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EPISODE 373
Broadcast Date:
March 29, 202415 minutes
Podcast Mar 29, 2024Root Causes 373: Massive Brand Hijack Subverts Over 21,000 Domains
A massive name space attack has hijacked more than 21,000 domains and subdomains, including a who's who list of major global brands.
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EPISODE 372
Broadcast Date:
March 26, 202422 minutes
Podcast Mar 26, 2024Root Causes 372: Bugzilla Bloodbath
It's a bloodbath on Bugzilla. Since March 9, more than 25 new Bugzilla bugs been written up, which is 10x the typical pace. And it's not over.
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EPISODE 371
Broadcast Date:
March 22, 202420 minutes
Podcast Mar 22, 2024Root Causes 371: MPIC Rules Go to CABF Ballot
A ballot for Multi-perspective Issuance Corroboration (MPIC), formerly known as MPDV, has entered a discussion period in the CA/Browser Forum (CABF).
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EPISODE 370
Broadcast Date:
March 19, 202428 minutes
Podcast Mar 19, 2024Root Causes 370: Drama on Bugzilla
An evolving incident on Bugzilla has garnered a lot of attention and touches several important issues in the WebPKI ecosystem.
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EPISODE 369
Broadcast Date:
March 15, 202415 minutes
Podcast Mar 15, 2024Root Causes 369: IMessage to Be PQC Enabled
Apple has announced that iMessage will employ post-quantum cryptography (PQC). We explain the implications of this announcement.
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EPISODE 368
Broadcast Date:
March 13, 20249 minutes
Podcast Mar 13, 2024Root Causes 368: CRYSTALS-Kyber Is Now ML-KEM
CRYSTALS-Kyber now has the new official name of Module Lattice-based Key Encryption Module, or ML-KEM. We give an update on the NIST round 3 winners.
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EPISODE 367
Broadcast Date:
March 7, 20248 minutes
Podcast Mar 07, 2024Root Causes 367: Did an IoT Toothbrush Botnet Perform DDoS Attacks?
A story circulated earlier this year about a botnet composed of millions of IoT toothbrushes, which later was debunked. We tell you the whole tale.
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EPISODE 366
Broadcast Date:
March 4, 202427 minutes
Podcast Mar 04, 2024Root Causes 366: What Is eIDAS?
eIDAS 2.0 has been making headlines recently with its proposed expansion to the European digital identity ecosystem. What is eIDAS, and why does it exist?
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EPISODE 365
Broadcast Date:
February 26, 202414 minutes
Podcast Feb 26, 2024Root Causes 365: What Is Subdomain Hijacking?
In this episode we explain subdomain hijacking, including dangling subdomains and how they can constitute vulnerabilities.
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EPISODE 364
Broadcast Date:
February 22, 20249 minutes
Podcast Feb 22, 2024Root Causes 364: Video Conference Deepfake Enables $25 Million Theft
Deepfakes continue to show themselves as part of the criminal toolkit. A recent deepfake spear phish enabled a $25 million Business Email Compromise (BEC).
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EPISODE 363
Broadcast Date:
February 19, 20248 minutes
Podcast Feb 19, 2024Root Causes 363: Defending Yourself Against Use of Stolen Priveleges
We discuss the steps enterprises can take to protect themselves against malicious use of stolen access credentials.
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EPISODE 362
Broadcast Date:
February 13, 202410 minutes
Podcast Feb 13, 2024Root Causes 362: When You're Attacked by a State Actor
In this episode we share the details of a recent nation state actor attack on Microsoft and some of the lessons learned.