Tales From The SOC

When AI marketing hype meets cryptographic conspiracy theory - Duck and David bring you another "Classic Crypto" episode.

In the late 1990s, NIST and the NSA came up with a set of elliptic curve parameters for US and global cryptographic use. For nearly 30 years, experts have been asking, "Did they or didn't they tamper with the process?" Now, Anthropic says it's finally answered that question.

Our plain-speaking hosts take you on an entertaining and insightful journey through this terrific techno-tale, with no more cynicism than strictly necessary!

Co-hosts Duck and David explain how and why the main forms of MFA work, while at the same time reminding you of the cybersecurity risks that MFA can't solve.

A delightfully jargon-free, plain-English discussion of a technology that's usually wrapped up and pitched in a high-tech frenzy of buzzwords. Listen, enjoy... and learn while you're about it!

A delightfully provocative discussion of 0-days, bug disclosures, and the very concept of Patch Tuesday.

Co-hosts Duck and David challenge entrenched and stodgy industry practices, all with their usual sales-free wit and sensitivity.

Co-hosts Paul Ducklin and David Emerson present an informative guide to using AI safely in your business.

No FUD, no hype, and no excitable marketing. Lots of plain-English insight, all presented with their customary good humor.

Are the shiniest new threats worse than the disruptive disorder of history? 

Paul Ducklin and David Emerson are in great form, as always - thoughtfully outspoken but infectiously good humored at the same time.

Co-hosts Duck and David have more Classic Crypto tales, way back in Shakespeare's time! Insider threats, social engineering, scammer trickery, state-sponsored actors, cryptographic cracking, forged authentication - today's cybersecurity woes, more than 400 years ago.

Co-hosts Duck and David tell the GUNMAN story, a fascinating Cold War tale of USA versus USSR. Learn how the KGB sidestepped American cryptography with a keylogger that demands technical respect (and teaches valuable lessons) to this day, and how the NSA fought back.

Co-hosts Duck and David take a look at B2B. But they don't mean business-to-business, they mean BACK TO BASICS. Because some cybersecurity problems aren’t best solved by technology. (With humor and good grace throughout!)

Co-hosts Duck and David ask some tricky cybersecurity questions, including, "How do you know you're doing the right things to start with?"

Co-hosts Duck and David take an informed and entertaining look at "the sins of the past" - long-standing bugs that we could so easily have avoided, but didn't.