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  1. 5h ago

    Episode 189 | OWASP Top 10 Part 4: Cryptographic Failures

    Most cryptographic findings on your vulnerability report will never be exploited by a real attacker. So why do they keep showing up — and why should you still fix them? In this episode of the Cyber Threat Perspective, Brad Causey and Jordan Natter break down OWASP Top 10 A04: Cryptographic Failures — the entry they openly call their least favorite on the list. They explain why SWEET32, BEAST, and the other scary-sounding named TLS vulnerabilities almost never translate into real-world compromise, why platforms like Security Scorecard and BitSight inflate their severity anyway, and where genuine cryptographic risk actually lives. Jordan also walks through a real penetration test finding: a JSON Web Token signed with HS256, an exposed configuration backup sitting on the web server, and the signing secret that turned a standard user into an administrator. In this episode: - Why A04 dropped on the OWASP Top 10 without becoming less important - The difference between exploitable risk, hygiene risk, and brand reputational risk - An honest take on Security Scorecard and BitSight scores — what they measure, what they miss, and why a perfect score can coexist with a weak password policy and no MFA - The two halves of A04: data in transit (TLS/HTTPS, integrity, tampering) and data at rest (secure storage of credentials, PII, and payment data) - What a JWT actually is, and why pen testers love pulling them apart - Real pen test story: exposed config backup → leaked JWT secret → signature tampering → privilege escalation to admin - Broken server-side signature validation and other improperly implemented cryptography - Why MD5 and SHA-1 still show up for password storage 20 years too late — and what to use instead (Argon2, scrypt, bcrypt) - HSTS, secure renegotiation, and certificate expiration as A04 subcategories - The coffee shop scenario: the full chain of conditions required to exploit SWEET32 — including roughly 250 GB of captured traffic — and why no one has ever documented it happening in the wild - Why a decade-plus-old vulnerability in your environment says more about your vulnerability management program than about your crypto - Quantum computing: how today's theoretical attacks may not stay theoretical The takeaway: classify your data, choose modern algorithms, retire deprecated protocols, and keep a functioning vulnerability management program. Not because a threat actor is sitting in your local coffee shop waiting to derive your session key — but because leaving decade-old findings in place is a signal about everything else you might be missing. Next up: OWASP A05, which Brad promises is way cooler than A04. Blog: https://securit360.com/blog/ Podcast: https://securit360.buzzsprout.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SecurIT360 Contact: https://securit360.com/contact/ Have a topic you want us to cover? Send it our way. Blog: https://offsec.blog/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpov Twitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpov Follow Spencer on social ⬇ Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.com Work with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.

  2. Jul 24

    Episode 189 | OWASP Top 10 Part 3: Software Supply Chain Failures — From SolarWinds to Vibe Coding

    Almost no one writes an application from scratch anymore, and that's exactly the problem. In Part 3 of our OWASP Top 10 series, Brad Causey and Jordan Natter break down A03: Software Supply Chain Failures, the category that climbed to #3 and topped OWASP's own community survey as the vulnerability organizations worry about most. If your team pulls in third-party libraries, buys SaaS, or lets anyone "vibe code" a project, this episode is for you. Brad and Jordan cover both sides of supply chain risk: the trusted third-party applications you deploy (SolarWinds being the case that put this category on the map) and the open-source components you pull into your own code without always knowing what's inside. They explain why AI and vibe coding are accelerating the problem, why jQuery is the modern-day Flash, and why "just upgrade the package" is rarely that simple. From there it gets practical: What a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) is and why you need oneTransitive dependencies — the packages hiding beneath your packagesBuilding security checks into your CI/CD pipeline and shifting leftWhy a flaw caught in static analysis can cost ~$200, while the same flaw found in a pen test can cost $20,000+Why a pen test should validate your controls, not be your first line of defenseHow SecurIT360's Project Lantern and ChainGarde automate SBOM analysis against known and actively-exploited vulnerabilitiesA playbook for vetting vendors, writing accountability into contracts, and holding third parties responsible for actually fixing findingsThe takeaway: whether you're writing software or buying it, you need a way to inventory your components, check them against known vulnerabilities, and hold your vendors accountable — and most of it you can do with tools and teams you already have. Part 1 — Broken Access Control, IDOR & CORS: https://youtu.be/BwYJ-kZ3XaY Part 2 — Security Misconfigurations: https://youtu.be/Po8H140BijE Need a web app pen test? SecurIT360 | Cybersecurity From Every Angle  More content: https://offsec.blog Blog: https://offsec.blog/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpov Twitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpov Follow Spencer on social ⬇ Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.com Work with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.

  3. Jul 17

    Guaranteed way to catch threat actors | Ep 188

    In this episode, Spencer and Tyler discuss why deception is one of the best ways to catch threat actors. Resources Spencer's Cyber Deception WebinarSpencer's X posts on the topic of cyber deceptionhttps://thinkst.com/, https://canary.tools/@_subtee on X, @haroonmeer on Xhttps://tracebit.com/Blog: https://offsec.blog/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpov Twitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpov Follow Spencer on social ⬇ Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.com Work with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.

  4. Jul 10

    Avoid this cyber leadership trap | Ep 187

    Need a pentest or vCISO? Work with us! https://www.securit360.com/ A major leadership failure in Cybersecurity is l buying tools first then figuring out where they fit and how to use them. That’s super backwards. Here’s what I would do instead. Plan first, buy & implement second. I’m going to cover just the planning part this week. Next week we will talk about buying and implementing. Because honestly, implementation is where a lot of security teams go wrong.  Blog: https://offsec.blog/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpov Twitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpov Follow Spencer on social ⬇ Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.com Work with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.

  5. Jul 3

    Episode 186: Real Life Active Directory Attack Paths

    In this episode Spencer and Tyler discuss real life Active Directory attack paths, taken from real internal pentest engagements over the last several years. Blog: https://offsec.blog/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpov Twitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpov Follow Spencer on social ⬇ Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.com Work with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.

  6. Jun 25

    [Replay] Episode 172: The Biggest Security Blind Spots in Midsized Companies

    Some of the most dangerous security gaps aren't sophisticated — they're the ones hiding in plain sight. In this replay, Brad and Spencer break down the biggest blind spots they see over and over in mid-size companies: poor asset inventory, flat networks, flat identities, overconfidence in security tools, credential reuse, and the emerging risks with AI. If any of these hit home, go to our website, fill out the form, and see if we're a fit for you. Blog: https://offsec.blog/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpov Twitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpov Follow Spencer on social ⬇ Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.com Work with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.

  7. Jun 18

    Episode 185 | A Toddler with a Bazooka: The Real Risk of AI Agents

    AI agents can search the web, manipulate files, run commands, make API requests, access cloud platforms, and operate fully autonomously. They are powerful, they are here, and most organizations have no security controls around them whatsoever. In this episode, Brad and Spencer break down the five major AI agent risk categories security teams need to understand right now, using Simon Willison's "lethal trifecta" as a framework and building on it with two additional risk areas they see in the field. In this episode: - What an AI agent actually is and why the definition matters before you can secure it  - What AI agents are capable of: files, commands, APIs, memory, cloud access, and autonomous execution  - The lethal trifecta: access to private data, exposure to untrusted content, and external communication  - Risk category 1: Access to private data - why agents inherit your permissions and why that is dangerous  - Risk category 2: Exposure to untrusted content and prompt injection attacks  - Risk category 3: External communication and data exfiltration (including a real canary token experiment)  - Risk category 4: Privileged access and limiting blast radius with least privilege identities  - Risk category 5: Autonomous actions, approval gates, rate limits, and kill switches  - Why backups, rollback plans, and recovery playbooks are more important than ever in an AI agent world Resources mentioned: - Simon Willison's lethal trifecta post (June 2025): https://simonwillison.net - Zach Korman's ContinuumCon sandbox escape workshop: https://continuumcon.com/schedule/ - offsec.blog | securit360.com Need a pen test before end of year? Q3 slots are filling up fast.  Blog: https://offsec.blog/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpov Twitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpov Follow Spencer on social ⬇ Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.com Work with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.

  8. Jun 11

    Episode 184 | Active Directory Isn't Dead. It's Just Undefended.

    Think Active Directory is dead? Think again. According to Microsoft data, 86% of organizational workloads still touch Active Directory, and nearly 20% of organizations don't expect to reach a hybrid state for 10-20+ years. In this episode, Brad and Spencer break down why AD attack paths remain one of the most critical threats in enterprise environments and what defenders can do about it right now. Spencer also previews his ContinuumCon workshop "Killing AD Attack Paths Once and For All" where he demonstrates how authentication policies and silos can eliminate an entire class of lateral movement attacks built into Windows and Active Directory. In this episode: - Why Active Directory is still alive, well, and heavily targeted - What an Active Directory attack path is and how attackers use them - The four prerequisites attackers need to abuse AD attack paths - Real-world examples: Kerberos ticket theft, SCCM abuse, certificate misconfigurations, and misconfigured permissions - Tools defenders should know: Bloodhound, PingCastle, Purple Knight, Locksmith, and ADelegator - How to prioritize remediations based on ease of exploitation vs. impact - Why retesting is the most overlooked step in any remediation cycle Resources mentioned: - Spencer's ContinuumCon Workshop (Fri. June 12, 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET): https://continuumcon.com/schedule/ - Hybrid Identity Protection Podcast (Semperis): https://www.semperis.com/hybrid-identity-protection-podcast/ - Bloodhound CE: https://github.com/SpecterOps/BloodHound - PingCastle: https://www.pingcastle.com - Purple Knight: https://www.purple-knight.com - Locksmith: https://github.com/TrimarcJake/Locksmith - offsec.blog | securit360.com Blog: https://offsec.blog/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpov Twitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpov Follow Spencer on social ⬇ Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.com Work with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.

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