

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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Jun 27, 2021 • 41min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 255
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-sec-official-says-agency-has-begun-probe-cyber-breach-by-solarwinds-2021-06-21/
https://www.databreachtoday.com/cisa-firewall-rules-could-have-blunted-solarwinds-malware-a-16919
https://www.wired.com/story/the-full-story-of-the-stunning-rsa-hack-can-finally-be-told/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-admits-to-signing-rootkit-malware-in-supply-chain-fiasco/

Jun 20, 2021 • 48min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 254
We’re baaaack

Jul 15, 2020 • 47min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 253
https://www.securityinformed.com/news/intruder-research-mongodb-databases-breached-connected-internet-co-1594211095-ga-co-1594211806-ga.1594215158.html
https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-trying-to-steal-admin-passwords-from-f5-big-ip-devices/
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3564726/privilege-escalation-explained-why-these-flaws-are-so-valuable-to-hackers.html#tk.rss_all
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/06/theft-of-top-secret-cia-hacking-tools-was-result-of-woefully-lax-security/

May 31, 2020 • 27min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 252
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/capital-one-must-turn-over-mandiant-forensics-report-a-14352
https://www.databreachtoday.com/insider-threat-lessons-from-3-incidents-a-14312
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-deploys-virtual-machines-to-hide-itself-from-antivirus-software/

May 4, 2020 • 28min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 251
https://www.securityweek.com/recent-salt-vulnerabilities-exploited-hack-lineageos-ghost-digicert-servers
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-mentioned-in-1000-sec-filings-over-the-past-year/

May 3, 2020 • 44min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 250
https://www.zdnet.com/article/dhs-cisa-companies-are-getting-hacked-even-after-patching-pulse-secure-vpns/
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/attackers-increasingly-using-web-shells-to-create-backdoors-a-14179
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/doppelpaymer-ransomware-hits-los-angeles-county-city-leaks-files/

Apr 5, 2020 • 57min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 249
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/zoom-security-privacy-woes
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/learn-from-how-others-get-breached-equifax-edition-p-2870
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-how-one-emotet-infection-took-out-this-organizations-entire-network/
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Case-study_Full-Operational-Shutdown.pdf

Mar 28, 2020 • 57min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 248
Be well, be safe, take care of yourselves, and take care of others (from an appropriate distance).
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-apple-secrecy-work-from-home-difficult-2020-3
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3531963/8-key-security-considerations-for-protecting-remote-workers.html
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-99-9-of-compromised-accounts-did-not-use-multi-factor-authentication/

Mar 22, 2020 • 42min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 247
https://www.securityweek.com/state-sponsored-cyberspies-use-sophisticated-server-firewall-bypass-technique
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-victims-thought-their-backups-were-safe-they-were-wrong/
https://www.sec.gov/files/OCIE%20Cybersecurity%20and%20Resiliency%20Observations.pdf

Feb 23, 2020 • 42min
Defensive Security Podcast Episode 246
https://www.darkreading.com/risk/cybercriminals-swap-phishing-for-credential-abuse-vuln-exploits/d/d-id/1337019
https://www.businessinsider.com/phishing-scams-getting-more-sophisticated-what-to-look-out-for-2020-2#hackers-will-start-by-targeting-low-level-employees-then-moving-laterally-to-compromise-executives-accounts-1
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/02/hackers-were-inside-citrix-for-five-months/
https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ClearSky-Fox-Kitten-Campaign.pdf


