Do We Need Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Scanning? - Josh Bressers, Adrian Sanabria - PSW #833

Recall III: the Re-Re-Recalling, Russia, Win 10, Phish n Ships, Midnight Blizzard, Emerald Whale, Rob Allen, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Segment Resources: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unitedhealth-says-data-of-100-million-stolen-in-change-healthcare-breach/ This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-427

The future is here! Imagine if you could get into the office, a datacenter, or even an apartment building as easily as you unlock your smartphone. Alcatraz AI is doing exactly that with technology that works similarly to how smartphones unlock using your face. It works in the dark, if you shave off your beard, and so quickly you don't even need to slow down for the scan - you can just keep on walking. We don't often cover physical security, so this interview is going to be a treat for us. There are SO many questions to ask here, particularly for our hosts who have done physical penetration tests, social engineering, and tailgating in the past to get past physical security measures. This week, in the enterprise security news: the latest cybersecurity fundings Cyera acquires Trail Security Sophos acquires Secureworks new companies and products more coverage on Cyberstarts’ sunrise program AI can control your PC public cybersecurity companies are going private Splunk and Palo Alto beef All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Segment description coming soon! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-382

We had the pleasure of finally having Dave Lewis on the show to discuss shadow IT and security debt. Dave shared some fascinating insights from his long career in cybersecurity, emphasizing the importance of addressing fundamental security issues and the human aspect of security. We delved into the challenges of managing shadow IT, the complexities of security debt, and the need for organizations to prioritize security practices. Overall, it was a great conversation that highlighted the ongoing struggles in our industry and the importance of learning from past mistakes to build a more secure future. Google's cookie encryption drama, Microsoft accusing Google of shady antitrust tactics, AI shenanigans, the rejected Defcon talk and hacking traffic lights, vulnerabilities in Realtek SD card readers, the never-ending debate on quantum computing vs. cryptography, backdoors are not secrets and where we are pushing attackers, firmware leakage, more on Windows Downgrade (and UEFI locks), super nerdy Linux things, EDR is dead, well not really but more on how to make it not phone home, bypassing memory scanners, couple of Bluetooth hacking things, and a really awesome article about an IoT 0-Day that is no longer on the Internet. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-849

Halloween, TikTok Rip Off, Telcos, Win 11, Five Eyes, AWS, France, ChatGPT, and more on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-426

In the leadership and communications segment, The CISO Mindset: A Strategic Guide for Aspiring CEOs and The Board Members, The Top Strategy to Earn More Respect at Work: A Leadership Expert’s Proven Method, The Problem with Mandating Office Presence Without Purpose, and more! Identity continues to be one of the most used attack vectors by cybercriminals. From phishing to credential stuffing to password spraying – threat actors are finding new ways to infiltrate systems and cause costly problems to companies. David Bradbury, Chief Security Officer at Okta, joins Security Weekly's Mandy Logan to discuss today's threat landscape, what he’s seeing across Okta and our customers and what security leaders need to know about identity threats to stay one step ahead of threat actors today. Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/oktane/ https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-openid-foundation-tech-firms-tackle-todays-biggest-cybersecurity/ Though 75% of cybersecurity professionals say the threat landscape today is the most challenging they’ve seen in the last five years, cutbacks on the cybersecurity workforce and widening skills gaps are creating challenges for the industry. It is becoming harder to find people with the right skills to meet growing and evolving needs. Erin Baudo Felter, Vice President, Social Impact & Sustainability at Okta, joins Security Weekly's Mandy Logan to discuss the widening cybersecurity skills gap and the initiatives Okta has in place to help companies develop, recruit and retain talent within the cybersecurity workforce. Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/oktane/ This segment is sponsored by Oktane, to view all of the CyberRisk TV coverage from Oktane visit https://securityweekly.com/oktane. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-370

Better TLS implementations with Rust, fuzzing, and managing certs, appsec lessons from the everlasting transition to IPv6, LLMs for finding vulns (and whether fuzzing is better), and more! Also check out this presentation from BSides Knoxville that we talked about briefly, https://youtu.be/DLn7Noex_fc?feature=shared Generative AI has been the talk of the technology industry for the past 18+ months. Companies are seeing its value, so generative AI budgets are growing. With more and more AI agents expected in the coming years, it’s essential that we are securing how consumers interact with generative AI agents and how developers build AI agents into their apps. This is where identity comes in. Shiven Ramji, President of Customer Identity Cloud at Okta, will dive into the importance of protecting the identity of AI agents and Okta’s new security tools revealed at Oktane that address some of the largest issues consumers and businesses have with generative AI right now. Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/oktane/ https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-helps-builders-easily-implement-auth-for-genai-apps-secure-how/ Today, there isn’t an identity security standard for enterprise applications that ensures interoperability across all SaaS and IDPs. There also isn’t an easy way for an app, resource, workload, API or any other enterprise technology to make itself discoverable, governable, support SSO and SCIM and continuous authentication. This lack of standardization is one of the biggest barriers to cybersecurity today. Arnab Bose, Chief Product Officer, Workforce Identity Cloud at Okta, joins Security Weekly's Mandy Logan to discuss the need for a new, comprehensive identity security standard for enterprise applications, and the work Okta is doing alongside other industry players to institute a framework for SaaS companies to enhance the end-to-end security of their products across every touchpoint of their technology stack. Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/oktane/ https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-openid-foundation-tech-firms-tackle-todays-biggest-cybersecurity/ https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-is-reducing-the-risk-of-unmanaged-identities-social-engineering/ This segment is sponsored by Oktane, to view all of the CyberRisk TV coverage from Oktane visit https://securityweekly.com/oktane. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-305

Tourist Abuse, Fortis, apps, TLP, AWS, Google, Chatbots, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-425

Ever heard someone say, "the attacker only has to be right once, but the defender has to get it right every time"? On this episode, we'll dispel that myth. There is some truth to the saying, but only with regards to initial access to the target's environment. Once on the inside, the attacker's advantage flips to the defender. Call it the 'Home Alone' effect. Or the Goonies effect? Die Hard? So many movie metaphors work here! The conversation isn't just about setting traps for attackers, however, there's also a conversation to have about fundamentals and ensuring practitioners are prepared for whatever attackers might throw at them. This segment is inspired by the essay from Lenny by the same name: Transform the Defender’s Dilemma into the Defender’s Advantage The vast majority of the folks working polls and elections are volunteers. This creates a significant training challenge. Not only do they have to learn how to perform a complex and potentially stressful job in a short amount of time (most training is one day or less), cybersecurity-related concerns are usually not included for individual poll location and election workers. Kirsten Davies has a passion project that attempts to solve this, with some concise, accessible, and straightforward training material. It is made available through two PDFs on her new organization's website, instituteforcybercivics.org. Customer Identity is everywhere. It's powering secure experiences for billions - enabling people to check their luggage at the airport, watch their favorite Major League Soccer games, or take their favorite Peloton class. Because it’s everywhere, threat actors now see customer identity as a path to financial gain. Bots now make up nearly 50% of all internet traffic and are being used to steal sign-up bonuses or breach accounts. And cybercriminals are bypassing the login box completely, stealing authenticated session cookies at record rates. Bhawna Singh. Chief Technology Officer of Customer Identity Cloud at Okta joins host Mandy Logan, from Security Weekly, to discuss the current state of customer identity, what developers need to know about securing their applications and what Okta is doing to help developers build applications that decipher a human from a bot. Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/oktane/ https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-helps-builders-easily-implement-auth-for-genai-apps-secure-how/ Whether it’s phishing techniques, password spraying, or social engineering, security leaders today are constantly needing to see past blindspots, educate their workforces, and rethink the enterprise security checklist. Many companies, like Okta, are finding ways to incorporate security within their company culture, as every employee has a role to play in keeping a company secure. Charlotte Wylie, Deputy CSO at Okta, joins Security Weekly's Mandy Logan to discuss what security leaders are being challenged with today when it comes to securing their workforce and from experience with implementing Okta’s Secure Identity Commitment how companies can be prioritizing security within their culture to help prevent threat actors from taking advantage of the weakest link. Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/blog/2024/08/how-okta-fosters-a-security-culture/ https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-openid-foundation-tech-firms-tackle-todays-biggest-cybersecurity/ This segment is sponsored by Oktane. Visit https://securityweekly.com/oktane2024 and use discount code OKTNSC24 to pay only $100 for your full conference pass! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-381

Andy drops some Microsoft Windows and 365 knowledge as we discuss the details on how we get to secure by default in our Windows and cloud environments. This week: The USB Army Knife that won't break the budget, I don't want to say EDR is useless (but there I said it), Paul's list of excellent hacking tips, FortiJump - an RCE that took a while to become public, do malware care if it's on a hypervisor?, MicroPython for fun and not for hacking?, an unspecified vulnerability, can you exploit speculative execution bugs?, scanning the Internet and creating a botnet by accident. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-848

Doom on a Human Brain, E2EE, OT, Adload, Cisco, VMware, Internet Archive, Josh Marpet, and more on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-424