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EPISODE 140
Broadcast Date:
January 7, 202120 minutes
Podcast Jan 07, 2021Root Causes 140: SSL Attacks Using BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
BGP controls traffic routing on the internet. BGP attacks could help improperly obtain DV certificates. We explain these attacks and what to do about them.
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EPISODE 139
Broadcast Date:
January 4, 202110 minutes
Podcast Jan 04, 2021Root Causes 139: Exposed Private Keys in CSR Submissions
Sometimes subscribers accidentally include the private key along with CSR submissions. Our hosts break down this phenomenon and its implications.
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EPISODE 138
Broadcast Date:
December 29, 202014 minutes
Podcast Dec 29, 2020Root Causes 138: IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020
We explain the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, which creates security requirements for IoT devices sold into the US government.
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The SolarWinds Orion Attack and PKI
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Dec 21, 2020The SolarWinds attack touches on digital certificates and identity authentication in some important ways.
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EPISODE 137
Broadcast Date:
December 21, 202031 minutes
Podcast Dec 21, 2020Root Causes 137: SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack and Digital Identity
The SolarWinds supply chain attack i includes unusual manipulations of digital identity and certificates. We explore these aspects of the attack.
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EPISODE 136
Broadcast Date:
December 17, 202014 minutes
Podcast Dec 17, 2020Root Causes 136: 2020 Lookback - Quantum Safe Certificates
We discuss 2020's progress in the quest for quantum-safe encryption, including the algorithm candidate list, hybrid certificates, and IoT devices.
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EPISODE 135
Broadcast Date:
December 14, 202025 minutes
Podcast Dec 14, 2020Root Causes 135: The Heartbleed Vulnerability
2014's Heartbleed vulnerability made it possible to steal private keys directly from web servers, requiring certificate replacement by the millions.
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EPISODE 134
Broadcast Date:
December 10, 202024 minutes
Podcast Dec 10, 2020Root Causes 134: 2020 Lookback - SASE and Zero Trust Architecture
2020 was a big year for SASE (Secure Access Service Edge). We define SASE, ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Architecture), and SDP (Software Defined Perimeter).
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EPISODE 133
Broadcast Date:
December 7, 202024 minutes
Podcast Dec 07, 2020Root Causes 133: 2020 Lookback - COVID-19
In 2020 COVID-19 changed the way we work. Our hosts dicsuss the affect on employee access, Zero Trust, retail IT, immunity passports, and more.
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EPISODE 132
Broadcast Date:
December 4, 202017 minutes
Podcast Dec 04, 2020Root Causes 132: Examining MFA Through Soft Tokens
In our ongoing examination of MFA, we examine authentication through soft-token OTP (one-time passcode) and compare it to SMS tokens and hard tokens.
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EPISODE 131
Broadcast Date:
November 30, 202017 minutes
Podcast Nov 30, 2020Root Causes 131: Apple OCSP Slowdown Explained
Apple's Big Sur OS rollout drove a slowdown in the company's OCSP responders, affecting all Apple operating systems. We explain what happened and why.
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EPISODE 130
Broadcast Date:
November 24, 202016 minutes
Podcast Nov 24, 2020Root Causes 130: How to Get Rid of Password Breaches
We discuss the weaknesses of passwords and why they nonetheless are still common. We describe the roadmap for weeding out passwords from most systems.