
BrakeSec Education Podcast
A podcast about the world of Cybersecurity, Privacy, Compliance, and Regulatory issues that arise in today's workplace. Co-hosts Bryan Brake, Brian Boettcher, and Amanda Berlin teach concepts that aspiring Information Security professionals need to know, or refresh the memories of seasoned veterans.
Latest episodes

Mar 24, 2023 • 1h 30min
Dish Network is still busted, John Deere avoiding OSS requests, Is DAST dead?
Show Topic Summary (less than 300 words) Dish Network is still busted due to ransomware, your Pixel phone baseband RCE, Nothing runs like a Deere (away from OSS requests, anyway), and “Are we past DAST?” Questions and potential sub-topics (5 minimum): https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/15/dish-customers-kept-in-the-dark-as-ransomware-fallout-continues/ https://medium.com/@cmanojshrestha/hack-any-social-media-account-using-cookie-stealing-attack-a6cdc4caafc1 https://boringappsec.substack.com/p/edition-18-the-diminishing-returns https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/17/john_deere_sfc_gpl/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/alleged-breachforums-owner-pompompurin-arrested-on-cybercrime-charges/ (thanks D Mathews!) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-support-cracks-windows-for-customer-after-activation-fails/ https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2023/03/multiple-internet-to-baseband-remote-rce.html Additional information / pertinent Links (would you like to know more?): https://www.shopbiscoff.com/lotus-biscoff-xl-two-pack-case-bulk-size https://twitter.com/InfoSystir/status/1636847843683041280?s=20 Show Points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: @bryanbrake @bryanbrake@mastodon.social Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/brakesec Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast Email: bds.podcast@gmail.com

Mar 4, 2023 • 1h 15min
Nickolas Means talks about Security, Devops velocity, blameless orgs, and conferences infosec should attend
Nickolas Means, VP of Engineering at SYM, discusses topics such as building a blameless culture during incidents, building a compliance program without impacting engineering velocity, cross-training dev and security teams, the challenges of shifting left in software development, the relationship between programming languages and security conferences, crafting secure applications, and the launch of sim, a platform for managing access to production systems.

Feb 10, 2023 • 1h 21min
SPECIAL INTERVIEW: John Aron and Jerod Brennen
BrakeSec Show Outline (all links valid as of 27 Jan 2023, subject to change) Is it scheduled? Yes || No|| Completed Date: 2023/01/26 Guest info Name and Title: John Aron, Founder/CEO of Aronetics Email: john@aronetics.com Time Zone (if other than Pacific): Eastern Standard Guest info Name and Title: Jerod Brennen Email: jerod@brennenconsulting.com Time Zone (if other than Pacific): EST Show Topic Summary (less than 300 words) Clear the fog of marketing truths and viable solutions that actually deter and defend adversarial action. Questions and potential sub-topics (5 minimum): Edge devices everywhere A paradigm culture shift is necessary How/What kind of culture shift is needed? In 2007, Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone with no mention of how to keep it safe While DARPA that created GPS, shares a sorry - not sorry 4. Working from Home or the office, how can you guarantee security with travel between both? This type of computing isn’t possible in government circles. 5. The New York Times 2019 Fall Special - So the internet didn’t turn out the way we hoped. How can we restore sanity and normalcy to using a computer when there is a persistent threat everywhere? Who is under ‘persistent threat’? 6. Jerod: decentralization of technologies and empowering makers and people Additional information / pertinent Links (would you like to know more?): Even Nobodies Have Fans Now. (For Better or Worse.) - The New York Times.pdf(local copy) (local copy defeats paywall) ) So the Internet Didn’t Turn Out the Way We Hoped. Now What_ - The New York Times.pdf (local copy defeats paywall) https://identity.foundation/ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3206384/chinese-scientists-claims-new-quantum-code-breaking-algorithm-raise-eyebrows-us https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464 https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-dao/ https://www.jimcollins.com/books.html (“good to great”, and “Built to Last” were called out) https://www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Twenty-Lessons-Twentieth-Century/dp/0804190119 John’s Bsides San Diego slides: https://www.aronetics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Losing-Control-Aronetics-6-Oct-2022-FIN.pdf John’s WiCys talk slides: Pending - Sidechannel (Fractional CISO organization) https://sidechannel.com/ (Jerod’s organization) https://www.aronetics.com/ - (John’s company) Show Points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: @bryanbrake @bryanbrake@mastodon.social Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/brakesec

Jan 24, 2023 • 1h 23min
Layoff discussions, another TMO breach, OneNote Malware, and more!
Lots of Layoffs (meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Sophos, Alphabet, Google) talk about the future effects of that, did it affect security? Attack surface management is risk management, Breaches and the TSA no-fly list leaked, and more! Full youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dgq8FpnWPw Questions and/or potential sub-topics (5 minimum): Layoffs (fear, uncertainty, doubt), what it means for people, https://www.lollydaskal.com/leadership/5-warning-signs-you-are-being-led-by-a-weak-leader/ “No fly list leaked” https://www.vice.com/en/article/93a4p5/us-no-fly-list-leaks-after-being-left-in-an-unsecured-airline-server Attack Surface Management: https://flashpoint.io/blog/what-is-attack-surface-management/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beware-hackers-now-use-onenote-attachments-to-spread-malware/ https://securityaffairs.com/141102/hacking/eof-cisco-routers-exposed-rce.html https://www.linkedin.com/posts/threatintelligence_threat-intel-cheat-sheet-by-cyber-threat-activity-7021035081184026624-3GWH? (issues with "step 0") Additional information / pertinent Links (would you like to know more?): https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001283699/000119312523010949/d641142d8k.htm - TMO’s 8k filing https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/verizon-notifies-prepaid-customers-their-accounts-were-breached/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_arson_crimew https://discord.gg/brakesec Show Points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: @bryanbrake @bryanbrake@mastodon.social Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/brakesec

Jan 10, 2023 • 1h 25min
GPS car hacks, Google Threat report, notable topics of 2020, satellite threat modelling, twitter breach(?)
topics What were the biggest stories of 2022? Any notable trends that you saw https://acut3.github.io/bug-bounty/2023/01/03/fetch-diversion.html (fetch Diversion) I got 5 million steps in 2022! Looking to jog/run 350 miles https://medium.com/@jdowde2/the-security-threat-of-and-in-file-path-strings-d75ee695eb3a (danger of , and .. in file paths Google’s threat Horizon’s report Additional information / pertinent Links (would you like to know more?): https://services.google.com/fh/files/blogs/gcat_threathorizons_full_jan2023.pdf (google’s Threat Horizons report) https://securityboulevard.com/2023/01/google-cybersecurity-action-team-threat-horizons-report-5-is-out/ https://medium.com/malware-buddy/6-useful-infographics-for-threat-intelligence-240d6aca333e https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmpx4x/hacker-monitor-cars-kill-engine-gps-tracking-apps \youtube.c https://hbr.org/2016/09/excess-management-is-costing-the-us-3-trillion-per-year https://thenewstack.io/circleci-secrets-catastrophe/ https://www.nbc29.com/2023/01/06/twitter-leak-exposes-235-million-email-addresses-hack/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmpx4x/hacker-monitor-cars-kill-engine-gps-tracking-apps Show Points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: @bryanbrake @bryanbrake@mastodon.social Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Twitch: https://twitch.tv/brakesec

Dec 20, 2022 • 1h 8min
Josh-Whalen-risk-management-data_visualization-tools, value-creating activities -p2
Full stream video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/i1xpAfNFCvY John's Youtube channel, to find more training/contact information: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ctyx980M8jLa_cEiQveLQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Maturity_Model_Integration ADKAR model: https://www.prosci.com/methodology/adkar CCE framework: https://inl.gov/cce/ Dashboard (non-sponsored link): https://monday.com Diagrammming tool: https://figma.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/system-analysis Amazon book: https://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Safer-World-Systems-Thinking/dp/0262533693

Dec 11, 2022 • 38min
John Whalen, data visualization tools, risk management, handling org risk-p1
Full stream video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/i1xpAfNFCvY John's Youtube channel, to find more training/contact information: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ctyx980M8jLa_cEiQveLQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Maturity_Model_Integration ADKAR model: https://www.prosci.com/methodology/adkar CCE framework: https://inl.gov/cce/ Dashboard (non-sponsored link): https://monday.com Diagrammming tool: https://figma.com https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/system-analysis Amazon book: https://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Safer-World-Systems-Thinking/dp/0262533693

Nov 22, 2022 • 52min
Interview with Infrared - one of the Seattle Community Network organizers
https://youtu.be/iW39Mugj4OM -Full stream video (interview starts at 28m22s) Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/brakesec Seattle Community Network - https://seattlecommunitynetwork.org/ https://medium.com/seattle-community-network/ Check Bryan out on Mastodon! Mastodon

Nov 7, 2022 • 1h 4min
JAMBOREE - an Android App testing platform from @operat0r -part2
introducing @operat0r talked a bit about mobile device hacking and rooting/jailbreaking phones for testing Grab the powershell script here: https://github.com/freeload101/Java-Android-Magisk-Burp-Objection-Root-Emulator-Easy Check out the Youtube videos, including demo! Part2 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXgwUWpRuYA

Oct 30, 2022 • 57min
JAMBOREE - an Android App testing platform from @operat0r
introducing @operat0r talked a bit about mobile device hacking and rooting/jailbreaking phones for testing Grab the powershell script here: https://github.com/freeload101/Java-Android-Magisk-Burp-Objection-Root-Emulator-Easy Check out the Youtube videos, including demo! Part 2 will be available soon! Part 1: https://youtu.be/U5SFav9h1L4
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