Just how bad can things get if someone clicks on a link? Rob Allen joins us again to talk about ransomware, why putting too much attention on clicking links misses the larger picture of effective defenses, and what orgs can do to prepare for an influx of holiday-infused ransomware targeting.

Segment resources

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-a-ransomware-gang-encrypted-nevada-governments-systems/
• https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/pro-russian-hackers-linux-vms-hide-windows
• https://www.threatlocker.com/blog/how-to-build-a-robust-lights-out-checklist

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Pull requests are a core part of collaboration, whether in open or closed source. GitHub has documented some of the security consequences of misconfiguring how PRs can trigger actions. But what happens when repo owners don't read the docs? Bar Kaduri and Roi Nisimi walk through their experience in reading docs, finding vulns, demonstrating exploits, and working with repo owners to improve their security. Their work highlights the challenges in maintaining good security guidance, figuring out secure defaults, and how so many orgs still struggle with triaging external security reports -- something that's becoming even more challenging when orgs are being flooded with low-quality reports from LLMs.

Segment Resources:

• https://orca.security/resources/blog/pull-request-nightmare-github-actions-rce/
• https://orca.security/resources/blog/pull-request-nightmare-part-2-exploits/

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The post quantum encryption migration is going to be a challenge, but how much of a challenge? There are several reasons why it is different from every other protocol and cypher iteration in the past. Is today's hardware up to the task? Is it just swapping out a library, or is there more to it? What is the extent of software, systems, and architecture that have to be updated or replaced to complete the migration? Can we get it all done by 2030?

Sandy Carielli and Martha Bennett join us to answer these questions and dive into one area of tech that hasn't been discussed much when it comes to post-quantum encryption: blockchain.

Relevant Forrester Reports:

• Quantum Computing isn't a Threat to Blockchains - Yet
• The Architect's Guide to Quantum Security

In the news, high standards for open source software, trends in self-hosting, doing the cloud wrong, and is it really always DNS?

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