Josh and Kurt talk to Tony Meehan from Elastic (formerly Endgame) about endpoint detection, response, protection, and even SIEM. Tony has a great history coming from the NSA and has a number of great stories to help understand the topics. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_186_Endpoint_security_with_Tony_Meehan.mp3 Show Notes Tony Meehan Rob Joyce on Disrupting Nation State Hackers Bobby Filar living off the land blog Dwell time graph Snowboarder vs Tree Show Tags #EndpointSecurity Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...

Josh and Kurt talk about the Linux Foundation Census 2. There is a lot of talk around how to fix open source security, but the reality is we can’t fix it. We need to stop trying to fix what isn’t broken and engineering around the system we have, not the system we want. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_185_Is_it_even_possible_to_fix_open_source_security.mp3 Show Notes Linux Foundation Census 2 Core Infrastructure Initiative Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...

Josh and Kurt talk about the sale of the corp.com domain. Is it going to be the end of the world, or a non event? We disagree on what should happen with it. Josh hopes an evildoer buys it, Kurt hopes for Microsoft. We also briefly discuss the CIA owning Crypto AG. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_184_Its_DNS_Its_always_DNS.mp3 Show Notes corp.com is for sale CIA owned Crypto AG Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...

Josh and Kurt talk about a huge working from home experiment because of the the Coronavirus. We also discuss some of the advice going on around the outbreak, as well as how humans are incredibly good at ignoring good advice, often to their own peril. Also an airplane wheel falls off. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_183_The_great_working_from_home_experiment.mp3 Show Notes Work from home Hacker News discussion CDC advice How to wash your hands Air Canada flight without running wather Airplane wheel falling off Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...

Josh and Kurt talk about open source maintainers and building communities. While an open source maintainer doesn’t owe anyone anything, there are some difficult conversations around holding back a community rather than letting it flourish. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_182_Does_open_source_owe_us_anything.mp3 Show Notes Actix-web story Lodash Possible Lodash security issue Javascript libraries are almost never updated Ularn Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag

Josh and Kurt talk about SIM swapping. What is it, how does it work. Why should you care? There’s not a ton you can do to protect yourself, but we go over some of the basic concepts and what to watch out for. It’s unfortunate this is still a problem. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_181_The_security_of_SIM_swapping.mp3 Show Notes Five Major US Wireless Carriers Are Vulnerable to SIM Swapping Edmonton Police SIM swap website Show Tags #SIMSwap Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...

Josh and Kurt talk about two recent vulnerabilities that have had very different outcomes. One was the Citrix remote code execution flaw. While the flaw is bad, the handling of the flaw was possibly worse than the flaw itself. The other was the Microsoft ECC encryption flaw. It was well handled even though it was hard to understand and it is a pretty big deal. As all these things go, fixing and disclosing vulnerabilities is hard. ...

Josh and Kurt talk about the updated Google Project Zero disclosure policy. What’s the new policy, what does it mean, and will it really matter? We suspect it will improve some things, but won’t drastically change much. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_179_Google_Project_Zero_and_the_90_day_clock.mp3 Show Notes Google and 90 day patch disclosure Upgrading all Windows versions Show Tags #GoogleProject0 #CoordinatedDisclosure #ResponsibleDisclosure Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag

Josh and Kurt talk about a discussion on Twitter about if discovering CVE IDs is important for a resume? We don’t think it is. We also discuss the idea of ransomware putting a company out of business. Did it really? Possibly but it probably won’t create any substantial change in the industry. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_178_Are_CVEs_important_and_will_ransomware_put_you_out_of_busines.mp3 Show Notes Games Done Quick Ransomware puts company out of business 1 in 5 companies shut down due to ransomware Laura Shin SIM Swap Podcast Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...

Josh and Kurt talk about marketplace safety and security. Will we ever see an end to the constant flow of counterfeit goods? The security industry has the same problem the marketplace industry has, without substantial injury we don’t see movement towards meaningful change. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_177_Fake_or_real_The_security_of_counterfeit_goods.mp3 Show Notes BrickLink Cars in Canada lighting on fire President Roosevelt used Al Capone’s Limo Dangerous car seats Fake external hard drive Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...