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Special cases are special: DNS, Websockets, and CSV
Episode 199
Josh and Kurt talk about a grab bag of topics. A DNS security flaw, port scanning your machine from a web browser, and CSV files running arbitrary co…
5 years, 9 months ago
Good advice or bad advice? Hang up, look up, and call back
Episode 198
Josh and Kurt talk about the Krebs blog post titled "When in Doubt: Hang Up, Look Up, & Call Back". In the world of security there isn't a lot of act…
5 years, 9 months ago
Beer, security, and consistency; the newer, better, triad
Episode 197
Josh and Kurt talk about what beer and reproducible builds have in common. It's a lot more than you think, and it mostly comes down to quality contro…
5 years, 10 months ago
Pounding square solutions into round holes: forced updates from Ubuntu
Episode 196
Josh and Kurt talk about automatic updates. Specifically we discuss a recent decision by Ubuntu to enable forced automatic updates. There are lessons…
5 years, 10 months ago
Is BPG actually insecure?
Episode 195
Josh and Kurt talk about the uproar around Cloudflare's "Is BGP safe yet" site. It's always interesting watching how much people will push back on n…
5 years, 10 months ago
Working from home security: resistance is futile
Episode 194
Josh and Kurt talk about the new normal that's working away from an office. It's not exactly working from home as there are some unforeseen challenge…
5 years, 10 months ago
Security lessons from space: Apollo 13 edition
Episode 193
Josh and Kurt talk about space. We intended to focus on Apollo 13 but as usual we have no ability to stay on topic. There is a lot of fun space discu…
5 years, 10 months ago
Work without progress - what Infosec can learn from treadmills
Episode 192
Josh and Kurt talk about Kurt's recent treadmill purchase and the lessons we can lean in security from the consumer market. The consumer market has l…
5 years, 11 months ago
Security scanners are all terrible
Episode 191
Josh and Kurt talk about security scanners. They're all pretty bad today, but there are some things we can do to make them better. Step one is to un…
5 years, 11 months ago
Building a talent "ecosystem"
Episode 190
Josh and Kurt talk about building a talent ecosystem. What starts out as an attempt by Kurt to talk about Canada evolves into a discussion about how…
5 years, 11 months ago