Generative AI has been the talk of the technology industry for the past 18+ months. Companies are seeing its value, so generative AI budgets are growing. With more and more AI agents expected in the coming years, it’s essential that we are securing how consumers interact with generative AI agents and how developers build AI agents into their apps. …

Better TLS implementations with Rust, fuzzing, and managing certs, appsec lessons from the everlasting transition to IPv6, LLMs for finding vulns (and whether fuzzing is better), and more! Also check out this presentation from BSides Knoxville that we talked about briefly, https://youtu.be/DLn7Noex_fc?feature=shared Show Notes: https://securityweek…

Flaws that arise from inconsistent parsing of JSON and email addresses, CISA's guide to bad software practices, abusing a security disclosure process to take over a WordPress plugin, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-304

Building cloud native apps doesn't mean you're immune to dealing with legacy systems. Cloud services have changed significantly over the last decade, both in the security controls available to them and the sheer volume of services that CSPs provide. Scott Piper shares some history of cloud security, the benefits of account separation, and how ratch…

Looking at vulnerable code in Ivanti (Perl) and Magento (PHP), fuzzing is perfect for parsers, handling tenant isolation when training LLMs, Microsoft's small steps towards secure design, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-303

The many lessons to take away from a 24-year old flaw in glibc and the mastery in crafting an exploit in PHP, changing a fuzzer's configuration to find more flaws, fuzzing LLMs for prompt injection and jailbreaks, security hardening of baseband code, revisiting the threat models in Microsoft's Recall, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.co…

Zed Attack Proxy has been a crucial web app testing tool for decades. It's also had a struggle throughout 2024 to obtain funding that would enable the tool to add more features while remaining true to its open source history. Simon Bennetts, founder of ZAP, and Ori Bendet from Checkmarx update us on that journey, share some exploration of LLM fuzzi…

More remote car control via web interfaces, an RCE in CUPS, Microsoft reduces attack surface, migrating to memory safety, dealing with dependency confusion, getting rid of password strength calculators, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-301

Fuzzing network traffic in OpenWRT, parsing problems lead to GitLab auth bypass, more fuzzing finds vulns in a JPEG parser, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-300

APIs are essential to modern application architectures, driving rapid development, seamless integration, and improved user experiences. However, their widespread use has made them prime targets for attackers, especially those deploying sophisticated bots. When these bots exploit business logic, they can cause considerable financial and reputational…

A takeover of the MOBI TLD for $20, configuring an LLM for a CTF, firmware flaw in an SSD, Microsoft talks kernel resilience, six truths of cyber risk quantification, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-299

When a conference positioned as a day of security for developers has to be canceled due to lack of interest from developers, it's important to understand why there was so little interest and why appsec should reconsider its approach to awareness. Dustin Lehr discusses how appsec can better engage and better deliver security concepts in a way that m…

Considerations in paying down tech debt, make Rust work on bare metal, ECDSA side-channel in Yubikeys, trade-offs in deploying SSO quickly, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-298

Check out this interview from the ASW Vault, hand picked by main host Mike Shema! This segment was originally published on May 9, 2023. What does software resilience mean? Why is status quo application security unfit for the modern era of software? How can we move from security theater to security chaos engineering? This segment answers these quest…

Research by Orange Tsai into Apache HTTPD's architecture reveals several vulns, NCC Group shows techniques for hacking IoT devices with Sonos speakers, finding use cases for WebAssembly, Slack's AI leaks data, DARPA wants a future of Rust, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-297

IoT devices are notorious for weak designs, insecure implementations, and a lifecycle that mostly ignores patching. We look at external factors that might lead to change, like the FCC's cybersecurity labeling for IoT. We explore the constraints that often influence poor security on these devices, whether those constraints are as consequential given…

As development cycles shorten and more responsibilities shift to developers, application security (AppSec) is rapidly evolving. Organizations are increasingly building mature programs that automate and enhance AppSec, moving beyond manual processes. In this discussion, we explore how organizations are adapting their AppSec practices, highlighting t…

This week, Jeff Pollard and Allie Mellen join us to discuss the fallout and lessons learned from the CrowdStrike fiasco. They explore the reasons behind running in the kernel, the challenges of software quality, and the distinction between a security incident and an IT incident. They also touch on the need to reduce the attack surface and the impor…

Stewart and Trey join us to talk about driving cybersecurity policies for the nation, what makes a good policy, what makes a bad policy, supply chain research and policies, and overall how we shape policies that benefit cybersecurity. Segment Resources: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/broken-trust-lessons-from-sunbu…

In complex software ecosystems, individual application risks are compounded. When it comes to mitigating supply chain risk, identifying backdoors or unintended vulnerabilities that can be exploited in your environment is just as critical as staying current with the latest hacking intel. Understand how to spot and reduce the risk to your environment…

Startups and small orgs don't have the luxury of massive budgets and large teams. How do you choose an appsec approach that complements a startup's needs while keeping it secure. Kalyani Pawar shares her experience at different ends of an appsec maturity spectrum. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-295…

The code curation considerations of removing abandoned protocols in OpenSSL, kernel driver lessons from CrowdStrike's crash, choosing isolation primitives, cross-cache attacks made possible by SLUBStick, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-294

Even though Security Champions programs look very different across organizations and maturity levels, they share core principles for becoming successful. Marisa shares her experience in building these programs to foster a positive security culture within companies. She explains the incentives and rewards that lead to more engagement from champions …

Gain insights into the CISA KEV straight from one of the folks at CISA, Tod Beardsley. Learn how KEV was created, where the data comes from, and how you should use it in your environment. This segment is sponsored by Eclypsium. Visit https://securityweekly.com/eclypsium to learn more about them! Resource: https://cisa.gov/kev Show Notes: https://se…

Modern appsec isn't modern because security tools got shifted in one direction or another, or because teams are finding and fixing more vulns. It's modern because appsec is meeting developer needs and supporting the business. Paul Davis talks about how AI is (and isn't) changing appsec, the KPIs that reflect outcomes rather than being busy, and the…

SAPwned demonstrates tenets of tenant isolation, a weak login flow puts Squarespace domains at risk, how AIs might (or might not) be useful for fixing code, getting buy-in for infosec investments, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-292