BrakeSec Education Podcast

So, I uploaded this little tutorial of nmap, a very nice tool I use on a regular basis, both at home and at work. I did some basic scans, showed off the command line and the Windows 'Zenmap' version, as well as discussed some regularly used switches. The next video I do about nmap will discuss more switches, the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE), and how to format reports and the output nmap provides.     Nmap icon courtesy of livehacking.com

We have a real treat the next two weeks.  Author and Mobile Security Researcher Georgia Weidman, who we also found out will be providing exploit development training at Black Hat this year. She is the author of an awesome book "Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking" (http://www.amazon.com/Penetration-Testing-Hands-On-Introduction-Hacking/dp/1593275641/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405304124&sr=8-1&keywords=georgia+weidman) She sat down with us over Skype and gave a nice talk about where she came from,  and why she wrote the book, and even what she's about to do in the future (that's next week) ;) You'll have to listen next week to find out the awesome trip she's about to take. http://www.bulbsecurity.com/     Intro "Private Eye", transition "Mining by Moonlight", and Outro "Honeybee" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This is the continuation of our podcast from last week with Phil Beyer. We started out talking about risk registers, and we end the podcast with a little Q&A about positions in companies (Chief Risk Officer, Chief Data Protection Officer), and whether these positions are useful.    Risk registers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_register   Intro "Private Eye", transition "Mining by Moonlight", and Outro "Honeybee" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Establishing an Information Security program can make or break an organization. So what do you need to get that started?  We have friend of the show Phil Beyer come in and discuss with us the five steps of the creation of an Information Security Program.  Join us for Part 1, and next week, we'll finish up with a little Q&A, as well as what a 'risk register' is.             Intro "Private Eye", and Outro "Honeybee" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We finished up the OWASP Top Ten List. We discussed Injection, XSS, and other goodness.  Find out what makes the Top 5 so special.       http://risky.biz/fss_idiots  - Risky Business Interview concerning Direct Object Reference and First State Superannuation http://oauth.net/2/ - Great information on OAUTH 2.0.       Intro "Private Eye", and Outro "Honeybee" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

As we wade through the morass of the Infosec swamp, we come across the OWASP 2013 report of web app vulnerabilities. Since Mr. Boettcher and I find ourselves often attempting to explain these kinds of issues to people on the Internet and in our daily lives, we thought it would be prudent to help shed some light on these. So this week, we discuss the lower of the top 10, the ones that aren't as glamorous or as earth shaking as XSS or SQLI, but are gotchas that will bite thine ass just as hard. Next week is the big ones, the Top 5... all your favorites, in one place!   OWASP Top 10 (2013) PDF:  http://owasptop10.googlecode.com/files/OWASP%20Top%2010%20-%202013.pdf Costs of finding web defects early (2008): http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193473&seqNum=6         Intro "Private Eye", and Outro "Honeybee" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

This is part 2 of our podcast interview with Guillaume Ross, Infosec professional who is well versed with the intricacies of various cloud architectures, whether they are IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS.  This part of the podcast discussed how contracts are established, and we ask if smaller cloud providers have a chance against behemoths like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.   Links brought up during the interview:   Rich Mogull's $500 Epic fail - https://securosis.com/blog/my-500-cloud-security-screwup Rich Mogull's write up on how the aftermath and investigation - https://securosis.com/tag/cloud+security   Amazon VPC: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/VPC_Introduction.html Azure Endpoints (how-to): http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-set-up-endpoints/?rnd=1   Intro "Private Eye", and Outro "Honeybee" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Brian and I interviewed Mr. Guillaume Ross (@gepeto42), an Information Security professional who helps organizations get themselves situated into cloud based solutions. We get a better understanding of why people would want to put their info into the 'cloud' and how they are different than traditional co-lo and datacenters.   Guillaume's Blog: http://blog.binaryfactory.ca/   AWS (amazon) Security Best Practices WhitePaper: http://aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/aws-security-best-practices/ Amazon EC2 FAQ: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/ Microsoft's Azure FAQ:http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/faq/?rnd=1     "cloud computing icon" courtesy of smartdatacollective.com   Intro "Private Eye", and Outro "Honeybee" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

As promised, I am posting a video I made explaining how to setup Kismet to do wireless scans. The only pre-requisites you need are Vmware (it will work the same in VirtualBox), and a VM of Kali linux. The only real difference is the message that asks where the wireless adapter should connect to. It's my first attempt editing a video, so please be kind

Mr. Boettcher and I had a great time this week.  We talked all about doing wireless audits for PCI using Kismet and Aircrack-ng, and talked about some capabilities of both.   Alfa AWUS051NH (works in Kali/Backtrack) (no sponsor link): http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B002BFO490/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all kismetwireless.net  Using Karma with a pineapple to fool clients into connecting unencrypted: http://www.troyhunt.com/2013/04/your-mac-iphone-or-ipad-may-have-left.html Tutorial on hacking various wireless: http://cecs.wright.edu/~pmateti/InternetSecurity/Lectures/WirelessHacks/Mateti-WirelessHacks.htm   Premium content by Bryan! I made a video as well that describes using your wireless dongle to make your Kali Linux into a powerful areal wireless sniffer.  http://brakeingsecurity.com/bonus-kismet-video     Intro "Private Eye", and Outro "Honeybee" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/