Risky Business #391 -- Dell fails hard

Banishing laptop shitware needs to be a CSO priority...
26 Nov 2015 » Risky Business

On this week's show we're chatting with Darren Kemp of Duo Security. He's one of the authors of a post about the latest example of computer manufacturer shitware introducing catastrophic vulnerabilities into shipped systems. This time it's Dell's turn.

If you haven't heard what they actually did you'll hardly even believe it. That's this week's feature interview.

This week's sponsor guest is Tenable's very own Brian "Jericho" Martin. He's a guy who knows a thing or two about vulnerabilities and the software supply chain. We dodged a bullet with those libpng vulnerabilities of a few weeks ago not really being exploitable. But what if they were? How do you prepare your organisation for some serious bugs dropping in libraries when you're not even sure if you're using that code?

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Show notes

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