Podcasts


Dino Dai Zovi on Mac security, ‘no more free bugs’

Digital Underground podcast with Dennis Fisher

In this episode, Dennis Fisher talks with Dino Dai Zovi, a security researcher and co-author of “The Mac Hacker’s Handbook,” about the ease of exploiting Mac OS X, the value of vulnerability research and his “no more free bugs” campaign.


Adobe vs. Microsoft on Security Response – Fri, March 6, 2009

Ryan and Roel discuss the latest zero-day vulnerabilities (and attacks) affecting Adobe and Microsoft customers and compare the response from the two software vendors.

The Kido Worm Attack – Fri, Jan. 23 2009

Ryan and Roel discuss the propagation techniques behind the Kido/Conficker worm attack and make important recommendations around protection and mitigation.

Emergency IE Patch – Fri, January 9, 2009
 
Ryan and Roel dissect the latest wave of malware attacks against Microsoft Internet Explorer browser and discuss the company’s plans to ship an emergency out-of-band update.

USB Malware Mess – Fri, November 28, 2008

The boys explain the latest news around Lenovo distributing a malware-infected driver software and the network worm that forced the U.S. military to ban the use of USB drives and other forms of removable media.

Explaining AMTSO principles – Fri, November 21, 2008

Ryan grills Roel on the latest “principles” document coming out of the AMTSO (Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organizing) and the two spar over the value of such a massive effort.

In-the-wild worm attacks exploitation – Fri, November 7 2008

In this special episode, Ryan and Roel get to the bottom of the new in-the-wild worm attacks exploiting the Microsoft MS08-067 vulnerability. Listen as Roel provides a blow-by-blow of the two different Trojans now targeting Chinese-language versions of Windows.

Clickjacking: Ryan and Roel tackle browser-threat hype – Tue, October 21, 2008

The cross-browser clickjacking threat, malware on new Asus EEE machines, phishing and the elections/financial crisis, the iPhone security mess, Microsoft Patch Tuesday and the exploding fraudware/rogueware problems.