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Disclosing security issues is insanely complicated: Part 1
Episode 159
Josh and Kurt talk about disclosing security flaws. It's a topic that's come up a few times in the last few weeks and it's more complicated than it's…
6 years, 6 months ago
The mess that we call credit agencies in the US
Episode 158
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 …
6 years, 6 months ago
Backdoors and snake oil in our cryptography
Episode 157
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 v…
6 years, 6 months ago
What if we MitM a whole country?
Episode 156
Josh and Kurt talk about Kazakhstan requiring citizens to place a government controlled root CA certificate on their computers. How does this work. W…
6 years, 7 months ago
Stealing cars and ransomware
Episode 155
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 wi…
6 years, 7 months ago
Chat with the authors of the book "The Fifth Domain"
Episode 154
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, ho…
6 years, 8 months ago
The unexpected security of AI, photographs, and VPN
Episode 153
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…
6 years, 8 months ago
Tavis breaks the world ... again
Episode 152
Josh and Kurt talk about the disclosure of security vulnerabilities. It's still not a settled topic, we frame the conversation around a recent disclo…
6 years, 8 months ago
The DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge with David Brumley
Episode 151
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 t…
6 years, 8 months ago
Our ad funded dystopian present
Episode 150
Josh and Kurt talk about the future Chrome and ad blockers. There is a lot of nuance to unpack around this one. There are two versions of the Interne…
6 years, 9 months ago