

Defensive Security Podcast - Malware, Hacking, Cyber Security & Infosec
Jerry Bell and Andrew Kalat
Defensive Security is a weekly information security podcast which reviews recent high profile cyber security breaches, data breaches, malware infections and intrusions to identify lessons that we can learn and apply to the organizations we protect.
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Mar 27, 2022 • 56min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 265
Google Exposes Initial Access Broker Ties With Ransomware Actors (bankinfosecurity.com)
Okta says hundreds of companies impacted by security breach | TechCrunch
Okta: “We made a mistake” delaying the Lapsus$ hack disclosure (bleepingcomputer.com)
Microsoft confirms Lapsus$ breach after hackers publish Bing, Cortana source code | TechCrunch
DEV-0537 criminal actor targeting organizations for data exfiltration and destruction – Microsoft Security Blog
Sabotage: Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus | Ars Technica
President Biden Signs into Law the Cyber Incident Reporting Act (natlawreview.com)
SEC Proposes Rules On Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, And Incident Disclosure By Public Companies – Technology – United States (mondaq.com)

Mar 13, 2022 • 31min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 264
Adafruit discloses data leak from ex-employee’s GitHub repo (bleepingcomputer.com)
Malware now using NVIDIA’s stolen code signing certificates (bleepingcomputer.com)
NSA report: This is how you should be securing your network | ZDNet

Feb 20, 2022 • 40min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 263
https://www.govinfosecurity.com/data-breach-exposes-booking-details-19-million-customers-a-18505
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/02/11/cloud-security-training/
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/massive-breach-hits-500-e-commerce-sites-a-18492
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/linux-malware-on-the-rise-including-illicit-use-of-cobalt-strike
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/google-cuts-account-compromises-in-half-with-simple-change

Feb 7, 2022 • 39min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 262
https://www.darkreading.com/edge-threat-monitor/most-common-cause-of-data-breach-in-2021-phishing-smishing-bec
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-shares-lockbit-ransomware-technical-details-defense-tips/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3648991/dhs-announces-the-creation-of-the-cyber-safety-review-board.html
https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/disclosure-panic-patch-can-we-do-better-

Jan 31, 2022 • 51min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 261
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-are-taking-over-ceo-accounts-with-rogue-oauth-apps/
https://blog.f-secure.com/insight-from-a-large-scale-phishing-study/
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/log4j-proved-public-disclosure-still-helps-attackers
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3647756/how-to-prioritize-and-remediate-vulnerabilities-in-the-wake-of-log4j-and-microsofts-patch-tuesday-b.html

Jan 17, 2022 • 31min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 260
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3647209/why-you-should-secure-your-embedded-server-management-interfaces.html
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3646613/cybercrime-group-elephant-beetle-lurks-inside-networks-for-months.html
https://www.zdnet.com/article/when-open-source-developers-go-bad/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-resumes-rollout-of-january-windows-server-updates/

Jan 3, 2022 • 50min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 259

Aug 15, 2021 • 50min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 258
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/malicious-pypi-packages-caught-stealing-developer-data-and-injecting-code/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/feds-list-the-top-30-most-exploited-vulnerabilities-many-are-years-old/
https://www.securityweek.com/hospital-network-reveals-cause-2020-cyberattack
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3628331/recent-shadow-it-related-incidents-present-lessons-to-cisos.html
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/another-court-orders-production-cybersecurity-firm-s-forensic-report-data-breach
https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/ciso-lawsuit-solarwinds

Jul 25, 2021 • 41min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 257
https://therecord.media/using-vms-to-hide-ransomware-attacks-is-becoming-more-popular/
https://blog.erratasec.com/2021/07/ransomware-quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes.html?m=1
https://www.databreachtoday.com/how-mespinoza-ransomware-group-hits-targets-a-17086
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/07/dont-wanna-pay-ransom-gangs-test-your-backups/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/kaseya-gets-master-decryptor-to-help-customers-still-suffering-from-revil-attack/

Jul 11, 2021 • 43min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 256
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3623760/printnightmare-vulnerability-explained-exploits-patches-and-workarounds.html#tk.rss_all
https://www.securityweek.com/continuous-updates-everything-you-need-know-about-kaseya-ransomware-attack
https://www.databreachtoday.com/kaseya-raced-to-patch-before-ransomware-disaster-a-17006


