Episode 351 - Is security or usability a law of the universe?
Josh and Kurt talk about end to end encrypted messages. This has been a popular topic lately due to the Mastodon popularity. Mastodon has a uniquely insecure messaging system, but they aren't the only...
28 Nov 202233min
Episode 350 - Spam, Email, Content Moderation, and Infrastructure Oh My
Josh and Kurt talk about email security and the perils of trying to run your own mail infrastructure. We then get into discussing the value and danger of trying to run your own infrastructure, email, ...
21 Nov 202231min
Episode 349 - The cyber is coming from inside the house - the UK is scanning itself
Josh and Kurt talk about the UK plan to scan their country's IP space. The purpose and outcome of this isn't completely clear at this point, but we are hopeful the data can be used as a positive force...
14 Nov 202231min
Episode 348 - OpenSSL is the new lead paint
Josh and Kurt talk about the recent OpenSSL nothingburger. OpenSSL got everyone whipped into a frenzy over a critical vulnerability, then changed the severity to high. The correct solution to this who...
7 Nov 202233min
Episode 347 - Airtags in luggage and weasel security - two peas in a suitcase
Josh and Kurt talk about Lufthansa trying to ban Airtags. This has a similar feel to all the security events where a company tries to hand waive away a security problem then having to walk back all th...
31 Okt 202233min
Episode 346 - Security and working from home have terrible things in common
Josh and Kurt talk about stories detailing tech working with multiple jobs. This raises some questions about fairness, accountability, and the future of work. As an industry we are very bad at measuri...
24 Okt 202232min
Episode 345 - Cheap hacking devices turn security upside down
Josh and Kurt talk about ineffective security from the past we still use today. There has been a great deal of progress in the last few decades bringing us amazing products like the Flipper Zero, came...
17 Okt 202230min
Episode 344 - Python tarfile - 2022 is nothing like 2007
Josh and Kurt talk about a newly rediscovered old python vulnerability. It raises a lot of questions about what was OK in 2007 vs what's OK in 2022. The issue is very complicated and has a wild story ...
10 Okt 202234min
