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Josh and Kurt talk about Network Time Security (NTS) how it works and what it means for the world (probably not very much). We also talk about Singapore’s Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (CLS). It probably won’t do a lot in the short term, but we hope it’s a beacon of hope for the future. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_220_Securing_network_time_and_IoT.mp3 Show Notes Network Time Security NTP and the University of Wisconsin Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (CLS)

Josh and Kurt have a chat with Larry Cashdollar. The three of us go way back. Larry has done some amazing things and he tells us all about it! https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_219_Chat_with_Larry_Cashdollar.mp3 Show Notes Akamai Larry’s website Larry’s First CVE

Josh and Kurt talk about change. Specifically we discuss how the past was a terrible place. Never believe anyone who tells you it was better. Part of a career now is learning how to learn. The things you learn today won’t be useful skills in a few years. The future is is always better than the past. Even in 2020. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_218_The_past_was_a_terrible_place.mp3 Show Notes I no longer build software Temple OS Top Gear electric car 1959 Bel Air crash test

This tweet from Jim Manico really has me thinking about why we like to consider security bugs special. There are a lot of tools on the market today to scan your github repos, containers, operating systems, web pages … pick something, for security vulnerabilities. I’ve written a very very long series about these scanners and why they’re generally terrible today but will get better, but only if we demand it. I’m now wondering why we want to consider security special. Why do we have an entire industry focused just on security bugs? ...

Josh and Kurt talk to Travis Murdock about how to tell your story. Travis explains how to talk to the press and how to tell our story in a way that helps get our message across and lets the reporter do their job better. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_217_How_to_tell_your_story_with_Travis_Murdock.mp3 Show Notes Ruder Finn CVE-2009-3555 Heartbleed

Josh and Kurt talk about how we talk about what we do in the context of life on Venus. We didn’t really discover life on Venus, we discovered a gas that could be created by life on Venus. The world didn’t hear that though. We have a similar communication problem in security. How often are your words misunderstood? https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_216_Security_didnt_find_life_on_Venus.mp3 Show Notes Phosphine on Venus GPS and relativity

Josh and Kurt talk about attacking open source. How serious is the threat of developers being targeted or a git repo being watched for secret security fixes? The reality of it all is there are many layers in a security journey, the most important things you can do are also the least exciting. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_215_Real_security_is_boring.mp3 Show Notes Targeting developers XKCD Infrastructure comic Hiding security flaws in git Mossad vs Not-Mossad (PDF warning)

Josh and Kurt talk about how your actions can tell the world if you actually take security seriously. We frame the discussion in the context of Slack paying a very low bug bounty and discover some ways we can look at Slack and decide if they do indeed take our security very seriously. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_213_Security_Signals_What_are_you_telling_the_world.mp3 Show Notes Reddit carbon monoxide Part 1 Part 2 GCP Grey minus infinity Josh’s blog post

Every company tells you they take security seriously. Some even take it very seriously. But do they? I started to think about this because of a recent Slack bug. I think there are a lot of interesting things we can look at to decide if a company is taking security seriously or if the company thinks security is just a PR problem. I’m going to call the behavior we want to look at “security signals”. ...

Josh and Kurt talk about Chromium sending traffic to root DNS servers. Telemetry watching what we do. Cryptocurrency scams and a few other random topics. Also pandas. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_212_Grab_Bag_The_Security_We_Deserve_Edition.mp3 Show Notes Blanket rack Chromium DNS traffic Ubuntu MOTD Microsoft telemetry YAM coin implodes Panda Cubs