Josh and Kurt talk about prime numbers https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_232_Door_07_7_is_the_best_prime_2_is_the_dumbest.mp3

Josh and Kurt talk about the non problems with public wifi we love to pretend matter https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_231_Door_06_6_wifi_risks_that_dont_actually_matter.mp3 Links The Half Dozen Risks of Using Dirty Public Wi-Fi Networks

Josh and Kurt talk about why you need 24/7 monitoring of all the things https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_230_Door_05_5_reasons_you_need_247_robot_monitoring.mp3 Links Swiss air force office hours DC-10 cargo door

Josh and Kurt talk about how the EFF is helping us prevent Internet tracking https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_229_Door_04_EFFs_Cover_Your_Tracks.mp3 Links EFF Cover Your Tracks

Josh and Kurt talk about how many security vulnerabilities matter enough to fix? https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_228_Door_03_Do_all_vulnerabilities_matter_equally.mp3 Links A Third of Known Computer Security Flaws Have No Solution Episode 162 – SBOM with Allan Friedman

Josh and Kurt talk about cybersecurity statistics and the value of the data we have. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_227_Door_02_Marketing_department_or_selection_bias.mp3 Links 24 Cybersecurity Statistics That Matter In 2020

Josh and Kurt talk about advent calendars. We are publishing 25 5 minute episodes in 25 days. Also portable X-ray machines. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_226_Door_01_Advent_calendars.mp3

Josh and Kurt talk about the safety and liability of new devices. What happens when your doorbell can burn down your house? What if it’s your fault the doorbell burned down your house? There isn’t really any prior art for where our devices are taking us, who knows what the future will look like. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_225_Who_is_responsible_if_IoT_burns_down_your_house.mp3 Show Notes Ring Doorbell recall Ring incorrect screw diagram Punctured battery Episode 145 – What do security and fire have in common? Phillips vs Robertson screws wendy knox everette Wendy’s presentation on legal liability Tim Burners-Lee privacy company

For the last few weeks Kurt and I have been having a lively conversation about security ratings scales. Is CVSS good enough? What about the Microsoft scale? Are there other scales we should be looking at? What’s good, what’s missing, what should we be talking about. There’s been a lot of back and forth and different ideas, over the course of our discussions I’ve come to realize an important aspect of security which is we don’t look forward very often. What I mean by this is there is a very strong force in the world of security to use prior art to drive our future decisions. Except all of that prior art is comically out of date in the world of today. ...

Josh and Kurt talk about what happens when important root certificates expire on old Android devices? Who should be responsible? How can we fix this? Is this even something we can or should fix? How devices should age is a really hard problem that needs a lot of discussion. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_224_Are_old_Android_devices_dangerous.mp3 Show Notes Unboxing coins Old Android devices certificate store Steve1989MREInfo