BrakeSec Education Podcast

This week, we went off the tracks a bit with our friends at Defensive Security Podcast, and PVC Security Podcast. We discussed a bit of news, talked about how our podcasts differ from one another, the 'lack of infosec talent', and sat around talking about anything we wanted to. Sit back with some eggnog, and let your ears savor the sounds of the season. Many thanks to Andrew Kalat, Jerry Bell, Edgar Rojas, Paul Jorgensen, and co-host Brian Boettcher for getting together for some good natured fun. WARNING: There is adult language, and themes, so if you have little ones around, you might want to skip this one until after bedtime. Happy Holidays from Brakeing Down Security Podcast.

I got a hold of Mr. Wim Remes, because he was elected to the ISC board in November 2015. Recent changes to the CISSP included changing the long-standing 10 domains down to 8 domains, plus a major revamp to all of them. I wanted to know what Mr. Remes' plans were for the coming term, how the board works, and how organizations like ISC2 drive change in the industry. I also asked Wim how he is trying to ensure that CISSP and the other certs are going to remain current and competitive. This is a great interview if you're looking to get your #CISSP or any other ISC2 cert, or you currently have an #ISC2 #certification and want to get knowledge of the workings of ISC2 and the board. Mr. #Remes' Twitter: @wimremes ISC2 official site: http://www.isc2.org Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2015-052-wim_remes-isc2.mp3 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2015-052-wim-remes-isc2-board/id799131292?i=359103338&mt=2 TuneIn Radio App: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ BrakeSec Podcast Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brakesec Join our Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/bds_podcast Comments, Questions, Feedback: [email protected]

#MITRE has a Matrix that classifies the various ways that your network can be compromised. It shows all the post-exploitation categories from 'Persistence' to 'Privilege Escalation'. It's a nice way to organize all the information. This week, Mr. Boettcher and I go over "#Persistence" and "#Command and #Control" sections of the Matrix. Every person who attacks you has a specific method that they use to get and keep access to your systems, it's as unique as a fingerprint. Threat intelligence companies call it TTP (#Tactics, #Techniques, and #Procedures), we also discuss the Cyber #KillChain, and where it came from. #ATT&CK Matrix: https://attack.mitre.org/wiki/Main_Page Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (shows patterns of behavior) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_Tactics,_Techniques,_and_Procedures http://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed/data/corporate/documents/LM-White-Paper-Intel-Driven-Defense.pdf -- Cyber Kill Chain paper that inspired the ATT&CK Matrix Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2015-051-ATTACK_Matrix.mp3 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2015-051-mitres-att-ck-matrix/id799131292?i=358670845&mt=2 TuneIn Radio App: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ BrakeSec Podcast Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brakesec Join our Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/bds_podcast Comments, Questions, Feedback: [email protected]

That's the question many think is an automatic 'yes'. Whether your Httpd is running on port 82, or maybe your fancy #wordpress #module needs some cover because the code quality is just a little lower than where it should be, and you need to cover up some cruft This week, Mr. Boettcher and I discuss reasons for obscuring for the sake of #security, when it's a good idea, and when you shouldn't #obscure anything (hint: using #ROT-14, for example) #encryption #infosec Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PioC2hnQHhm5Xd1SCT4ewvZmZiLcE5pGQuif4Tuk_zE/edit?usp=sharing Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2015-049-Security_by_Obscurity.mp3 Mr. Boettcher's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/boettcherpwned Bryan's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bryanbrake TuneIn Radio App: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ BrakeSec Podcast Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brakesec Join our Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/bds_podcast Comments, Questions, Feedback: [email protected]

Cheryl Biswas gave a great talk last month at Bsides Toronto. I was intrigued by what "Shadow IT" and "Shadow Data" means, as there appears to be some disparity. Why can't you write policy to enforce standards? As easy as it sounds, it's quickly becoming a reason young talented people might skip your company. Who wants to use Blackberries and Gateway laptops, when sexy new MacBook Airs and iPhone 6S exist? This also leads to the issue of business data being put on personal devices, which as anyone knows can cause a whole host of additional issues. Malware installed on personal devices can make for sharing business secrets a cinch. So, while Mr. Boettcher was working, I managed to wrangle a quick interview with Cheryl out of her offices in Toronto, Ontario. Cheryl gave us some great audio, and when you're done, you can watch her Bsides Toronto talk. Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2015-048-Cheryl_Biswas_Shadow_IT.mp3 iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2015-048-rise-shadow...-it!/id799131292?i=357889684&mt=2 Cheryl's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/3ncr1pt3d Cheryl's BsidesTO talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0pNWpWFKBc TuneIn Radio App: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ BrakeSec Podcast Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brakesec Join our Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/bds_podcast Comments, Questions, Feedback: [email protected]

Business Security in Maturity Model (#BSIMM) is a #framework that is unique in that it gives your company a measuring stick to know how certain industry verticals stack to yours... We didn't want to run through all 4 sections of the BSIMM, so this time, we concentrated on the #software #security standards, the "Deployment" section specifically... BSIMMV6 download (just put junk in the fields, and download ;) ): https://www.bsimm.com/download/ Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2015-047_BSIMM.mp3 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2015-047-using-bsimm-framework/id799131292?i=357545342&mt=2 TuneIn Radio App: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ BrakeSec Podcast Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brakesec Join our Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/bds_podcast Comments, Questions, Feedback: [email protected]

During our last podcast with Bill Sempf (@sempf), we were talking about how to get developers to understand how to turn a vuln into a defect and how to get a dev to understand how vulns affect the overall quality of the product. During our conversation, a term "ASVS" came up. So we did a quick and dirty session with Bill about this. It's a security #requirements #document that ensures that projects that are being scoped out are meeting specific security requirements. This can be a valuable ally when your company is creating products or software applications. Bill explains with us this week exactly how you incorporate this into your Secure #SDLC #lifecycle #project #management #security #architect Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/sempf2.mp3 iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2015-046-getting-security/id799131292?i=356958476&mt=2 TuneIn Radio App: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ Bill's Bside Columbus talk on ASVS: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/bsidescolumbus2015/defense00-got-software-need-a-security-test-plan-got-you-covered-bill-sempf Bill's Blog: http://www.sempf.net Bill's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sempf BrakeSec Podcast Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brakesec

When you receive a #pentest or vuln scan report, we think in terms of #SQLi or #XSS. Take that report to your dev, and she/he sees Egyptian hieroglyphics and we wonder why it's so difficult to get devs to understand. It's a language barrier folks. They think terms of defects or how something will affect the customer experience. We think in terms of #vulnerabilities, and what caused the issue. We need to find that common ground, and often, that will mean us heading into unfamiliar territory. It doesn't have to be 'us vs. them'. We are supposed to be a team. Join us this week as we discuss that very topic with Bill #Sempf. Bill has spent nearly 25 years doing software development and security, working as an independent contractor for dozens of companies on hundreds of #software #projects. He helps us figure out how to speak 'dev', and to develop a mindset that will ensure you can get the most out of interactions with developers and coders. Show notes: http://brakeingsecurity.com/2015-045-care-and-feeding-of-devs-podcast-edition-with-bill-sempf Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2015-045_Bill_Sempf-care_and_feeding_of_devs.mp3 Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2015-045-care-feeding-devs/id799131292?i=356366452&mt=2 Bill's #DerbyCon Talk "#Developers: Care and Feeding": http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon5/teach-me11-developers-care-and-feeding-bill-sempf Bill's Blog: https://sempf.net/ Bill's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sempf Check us out using the #TuneIn App!: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ #RSS: http://www.brakeingsecurity.com/rss

It's a madhouse this week! We invited Ben Donnelly (@zaeyx) back to discuss a new software framework he's crafted, called #MAD Active Defense. Ben wants to make Active Defense simple enough for even the busiest blue teamer. The interface takes it design from other well known #software frameworks, namely #Metasploit, #REcon-ng, and even a bit of #SET, he said. We even did a quick demo of MAD, discussed the tenets of #Active #Defense, and talked about a little skunkworks project of Ben's that you will find enjoyable. Direct Link: http://brakeingsecurity.com/2015-044-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-with-ben-donnelly Promethean Security MAD GitHub: https://github.com/PrometheanInfoSec/MAD Demo Video (~110MB): http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/MAD_Ben_edited.mkv Backup Demo Download (gDrive) site (~110MB): https://goo.gl/FtWlCM Check us out using the TuneIn App!: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ RSS: http://www.brakeingsecurity.com/rss #activeDefense #blueTeam #intrusionDefense #benDonnelly

WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) has been a part of the Windows Operating system since Windows 95. With it, you can make queries about information on hosts, locally and even remotely. Why are we talking about it? It's use in the enterprise and by admins is rarely used, but it's use in moving laterally by bad actors is growing in it's use. It's highly versatile, able to be scripted, and can even be used to cause triggers for when other programs run on a system. Mr. Boettcher and I sit down and discuss the functions of #WMI, it's history, what classes and objects are, and ways you can leverage WMI to make your admins job much easier. #assetmanagement #remotemanagement #wbem #wmi #windows DerbyCon WMI talk: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon5/break-me12-whymi-so-sexy-wmi-attacks-real-time-defense-and-advanced-forensic-analysis-matt-graeber-willi-ballenthin-claudiu-teodorescu Wbemtest: http://blogs.technet.com/b/chad/archive/2012/03/08/tip-45-wbemtest-the-underappreciated-tool.aspx WMI documentation: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384642(v=vs.85).aspx TuneIn podcast Link: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ RSS: http://www.brakeingsecurity.com/rss Show notes

Just before #Derbycon, we invited Michael Gough (@hackerhurricane) to join us on the #podcast. For the last 3-4 months, my co-host Brian and he were engaged in the creation of a software tool that would make #log #analysis of #windows systems quicker, and together they have achieved that with "Log-MD", short for Log Malicious Discovery. For hosts infected with #Malware and #bots, they always leave a fingerprint of what they are doing behind. This software takes your system, configures it to get the maximum #logging output possible, then puts everything in a nice readable format, enabling you to filter out known good items, leaving you with bad items, or suspicious activity. This allows you to analyze #logfiles and find malware in less time than before. This will make #forensics of infected systems faster and more economical. We do some discussion of #Log-MD, and then we have MIchael demo LOG-MD for us. Video demo: https://youtu.be/0_J90sOVY8c log-MD site: http://log-md.com/ RSS: http://www.brakeingsecurity.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2015-042-log-md-more-malware/id799131292?i=354715938&mt=2

In our last bit of Derbycon audio, I discussed DerbyCon experiences with Mr. Boettcher, Magen Wu (@tottenkoph), Haydn Johnson (@haydnjohnson), and Ganesh Ramakrishnan (@hyperrphysics). We find out what they liked, what they didn't like, and you get a lot of great information about packing for a con, things you can do to improve your convention going experience. Hopefully, you'll hear the amount of fun we had, and find the time to go to a convention. There are literally hundreds, many only few hours by plane away. Some can be found in your own town or within driving distance.

Mr. Boettcher and I attended Derbycon, and while he was out attending talks, I got invited to do a podcast with some of the other podcasts who were there. Special thanks to Edgar Rojas, Amanda Berlin, Jerry Bell, Andrew Kalat, Paul Coggin, Tim DeBlock, and everyone else at our recording. We have a bit more audio that we will post this month, including a discussion of a tool Mr. Boettcher and Michael Gough collaborated on to make windows malware analysis easier to do.

Last week, we discussed with Shreeraj Shah about HTML5, how it came into being and the fact that instead of solving OWASP issues, it introduces new and wonderful vulnerabilities, like exploiting locally stored web site info using XSS techniques, and doing SQLI on the new browser WebSQL. So this week, it's all about defensive techniques that you can use to educate your developers against making mistakes that could get your company's web application on the front page of the news paper.

Shreeraj Shah (@shreeraj on Twitter) came on this week to give us a run-down of some of the issues with HTML5? How can a new standard actually be worse than something like Flash? And why would a standard not address existing OWASP issues, and even create new issues, like the ability of a browser to have a database inside of it managing everything? This week we discuss HTML5 history, some of the pitfalls, and discuss some of the new technologies found in HTML5 that will create more headaches for agents of infosec.

When we wanted to have Martin Fisher on, it was to discuss 'Security Mandate vs. Security Influence'. We wanted to discuss why companies treat compliance as more important, and if it's only because business requires it to be done. And if infosec is a red headed stepchild because they often don't have the guidance of a compliance framework. But it ended up going in another direction, with Martin discussing infosec leadership, and how we as agents of infosec should be 'guardrails' instead of 'speed bumps' to business processes and people. It was a great discussion from a veteran healthcare CISO, especially if you're thinking of pursuing a CISO or CSO management track. https://www.manager-tools.com/ -- Manager Tools podcast

Once you find a vulnerability, how do you handle patching it? Especially when devs have their own work to do, there are only so many man hours in a sprint or development cycle, and the patching process could take up a good majority of that if the vuln is particularly nasty. One method is to triage your patches, and we discuss that this week with Mr. Boettcher. We also talk about how our respective company's handle patching of systems. We also discuss what happens when compensating controls run out of effectiveness, and if there is a point at which they no longer are 'compensating' for anything any further.

Checkbox Security... checklists required to follow by compliance people and many security people have to fall in line, because they often have no choice. But what if there was a way to use compliance requirements to get beyond the baseline of PCI/SOCII/HIPAA, and get to be more secure? Megan Wu (@tottenkoph), Mr. Boettcher, and I spent a bit of time discussing just that. We discuss basic issues with compliance frameworks, how to get management to buy-in to more security, and even how you can get Compliance people to help without them knowing it.

After last week's discussion of end-user training in the SANS top 20 security controls, we realized that it would be great to discuss how a company involved in training does proper training. So we hit up our sponsor at Cybrary.it to discuss their end-user security training track and how companies can use it to help their employees to be more secure in their workplace. We end the podcast with a bit of audio from the Bsides Austin blue/red panel Mr. Boettcher moderated. He asked them about training and it's worth. The first answer from Justin Whitehead is telling as to how he believes training will fail regardless. His answer was chilling in fact, and we hope to continue that conversation with him in the future about it.

For long time listeners of the podcast, back when Brian and I wanted to do the podcast, we were working at the same company, and the first podcast we did was on hashes. Bob story: Bob was getting tired of explaining what MD5, SHA1, SHA2 were to developers, so as we were developing our idea for the podcast, this was the first episode we had. Mr. Boettcher had several ideas for podcasts prior to. I was actually gonna go it alone, but wanted him to join me. Thankfully, he broached the idea of being on the podcast. This was actually the second take, as the first one was done in our office and we didn't want any legal issues doing it at work, so we trahed that one and made this version. I thought the first take was better, but what are gonna do... :)

End User training. Lots of companies have need of regular security training. Many treat it as a checkbox for compliance requirements, once a year. With the way training is carried out in many organizations, is it any wonder why phishing emails still get clicked, passwords still get compromised, and sensitive information is still leaked. We discuss methods to make training more effective, and how to make people want to do training. Finally, we dicsuss Capture-The-Flag competitions, and why it would behoove blue team people to attempt them. They become a great barometer for understanding your shortcomings, and what you as a blue teamer might need to study up on...

Katherine Carpenter is a privacy consultant who has worked all over the world helping to develop guidelines for ethical medical research, sharing of anonymized data, and helping companies understand privacy issues association with storing and sharing of medical data. This week, we discuss how companies should assign value to their data, the difficulties of doing research with anonymized data, and the ramifications of research organizations that share data irresponsibly. email contact: [email protected] http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=192740 https://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/consent.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-anonymization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_anonymization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-identification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Safe_Harbor_Privacy_Principles http://www.nature.com/news/privacy-protections-the-genome-hacker-1.12940 http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/coveredentities/De-identification/guidance.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_privacy_law http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/06/data-privacy-europe-facebook http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/15/eu-privacy-laws-data-regulations http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/obscurity-a-better-way-to-think-about-your-data-than-privacy/267283/ http://fusion.net/story/171429/app-genetic-access-control-genes-dna-for-password/ ### Katherine’s note, comment, and links. It is good to be thinking about de-identification (especially regarding health care data) I think a better question to ask is how easy is it to re-identify information that has been de-identified. The HIPAA rule has 18 Identifiers which count as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Personal Health Information (PHI) include birth date, zip code, and IP address; When data is collected in non-health contexts, these identifiers are not considered PII/PHI (for example: this kind of information can be used for marketing purposes or financial/credit-related purposes). A brief history on the topic: in 1997 a precocious grad student IDed the Governor of MA using purchased voter records to reID deIDed health information that was released. (This study was one motivator to pass HIPAA.) Further research along the same lines of the previous project can be summed up with a simple and scary statistic: in 2000, 87% of Americans may be uniquely identified by combining zip code, birthday and sex(gender). For this reason, health information is threatened not only by deID’n & reID’n, but by the combination of and other types of information that are publicly available or available for purchase and could reveal things about an individual that would contribute to reID of individual’s health info. Here are a bunch of articles that discuss the topic from different angles. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/your-secrets-live-online-in-databases-of-ruin/ https://datafloq.com/read/re-identifying-anonymous-people-with-big-data/228 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-05/states-hospital-data-for-sale-puts-privacy-in-jeopardy https://epic.org/privacy/reidentification/ http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/10/you%E2%80%99re-not-so-anonymous/ Dwork, C. and Yekhanin, S. (2008), “New Efficient Attacks on Statistical Disclosure Control Mechanisms,” Advances in Cryptology—CRYPTO 2008, to appear, also at http://research.microsoft.com/research/sv/DatabasePrivacy/dy08.pdf Is Deidentification Sufficient to Protect Health Privacy in Research? Mark A. Rothsteinhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3032399/

In an incident response, the need for clear communication is key to effective management of an incident. This week, we had Mick Douglas, DFIR instructor at SANS, and Jarrod Frates, who is a pentester at InGuardians, and has great experience handling incidents. Find out some roles in an incident response (the Shadow, the event coordinator, the lead tech), and how companies should have an IR plan that handles various 'incident severities'. Jarrod updates us on "TheLab.ms" and how you might like to help them! Finally, We are holding a contest to win a ticket to DerbyCon, full instructions are below. We are giving away two tickets. DerbyCon 1st Ticket contest expires 31 July 2015. 1. To enter for a ticket to DerbyCon a. A donation must be made to Hackers for Charity (http://www.hackersforcharity.org/) b. Once the donation is made, email your receipt of your donation to [email protected] 96 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} c. If you win: We will contact you by the email you mailed the receipt from with our contact information. You will need to contact us when you get to DerbyCon, as we will not send you the ticket directly. You will also be responsible for airfare and accommodations at DerbyCon.

Strap yourselves in ladies and Gentlemen. With Mr. Boettcher gone on "vacation" this week, I needed some help with the podcast, and boy did we pick a doozy. If you're a fan of Turing Complete algorithms, frankly, who isn't ;) , we had Ms. Fabienne Serrière (@fbz) and Ms. Magen Wu (@tottenkoph) who discuss higher order math and psychology on our podcast this week. We also discuss a little project management and even talk about why proper survey sizes and getting a good cross-section is important. Be sure to pick up one of Ms. Fbz's scarves, especially if you're a math nut, and love fracctals and patterns as I do. Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fbz/knityak-custom-mathematical-knit-scarves Elementary Cellular Automaton : http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ElementaryCellularAutomaton.html Turing Complete: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_completeness Sierpinski Triangle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle Chomsky Hierarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chomsky_hierarchy Hammer/LangSec: https://github.com/UpstandingHackers/hammer Sergey Bratis: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~sergey/ Stego Hats: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fbz/pseudo-random-reversible-hat SeaSec East: http://www.meetup.com/SEASec-East/

My podcast co-host Brian Boettcher, along with Kate Brew, an Austin, TX based security blogger, headed up this panel called "Red Team Vs. Blue Team". The idea was to ask people from various sides of the aisles (attackers and defenders) pressing questions about how the industry operates. Infosec heavyweights like Kevin Johnson (@secureideas), Mano Paul (@manopaul), Josh Sokol (@joshSokol), made this a very excellent podcast... We hope you enjoy!

Roxy, who we interviewed a few months ago on our podcast about hackerspaces, is back with us this week to discuss a project she is working on, called 'Big Brown Cloud'. If you've ever wanted to setup your own fake blog and send people to it to gain information on possible attacks, you've come to the right place. We also get an update on the hackerspace that Jarrod, Sean, and Roxy were getting setup a few months ago. They've come a long way, and they are about to move into their new facility https://thelab.ms/

In this podcast, you'll learn about: Log analytics software that can be used to parse system logs for naaty malware Detecting Malware artifacts learn about windows directory locations looking for indicators like packing, changed hashes, etc Tips for capturing malware using tools like RoboCopy Learn about what code caves are and how malware hides inside them (http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/20240/The-Beginners-Guide-to-Codecaves) SANS DFIR poster - https://www.sans.org/security-resources/posters/windows-forensics-evidence-of-75

Michael Gough joined us again to discuss malware detection techniques on Windows systems. We talk about how you can modify Powershell's defaults to allow for better logging potential. Also, we find out some hidden gems that pretty much guarantee to let you know that you've been infiltrated. Stay for the powershell security education, and you also learn some new terminology, like "Malware Archaeology", Malwarians, and 'Log-aholic', to name a few...

This week, we discuss various methods of enabling companies to move applications to cloud based platforms. We discuss containers, like Docker, and how various hosting services handle converting businesses from a traditional data centers to a secure. cloud based entity. We even discuss securing the data in the cloud, preventing bad guys from accessing it, as well as the cloud provider themselves, who can be served with a subpeona to hand over data. Brakeing Down Security would like to thank FireHost for allowing Chase and Mike to join us.

With last week's revelation from Microsoft that they will support SSH, understanding powershell has become more important than ever as a tool to be used by blue teamers, both for adminstration, and to understand how bad guys will use it for nefarious deeds on your network. Part 2 of our interview with Mick Douglas discusses a bit more about the DEV522 class that he teaches for SANS, and why it seems that blue team (defenders) are not getting the training they should. By being deficient in necessary skills, the knowledge between bad guys and the defenders widens.

We had the opportunity to discuss with Mick Douglas the fact that there is a stigma of blue team always being on the losing end of the security. Is it because there are more tools for the pentesters or bad guys, or that it takes a massive IT budget to be secure? We don't believe so... Great insights into how a blue team can protect their network.

Having a more secure network by deploying tools can be no easy task. This week, we show you a tool, Security Onion, that can give you an IDS and log analysis tool in less than 20 minutes. http://blog.securityonion.net/p/securityonion.html

When you're working with network infrastructure, there's a real need for proper configuration management, as well as having a proper baseline to work from. Mr. Boettcher and I continue through the SANS Top25 Critical Security Controls. #10 and #11 are all dealing with network infrastructure. Proper patches, baselines for being as secure as possible. Since your company's ideal security structure needs to be a 'brick', and not an 'egg'.

We continue our journey on the 24 Deadly Programming Sins. If you listened to last week's podcast, we introduced the book we were using as a study tool: http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Sins-Software-Security-Programming/dp/0071626751 This week is on command injection. We first discussed command injection as part of our OWASP Top 10 for 2013, but you'll be surprised just how easy devs compile conditions that allow for command injection into their code as well.

Code Audits are a necessary evil. Many organizations resort to using automated tools, but tools may not find all issues with code. Sometimes, you need to take a look at the code yourself. Mr. Boettcher and I begin going through the book "24 Deadly Sins of Software Security: Programming Flaws and How to Fix Them" What we covered this week is "buffer overruns", we discuss what they are, and how they occur. Get ready for a crash course in code audits. The book is not required, but it definitely helps when we are discussing concepts. We also mentioned our new Patreon account, so if you are a listener, and want to support what we do, you can give on a per month schedule. Donations are entirely optional, and if you don't wish to give, that's fine too. 24 Deadly Sins on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Sins-Software-Security-Programming/dp/0071626751/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430622916&sr=8-1&keywords=24+deadly+sins+of+software+security+programming+flaws+and+how+to+fix+them https://cwe.mitre.org/

When you're faced with major projects, or working to understand why your IDS fails every day at the same time, there must be a way to work that out. Or when you must do the yearly business continuity failover, you need a process oriented framework to track and ensure changes are committed in a sane, orderly manner. ITIL is a completely versatile, flexible framework that scales with your organization. You can also use it with your software development lifecycle. You can use it to enhance major projects and security initiatives. Tim Wood joins us for the second part of his interview. We discuss Change Management, Problem Management and making inter-departmental SLAs a reality for proper management of changes. Tim Wood's Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qfQ-gWynwiVS0zLTZidml0VzA/view?usp=sharing (view only)

Much of InfoSec and Compliance is all about processes, procedures, controls, audits, and the proper management of all of these. To do so, you need a proper framework to make these as seamless as possible. ITIL is one of these types of frameworks. We introduce Mr. Tim Wood on the podcast, who has over 20 years of ITIL experience and began ITIL implementations in banks and Healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. He currently works with different industries to change culture and make an ITIL a reality. This week, we go over the History of ITIL, and understand the various incarnations from v1.0 to v3.0. You quickly understand where security will start fitting into all those facets of the ITIL framework. Tim Wood's Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qfQ-gWynwiVS0zLTZidml0VzA/view?usp=sharing (view only)

Special interview this week! On the heels of their uber successful KickStarter campaign, we brought co-founder Ryan and one of the technical editors Anthony in to discuss what Cybrary is. We also discuss ways you can leverage it in your own business to get quality security awareness training, as well as train up your employees on infosec topics that can benefit your company and employees. You can find out more at http://www.cybrary.it

It's that time of year again... when all the reports come out that shows how various industries did over the last year. Brakeing Down Security went over the results of the Verizon PCI report. Did companies do worse this year, or could they have actually improved? Listen to our analysis, and what companies can do to learn from this, and how you can use this report to help get a leg up when your QSA comes calling. http://www.verizonenterprise.com/pcireport/2015/ Pay IRS using "Snapcard": http://www.coindesk.com/pay-taxes-bitcoin-snapcard-pay-irs/ According to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), virtual currencies are treated as "Property": http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Virtual-Currency-Guidance

We continue our trek down the list of SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls this week with #12 and #13 - Boundry Defense, and Controlled use of Administrative Privileges. Learn what you can do to shore up your network defenses, and how to handle admin privileges... When to give that kind of access, and how to make privileged access as secure as possible while still allowing administrators to do their work. https://www.sans.org/media/critical-security-controls/CSC-5.pdf http://www.openspf.org/ https://4sysops.com/

We invited the organizers of the "TheLab.ms", a Dallas, Texas based hacker/makerspace on the podcast to talk about why they wanted to start a makerspace, the costs and plans to setup a hacker space, and some of the things you can do with a makerspace. We also understand the sense of community and the learning environment gained from these places. If you are looking to start a 'space in your area, or looking to understand why they are needed in a community, you'll want to listen to Roxy, Sean, and Jarrod talk about the highs and lows and even some of the gotchas in setting up a space.

Mr. Boettcher went on vacation and was volunteering for Austin Bsides this week, and I needed to do a podcast, so I enlisted the aid of Lee Brotherston and Jarrod Frates discuss some important topics. We discuss the seemingly short talent pool for IT/IS positions. We talk about the ROWHAMMER vulnerability and how it may affect your organization. Additionally, we talk about how the NTP protocol is being maintained by one person and what can be done to help with that, as it is a critical piece of Internet Infrastructure, and finally, we figure out why PGP/GPG is not user-friendly, and if there are ways to make it better, or if it needs to be replaced permanently. News of the week RowHammer - http://www.darknet.org.uk/2015/03/rowhammer-ddr3-exploit-what-you-need-to-know/ Lack of hire-able people in IT/IS - per Leviathan Sec report. https://www.leviathansecurity.com/blog/scarcity-of-cybersecurity-expertise/ NTP maintained by one guy ‘Father Time’ http://www.informationweek.com/it-life/ntps-fate-hinges-on-father-time/d/d-id/1319432 Moxie Marlinspike’s GPG/PGP rant: Perfection ruined the goal http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/gpg-and-me/

In our continuing discussion with Jeff and "Str4d", we got right to the heart of the matter: Privacy and anonymity. If you're trying to remain anonymous, what steps do the devs of I2P use to keep themselves as anonymous as possible. We also touch on what the "Browser Exploitation Framework", and why it scares the heck out of Jeff. Finally, I ask them if there is any real 'good' sites on I2P, because of how the media seems to latch on to any story where we hear the bad things of any anonymizing network, is there a way we can improve the image of anonymizing networks. *** If you have a blog, and it's about security/privacy/compliance, please consider adding us as a write-in for '2015 Best New Security Podcast' here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/securitybloggers*** Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vh0HiUDXchesI2-BlthztoIIswZa0GZa_Jg0mOu0ao4/edit?usp=sharing

Mr. Boettcher got a hold of the developers and maintainers of the anonymizing network "I2P". We talked with "str4d" and "Jeff" this week. In Part 1 of the interview, we discuss the technical aspects of I2P, how it functions, how 'Garlic routing' works, and how the flood Fill servers allow for I2P to function effectively. In the final segment, we discuss form factors, specifically if I2P is available for embedded systems like Raspberry Pi. If you find Tor not to your liking, give I2P a try... it's goals are the same, but the method of security and privacy are different. Plus, as you can hear from the podcast, it's very much a tight knit community of security and privacy enthusiasts. Show notes, links, and contact info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vh0HiUDXchesI2-BlthztoIIswZa0GZa_Jg0mOu0ao4/edit?usp=sharing

The second part of our interview with Pawel discussed Content management systems, and how you can integrate CSP in Drupal, Django, and the like. Content managers, you'll want to listen to this, especially about how CSP can help you secure the content on your systems, as well as protect customers from web based attacks using the sandboxing functions of CSP Pawel's Blog = ipsec.pl Pawel's CSP builder app = cspbuilder.info Quick Guide to CSP: http://content-security-policy.com/

Pawel Krawczyk did an interview with us about Content Security Policy. Learn about what it is, and whether or not the latest browsers can support it. We also talk about how you can get around it, if there are ways to avoid it if you are a bad guy, and how you can get the most out of it. If you're a web developer, and want to reduce your site's chances of allowing XSS, you'll want to take a listen to this. https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/content-security-policy/#changes-from-level-1 https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/content-security-policy/#directive-sandbox

Extra special treat this week! We do a continuation of our review of the Top 20 Security Controls, in which we do #14 and #15, which all of you will find very interesting. But the real reason we are posting this today is the Call for Papers and Call for Mentors for the Bsides Las Vegas Proving Grounds! We invited Magen Wu (@tottenkoph) on to discuss. If you've ever asked yourself "I'd like to give a talk, but they'd never put me on" NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! :) This is a great opportunity if you're a veteran speaker, or just want to give back to the community at large... You can mentor a n00b to help them create a topic, help them hone their paper, and be with them when they give the talk at Bsides Las Vegas in July. Many thanks to @tottenkoph and @securitymoey. They need your help, both as a mentor and a mentee. This is also an excellent networking opportunity. You get 1-on-1 access to an often influential mentor, someone in the infosec community, and your talk will be seen by several hundred people. hmmm.... maybe I should put one in :D ----- SANS #14-10: Ensure that the log collection system does not lose events during peak activity, and that the system detects and alerts if event loss occurs (such as when volume exceeds the capacity of a log collection system). This includes ensuring that the log collection system can accommodate intermittent or restricted-bandwidth connectivity through the use of handshaking / flow control. ------ "Dirty Rhodes" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

During our research with Lee Brotherston, who we had on last week for our podcast on threat modeling, we got to listen to one of his talks about how his ISP in Canada was actively doing a Man-in-Middle injection of a banner into sites that he visited. We were intrigued, and also gobsmacked (I can say that, right?) about the brashness of an ISP not apparently understanding the security implications of this, so we had him back on totalk about the finer points of his research. The bad news? Other ISPs, including American ISPs are using this technology. This is one of those podcasts that you need to tell your friends about, cause it's truly surprising the lengths ISPs go to injecting content into your pages. We also have a short message about the Bsides Las Vegas Proving Grounds this year... If you've wanted to present a paper at a conference, and have a mentor guide you through the process, hit them up on the Proving Grounds page at http://www.bsideslv.com Show notes (lots of info): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YLkiRE1SVIyWquWc-iQrESWlT10rSJmW1VcrOX3kQZ0/edit?usp=sharing "Dirty Rhodes" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Threat Modeling... ranks right up there with Risk Assessments in importance... You gotta figure out how the applications you're creating or the systems you're engineering are secure. It really takes knowing your application and really, knowing the enemies/factors that can cause your application to fail, from santizing inputs on a web app, to making sure that your code doesn't have use-after-free bugs. Brakeing Down Security talked about conducting threat modeling and application reviews with Lee Brotherston (@synackpse) from Leviathan Security (@LeviathanSecurity) this week. We discuss types of risk analysis, including one named 'Binary Risk Analysis', which may simplify assessment of your computer systems. Show notes = https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K-eycek2Xud7loVC4yrHg6eHCY0oyztV_ytbY433oYk/edit?usp=sharing "Dirty Rhodes" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Mr. Boettcher and I went over the bottom 5 of the SANS Top 20 security controls that businesses should implement. When put into the right order, you should be able to have an environment that is able to withstand most any attack. We also talk about 5 'Quick Fixes' that will put you on the right track with becoming more secure. You may be surprised at what is considered a priority... have a listen: (QR code links to the mp3) Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JuRJ-RPTmw50pTeO82rb9_rC8tFf53eiUzkppfwQvs0/edit?usp=sharing "Dirty Rhodes" created by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/