Episode 318 - Social engineering and why zlib got a 2018 CVE ID
Josh and Kurt talk about hackers using emergency data requests to gain access to sensitive data. The argument that somehow backdoors can be protected falls under this problem. We don't yet have the te...
11 Apr 202230min
Episode 317 - The lack of compromise in security
Josh and Kurt talk about the binary nature of security. Many of our ideas are yes or no, there's not much in the middle. The conversation ends up derailed due to a Twitter thread about pinning depende...
4 Apr 202232min
Episode 316 - You have to use open source
Josh and Kurt talk about the latest NPM backdoored package. It feels like this keeps happening. We talk about why this is and why it's probably OK. Kurt fixes Linus' Law, in open source the superpower...
28 Mar 202230min
Episode 315 - Who even makes all these terrible decisions?
Josh and Kurt talk about Microsoft accidentally letting us find out about ads in file explorer. Changing your clocks sucks. And touch on some of the security implications of the Russian invasion and s...
21 Mar 202233min
Episode 314 - The Linux Dirty Pipe vulnerability
Josh and Kurt talk about the Linux Kernel Dirty Pipe security vulnerability. This bug is an amazing combination of amazing complexity, incredible simplicity, and a little bit of luck. The discovery is...
14 Mar 202226min
Episode 313 - Insecurity at scale
Josh and Kurt talk about the challenges of security at scale. Specifically we focus on why a lot of security starts to fall apart once you have to do something more than a few times. There's a lot of ...
7 Mar 202231min
Episode 312 - The Legend of the SBOM
Josh and Kurt talk about SBOMs. Not what they are, there's plenty about that. We talk about why everyone keeps claiming they're super important, and why we're starting to see some people question if w...
28 Feb 202234min
Episode 311 - Did you scan the QR code?
Josh and Kurt talk about the Coinbase Super Bowl ad. It was a QR code, lots of security people were aghast at how many people scanned the QR code. The reality is scanning QR codes isn't dangerous. Wha...
21 Feb 202232min
