Tag Archives: Information Security

PODCAST: Sivan Rauscher

Sivan-edit

Sivan Rauscher

Sivan Rauscher is the Co-Founder and CEO of SAM Seamless Network. Previously, Sivan worked at Comsec Global, overseeing cyber projects and high-level strategic consulting in Israel and Europe. Prior to Comsec Global, she served as a Captain and project manager in the Israeli Intelligence Corps. Sivan holds a master’s degree from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

In this interview we discuss Sivan’s experience in the Israeli Intelligence Corps, her work at SAM Seamless Network, securing IoT devices at home, artificial intelligence, the future of cybersecurity and more!

DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF THIS EPISODE (MP3 FILE)

Subscribe on iTunes, Google and Stitcher!

SAM-seamless-net

Check out SAM Seamless Network’s website for more info.

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Marcus Carey

 

Marcus-J-Carey_400x400

Marcus J. Carey

Marcus J. Carey is a cybersecurity researcher, hacker, and the founder and CEO of Threatcare. He describes himself as a hacker who helps people not suck at cybersecurity. He started his technology voyage in U.S. Navy Cryptology and later went on to refine his knowledge while working at the National Security Agency (NSA).

Tribe of Hackers

Marcus is also the author of a new book with Jennifer Jin entitled Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World. The book is a collection of interviews with 70 top hackers and is available now on Amazon. A free pdf of the book is available here.

Marcus sat down with me at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco in March to discuss his path to a career in cybersecurity, the NSA, Edward Snowden, his book Tribe of Hackers, the future of the cybersecurity industry and much more.

DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF THIS EPISODE (MP3 FILE)

Subscribe on iTunes, Google and Stitcher!

 

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Malcolm Harkins

Malcom-Harkins-Twitter

Malcolm Harkins

Malcolm Harkins is the Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cylance Inc. He oversees information technology, information risk and security, as well as security and privacy policy. Harkins is also responsible for peer out reach activities to drive improvement across the world in the understanding of cyber-risks as well as best practices to manage and mitigate those risks. Previously Harkins was Vice President and Chief Security and Privacy Officer (CSPO) at Intel Corporation.

DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF PODCAST MP3 FILE

Subscribe on iTunes, GooglePlay and Stitcher!

Check out Malcolm’s talks at RSAC

Malcolm on panel at RSAC 2018:

Tagged , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Ben Johnson

Chicago-Ben-Johnson_400x400

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson is founder and CTO of Obsidian Security and formerly of Carbon Black and the National Security Agency. We met in San Francisco while Ben was in town for RSA 2018. In the interview we discuss his work and how the movie Enemy of the State inspired him to join the NSA. We also discuss GDPR and other cybersecurity related stuff.

DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF PODCAST MP3 FILE

Subscribe on iTunes, GooglePlay and Stitcher!

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

PODCAST: Giovanni Vigna

giovanni_vigna_square

Giovanni Vigna

Giovanni is a co-founder and CTO of Lastline, Inc., a company which develops solutions to detect and mitigate advanced malware and targeted threats. He is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California in Santa Barbara and director of the Center for CyberSecurity at UCSB. He is co-director of the Security Lab, which is part of the iSeclab group and founder of the Shellphish hacker group which has annually competed in the DEFCON CTF (won in 2005) and also The DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge (3rd place). He also organizes the International Capture The Flag (iCTF), one of the world’s largest attack-defense hacking competitions.

Giovanni’s research focuses on vulnerability analysis, web security, malware analysis, and mobile security. We met in San Francisco at RSAC 2018 this year where he presented two talks, one entitled How Automated Vulnerability Analysis Discovered Hundreds of Android 0-days and also The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Ultrasonic Communications Ecosystem.

This episode we discuss all these things plus GDPR, Santa Barbara hot springs and more!

DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF PODCAST MP3 FILE

Subscribe on iTunes, GooglePlay and Stitcher!

Check out Giovanni at RSAC 2018:

How Automated Vulnerability Analysis Discovered Hundreds of Android 0-days

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Ultrasonic Communications Ecosystem

 

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

PODCAST: Ben & Spencer from Rhino Security Labs

Ben-Spencer-tiled

Benjamin Caudill and Spencer Gietzen of Rhino Security Labs

Benjamin Caudill and Spencer Gietzen of Rhino Security Labs join me to discuss their research on Amazon Web Services privilege escalation vulnerabilities. Spencer recently revealed their AWS research on the Rhino Security Labs blog. Rhino is also rolling out a new open source AWS post-exploitation framework, designed for offensive security testing against AWS environments called Pacu. We also discuss how Ben and Spencer both found their way into the information security industry, pet peeves and more!

DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF PODCAST MP3 FILE

Subscribe on iTunes, GooglePlay and Stitcher!

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

PODCAST: RSAC 2018 – Joe Gray

Joe-Gray

Guest Joe Gray

My guest this episode is social engineering guru Joe Gray. Joe is a Senior Security Architect at IBM and has his own blog and podcast called Advanced Persistent Security. Joe presented a talk at RSA this year with friend of the show Rachel Tobac on social engineering and OSINT which I posted the full audio of here. Joe spoke with me about Social Engineering, OSINT, vishing, SECTFs, password inspections and more!

DbKQ-n_U8AA4xcm

DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF PODCAST MP3 FILE

Subscribe on iTunes, GooglePlay and Stitcher!!

 

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

PODCAST: RSAC 2018 – Katie Moussouris

Katie-M-RSAC2018

Guest Katie Moussouris

Katie is the founder and CEO of Luta Security. She presented a talk on bug bounties, penetration testing and vulnerability disclosure entitled “Bug Bounty Buzzword Bingo—Deep Dive under a Jumped Shark” at the RSA Conference last week in San Francisco. Check out her slides here.

After her talk she spoke with me about the evolution of bug bounty programs, her work in developing ISO standards for vulnerability disclosure, her path to a career in information security and much more.

This episode is the 1st in a series dedicated to RSA Conference 2018. Stay tuned for more!

DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF PODCAST MP3 FILE

Subscribe on iTunes, GooglePlay and Stitcher!!

 

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,