SANS Top 20 Controls - #12 and #13

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/

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2015-013-Hackerspaces and their sense of community

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.

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2015-012-Fill In podcast with Jarrod and Lee!

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

1. RowHammer -

http://www.darknet.org.uk/2015/03/rowhammer-ddr3-exploit-what-you-need-to-know/

 

2. Lack of hire-able people in IT/IS - per Leviathan Sec report. https://www.leviathansecurity.com/blog/scarcity-of-cybersecurity-expertise/

 

3. NTP maintained by one guy ‘Father Time’

http://www.informationweek.com/it-life/ntps-fate-hinges-on-father-time/d/d-id/1319432

 

4. Moxie Marlinspike’s GPG/PGP rant: Perfection ruined the goal http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/gpg-and-me/

 

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2015-011- Why does BeEF and metadata tracking keep I2P developers up at night?

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.

 

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Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vh0HiUDXchesI2-BlthztoIIswZa0GZa_Jg0mOu0ao4/edit?usp=sharing

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2015-010 - How can you use I2P to increase your security and anonymity?

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

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2015-009-Part 2 with Pawel Krawczyk

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/

 

 

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2015-008- Make your web Apps more secure with Content Security Policy (part 1)

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

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