PP099: The Care and Feeding of Kerberos for Windows Environments
Today we’re going to learn about the care and feeding of a three-headed dog named Kerberos. Developed at MIT and released in 1989, Kerberos is a free, open source authentication protocol that uses cryptographic keys to protect identity data as it crosses a network. Today, Kerbero ...Afficher plus
PP098: What Goes On Inside a Firewall?
On today’s show, we pop the lid off of a firewall (figuratively speaking) to understand what’s inside. We talk about how a packet moves through various packet-processing elements inside a firewall, how header analysis and de-encapsulation work, which hardware component has the bi ...Afficher plus
The FBI deletes PlugX malware from thousands of U.S. computers. Researchers uncover vulnerabilities in Windows 11 allowing attackers to bypass protections and execute code at the kernel level. A look at (a busy) Patch Tuesday. Researchers uncovered six critical vulnerabilities in ...Afficher plus
Cybersecurity Today: New Threats from AI and Code Extensions
In today's episode, host Jim Love discusses the discovery of the 'Glass Worm,' a self-spreading malware hidden in Visual Studio Code extensions downloaded over 35,000 times. The worm, hiding its malicious JavaScript in invisible unicode characters, steals developer credentials an ...Afficher plus