ROP-E20: HTML5 Audio ^ Join Austin and Nathan for the 20th episode of ROP Lobsters! This time, they discuss new regulations for secure consumer devices in the European Union, recent ransomware attacks against hospitals, and generative AI’s applications for cyber security. Happy Holidays!
ROP-E19: HTML5 Audio ^ Join Austin and Nathan as they discuss the historic hack of SolarWinds. How did it happen? Why was it special? Why are we still talking about it? They’ll also discuss some of the recent legal and administrative proceedings around the fallout from the attack. Listen in!
ROP-E18: HTML5 Audio ^ Austin and Nathan are back at it again this time discussing congressional criticism of CISA, the NSA’s new “Secure by Design” guidance, Volt Typhoon attacks against United States critical infrastructure, and a recent hack compromising the personal information of DC voters.
ROP-E17: HTML5 Audio ^ Austin and Nathan are joined by the one and only John Hammond! John is phenomenal presence in the cyber security community and the conversation here covers a broad range of topics. Be sure to listen and learn with the lobsters. In this episode discussed is the recent exposure of user chat history with Google’s Bard AI chatbot and a new maximum severity exploit against libwebp.
ROP-E16: HTML5 Audio ^ We are lucky to be joined by guest Mike Bursell for this episode. Mike is an Executive Director of the Confidential Computing Consortium, and an expert in confidential computing. Join Austin and Nathan as they explore the world of confidential computing, side channel attacks, and even a bit of patent law with Mike.
ROP-E15: HTML5 Audio ^ Austin and Nathan are back at it! This time they discuss a current epidemic of citrix device backdoor installations, and some recent publications detailing hopeful post-quantum cryptographic solutions. They also discuss the ways some are using AI to fight botnets and current efforts to give cyber security license training to students.
ROP-E14: HTML5 Audio ^ We have the great pleasure of being joined by Dr. Martin Carlisle, a highly respected expert in cyber security and Professor of Computer Science at Texas A&M University. Listen as the Lobsters and Dr. Carlisle discuss the White House’s new Cyber Trust Mark for IOT devices (see the following for more technical information), formal verification for secure programs, and the joy of teaching computer science to English majors....
ROP-E13: HTML5 Audio ^ Join Austin and Nathan on this episode of ROP Lobsters! In this episode they start with a discussion on a botnet with possible Russian ties. They then move on to discuss a push for confidential cloud computing and issues at a Japanese port with Ransomware. The episode wraps up with a rousing discussion of the state of Linux security at-large!
ROP-E12: HTML5 Audio ^ In this episode, Austin and Nathan untangle the web of government oversight responsibilities for different critical infrastructure industries, discuss the stealth capabilities of BatCloak, explore villainous ransomware attacks against hospitals, and examine how the state of Maryland is turning small businesses into security superheroes all while making various allusions to Spiderman in honor of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”.
ROP-E11: HTML5 Audio ^ We’re back with episode 11! This time listen in to hear Austin and Nathan discuss how AI could be used to fool your Grandma, why Rust is the future of compiled code, and the reason you might want to pull out of your investment in the Gigabyte computer hardware company. Boy, oh boy do they have all the answers in this one! As always, reach out at roplobsters@gmail....