The Adversarial Podcast Ep. 6 - SSN Leaks, Cloud Misconfigurations, and Passkeys

Episode notes

Join former CISOs-turned-founders Jerry Perullo, Mario Duarte, and Sounil Yu as they debate the impact of SSN leaks, discuss the effectiveness of recently implemented ransom payment bans in Miami, and recently reported AWS misconfigurations. Then, listen as they debate passkeys, vulnerability management, and board reporting.

00:00 Intro

02:17 Social Security Number breach

14:48 Ransomware payment bans

21:47 AWS environments

39:55 Passkeys

52:30 Maturity assessments

Stories:

• “2.9 billion people may have had Social Security numbers, other financial data compromised. What it means for you” - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/15/billions-people-social-security-numbers-and-data-stolen-allegedly.html
• “Hack on North Miami Tests Ransom Payment Bans” - https://www.wsj.com/articles/hack-on-north-miami-tests-ransom-payment-bans-077be398
• “AWS environments compromised through exposed .env files” - https://www.csoonline.com/article/3488207/aws-environments-compromised-through-exposed-env-files.html
• "An AWS Configuration Issue Could Expose Thousands of Web Apps" - https://www.wired.com/story/aws-application-load-balancer-implementation-compromise/

Hosts:

Jerry Perullo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perullo/

Mario Duarte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-duarte-7855237/

Sounil Yu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sounil/