Scanning The Internet with Linux Tools - PSW #919

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   30 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 2 min

   FIRESTARTER - PSW #924

   This week in the security news: Are you a FIRESTARTER? Eavesdropping via fiber-optic cables Copy Fail - more Linux LPE Github RCE Running Linux on a PS5 BadUSB tricks SilentGlass and HDMI threats Sonicwall and vague details Universities are for porn? The Banshee Before CVEs comes scanning Vendor addresses AirSnitch GitHub and not serious work Routers have country-specific backdoors Phones with Hotspot are fine Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-924

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   23 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 4 min

   Back to (or Start) Fundamentals? - Rajesh Khazanchi - PSW #923

   This week: Larry's in the host seat and chaos ensues. We dig into: A very questionable story about tracking a warship with a $5 Bluetooth tracker Serial-to-IP devices quietly sitting in critical infrastructure… and full of holes New York regulators mandating MFA and asset inventory—aka CIS Control #1 is now breaking news A ransomware negotiator who decided to double-dip (and landed in prison) "Brand new" hard drives that come preloaded… with someone else's data The Vercel breach: no zero-day, just shadow IT, stolen tokens, and bad decisions AI-driven vulnerability discovery and the looming…

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   16 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 5 min

   The AI "Vulnpocolypse" Is Real? - PSW #922

   This week: CSA issues guidance to CISOs on Mythos Vuln management woes Windows tells you about Secure Boot AI-assisted firmware vuln hunting The dumbest hack Edge decay and the failing perimeter Mac OS X on a Wii Little snitch comes to Linux CPUID served malware Buying plugins to backdoor them Addicted to hacking Is Mythos just a sales pitch? We are still talking about Adobe Acrobat vulns A single line AI jailbreak Hacking Apple Intelligence Don't leave your ICS device or RDP exposed to the Internet! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-922

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   9 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 5 min

   AI Makes All Bug Shallow? - PSW #921

   This week: Rage dropping 0-Day Claude Mythos, things are different now From UART to root, on a device made in China, where's the FCC? More CUPS vulnerabilities Russians are hacking routers, FCC ban doesn't stop them Mongoose vulnerabilities, and FCC still does nothing Renting virtual phones Iran's cyber attacks SHA-256 almost broken? Catching Axios New Rowhammer, dubbed GPUBreach, gives you root Windows 11 has sudo! (And SSH...) And Inside a Kubernetes Scanning Fleet Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-921

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   2 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 6 min

   What Is A Router? (And all things AI) - PSW #920

   In the Security News: Claude leaks source code and new models Two really smart people say AI is finding vulnerabilities better than ever Windows is using your internet to send updates to strangers BIG-IP APM vulnerability - all you need to know Linux KVM for the win The bus factor and open source Axios supply chain breach Trimming Grub Depotting and hacking e-Motorcycles Trivy and Cisco source code leaks The FCC ban and What is a router? Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-920

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   19 Mar 2026 · 2 hr 11 min

   Hacking IP KVMs & Reversing with Radare2 - Sergi Àlvarez - PSW #918

   In this episode, we sit down with the Radare community leader, Pancake, the creator of the Radare2 reverse engineering framework. Whether you've never heard of Radare, already use it daily, or are thinking about contributing to its development, this conversation will demystify what makes Radare unique, why thousands of engineers rely on it, and how you can step into the community. This segment is sponsored by NowSecure. Discover how AI-powered mobile app security testing finds hidden vulns and leaks at https://securityweekly.com/nowsecure . In the security news: The US national cyber…

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   12 Mar 2026 · 2 hr 3 min

   Vulnerability Mis-Management - PSW #917

   In the security news this week: The XZ backdoor documentary Zero days - the clock isn't ticking Vulnerability Mis-Management Reversing traffic light controllers Reversing with Claude Don't curl to bash! Reading CVEs makes my head hurt Dumping browser secrets I open-sourced a new(ish) tool D-LINK exploits There is no password I control the building When old vulnerabilities become new Tile is for stalkers Hacking AI Iran War: What cybersecurity needs to know National cyber strategy Coruna I got phished and I want a refund Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-917

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   5 Mar 2026 · 2 hr 4 min

   Airsnitch, Claude, Hacking Firewalls - PSW #916

   In the security news this week: Remembering "FX" Finding and analyzing Windows drivers Network monitoring with Gibson the backdoor in your PAM The edge is fraying - and attackers have the advantage Age verification for Linux? Banning AI TPMS tracking BLE tracking weird strings Airsnitch RESURGE in and on Ivanti Attackers using Claude Government iPhone hacking kits Cisco SD-WAN, Linux, and 2023 Leakbase leaks and Bro, upgrade your solar panel! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-916

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   26 Feb 2026 · 2 hr 2 min

   AI Is Taking Over Cybersecurity - PSW #915

   First up is a technical segment called "Paul's Linux Hacks". I finally got around to releasing a bunch of scripts and tutorials for Linux that I've created over the years. We'll go over scripts that can give you a supply chain security report and help you update your Arch-based Linux systems and the tutorial for using Linux KVM/Qemu/Libvirt. Repo is here: https://github.com/pasadoorian/Linux_Hacks Next up is the security news: Controlling 7,000 robot vacuums Curl finds not all AI is bad Palo Alto says "These are not the ties to China you were looking for" Bloomberg writes an article that…

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    19 Feb 2026 · 2 hr 6 min

    Firmware Backdoors Be Spying On You - PSW #914

    AI says that this is the show where we turn coffee into threat intelligence and cigar smoke into packet captures. This week: a firmware backdoor living its best life inside Android tablets a fresh BeyondTrust RCE that already has scanners circling like seagulls over a french fry. Lenovo Vantage reminds us that "preinstalled convenience" is just another way to spell "attack surface." Texas is taking a swing at TP-Link supercomputers with a 20-year-old Munge bug that still has teeth. Your AI coding assistant might be quietly squirreling away secrets macOS gets a visit from an infostealer…