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EPISODE 259
Broadcast Date:
November 30, 202214 minutes
Podcast Nov 30, 2022Root Causes 259: What Went Wrong with the Twitter Blue Check Marks
We explore why the Twitter blue check marks failed and the challenges in authenticating and vouching for the identity of an individual or organization.
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EPISODE 258
Broadcast Date:
November 22, 202217 minutes
Podcast Nov 22, 2022Root Causes 258: New S/MIME Baseline Requirements Ratified
The CA/Browser Forum has passed new Baseline Requirements for S/MIME certificates. We explain their broad stipulations.
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MFA Fatigue: Rethinking How Enterprises Authenticate
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Nov 21, 2022Not all forms of multi-factor authentication (MFA) are created equal and the forms that are based on one-time passcodes have turned into corporate liabilities. One-time passcodes that are entered into malicious login pages or entered into a compromised endpoint can be harvested by an attacker and utilized to log in along with a harvested username and password.
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EPISODE 257
Broadcast Date:
November 18, 202211 minutes
Podcast Nov 18, 2022Root Causes 257: FTX Crypto Exchange Collapses
"If you don't hold the keys, you don't hold the cheese." Crypto exchange giant FTX recently collapsed, causing ripples through the cryptocurrency world.
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EPISODE 256
Broadcast Date:
November 16, 202220 minutes
Podcast Nov 16, 2022Root Causes 256: What Is Harvest and Decrypt?
For secrets with a reasonable lifespan, the quantum computer threat is much closer than you might think, including as early as today.
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EPISODE 255
Broadcast Date:
November 11, 202223 minutes
Podcast Nov 11, 2022Root Causes 255: What Is a Privacy Browser?
In this episode we describe privacy browsers, the strategies they use, and the pros and cons of this approach.
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EPISODE 254
Broadcast Date:
November 8, 202211 minutes
Podcast Nov 08, 2022Root Causes 254: Toyota Symmetric Key Exposed on GitHub
In a recently exposed error, key material for a popular automobile manufacturer's PKI has been discovered on GitHub, exposing sensitive information.
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EPISODE 253
Broadcast Date:
November 4, 20229 minutes
Podcast Nov 04, 2022Root Causes 253: OpenSSL Vulnerability Explained
Last week the OpenSSL project announced an upcoming critical patch. We explain what the flaw was, what you should do, and why certificates are unaffected.
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EPISODE 251
Broadcast Date:
October 28, 202221 minutes
Podcast Oct 28, 2022Root Causes 251: What's Next for the NIST PQC Primitives?
NIST has announced its new post-quantum cryptography primitives. We discuss the next steps required by industry and what the enterprise can do today.
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EPISODE 250
Broadcast Date:
October 26, 202227 minutes
Podcast Oct 26, 2022Root Causes 250: 250 Episodes of Root Causes!
It's Root Causes episode 250! In this podcast about podcasting hear about choosing topics, why we have few guests, reacting to requests for media kits.
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EPISODE 249
Broadcast Date:
October 21, 202210 minutes
Podcast Oct 21, 2022Root Causes 249: What Is MFA Exhaustion?
Recent high profile attacks that were enabled by defeating MFA. We explain the concept of MFA fatigue and why it is an enabler for these attacks.
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Is Your Passwordless Really Passwordless Webinar
Webinar from Sectigo
Webinar Oct 20, 2022Is Your Passwordless Really Passwordless Webinar
Passwordless is a hot topic, and rightly so. Unfortunately, many so-called “passwordless” solutions are anything but. Learn more about true passwordless.