

BrakeSec Education Podcast
Bryan Brake, Amanda Berlin, and Brian Boettcher
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.
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Sep 3, 2021 • 1h 2min
2021-031- back in the saddle, conference discussion, company privacy
"bel paese, ma più caldo del buco del culo di Satana" https://www.theverge.com/22648265/apple-employee-privacy-icloud-id https://mysudo.com/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/npm-package-with-3-million-weekly-downloads-had-a-severe-vulnerability/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bluetooth-braktooth-bugs-could-affect-billions-of-devices/ www.infoseccampout.com www.log-md.com @infosystir @bryanbrake @brakesec @hackershealth @boettcherpwned

Aug 22, 2021 • 46min
2021-030-incident response, business goal alignment, showing value in IR -p2
https://blog.teamascend.com/6-phases-of-incident-response https://www.securitymetrics.com/blog/6-phases-incident-response-plan Recent vulnerabilities got Bryan thinking about incident response. Are organizations speedy enough to keep up? If the spate of vulns continue, what can we do to ensure we are dealing with the most important issues? How do we communicate those issues to management? How should we handle the workload? Testing of your IR costs money, do you have budget for that? (verodin, red-team) Restoring backups, extra VPC or azure environment Incidents occur You have to minimize issues, right? But is there a good way of doing that? Simplify your environment? Spend time working on the CIS 20? You gotta plan for that and show value vs effort. Incident response is an ever changing landscape. What is the goal of IR? Minimize damage Identify affected systems Recover gracefully and quickly? Does your environment allow for quick recovery? What does 'return to normal' look like? The goal of business Make money Incidents should just be considered part of doing business (risks) The more popular, the more likely the attack Incident timeframe = criteria for getting back to normal. PICERL is a cycle, and one of continual improvement. Incident response is not 'one and done'.

Aug 15, 2021 • 40min
2021-029- incident response, PICERL cycle, showing value in IR, aligning with business goals -p1
https://blog.teamascend.com/6-phases-of-incident-response https://www.securitymetrics.com/blog/6-phases-incident-response-plan Recent vulnerabilities got Bryan thinking about incident response. Are organizations speedy enough to keep up? If the spate of vulns continue, what can we do to ensure we are dealing with the most important issues? How do we communicate those issues to management? How should we handle the workload? Testing of your IR costs money, do you have budget for that? (verodin, red-team) Restoring backups, extra VPC or azure environment Incidents occur You have to minimize issues, right? But is there a good way of doing that? Simplify your environment? Spend time working on the CIS 20? You gotta plan for that and show value vs effort. Incident response is an ever changing landscape. What is the goal of IR? Minimize damage Identify affected systems Recover gracefully and quickly? Does your environment allow for quick recovery? What does 'return to normal' look like? The goal of business Make money Incidents should just be considered part of doing business (risks) The more popular, the more likely the attack Incident timeframe = criteria for getting back to normal. PICERL is a cycle, and one of continual improvement. Incident response is not 'one and done'.

Aug 8, 2021 • 54min
2021-028-Rebekah Skeete - social engineering techniques and influences
BlackGirlsHack was created to share knowledge and resources to help black girls and women breakthrough barriers to careers in information security and cyber security. The vision for Black Girls Hack (BGH) is to provide resources, training, mentoring, and access to black girls and women and increase representation and diversity in the cyber security field and in the executive suites. Rebekah Skeete CyberBec @rebekahskeete Tennisha Martin ~@misstennish https://blackgirlshack.org/ https://www.twitter.com/blackgirlshack - black girls hack https://www.twitter.com/thefluffy007 - jasmine jackson Background https://hitz.com.my/trending/trending-on-hitz/people-that-walk-fast-are-reported-to-be-less-happ Vegas conference - Blacks in Cyber Village https://forum.defcon.org/node/236946 https://www.blacksincyberconf.com/bic-village https://www.youtube.com/c/BlacksInCybersecurity https://www.blacksincyberconf.com/ctf https://www.marketwatch.com/story/retired-black-nfl-players-and-their-families-call-for-race-norming-practice-to-end-01621018741 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant https://fuzzcon.forallsecure.com/ https://www.dianainitiative.org/ Social Engineering topics Misophonia - or phonophobic https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/misophonia-is-a-newly-identified-condition-for-people-hypersensitive-to-sound/2014/12/01/7c392782-69ba-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/8th-layer-insights https://terranovasecurity.com/examples-of-social-engineering-attacks/ How all either are directly influenced by. News, and cool links to read. https://chubk.com/youtuber-who-specializes-in-unmasking-scammers-ended-up-being-tricked-even-deleting-his-own-youtube-channel/ -LOL SE write-up of a legitimate company (archive.org) https://web.archive.org/web/20190124114926/https://medium.com/@0xf3d/dissecting-arbitraging-co-in-depth-youve-been-scammed-again-21306de00fe5 Check out our Store on Teepub! https://brakesec.com/store Join us on our #Slack Channel! Send a request to @brakesec on Twitter or email bds.podcast@gmail.com #AmazonMusic: https://brakesec.com/amazonmusic #Spotify: https://brakesec.com/spotifyBDS #Pandora: https://brakesec.com/pandora #RSS: https://brakesec.com/BrakesecRSS #Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast #iTunes Store Link: https://brakesec.com/BDSiTunes #Google Play Store: https://brakesec.com/BDS-GooglePlay Our main site: https://brakesec.com/bdswebsite #iHeartRadio App: https://brakesec.com/iHeartBrakesec #SoundCloud: https://brakesec.com/SoundcloudBrakesec Comments, Questions, Feedback: bds.podcast@gmail.com Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast by using our #Paypal: https://brakesec.com/PaypalBDS OR our #Patreon https://brakesec.com/BDSPatreon #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://brakesec.com/BDS-PlayerFM #Stitcher Network: https://brakesec.com/BrakeSecStitcher #TuneIn Radio App: https://brakesec.com/TuneInBrakesec

Aug 2, 2021 • 1h 9min
2021-027-Black Girls Hack COO Rebekah Skeete!
BlackGirlsHack was created to share knowledge and resources to help black girls and women breakthrough barriers to careers in information security and cyber security. The vision for Black Girls Hack (BGH) is to provide resources, training, mentoring, and access to black girls and women and increase representation and diversity in the cyber security field and in the executive suites. Rebekah Skeete CyberBec @rebekahskeete Tennisha Martin ~@misstennish https://blackgirlshack.org/ https://www.twitter.com/blackgirlshack - black girls hack https://www.twitter.com/thefluffy007 - jasmine jackson Background https://hitz.com.my/trending/trending-on-hitz/people-that-walk-fast-are-reported-to-be-less-happ Vegas conference - Blacks in Cyber Village https://forum.defcon.org/node/236946 https://www.blacksincyberconf.com/bic-village https://www.youtube.com/c/BlacksInCybersecurity https://www.blacksincyberconf.com/ctf https://www.marketwatch.com/story/retired-black-nfl-players-and-their-families-call-for-race-norming-practice-to-end-01621018741 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant https://fuzzcon.forallsecure.com/ https://www.dianainitiative.org/ Check out our Store on Teepub! https://brakesec.com/store Join us on our #Slack Channel! Send a request to @brakesec on Twitter or email bds.podcast@gmail.com #AmazonMusic: https://brakesec.com/amazonmusic #Spotify: https://brakesec.com/spotifyBDS #Pandora: https://brakesec.com/pandora #RSS: https://brakesec.com/BrakesecRSS #Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast #iTunes Store Link: https://brakesec.com/BDSiTunes #Google Play Store: https://brakesec.com/BDS-GooglePlay Our main site: https://brakesec.com/bdswebsite #iHeartRadio App: https://brakesec.com/iHeartBrakesec #SoundCloud: https://brakesec.com/SoundcloudBrakesec Comments, Questions, Feedback: bds.podcast@gmail.com Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast by using our #Paypal: https://brakesec.com/PaypalBDS OR our #Patreon https://brakesec.com/BDSPatreon #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://brakesec.com/BDS-PlayerFM #Stitcher Network: https://brakesec.com/BrakeSecStitcher #TuneIn Radio App: https://brakesec.com/TuneInBrakesec

Jul 28, 2021 • 57min
2021-026-Triaging threat research, Jira vulns, Serious Sam vuln, Systemd vulns, and HiveNightmare
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_95.htm https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/07/microsoft-linux-builder-mariner/ https://www.productplan.com/glossary/action-priority-matrix/ More PrintNightmare issues: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-july-security-updates-break-printing-on-some-systems/ ""After installing updates released July 13, 2021 on domain controllers (DCs) in your environment, printers, scanners, and multifunction devices that are not compliant with section 3.2.1 of RFC 4556 spec might fail to print when using smart card (PIV) authentication," Microsoft explained." https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/shlayer-malvertising-campaigns-still-using-flash-update-disguise/ "Shlayer, discovered in 2018, is constantly maintained and also evolving. The graph below is representative of Shlayer continually being a go-to piece of malware that attackers use to compromise the victim's machine. We observed an uptick in Shlayer detections occurring before the release of CVE-2021-30657 (the Gatekeeper bypass) that was being exploited by Shlayer. This vulnerability was subsequently patched on April 26, 2021." https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasty-linux-systemd-security-bug-revealed/ https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-33910 "It works by enabling attackers to misuse the alloca() function in a way that would result in memory corruption. This, in turn, allows a hacker to crash systemd and hence the entire operating system. Practically speaking, this can be done by a local attacker mounting a filesystem on a very long path. This causes too much memory space to be used in the systemd stack, which results in a system crash." There's no way to remedy this problem. While it's not present in all current Linux distros, you'll find it in most distros such as the Debian 10 (Buster) and its relatives like Ubuntu and Mint. Therefore, you must, if you value keeping your computers working, patch your version of systemd as soon as possible. You'll be glad you did. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atlassian-asks-customers-to-patch-critical-jira-vulnerability/ https://redmondmag.com/articles/2021/07/21/serioussam-windows-flaw.aspx https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/120576/security/apple-cve-2021-30807-zero-day.html? https://github.com/GossiTheDog/HiveNightmare Check out our Store on Teepub! https://brakesec.com/store Join us on our #Slack Channel! Send a request to @brakesec on Twitter or email bds.podcast@gmail.com #AmazonMusic: https://brakesec.com/amazonmusic #Spotify: https://brakesec.com/spotifyBDS #Pandora: https://brakesec.com/pandora #RSS: https://brakesec.com/BrakesecRSS #Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast #iTunes Store Link: https://brakesec.com/BDSiTunes #Google Play Store: https://brakesec.com/BDS-GooglePlay Our main site: https://brakesec.com/bdswebsite #iHeartRadio App: https://brakesec.com/iHeartBrakesec #SoundCloud: https://brakesec.com/SoundcloudBrakesec Comments, Questions, Feedback: bds.podcast@gmail.com Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast by using our #Paypal: https://brakesec.com/PaypalBDS OR our #Patreon https://brakesec.com/BDSPatreon #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://brakesec.com/BDS-PlayerFM #Stitcher Network: https://brakesec.com/BrakeSecStitcher #TuneIn Radio App: https://brakesec.com/TuneInBrakesec

Jul 19, 2021 • 48min
2021-025-Dan Borges, Author of Adversarial Techniques from Packt Publishing
Dan Borges - Author @1njection Buy the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Adversarial-Tradecraft-Cybersecurity-real-time-computer-ebook-dp-B0957LV496/dp/B0957LV496?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=&linkCode=ll1&tag=bdspod-20&linkId=8f2daf0b3563cbbc2cee6a2d2138149d&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/07/04/independence-day-revil-uses-supply-chain-exploit-to-attack-hundreds-of-businesses/amp/ Cool near real time updates on the hack: https://www.huntress.com/blog/rapid-response-kaseya-vsa-mass-msp-ransomware-incident https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1412033278081708034 https://github.com/ahhh/Cybersecurity-Tradecraft/tree/main/ https://www.amazon.com/Network-Attacks-Exploitation-Matthew-Monte/dp/1118987128 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_response https://labs.bishopfox.com/tech-blog/sliver https://www.amazon.com/Rootkits-Bootkits-Reversing-Malware-Generation/dp/1593277164 Www.Globalcptc.org Virtual CCDC: How easy was the process working with Packt? Did they approach you or vice versa? 5 D's of Physical Security The five D's of security seek to do one or more of the following: Deter, Detect, Delay, Deny and Defend. https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/82833-the-5-ds-of-outdoor-perimeter-security Check out our Store on Teepub! https://brakesec.com/store Join us on our #Slack Channel! Send a request to @brakesec on Twitter or email bds.podcast@gmail.com #AmazonMusic: https://brakesec.com/amazonmusic #Spotify: https://brakesec.com/spotifyBDS #Pandora: https://brakesec.com/pandora #RSS: https://brakesec.com/BrakesecRSS #Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast #iTunes Store Link: https://brakesec.com/BDSiTunes #Google Play Store: https://brakesec.com/BDS-GooglePlay Our main site: https://brakesec.com/bdswebsite #iHeartRadio App: https://brakesec.com/iHeartBrakesec #SoundCloud: https://brakesec.com/SoundcloudBrakesec Comments, Questions, Feedback: bds.podcast@gmail.com Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast by using our #Paypal: https://brakesec.com/PaypalBDS OR our #Patreon https://brakesec.com/BDSPatreon #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://brakesec.com/BDS-PlayerFM #Stitcher Network: https://brakesec.com/BrakeSecStitcher #TuneIn Radio App: https://brakesec.com/TuneInBrakesec

Jul 10, 2021 • 35min
2021-024-Dan Borges, Author of Adversarial Techniques from Packt Publishing
Dan Borges - Author @1njection Buy the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Adversarial-Tradecraft-Cybersecurity-real-time-computer-ebook-dp-B0957LV496/dp/B0957LV496?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=&linkCode=ll1&tag=bdspod-20&linkId=8f2daf0b3563cbbc2cee6a2d2138149d&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/07/04/independence-day-revil-uses-supply-chain-exploit-to-attack-hundreds-of-businesses/amp/ Cool near real time updates on the hack: https://www.huntress.com/blog/rapid-response-kaseya-vsa-mass-msp-ransomware-incident https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1412033278081708034 https://github.com/ahhh/Cybersecurity-Tradecraft/tree/main/ https://www.amazon.com/Network-Attacks-Exploitation-Matthew-Monte/dp/1118987128 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_response https://labs.bishopfox.com/tech-blog/sliver https://www.amazon.com/Rootkits-Bootkits-Reversing-Malware-Generation/dp/1593277164 Www.Globalcptc.org Virtual CCDC: How easy was the process working with Packt? Did they approach you or vice versa? 5 D's of Physical Security The five D's of security seek to do one or more of the following: Deter, Detect, Delay, Deny and Defend. https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/82833-the-5-ds-of-outdoor-perimeter-security Check out our Store on Teepub! https://brakesec.com/store Join us on our #Slack Channel! Send a request to @brakesec on Twitter or email bds.podcast@gmail.com #AmazonMusic: https://brakesec.com/amazonmusic #Spotify: https://brakesec.com/spotifyBDS #Pandora: https://brakesec.com/pandora #RSS: https://brakesec.com/BrakesecRSS #Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast #iTunes Store Link: https://brakesec.com/BDSiTunes #Google Play Store: https://brakesec.com/BDS-GooglePlay Our main site: https://brakesec.com/bdswebsite #iHeartRadio App: https://brakesec.com/iHeartBrakesec #SoundCloud: https://brakesec.com/SoundcloudBrakesec Comments, Questions, Feedback: bds.podcast@gmail.com Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast by using our #Paypal: https://brakesec.com/PaypalBDS OR our #Patreon https://brakesec.com/BDSPatreon #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://brakesec.com/BDS-PlayerFM #Stitcher Network: https://brakesec.com/BrakeSecStitcher #TuneIn Radio App: https://brakesec.com/TuneInBrakesec

Jun 30, 2021 • 58min
2021-023-d3fend framework, DLL injection types, more solarwinds infections
Pihole setup Conference talk https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-says-new-breach-discovered-probe-suspected-solarwinds-hackers-2021-06-25/ https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/119425/apt/solarwinds-nobelium-ongoing-campaign.html https://www.ehackingnews.com/2021/06/attackers-pummelled-gaming-industry.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-wont-work-without-a-tpm-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.wietzebeukema.nl/blog/hijacking-dlls-in-windows https://d3fend.mitre.org/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/15/zoll_defibrillator_dashboard_vulnerabilities/ https://twitter.com/Hexacorn https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/configuration/winsxs-cleanup/ https://www.customink.com/fundraising/mental-health-hackers-7816 Buy @infoseccampout tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/infosec-campout-2021-tickets-157561790557 Check out our Store on Teepub! https://brakesec.com/store Join us on our #Slack Channel! Send a request to @brakesec on Twitter or email bds.podcast@gmail.com #AmazonMusic: https://brakesec.com/amazonmusic #Spotify: https://brakesec.com/spotifyBDS #Pandora: https://brakesec.com/pandora #RSS: https://brakesec.com/BrakesecRSS #Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast #iTunes Store Link: https://brakesec.com/BDSiTunes #Google Play Store: https://brakesec.com/BDS-GooglePlay Our main site: https://brakesec.com/bdswebsite #iHeartRadio App: https://brakesec.com/iHeartBrakesec #SoundCloud: https://brakesec.com/SoundcloudBrakesec Comments, Questions, Feedback: bds.podcast@gmail.com Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast by using our #Paypal: https://brakesec.com/PaypalBDS OR our #Patreon https://brakesec.com/BDSPatreon #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://brakesec.com/BDS-PlayerFM #Stitcher Network: https://brakesec.com/BrakeSecStitcher #TuneIn Radio App: https://brakesec.com/TuneInBrakesec

Jun 22, 2021 • 48min
2021-022-github policy updates targeting harmful software, Ms. Berlin discusses WWHF, CVSS discussion
Ms. Berlin's conference report WWFH (reno, NV) Her next appearances will be at Defcon 2021 and BlueTeam Con 2021! https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/amazon-prime-day-phishing-deluge/ https://www.ehackingnews.com/2021/06/threat-actors-use-google-drives-and.html https://www.kennasecurity.com/blog/vulnerability-score-on-its-own-is-useless/ https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/nist-charts-course-towards-more-secure-supply-chains-for-government-software https://github.blog/2021-04-29-call-for-feedback-policies-exploits-malware/ https://github.com/github/site-policy/pull/397 https://twitter.com/vm_call/status/1405937492642123782?s=20 https://thenewstack.io/cvss-struggles-to-remain-viable-in-the-era-of-cloud-native-computing/ ZOMG BUY SHIRTS HERE https://www.customink.com/fundraising/mental-health-hackers-7816 Buy @infoseccampout tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/infosec-campout-2021-tickets-157561790557 Check out our Store on Teepub! https://brakesec.com/store Join us on our #Slack Channel! Send a request to @brakesec on Twitter or email bds.podcast@gmail.com #AmazonMusic: https://brakesec.com/amazonmusic #Spotify: https://brakesec.com/spotifyBDS #Pandora: https://brakesec.com/pandora #RSS: https://brakesec.com/BrakesecRSS #Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast #iTunes Store Link: https://brakesec.com/BDSiTunes #Google Play Store: https://brakesec.com/BDS-GooglePlay Our main site: https://brakesec.com/bdswebsite #iHeartRadio App: https://brakesec.com/iHeartBrakesec #SoundCloud: https://brakesec.com/SoundcloudBrakesec Comments, Questions, Feedback: bds.podcast@gmail.com Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast by using our #Paypal: https://brakesec.com/PaypalBDS OR our #Patreon https://brakesec.com/BDSPatreon #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://brakesec.com/BDS-PlayerFM #Stitcher Network: https://brakesec.com/BrakeSecStitcher #TuneIn Radio App: https://brakesec.com/TuneInBrakesec


