BrakeSec Education Podcast

Guest Info: Name:       Bronwen Aker Contact Information (N/A): https://br0nw3n.com/  Time Zone(s): Pacific, Central, Eastern   –Copy begins–   Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed on this program are solely the views of the individuals involved and by no means represent absolute facts. Opinions expressed by the host and guests can change at any time based on new information and experiences, and do not represent views of past, present, or future employers.   Recorded: https://youtube.com/live/guhM8v8Irmo?feature=share    Show Topic Summary: By harnessing AI, we can assist in being proactive in discovering evolving threats, safeguard sensitive data, analyze data, and create smarter defenses. This week, we’ll be joined by Bronwen Aker, who will share invaluable insights on creating a local AI tailored to your unique needs. Get ready to embrace innovation, transform your work life, and contribute to a safer digital world with the power of artificial intelligence! (heh, I wrote this with the help of AI…) Questions and topics: (please feel free to update or make comments for clarifications) Things that concern Bronwen about AI: (https://br0nw3n.com/2023/12/why-i-am-and-am-not-afraid-of-ai/) Data Amplification: Generative AI models require vast amounts of data for training, leading to increased data collection and storage. This amplifies the risk of unauthorized access or data breaches, further compromising personal information. Data Inference: LLMs can deduce sensitive information even when not explicitly provided. They may inadvertently disclose private details by generating contextually relevant content, infringing on individuals’ privacy. Deepfakes and Misinformation: Generative AI can generate convincing deepfake content, such as videos or audio recordings, which can be used maliciously to manipulate public perception or deceive individuals. (Elections, anyone?) Bias and Discrimination: LLMs may inherit biases present in their training data, perpetuating discrimination and privacy violations when generating content that reflects societal biases. Surveillance and Profiling: The utilization of LLMs for surveillance purposes, combined with big data analytics, can lead to extensive profiling of individuals, impacting their privacy and civil liberties. Setting up a local LLM? CPU models vs. gpu models pros/cons? Benefits? What can people do if they lack local resources? Cloud instances? Ec2? Digital Ocean? Use a smaller model? https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_code_suggestions_sabotage_supply_chain/  AI coding assets are hallucinating package names 5.2 percent of package suggestions from commercial models didn't exist, compared to 21.7 percent from open source or openly available models Attackers can then create malicious packages matching the invented name, some are quite convincing with READMEs, fake github repos, even blog posts An evolution of typosquatting named “slopsquating” by Seth Michael Larson of Python Software Foundation Threat actor "_Iain" posted instructions and videos using AI for mass-generated fake packages from creation to exploitation   Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?): https://www.reddit.com/r/machinelearningnews/s/HDHlwHtK7U https://br0nw3n.com/2024/06/llms-and-prompt-engineering/ - Prompt Engineering talk https://br0nw3n.com/wp-content/uploads/LLM-Prompt-Engineering-LayerOne-May-2024.pdf (slides) Daniel Meissler ‘Fabric’ - https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/16y95hk/a_starter_guide_for_playing_with_your_own_local_ai/  Ollama tutorial (co-founder of ollama - Matt Williams): https://www.youtube.com/@technovangelist https://mhtntimes.com/articles/altman-please-thanks-chatgpt  https://www.whiterabbitneo.com/ - AI for DevSecOps, Security https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/what-is-retrieval-augmented-generation/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuF3Q7jNAEc - neverending story using an LLM https://science.nasa.gov/venus/venus-facts  Show points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaberlin/ Brian Boettcher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bboettcher96/  Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb  Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@brakeseced Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec  

Check out the BrakeSecEd Twitch at https://twitch.tv/brakesec or Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast join the Discord: https://bit.ly/brakesecDiscord https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.14172 - EPSS whitepaper https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jayjacobs1_epss-threatintel-vulnerabiltymanagement-activity-7308146548767404032-RubN https://www.first.org/epss/ https://events.zoom.us/ev/AmoNH3baC7HVqDlDmgUtd2uCmTCMwJXfkR8mG6I5OxzbW01nhRMQ~AoEYQz5ROK4ybE4iX9b0PL-1utz4z0nbyrTjT4lskH_08_zfesR_Q_rNlA - BHIS training with Bronwen Aker on 03 April 2025 Music: Music provided by Chillhop Music: https://chillhop.ffm.to/creatorcred "Flex" by Jeremy Blake Courtesy of Youtube media library

Check out the BrakeSecEd Twitch at https://twitch.tv/brakesec Join the Discord! https://bit.ly/brakesecDiscord Questions and topics: (please feel free to update or make comments for clarifications) * https://techoreon.com/http-flaw-in-apple-passwords-left-iphones-vulnerable/ * https://darkmarc.substack.com/p/attackers-dont-need-exploits-when * https://www.techzine.eu/news/security/129713/the-browser-is-riddled-with-bugs-2025-may-squash-them/ * https://medium.com/@vanvleet/compound-probability-you-dont-need-100-coverage-to-win-a2e650da21a4 (interesting article on quantifying attack risk by your coverage in MITRE) * https://www.promptfoo.dev/blog/agent-security/ * https://www.socvel.com/quiz/ - 20March2025 edition! * https://secureannex.com/blog/buying-browser-extensions/ - interesting article about browser extensions * https://gist.github.com/c0m4r/45e15fc1ec13c544393feafca30e74de?permalink_comment_id=5298117#gistcomment-5298117 * https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/-particle-chrome-extension-sold-to-new-dev-who-immediately-turns-it-into-adware/ * https://arealsociety.substack.com/p/you-can-just-take-things-cyber-letters?r=99bhj - oh boy, cyber ‘letters of marque’ Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?): * VanVleet detection engineering podcast appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DAQkvOyqME * https://medium.com/@vanvleet/technique-analysis-and-modeling-ffef1f0a595a * https://github.com/prodaft/cradle/ * https://blog.talosintelligence.com/css-abuse-for-evasion-and-tracking/ * https://www.gdatasoftware.com/blog/2025/03/38161-analysis-fin7-anubis-backdoor Show points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaberlin/ Brian Boettcher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bboettcher96/ Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@BrakeSecEd Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec Music: Music provided by Chillhop Music: https://chillhop.ffm.to/creatorcred "Flex" by Jeremy Blake Courtesy of Youtube media library

Youtube VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu_smyQGvG4  https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/how-security-teams-fail https://cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-exposes-once-secret-government https://x.com/SteamDB/status/1889610974484705314  – supply chain issues can crop up anywhere… are you blocking people from steam and popular software downloads online? https://www.landh.tech/blog/20250211-hack-supply-chain-for-50k/ https://medium.com/@cyberengage.org/rethinking-incident-response-from-picerl-to-dair-7b153a76e044 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HRkKznJoZA <- 100 digits of pi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz4Dd1I_fX0 <- periodic table song   Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?): https://www.socvel.com/quiz/ https://xphantom.nl/posts/Offensive-Security-Lab/ Show points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaberlin/ Brian Boettcher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bboettcher96/  Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb  Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@brakeseced discord: https://discord.gg/brakesec Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec    Music: https://chillhop.ffm.to/creatorcred "Flex" by Jeremy Blake Courtesy of Youtube media library

Check out the BrakeSecEd Twitch at https://twitch.tv/brakesec Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/brakesec #youtube VOD (in 1440p): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQWGyd79NM  Questions and topics: Bsides Vancouver discussion Semgrep Community and Academy Building communities What are ‘secure guardrails’ Reducing barriers between security and developers How to sell security to devs: “hey, if you want to see us less, buy/use this?” “Security is your barrier, but we have goals that we can’t reach without your help.” https://wehackpurple.com/devsecops-worst-practices-artificial-gates/  How are you seeing things like AI being used to help with DevOps or is it just making things more complicated? Not just helping write code, but infrastructure Ops, software inventories, code repo hygiene, etc? OWASP PNW https://www.appsecpnw.org/ Alice and Bob coming next year! Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?): shehackpurple.ca  Semgrep (https://semgrep.dev/) https://aliceandboblearn.com/ https://academy.semgrep.dev/ (free training) Netflix ‘paved roads’: https://netflixtechblog.com/how-we-build-code-at-netflix-c5d9bd727f15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_theory  https://www.perforce.com/blog/qac/what-is-linting  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSPTiw8gSEU  https://techhq.com/2024/02/air-canada-refund-for-customer-who-used-chatbot/  Show points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth  Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb  Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@BrakeSecEd Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec  

Youtube VOD: https://youtu.be/G3PxZFmDyj4   #appsec, #owasp, #ASVS, #joshGrossman, #informationsecurity, #SBOM, #supplychain, #podcast, #twitch, #brakesec, #securecoding, #Codeanalysis Questions and topics: 1. The background to the topic, why is it something that interests you? How do you convince developers to take your course? 2. What do you think the root cause of the gap is? 3. Who is causing the gaps? (‘go fast’ culture, overzealous security, GRC requirements, basically everyone?) 4. Where do gaps begin? Is it the ‘need’ to ‘move fast’? 5. What can devs do to involve security in their process? Sprint planning? SCA tools? 6. How have you seen this go wrong at organizations? 7. How important is it to have security early in the product development process? 8. What sort of challenges do you think mainstream security people face in AppSec scenarios? 9. How does Product Security differ from Application Security? (what if the product is an application?) 10. What are the key development concepts that security people need to be familiar with to effectively get involved in AppSec/ProdSec? 11.. How do you suggest a security team approach AppSec/ProdSec?                Leadership buy-in                Effective/valuable processes                Tools should achieve a goal 12. SBOM - NTIA is asking for it, How to get dev teams to care. 13. Key takeaways? Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?): BlackHat Training: https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/training/schedule/index.html#accelerated-appsec--hacking-your-product-security-programme-for-velocity-and-value-virtual-37218 https://www.walkme.com/blog/leadership-buy-in/ https://www.bouncesecurity.com/ https://www.teamgantt.com/blog/raci-chart-definition-tips-and-example https://www.cisa.gov/sbom SCA Tools https://chpk.medium.com/top-10-software-composition-analysis-sca-tools-for-devsecops-85bd3b7512dd  https://semgrep.dev/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcgrossman  https://owasp.org/www-project-application-security-verification-standard/  https://github.com/OWASP/ASVS/tree/master/5.0 https://owasp.org/www-project-cyclonedx/ https://joshcgrossman.com/ PyCon talk about custom security testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNZzDjvMlg  Michal's Black Hat course - Accurate and Scalable: Web Application Bug Hunting: https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/training/schedule/index.html#accurate-and-scalable-web-application-bug-hunting-37210  https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/training/schedule/index.html#accurate-and-scalable-web-application-bug-hunting-372101705524544  ASVS website: https://owasp.org/asvs  Lightning talk I did recently about OWASP: https://www.bouncesecurity.com/eventspast#f86548cb37cb2a82728b1762bd1b7aee  Show points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth  Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb  Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@brakeseced Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec

Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed on this program are solely the views of the individuals involved and by no means represent absolute facts. Opinions expressed by the host and guests can change at any time based on new information and experiences and do not represent views of past, present, or future employers.   Recorded: 08 Apr 2024 Youtube VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8qApvsFtqw   Show Topic Summary: If you want to get in the mind of a board member, I submit to you my discussion with Mary Gardner we did last night on #brakesec #education. Join Mary and I as we discuss the functions of a board, messaging to various levels of leadership and teams, and what it takes to make that leap to being a CISO. And when you're done, and you need someone to help your org get more mature, contact the team at GoldiKnox. #cybersecurity #informationsecurity #ciso #leadership #GRC   Questions and topics: https://hbr.org/2023/05/boards-are-having-the-wrong-conversations-about-cybersecurity “Just 69% of responding board members see eye-to-eye with their chief information security officers (CISOs). Fewer than half (47%) of members serve on boards that interact with their CISOs regularly, and almost a third of them only see their CISOs at board presentations. “ They obviously have different priorities, so what brings everyone to the table to discuss? Are they even worried about security? Tactical goals vs. org goals and aligning them What are boards most worried about these days?  Staying relevant in the face of AI? What tech will protext them from the newest threats? GRC is forced security, security is completely optional, Compliance requires some sort of security   Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?): Research organizations (gartner, forrester, etc) https://goldiknox.com/  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/board-needs-help-planning-cybersecurity-start-here-daniel-briley-k7xzc https://hbr.org/2022/11/is-your-board-prepared-for-new-cybersecurity-regulations https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-chief-security-officer-uber-sentenced-three-years-probation-covering-data   Show points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth  Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb  Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@brakeseced Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec Discord: https://discord.gg/brakesec

Topics discussed include experiences as a new leader, building/Operating SaaS products, building 'secure' Saas products, over-integration of SaaS products, transparency and trust in assessments, privacy legislation and compliance, risks and observability in small to medium businesses, frustrations with ISPs, power of social media communities, becoming a virtual CISO or consultant CISO, targeting small business owners.

Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed on this program are solely the views of the individuals involved and by no means represent absolute facts. Opinions expressed by the host and guests can change at any time based on new information, and do not represent views of past, present, or future employers.   Recorded: 28 Jan 2024 Youtube VOD: https://youtube.com/live/uX7odQTBkyQ Questions and topics: Let’s talk about Mindful Business Podcast What’s the topics you cover? Topic #1: discuss your experiences when you were a new leader.  What worked? What didn't? What would you have done differently? Do you emulate your manager's style? What have been your go-to management resources?  What is a good piece of advice that you’ve been given or that you impart to others that relates to leadership? Topic #2: building/Operating SaaS products (we can discuss securing them, what functions should be table stakes (data structures, logging, etc) Topic #3: What are bare minimums for building ‘secure’ Saas products in your particular field? And how do you balance security with a positive user experience (i. e. getting customers to buy into MFA/OAUTH, OTA updates Topic #4: Do many SaaS products get over-integrated? Is the need for integration override best practices in security?  Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?): Twitter/Mastodon: https://twitter.com/AccidentalCISO https://infosec.exchange/@accidentalciso The Mindful Business Security Show: https://www.mindfulsmbshow.com/ https://twitter.com/mindfulsmbshow Show points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth  Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb  Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@brakeseced Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec

It's our 10th anniversary and the first show of our 2024 season! Amanda was on "7 minute security" https://7minsec.com/projects/podcast   Check out the complete VOD at https://youtu.be/vbmEtkxhAMg Explicit language warning   www.brakeingsecurity.com https://twitch.tv/brakesec https://bit.ly/brakesecyt