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EPISODE 482
Broadcast Date:
April 2, 202515 minutes
Podcast Apr 02, 2025Root Causes 482: Microsoft and PQC
In this episode we explore the potential PQC future for Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services, aka MSCA. We discuss potential paths for Microsoft to take and their consequences.
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EPISODE 394
Broadcast Date:
June 21, 202414 minutes
Podcast Jun 21, 2024Root Causes 396: The Trouble with Microsoft Recall
Microsoft's Recall feature uses screen images for AI, raising security concerns. We discuss why and how the proposed technology has changed as a result.
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EPISODE 331
Broadcast Date:
September 13, 202314 minutes
Podcast Sep 13, 2023Root Causes 331: Microsoft Restores Trust to Code Signing Root
Recent erroneous behavior on Windows indicates that Microsoft removed - and then re-added - a legacy VeriSign root in its trusted roots list.
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EPISODE 323
Broadcast Date:
August 3, 202312 minutes
Podcast Aug 03, 2023Root Causes 323: Update on Microsoft Key Compromise
In this follow up to our episode 320, we explain Microsoft's mitigation and new understanding that shows its impact to be broader than originally thought.
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EPISODE 320
Broadcast Date:
July 24, 202311 minutes
Podcast Jul 24, 2023Root Causes 320: Microsoft-signed Root Kit Attack
A new root kit attack in the wild is code signed by a Microsoft certificate. We explain kernel-level attacks and how this attack occurred.
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EPISODE 278
Broadcast Date:
February 17, 202311 minutes
Podcast Feb 17, 2023Root Causes 278: Microsoft on Certificates and FIDO
Recent public discussion of FIDO and digital certificates reveal details of Microsoft's approach to consumer digital authentication.