Episode 158 - The mess that we call credit agencies in the US
Josh and Kurt talk about the current state of credit security freezes in the US. We recount a thrilling tale of all the things Josh had to do to get new Internet service. It was all quite silly really...
26 Aug 201927min
Episode 157 - Backdoors and snake oil in our cryptography
Josh and Kurt talk about snakeoil cryptography at Black Hat and the new backdoored cryptography fight. Both of these problems will be with us for a very long time. These are fights worth fighting beca...
19 Aug 201930min
Episode 156 - What if we MitM a whole country?
Josh and Kurt talk about Kazakhstan requiring citizens to place a government controlled root CA certificate on their computers. How does this work. What does it mean for the citizens of Kazakhstan, an...
29 Juli 201929min
Episode 155 - Stealing cars and ransomware
Josh and Kurt talk about a new way to steal cars because a service didn't do proper background checks. We also discuss how this relates to working with criminals, such as ransomware, and what it means...
22 Juli 201927min
Episode 154 - Chat with the authors of the book "The Fifth Domain"
Josh and Kurt talk to the authors of a new book The Fifth Domain. Dick Clarke and Rob Knake join us to discuss the book, cybersecurity, US policy, how we got where we are today and what the future hol...
16 Juli 201931min
Episode 153 - The unexpected security of AI, photographs, and VPN
Josh and Kurt talk about user expectations around Facebook's AI. Normal people are starting to see the capabilities and potential risk with all these services. We also cover the topic of China owning ...
8 Juli 201934min
Episode 152 - Tavis breaks the world ... again
Josh and Kurt talk about the disclosure of security vulnerabilities. It's still not a settled topic, we frame the conversation around a recent disclosure from Tavis Ormandy of Google Project Zero.
1 Juli 201930min
Episode 151 - The DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge with David Brumley
Josh and Kurt talk to David Brumley. The CEO of ForAllSecure and professor at CMU. We discuss when David's team won the Cyber Grand Challenge, what the future of automated security looks like, and wha...
24 Juni 201930min
