Security Serengeti

A news analysis focused information security podcast dedicated to getting you the actionable information and analysis you need to improve your company's posture and response!

Security Serengeti is a technology podcast hosted by David Schwendinger and Matthew Keener, with 25 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

David Schwendinger and Matthew Keener hosts Security Serengeti, a technology show with 25 episodes published.

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  Episode #154

  SS-NEWS-154 - Salt Typhoon and MS MFA Brute Forcing

  Dec 15, 202443 minS1

  <p>This week we discuss Salt Typhoon and the terrible idea of backdoors (and I mis-remember the backdoor discussion in 2008 - encryption vs. telcos!) and the Microsoft MFA brute forcing.  </p> <p>Article 1 - Salt Typhoon forces FCC's hand on making telcos secure their networks<br />Supporting Articles:<br /> China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House<br />US alleges China hacked calls of 'very senior' political figures, official says<br />US lawmakers seek answers on alleged Salt Typhoon breach of telecom giants<br />Wyden legislation would mandate FCC cybersecurity rules for telecoms<br />Wiretap Telecom</p> <p>A...

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  Episode #153

  SS-NEWS-153 - Lawyers will Inherit Cyber

  Nov 17, 202446 minS1

  <p>This week we discuss an academic paper through Venture in Security talking about how companies will rely more and more on legal reasoning and decision making vs. technical reasoning and decision making, and we quickly hit on ATT&CK v16.</p> <p>Article 1 - Venture in Security Response - Blessed are the lawyers, for they shall inherit cybersecurity<br />Supporting Articles:<br />Original Paper - Blessed Are The Lawyers, For They Shall Inherit Cybersecurity</p> <p>Article 2 - V16 Brings (Re)Balance: Restructured Cloud, New Analytics, and More Cybercriminals</p> <p>If you found this interesting or useful, please fo...

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  Episode #152

  SS-DISC-152 - Detection Engineering Behavior Maturity Model

  Nov 3, 202441 minS1

  <p>Today we discuss the Detection Engineering Behavior Maturity Model, which is a new Capability Maturity Model for Detection Engineering (surprise!) from Elastic.  It seems a little overly complicated to me (M.) but super useful despite that!</p> <p>Article that we originally saw </p> <p>Direct link to Elastic Blog Post</p> <p>If you found this interesting or useful, please follow us on Twitter @serengetisec and subscribe and review on your favorite podcast app!</p>

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  Episode #151

  SS-NEWS-151: AI Companions Hacked

  Oct 20, 202437 minS1

  <p>This week we discuss an attempted kidnapping and ransom of the parents of someone connected to a multi million dollar theft, stolen prompts and responses from Muah.ai's "companions", and how much attention should be paying low severity alerts?</p> <p>Article 1 - Lamborghini Carjackers Lured by $243M Cyberheist</p> <p>Article 2 - AI girlfriend site breached, user fantasies stolen</p> <p>Article 3 - Have you been keeping up with your low confidence detections?</p> <p>If you found this interesting or useful, please follow us on Twitter @serengetisec and subscribe and review on your favorite podcast app!</p>

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  Episode #150

  SS-NEWS-150 - T-Mobile Consent Decree and Kia Hacking

  Oct 6, 202449 minS1

  <p>Does the T-Mobile Consent Decree mean that the government is going to get more involved in breaches?  Additionally, Kia closes a gap in it's dealership API which allowed researchers to geolocate and lock/unlock cars.  Finally, we briefly discuss a new method attackers are monetizing AWS credentials... it's not pretty.</p> <p>Article 1 -  T-Mobile US to cough up $31.5M after that long string of security SNAFUs<br />Supporting Articles:<br />The Cost of Doing Business<br />T-Mobile hit with $60M fine over data security violations<br />T-Mobile to take $400M hit from hacking settlement<br />T-Mobile Consent Decree</p> ...

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