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Interview with Barrett Lyon Why do we need a Parallel Internet? Barrett details his journey to build truly private access to the Internet. My first thought was, "why not VPN? Why not TOR?" He has good answers to both. To get there, he had to ship his own hardware all over the world. He had to stand up a CDN. DNS. BGP. Anti-DDoS. This is more than just a safer, more secure way to access the Internet - it is an API-driven, optionally agent-controlled software-defined network. And it's a consumer-priced product that starts at $6 a month? My head is spinning. Note: this is NOT a sponsored segment, I'm just legitimately fascinated by it! When this was pitched to me, it sounded so outlandish, I almost passed on it. Then I saw that Barrett created and sold 5 companies, two of which were major anti-DDoS vendors. Clearly, this guy knows how to build serious, scalable infrastructure. Enjoy the conversation! Segment Resources: The main website: https://doxx.net Doxx.net Discord channel: https://discord.gg/595hAxHH4 Bar

Tor, PhP2Shell, Deepfakes, eMudhra, LiteLLM, Meta, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-627

Special guest Joshua Wright joins us for a timely incident-response discussion! Then, in the security news this week: Have you heard about PHP2Shell? Certificates with keys small enough to guess Tor exit nodes turn into SSH credential traps Do USB-C cables need firmware updates now? HaleHound packs a radio lab into a cheap display Claude solves part of the NIST curve mystery The Army and self-directed offensive cyber agents Retired nuclear reactors return to power AI PatchSlop NGINX, NODE.js patches critical flaws BeyondTrust exploited before the patch landed Plex vulnerabilities move from PoC to exploitation ICS patches, including a Siemens flaw exploited in the wild Can fake data trigger Japan’s emergency alert? Agentic pentests? AI may add noise more than skill AI agents navigate OT and move equipment AI model helps build a Chrome exploit Utah’s VPN law runs into technical reality Segment Resources: https://dynamicincidentresponse.com/ - A New Era for Incident Response! Visit https://www.securityweekly.c

In this episode, Kriss Stephen, Principal Solutions Architect at Semperis, explores the concept of the Minimum Viable Company and the three foundational capabilities every organization needs to withstand and recover from a cyberattack. Drawing from his experience in identity security and cyber resilience, Kriss shares practical lessons on how organizations can prioritize recovery, protect critical identity systems, and maintain business operations during disruptive incidents. Listeners will gain actionable insights into building resilience before a breach occurs and accelerating recovery when it matters most. Segment Resources: Part 1: Minimum Viable Company: True Cyber Resilience Starts with Identity https://www.semperis.com/blog/minimum-viable-company-true-cyber-resilience-starts-with-identity/ Part 2: Minimum Viable Company: Cyber Resilience Beyond the Breach https://www.semperis.com/blog/minimum-viable-company-cyber-resilience-beyond-the-breach/ Part 3: Minimum Viable Company: Enabling Visibility, Contr

Klingons, Stop and Shop, OvHCloud, Microsoft, Plex2Shell, ReactOS, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-626

The OWAS Mobile Application Security (MAS) project recently released an updated version of its guidance, with excellent advice organized into common weaknesses, a verification standard for devs (MASVS), and a testing guide (MASTG). Ryan Lloyd and Jan Seredynski from Guardsquare dive into the project to talk about how it's been updated, how orgs can use it, and the challenges orgs face in managing their mobile frameworks and environments. We also cover how agents and LLMs are impacting mobile security and what future iterations of the MAS project might include for securing mobile apps interacting with LLMs or being written by LLMs. Finally, we share practical ways for developers to get involved as OWASP contributors and advocates. Segment Resources: https://mas.owasp.org https://mas.owasp.org/MASWE/ https://hubs.ly/Q04ykvgm0 This segment is sponsored by Guardsquare. Visit https://securityweekly.com/guardsquare to learn more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: ht

Interview with Michael Jenkins from ThreatLocker Securing AI on the Endpoint - Zero Trust or Bust Michael joins us for the first time to discuss strategies for securing the latest evolution of AI: local endpoint-based AI agents. Tools like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Google AntiGravity give employees the power to build any software or workflow they can imagine, but what is the risk impact? These models aren't shy about adopting and downloading libraries, tools, and untrusted software to fulfill the goals they've been given. We explore how execution control and ringfencing can add some sanity and security to the process. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Topic Segment: Anthropic Dreams of AI Replicants Of all the things AI labs could be researching or cooking up, I wouldn't have guessed AI worms distributing inference across smart TVs would be on the list, but here we are. Adrian, Tyler, and Ayman mull over this strange researc

Mr. Sparkle, Burger King, Pwnscape, Linux, Cisco, GitHub, Microsoft, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-625

In the security news this week: Convert this router into an SDR Ivanti straight to root Anthropic’s AI worm FUD A kernel exploit to fix downloads Supermarket refrigeration attacks 400 mystery Java vulnerabilities Authentication bypass Russia meets the data-center war Stop & Shop attacked Anthropic cuts eval agents AI incident reporting FortiBleed lives Anthropic offers scanning Pre-compromised phones FakeGit returns Teams deepfake detection Let’s Encrypt certificates get shorter GitLab ships another critical patch Engineer gets prison time for locking thousands of devices OpenAI employee accused of planting a hidden recorder Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-948

Businesses face severe challenges when balancing short-term efficiency with long-term adaptability against unforeseen cyber events. And Artificial Intelligence has only added to those challenges. How should organizations prepare? Bill O'Connell, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Commvault, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss why CISOs must think like resilient boxers, not fortresses. Bill will discuss why the CISO is becoming the Chief Resilience Officer and why they need to focus on Availability and Recovery. Bill's four areas of focus include: AI Governance and Controls Configuration Management Backup and Recovery, and Testing Balancing artificial intelligence risk with productivity gains requires organizations to manage the tension between speed, security, and human oversight. The business wants to move fast, but security has concerns and employees fear for their jobs. How can organization adopt AI while eliminating friction points? In this CyberRisk TV interview, Matt Alderman speaks with Ryan Grant

Claude Registers for Citizenship, Yandex, Danfoss, Bricks, Purgatorius, Muse, Xandr, Grindr, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-624

To celebrate our 404th episode we discuss what's not found in modern appsec and what still exists that should become not found. The conversation starts with a classic problem of appsec -- looking for a reliable vuln prioritization methodology. But we expand from there to challenge whether a focus on vulns and patches is even the right choice for an appsec program. Then it's on to incentives, the role of agents in writing and securing software, and what we should be looking for to bring new appsec practitioners into the industry. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-404

Interview with Hadar Krasner, Co-Founder and CPO of Bold Security This week's interview with Hadar is a fascinating dive into the history of data security and why they chose to tackle endpoint-focused data security. We discuss why securing data is traditionally such a challenging task, making it clear why Bold is such a fitting name for the company. After 30 minutes, we barely scratched the surface and are hoping we can have them back soon for another interview! Segment Resources: https://www.bold.security/blog/endpoint-data-ai-human-risk-convergence https://www.bold.security/blog/what-is-real-time-endpoint-data-protection-bold-makes-it-a-reality This segment is sponsored by Bold Security. Visit https://securityweekly.com/bold-security to learn more about them! Topic - Don't Let AI Ruin Your Talk In this week's topic segment, we discuss the emerging epidemic of low-effort AI-generated slides. AI can definitely make slide creation less painful, but you still need to put some effort in to make a good lookin

Airline Zoom Calls, School Picture Day, Windows, TP-Link, AgentCorruption, OSS Scanner, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-623

In the security news this week: BPFDoor OpenSSH compresses a little too much AI can find bugs. Who gets them fixed? TP-Link and the courts Cisco NX-API ClingSTUN LineageOS, Android TV, and a Raspberry PI Dell’s updater has a privilege problem SonicWall SSRF U-Boot’s LogoFAIL like Exploit-DB isn’t dead MFA passes. The attacker still gets in. LakeShark and cool gadgets Kasa cameras and an exposed debug interface SharePoint hardening is back on the checklist Google pauses open-source bug bounty submissions NetScaler’s latest vulnerability needs a closer look Kiteworks tells customers to shut it down Exchange gets an unexpected security update Do LLMs actually reason? disagree on AI risk? Anthropic, AI consciousness and the Vatican Grok gets involved in foreign policy WordPress malware that survives cleanup Can spyware vendors stop their own tools? When an AI chatbot conversation reaches the police Open-weight AI models enter the cyber debate AI agents take their attacks shopping Visit https://www.securityweekl

Harvest-Now-Decrypt-Later attacks are already in motion. Unmanaged keys and outdated algorithms are active weaknesses within an organization's infrastructure. When quantum decryption arrives, the fallout will be immediate—compliance gaps, lost trust, and financial impact. How should organizations prepare? Vijay Viswanathan, Vice President of Product at ISARA Corporation, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss quantum safe security. For most organizations, cryptography is hidden, therefore it's risk is hidden or unknown. Vijay will discuss how to prepare for Q day, including the steps that should be taken now: Cryptographic discovery and posture analysis Executive communication on cryptographic risks Mitigation and migration strategies Crypto agility for ongoing maintenance Segment Resources: https://isara.com/blog-posts/enterprise-buyers-guide-for-quantum-safe-security/?utmsource=podcast&utmmedium=segment-resource&utm_campaign=bsw This segment is sponsored by ISARA Corporation. Visit https://sec

Typing, textGrain, NetScaler again, Fortinet, Copilot, LibreOffice, Dots, Aaran Leyland, and More on the Security Weekly News. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-622

The principle of least privilege access is ubiquitous in recommendations, but perhaps too uncommon in practice. Alex Olivier explains how the AuthZen Working Group has been approaching new standards, guidelines, and practical deployment patterns to make it easier for orgs to establish more refined and correct access policies. It's a problem that predates LLMs, but also one that agents and MCPs made all the more acute. We talk about what intent means when trying to constrain agents' activities, what role LLMs have in policy decisions, and how LLMs can help create a much-needed inventory of access controls. Segment Resources: https://www.cerbos.dev/blog/dimmer-switch-not-a-kill-switch-rethinking-ai-agent-governance https://www.cerbos.dev/blog/multi-hop-delegation-ai-agents https://openid.net/wg/authzen/ Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/asw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-403

Interview with Aqsa Taylor Exaforce's Chief Security Evangelist, Aqsa, joins us to discuss the current state of the AI SOC and why it covers so much more than it did over 2 years ago, when our podcast first started covering this market. Exaforce also recently released AI Security and its ExaGo mobile app - we're very excited about the possibility of analyzing incidents at the grocery store! This segment is sponsored by Exaforce. Visit https://securityweekly.com/exaforce to learn more about them! Topic Segment - Regulating AI The AI industry's sandbox escapes have had a big impact on everyone and unsurprisingly, there's a bill proposing to ban some AI products and pause the development of others. It seems that, increasingly, as pro-AI and anti-AI groups become more polarized and divided, you could start an entire podcast that does nothing but fact-check both sides. We're an emotional species and it seems the more heated debate gets, the more folks on both sides are willing to straight-up fabricate things to he

RAM, Muse, CloudSyncD, Springsteen, Who Owns Your Software?, Persistence, Michael Jenkins, CTO of ThreatLocker, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News. Segment Resources: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-ai-agents-steal-600k-credit-cards-infect-100-plus-sites-with-skimmers/ This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-621