Podcast – Page 6 – Open Source Security

Episode 326 – Big fat containers

Josh and Kurt talk about containers. There are a lot of opinions around what type of containers is best. Back when it all started there were only huge distro sized containers. Now we have a world with many different container types and sizes. Is one better? Show Notes Programming in the Apocalypse Bob Diachenko Paranoids Podcast

Episode 325 – Is one open source maintainer enough?

Josh and Kurt talk about a recent OpenSSF issue that asks the question how many open source maintainers should a project have that’s “healthy”? Josh did some research that shows the overwhelming majority of packages have one maintainer. What does that mean? Show Notes OpenSSF TAC Issue 101

Episode 324 – WTF is up with WFH

Josh and Kurt talk about the whole work from home debate. It seems like there are a lot of very silly excuses why working from home is bad. We’ve both been working from home for a long time and have a chat about the topic. There’s not much security in this one, but it isContinue reading “Episode 324 – WTF is up with WFH”

Episode 323 – The fake 7-Zip vulnerability and SBOM

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Josh and Kurt talk about a fake 7-Zip security report. It’s pretty clear that everyone is running open source all the time. We end on some thoughts around what SBOM is good for, and who should be responsible for them. Show Notes Probably fake 7-Zip

Episode 322 – Adam Shostack on the security of Star Wars

Josh and Kurt talk to Adam Shostack about his new book “Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars”. We discuss some of the lessons and threats in the Star Wars universe, it’s an old code I hear. We also discuss if Star Wars is a better than Star Trek for teaching security (it probably is). It’sContinue reading “Episode 322 – Adam Shostack on the security of Star Wars”

Episode 321 – Relativistic Security: Project Zero on 0day

Josh and Kurt talk about the Google Project Zero blog post about 0day vulnerabilities in 2021. There were a lot more than ever before, but why? Part of the challenge is the whole industry is expanding while a lot of our security technologies are not. When the universe around you is expanding but you’re stayingContinue reading “Episode 321 – Relativistic Security: Project Zero on 0day”

Episode 320 – Security Twitter is not the real world

Josh and Kurt talk about a survey about a TuxCare patch management and vulnerability detection. Sometimes our security bubble makes us forget what it’s like in the real world for the people who keep our infrastructure running. Patching isn’t always immediate, automation doesn’t fix everything, and accepting risk is very important. Show Notes State of Enterprise Vulnerability DetectionContinue reading “Episode 320 – Security Twitter is not the real world”

Episode 319 – Patch Tuesday with a capital T

Josh and Kurt talk about a lot of security vulnerabilities in this month’s Patch Tuesday. There’s also a new Git vulnerability. This sparks the age old question of how fast to patch? The answer isn’t binary, the right answer is whatever works best for you, not what someone tells you is best. Show Notes Patch Tuesday Git securityContinue reading “Episode 319 – Patch Tuesday with a capital T”

Episode 317 – The lack of compromise in security

Josh and Kurt talk about the binary nature of security. Many of our ideas are yes or no, there’s not much in the middle. The conversation ends up derailed due to a Twitter thread about pinning dependencies. This gives you an idea how contentious of a topic pinning is. The final takeaway is not toContinue reading “Episode 317 – The lack of compromise in security”