radware Ltd

• A10 Networks Inc

  In the leadership and communications segment, The Cybersecurity Leadership Crisis Dooming America’s Companies, Judge Rejects SEC’s Aggressive Approach to Cybersecurity Enforcement, Is It Time to Pivot Your Strategy?, and more!

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-360

0.0.0.0, Blacksuit, OpenAI, AWS, Cisco Phones, Win 10, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News.

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-405

In this interview we explore the new and sometimes strange world of redteaming AI. I have SO many questions, like what is AI safety?

We'll discuss her presence at Black Hat, where she delivered two days of training and participated on an AI safety panel.

We'll also discuss the process of pentesting an AI. Will pentesters just have giant cheatsheets or text files full of adversarial prompts? How can we automate this? Will an AI generate adversarial prompts you can use against another AI? And finally, what do we do with the results?

Resources:

• PyRIT AI redteaming tool
• Microsoft's AI redteaming guide

We chat with Sounil Yu, co-founder of LLM access control startup, Knostic. We discuss both the experience of participating in Black Hat's startup competition, and what his company, Knostic, is all about. Knostic was one of four finalists for Black Hat's Startup Spotlight competition and was announced as the winner on August 6th.

References

• DarkReading: Knostic Wins 2024 Black Hat Startup Spotlight Competition
• Knostic's Website

, in the enterprise security news,

1. AI is still getting a ton of funding!
2. Netwrix acquires PingCastle
3. Tenable looks for a buyer
4. SentinelOne hires Alex Stamos as their new CISO
5. Crowdstrike doesn’t appreciate satire when it’s at their expense
6. Intel begins one of the biggest layoffs we’ve ever seen in tech
7. Windows Downdate
8. RAG poisoning
9. GPT yourself
10. The Xerox Hypothesis

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-371

This week, Downgrade attacks, bootloader fun, check your firmware before you wreck your firmware, you've got mail server issues, Ivanti is the new Rhianna, you should update your BIOS, Openwrt dominates, and attacking the security tools for fun and profit!

Learn what is most interesting at hacker summer camp this year!

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-838

Fake IDS, Storm Bamboo, uBlock, Rhysida, Snake, Delta, TikTok, Josh Marpet, and more, on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-404