Josh and Kurt talk about ineffective security from the past we still use today. There has been a great deal of progress in the last few decades bringing us amazing products like the Flipper Zero, cameras that can peer inside locks, and even software defined radio. A great deal of security relies on people not having easy access to these cheap devices. What does this mean for the future of security? ...
Josh and Kurt talk about a newly rediscovered old python vulnerability. It raises a lot of questions about what was OK in 2007 vs what’s OK in 2022. The issue is very complicated and has a wild story surrounding it. There is no reason to not fix this in 2022. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_344_Python_tarfile_2022_is_nothing_like_2007.mp3 Show Notes CVE-2007-4559 Red Hat Bug Register story Response from upstream Upstream patch ZippSlip Current upstream bug CSURF
Josh and Kurt talk about a blog post that explains there isn’t really an open source software supply chain. The whole idea of open source being one thing is incorrect, open source is really a lot of little things put together. A lot of companies and organizations get this wrong. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_343_Stop_trying_to_fix_the_open_source_software_supply_chain.mp3 Show Notes Iliana’s Twitter There is no “software supply chain” Google supply chain blog GitHub ansi_term advisory PyPI 2FA Dashboard tarfile issue rediscovered in 2022
Josh and Kurt talk about programming language ecosystems tracking and publishing security advisory details. We are at a point in the language ecosystems where they are giving us services that have historically been reserved for operating systems. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_342_Programming_languages_are_the_new_operating_system.mp3 Show Notes Kelsey Hightower tweet OSS-Fuzz
Open source has always been held to a higher standard. It has always surpassed this standard. I ran across a story recently about a proposed bill in the US Congress that is meant to “help” open source software. The bill lays out steps CISA should take to help secure open source software. This post isn’t meant to argue if open source needs to be fixed (it doesn’t), but rather let’s consider the standards and expectations open source is held to. ...
Josh and Kurt talk about the Time Till Open Source Alternative blog post. The numbers probably don’t mean what we think they mean anymore. A lot of modern open source is really corporate controlled. Just because something carries an open source license doesn’t mean you can contribute to it. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_341_Time_till_open_source_alternative.mp3 Show Notes Time Till Open Source Alternative GitHub Desktop issue 78 The Reddit Safe
Josh and Kurt talk with Josh Aas from the Internet Security Research Group about Let’s Encrypt, Prossimo, and Divvi Up. A lot has changed since the last time we spoke with Josh. Let’s Encrypt won, and the ISG are working on some really cool new projects. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_340_Lets_chat_about_Lets_Encrypt_with_Josh_Aas.mp3 Show Notes Josh Aas Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) Let’s Encrypt Let’s Encrypt stats Episode 87 – Chat with Let’s Encrypt co-founder Josh Aas New Major Funding from the Ford Foundation ISRG annual reports
I take a bike ride every morning, it’s a nice way to think about topics of the day. I’ve been wondering lately why software supply chain security has exploded in popularity in the last year or so. Nothing happens by accident, so there must be some series of events we can point at that has led to everyone suddenly making this a priority. Software supply chain security is not new, I’ve been doing it since about 2002 when I was helping track and coordinate security vulnerabilities in Linux distributions. We didn’t call it a supply chain back then, and nobody really paid attention to it. So what changed between then and now? ...
Josh and Kurt talk about really weird networking bugs. Josh tells a story about his home network problems that made no sense. There was also a qt5 bug that affected wireless networks that made virtually no sense. What should count as a security vulnerability? https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_339_Is_a_network_problem_a_security_vulnerability.mp3 Show Notes Resolving an unusual wifi issue Hacker News thread Global Security Database IdeaPad 5 14ARE05
Josh and Kurt talk about the recent National Defense Authorization Act that requires security vulnerabilities to be fixed. What does this mean for us, is it as bad as some people are claiming it is? It’s actually not a huge deal, for most of us it’s really just time to deal with product security. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_338_The_government_didnt_make_vulnerabilities_illegal_Yet.mp3 Show Notes The Hacker Mind The Untold Stories of Open Source H.R.7900 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 Kurt’s blog post