During this episode we will go over common security breaches where the weakest service/software were exploited, why all components of a system should get their share of security evaluation, and why secure software design and coding are important for developers on all stacks.


Guests

Hammadi Agharass


Souhail Mssassi

Notes

0:01 - Intro and welcoming.


0:07 - Exciting security news: Log4j zero-day exploit meltdown.


0:13 - Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI).


0:16 - A brief introduction of security from your perspective?


0:22 - What are the software/system aspects that are more critically in need for security?


0:32 - The weakest links for system security: Physical security.


0:42 - The weakest links for system security: Network security.


0:49 - The weakest links for system security: Employees.


0:59 - Stuxnet, where employees contribute to getting malware to the org.


1:02 - Social engineering attack: FB & Google fraud attack.


1:04 - Small satellite apps: FBI website hack, ~100k email sent from a legit fbi.org email address.


1:35 - Secure coding principles for developers


1:45 - Securing small systems (usually considered irrelevant systems)


1:54 - How to secure frontend?


2:00 - How to make sure employees/developers machines are secure?


2:09 - How to manage secrets


2:28 - Wrap up and Goodbye


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Prepared and Presented by

Mohamed Ez-zarghili

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