7MS #349: Interview with Ameesh Divatia of Baffle
Today's featured interview is with Ameesh Divatia, cofounder and CEO at Baffle. Baffle offers an interesting approach to data protection that they call data-centric protection, and the idea is you need to protect information at the record level,...
7MS #348: Cell Phone Security for Tweenagers
Today's episode is brought to you by my friends at safepass.me. Safepass.me is the most efficient and cost-effective solution to prevent Active Directory users from setting a weak or compromised password. It's in compliance with the latest NIST password...
7MS #347: Happy 5th Birthday to 7MS
Today's episode is brought to you by my friends at safepass.me. Safepass.me is the most efficient and cost-effective solution to prevent Active Directory users from setting a weak or compromised password. It's in compliance with the latest NIST password...
7MS #346: Baby’s First Red Team Engagement
WARNING: Today's episode is a bit of an experiment, and I hope you'll hang in there with me for it.
I had the opportunity to do a week-long red team engagement, and so I recorded a little summary of the...
7MS #345: Interview with Amber Boone
Coming up on Tuesday, January 22 I'll be doing a Webinar with Netwrix called 4 Ways Your Organization Can Be Hacked. It features a Billy Madison theme and pits evil Eric Gordon against sysadmin Billy Madison. Hope...
7MS #344: Announcing the 7MS User Group
I'd like to coordially invite you to the first-ever 7MS User Group meeting, coming up Monday, January 14th at 6 p.m.! You can attend physically, virtually or both! All the info you need is below...see you there!
7MS #343: Interview with Dan DeCloss
Psssst! Wanna come to the first ever 7MS User Group meeting? It's coming up on January 14th. You can join in person or virtually! Head here for more information!
Dan DeCloss (a.k.a. wh33lhouse on Slack and...
7MS #342: Interview with Matt McCullough
Matt McCullough (a.k.a. Matty McFly on Slack) joined me in the studio to talk about his wild and crazy path to security. He started literally with no technical experience, but through a lot of hard work, aggressive networking...
7MS #341: How to Fix Unquoted Service Paths
Today's episode is brought to you by my friends at safepass.me. Safepass.me is the most efficient and cost-effective solution to prevent Active Directory users from setting a weak or compromised password. It's in compliance with the latest...
Pecha Kucha and The CryptoLocker Music Video
In 7MS #340 I talked about how much fun I had creating a Pecha Kucha session that was part PSA (about how to not click bad links) and part music video. Check it out:
7MS #340: Forensics 101 Reloaded and The CryptoLocker Music Video
Last week I had the fun privilege of speaking twice at the Minnesota Goverment IT Symposium on the following topics:
Forensics 101: This was a "reloaded" talk that I started earlier this year (and covered in episode 299 and 300)....
7MS #339: A Pulse-Pounding Impromptu Physical Pentest
On a recent security assessment I was thrown for a loop and given the opportunity to do a two-part physical pentest/SE exercise - with about 5 minutes notice(!). Yes, it had me pooping my pants, but in retrospect...
7MS #338: SIEMple Tests for Your SIEM Solution
Today's episode talks about some SIEMple tests you can run on your SIEM (OMg see what I did there? I took the word simple and made it SIEMple. Genius stuff, right? And there's no extra charge...
7MS #337: Happy Secure Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode I:
Share some things I'm thankful for - like you!
Talk about a fun episode I'm working on that has some SIEMple tests you can use to test your SIEM (omg see what I did...
7MS #336: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying – Part 6
Welcome to part 6 of our miniseries all about the ups, downs, trials and tribulations of being a small, one-person security start up. In this episode I detail out all the software/services I use to run 7 Minute...
As Businesses Move Critical Data to Cloud, Security Risks Abound
Companies think their data is safer in the public cloud than in on-prem data centers, but the transition is driving security issues.
Best practices for handling gaps in cloud security
Establishing sufficient cloud security is a complex challenge. Learn where your attention is best directed to achieve the best results.
Behold… a WinRAR security bug that’s older than your child’s favorite YouTuber. And yes, you should patch this hole
Bet all two of you who paid to activate your copy are feeling a little cheesed off at this 14-year-old undetected flaw CheckPoint infosec eggheads are today laying claim to discovering a Windows archiving security flaw that appears to...
Can you really sniff out gas station card skimmers with your phone?
A viral post suggests (wrongly) that card skimmers always use Bluetooth. Anyway, just looking at nearby Bluetooth names doesn't help much...
Canada Helping Australia Determine ‘Full Extent’ of Hack
Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency said Wednesday it is working with Canberra to try to determine the scale of computer hacking on Australia's parliament and political parties just months from an election.
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