Tor, PhP2Shell, Deepfakes, eMudhra, LiteLLM, Meta, Josh Marpet, and More - SWN #627

Interview with Barrett Lyon Why do we need a Parallel Internet? Barrett details his journey to build truly private access to the Internet. My first thought was, "why not VPN? Why not TOR?" He has good answers to both. To get there, he had to ship his own hardware all over the world. He had to stand up a CDN. DNS. BGP. Anti-DDoS. This is more than just a safer, more secure way to access the Internet - it is an API-driven, optionally agent-controlled software-defined network. And it's a consumer-priced product that starts at $6 a month? My head is spinning. Note: this is NOT a sponsored segment, I'm just legitimately fascinated by it! When this was pitched to me, it sounded so outlandish, I almost passed on it. Then I saw that Barrett created and sold 5 companies, two of which were major anti-DDoS vendors. Clearly, this guy knows how to build serious, scalable infrastructure. Enjoy the conversation! Segment Resources: The main website: https://doxx.net Doxx.net Discord channel: https://discord.gg/595hAxHH4 Barrett's previous work mapping the internet for the Opte project: https://www.opte.org Vibe Check Which security acronym/phrases deserves to be retired? 38% - XDR 25% - Zero Trust 25% - UEBA 6% - CNAPP 6% - Non-Human 0% - Other (leave a comment) Nothing like some acronym soup and buzzwords to really get people out to vote! Shared anger can be a powerful thing, and I’m here for the rants. I have to agree with the top three votes: XDR, Zero Trust, and UEBA (User and Entity Behavior Analytics). CNAPP can see ya later, and since agents outnumber humans 100-1,000 to 1 now, can we call our user accounts “Pro-Human” instead of calling service accounts and agent IDs “Non-Human”? I’m currently raising on this business concept - pre-revenue, pre-TAM, pre-founder, and pre-idea. Expecting to close a $150M pre-seed at a $100B post-money valuation in the next few weeks. Let me know if you want in. ???? Top Comments “Other - The “AI TRiSM” term can go kick the biggest of rocks” “Other - Shift left” “My god I have always hated zero trust and would love to see it die. What a stupid, over-the-top & exaggerated phrase to just basically mean that having a bunch of unauth/flat user roles things is bad… how an entire category of the industry managed to piggyback off cloud to make ZTNA a thing I’ve no idea. Also led to the annoying trend of overly segmenting all the things. rant over” Enterprise Weekly News Finally, in the enterprise security news, We check out funding There are a lot of acquisitions And a round of layoffs A tech startup goes out of business after two breaches Private keys should be larger than “4” PHP2Shell disrupts everyone’s plans this week Want to impress your friends with the quirkiest 2FA authenticator ever? Stick around until the end of the news. All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-482

Tor, PhP2Shell, Deepfakes, eMudhra, LiteLLM, Meta, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-627

Special guest Joshua Wright joins us for a timely incident-response discussion! Then, in the security news this week: Have you heard about PHP2Shell? Certificates with keys small enough to guess Tor exit nodes turn into SSH credential traps Do USB-C cables need firmware updates now? HaleHound packs a radio lab into a cheap display Claude solves part of the NIST curve mystery The Army and self-directed offensive cyber agents Retired nuclear reactors return to power AI PatchSlop NGINX, NODE.js patches critical flaws BeyondTrust exploited before the patch landed Plex vulnerabilities move from PoC to exploitation ICS patches, including a Siemens flaw exploited in the wild Can fake data trigger Japan’s emergency alert? Agentic pentests? AI may add noise more than skill AI agents navigate OT and move equipment AI model helps build a Chrome exploit Utah’s VPN law runs into technical reality Segment Resources: https://dynamicincidentresponse.com/ - A New Era for Incident Response! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-949

In this episode, Kriss Stephen, Principal Solutions Architect at Semperis, explores the concept of the Minimum Viable Company and the three foundational capabilities every organization needs to withstand and recover from a cyberattack. Drawing from his experience in identity security and cyber resilience, Kriss shares practical lessons on how organizations can prioritize recovery, protect critical identity systems, and maintain business operations during disruptive incidents. Listeners will gain actionable insights into building resilience before a breach occurs and accelerating recovery when it matters most. Segment Resources: Part 1: Minimum Viable Company: True Cyber Resilience Starts with Identity https://www.semperis.com/blog/minimum-viable-company-true-cyber-resilience-starts-with-identity/ Part 2: Minimum Viable Company: Cyber Resilience Beyond the Breach https://www.semperis.com/blog/minimum-viable-company-cyber-resilience-beyond-the-breach/ Part 3: Minimum Viable Company: Enabling Visibility, Control, Resilience https://www.semperis.com/blog/minimum-viable-company-enabling-visibility-control-resilience/ This segment is sponsored by Semperis. Visit https://securityweekly.com/semperis to learn more about them! In the leadership and communications segment, Crisis Communication for Boards handbook, Unclear AI risk ownership could leave CISOs in familiar scapegoat role, Optimism Is Now an Essential Leadership Skill, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-470

Klingons, Stop and Shop, OvHCloud, Microsoft, Plex2Shell, ReactOS, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-626

The OWAS Mobile Application Security (MAS) project recently released an updated version of its guidance, with excellent advice organized into common weaknesses, a verification standard for devs (MASVS), and a testing guide (MASTG). Ryan Lloyd and Jan Seredynski from Guardsquare dive into the project to talk about how it's been updated, how orgs can use it, and the challenges orgs face in managing their mobile frameworks and environments. We also cover how agents and LLMs are impacting mobile security and what future iterations of the MAS project might include for securing mobile apps interacting with LLMs or being written by LLMs. Finally, we share practical ways for developers to get involved as OWASP contributors and advocates. Segment Resources: https://mas.owasp.org https://mas.owasp.org/MASWE/ https://hubs.ly/Q04ykvgm0 This segment is sponsored by Guardsquare. Visit https://securityweekly.com/guardsquare to learn more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-405

Interview with Michael Jenkins from ThreatLocker Securing AI on the Endpoint - Zero Trust or Bust Michael joins us for the first time to discuss strategies for securing the latest evolution of AI: local endpoint-based AI agents. Tools like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Google AntiGravity give employees the power to build any software or workflow they can imagine, but what is the risk impact? These models aren't shy about adopting and downloading libraries, tools, and untrusted software to fulfill the goals they've been given. We explore how execution control and ringfencing can add some sanity and security to the process. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Topic Segment: Anthropic Dreams of AI Replicants Of all the things AI labs could be researching or cooking up, I wouldn't have guessed AI worms distributing inference across smart TVs would be on the list, but here we are. Adrian, Tyler, and Ayman mull over this strange research. It is too loose to be an academic paper, but maybe should have been? Is really a pressing AI risk we should be worried about right now? Why did Anthropic choose to focus on smart TVs and not more powerful IoT devices? Weekly Enterprise News Finally, in the enterprise security news, we discuss the vibes certified organic books don’t mess with criminals the history of ShinyHunters building strategies on the wrong lessons crypto wallet supply chain drama Hot refrigerators Reddit is great for breach tracking Microsoft patch Tuesday is on track to hit 12,000 patches by next April All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-481

Mr. Sparkle, Burger King, Pwnscape, Linux, Cisco, GitHub, Microsoft, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-625

In the security news this week: Convert this router into an SDR Ivanti straight to root Anthropic’s AI worm FUD A kernel exploit to fix downloads Supermarket refrigeration attacks 400 mystery Java vulnerabilities Authentication bypass Russia meets the data-center war Stop & Shop attacked Anthropic cuts eval agents AI incident reporting FortiBleed lives Anthropic offers scanning Pre-compromised phones FakeGit returns Teams deepfake detection Let’s Encrypt certificates get shorter GitLab ships another critical patch Engineer gets prison time for locking thousands of devices OpenAI employee accused of planting a hidden recorder Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-948

Businesses face severe challenges when balancing short-term efficiency with long-term adaptability against unforeseen cyber events. And Artificial Intelligence has only added to those challenges. How should organizations prepare? Bill O'Connell, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Commvault, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss why CISOs must think like resilient boxers, not fortresses. Bill will discuss why the CISO is becoming the Chief Resilience Officer and why they need to focus on Availability and Recovery. Bill's four areas of focus include: AI Governance and Controls Configuration Management Backup and Recovery, and Testing Balancing artificial intelligence risk with productivity gains requires organizations to manage the tension between speed, security, and human oversight. The business wants to move fast, but security has concerns and employees fear for their jobs. How can organization adopt AI while eliminating friction points? In this CyberRisk TV interview, Matt Alderman speaks with Ryan Grant, Country Manager for the US and Canada at ESET, about building cyber resilience in the AI era. They discuss findings from ESET’s 2026 S&P Cyber Readiness Index, including the continued challenges organizations face with basic cyber hygiene, the growing sophistication of phishing attacks, and the impact AI is having on traditional threats. Grant explains why organizations should focus on foundational security practices before layering AI-specific defenses on top, including multifactor authentication, access controls, endpoint detection and response, vulnerability and patch management, and incident response planning. He also addresses the rise of shadow AI and AI agents, emphasizing the need for clear policies, governance, access controls, employee training, and continuous monitoring. The conversation also explores the challenges facing SMBs with limited cybersecurity resources and how managed service providers and security-as-a-service offerings can help close the gap. Grant discusses ESET’s newly redesigned Protect offering, which combines security technology, 24/7 monitoring, vulnerability and patch management, multifactor authentication, premium support, and a cyber warranty into a simplified package designed to help organizations strengthen their security posture and focus on prevention. Segment Resources: ESET free AI Skills Checker: ESET AI Skills Checker: https://www.eset.com/us/home/ai-skills-checker/ WeLiveSecurity Blog: Learn more about Guardbreaker, AI skills in the ESET H1 Threat Report, and more: www.welivesecurity.com SMB 2026 Cyber Readiness Index: https://www.eset.com/us/about/newsroom/research/eset-2026-smb-cyber-readiness-index/ This segment is sponsored by ESET. Visit https://securityweekly.com/eset to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-469