FreeBSD, Steam Decks, Ancient Computers, UEFI Rootkits, & Office Macro Saga Continues – PSW #749
In the Security News FreeBSD and the software supply chain, open-source implies that its open, hardcoded passwords are always bad, on-again, off-again, on-again, privilege escelation defined, preparing for quantum, so many vulnerabilities, CosmicStrand another UEFI firmware rootkit, & reviving ancient computers! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes!
FreeBSD, Steam Decks, Ancient Computers, UEFI Rootkits, & Office Macro Saga Continues
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Josh Marpet – Executive Director at RM-ISAO @quadling
Executive Director, RM-ISAO |
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Larry Pesce – Principal Managing Consultant and Director of Research & Development at InGuardians @haxorthematrix
Larry’s core specialties include hardware and wireless hacking, architectural review, and traditional pentesting. He also regularly gives talks at DEF CON, ShmooCon, DerbyCon, and various BSides. Larry holds the GAWN, GCISP, GCIH, GCFA, and ITIL certifications, and has been a certified instructor with SANS for 5 years, where he trains the industry in advanced wireless and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) hacking. Larry’s independent research for the show has led to interviews with the New York Times with MythBusters’ Adam Savage, hacking internet-connected marital aids on stage at DEFCON, and having his RFID implant cloned on stage at Shmoocon. When not hard at work, Larry enjoys long walks on the beach weighed down by his ham radio, (DE KB1TNF), and thinking of ways to survive the impending zombie apocalypse. |
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Lee Neely – Information Assurance APL at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory @lelandneely
Lee Neely is a senior IT and security professional at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) with over 25 years of experience. He has been involved in many aspects of IT from system integration and quality testing to system and security architecture since 1986. He has had extensive experience with a wide variety of technology and applications from point implementations to enterprise solutions. Lee has worked with securing information systems since he installed his first firewall in 1989. |
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Paul Asadoorian – Founder at Security Weekly @securityweekly
Paul Asadoorian is the founder of Security Weekly, which was acquired by CyberRisk Alliance. Paul spent time “in the trenches” implementing security programs for a lottery company and then a large university. Paul is offensive, having spent several years as a penetration tester. As Product Evangelist for Tenable Network Security, Paul built a library of materials on the topic of vulnerability management. When not hacking together embedded systems (or just plain hacking them) or coding silly projects in Python, Paul can be found researching his next set of headphones. |
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Tyler Robinson – Director of Offensive Security & Research at Trimarc Security, Founder & CEO at Dark Element @tyler_robinson
As the Managing Director of Offensive Security & Research at Trimarc, Tyler leads a team of high-performance security professionals within the offensive security field by simulating sophisticated adversaries and creating scalable offensive security platforms using the latest techniques as seen in the wild. With over 2 decades of experience, Tyler specializes in Red Teaming, APT threat modeling, blackbox network penetration testing, and Physical/Social-Engineering. Tyler has presented at multiple conferences including BSides, DefCon and Blackhat panels, SANS security events and to multiple branches of the military. |
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