Podcast

Josh and Kurt talk to the authors of a new book The Fifth Domain. Dick Clarke and Rob Knake join us to discuss the book, cybersecurity, US policy, how we got where we are today and what the future holds for cybersecurity. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_154_Chat_with_the_authors_of_the_book_The_Fifth_Domain.mp3 Show Notes The Fifth Domain Dick Clarke Rob Knake Future State Podcast Show Tags #FifthDomain #Cybersecurity Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag

Josh and Kurt talk about user expectations around Facebook’s AI. Normal people are starting to see the capabilities and potential risk with all these services. We also cover the topic of China owning a number of VPN services. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_153_The_unexpected_security_of_AI_photographs_and_VPN.mp3 Show Notes Facebook’s AI descriptions China owns a lot of VPNs VPN comparison Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag

Josh and Kurt talk about the disclosure of security vulnerabilities. It’s still not a settled topic, we frame the conversation around a recent disclosure from Tavis Ormandy of Google Project Zero. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_152_Tavis_breaks_the_world_again.mp3 Show Notes Tavis Tavis ruins everything cDc book France Bans Judge Analytics Elastic Source Code Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag

Josh and Kurt talk to David Brumley. The CEO of ForAllSecure and professor at CMU. We discuss when David’s team won the Cyber Grand Challenge, what the future of automated security looks like, and what ForAllSecure is doing. It’s a fascinating window into the future of the industry. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_151_The_Darpa_Cyber_Grand_Challenge_with_David_Brumley.mp3 Show Notes David Brumley ForAllSecure Cyber Grand Challenge Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag

Josh and Kurt talk about the future Chrome and ad blockers. There is a lot of nuance to unpack around this one. There are two versions of the Internet today. One with an ad blocker and one without. The Internet without an ad blocker is a dystopian nightmare. The actionable advice at the end of this one is to use Firefox. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_150_Our_ad_funded_dystopian_present.mp3 Show Notes Chrome ad blocking Firefox Mozilla funding Donate to Firefox Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...

Josh and Kurt have a chat with Michael Coates from Altitude Networks. We cover what Altitude is up to as well as general trends we’re seeing around data security in the cloud. Michael lays out his vision for “data first security”. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_149_Chat_with_Michael_Coates_about_data_security.mp3 Show Notes Michael Coates Altitude Networks Michael’s Keynote Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag

Josh and Kurt talk about public disclosure of a security incident. We start out with a story about Canva, then discuss what do you do if you have a security incident? Who do you tell, what do you tell them. How do you tell your story? It’s a really hard problem even if it’s something you’ve done many times in the past. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_148_You_just_got_pwnt_what_now.mp3 Show Notes Dave Hall First Canva message Second Canva message Forklift safety Pixar Toy Story 2 Non financial database Eating Crow Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...

Josh and Kurt talk about a new type of lockbox scams. We also discuss Slack being a target for nation state attacks. Do you consider your operations part of your supply chain?It’s totally part of your supply chain. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_147_Scams_and_operations_as_part_of_the_supply_chain.mp3 Show Notes Lock Box Scam Slack nation state hacker target Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag

Josh and Kurt talk about Microsoft. They’re probably not the bad guys anymore, which is pretty wild. They’re adding a Linux kernel to Window. Can we declare open source the unquestionable winner now? https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_146_What_the_happened_to_Microsoft.mp3 Show Notes Github contribution report Are we the baddies? Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag

Josh and Kurt talk about fire. We discuss the history of fire prevention and how it mirrors many of things we see in security. There are lessons there for us, we just hope it doesn’t take 2000 years like it did for proper fire prevention to catch on. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_145_What_do_security_and_fire_have_in_common.mp3 Show Notes History of firefighting Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag