#20 European Union Rules on IOT Devices Security, Hospital Ransomware, and Generative AI's Application to Security

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!

December 19, 2023 · 43 words · Austin, Nathan

#19: SolarWinds Deep Dive: What Happened? Then and Now

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!

November 29, 2023 · 50 words · Austin, Nathan

#17: John Hammond, Public AI Chats and a Libwebp Exploit

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.

October 16, 2023 · 69 words · Austin, Nathan

#11: AI Grandparent Scams, Our Code is Rusty, and Gigabyte Backdoors

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....

June 6, 2023 · 77 words · Austin, Nathan

#5: DEF CON Champion John Johnson, CTFs, The Stack, AI and Ethics

ROP-E5: HTML5 Audio ^ Austin and Nathan are joined this time by John Johnson, CTF champion extraordinaire. Listen in to hear John’s amazing story, as well as his thoughts on the future of security in a world impacted by increasingly sophisticated AI. Austin and Nathan also chime in with their thoughts and reminisce about learning all about the stack. Sadly, John doesn’t share how to win at Rocket League in this episode....

February 22, 2023 · 72 words · Austin, Nathan