Mobile Insecurity (with Georgia Weidman)
Mobile Insecurity (with Georgia Weidman)
Advanced Persistent Security Podcast
Episode 11
Guest: Georgia Weidman
April 26, 2016
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Mobile Insecurity Show Notes
Everyone wants to think about how secure they are. This podcast flips the script and assesses insecurity, specifically Mobile Insecurity. We discuss issues within the mobile computing ecosystem.
Part 1
Introductions and Current Event
Current Event: Apple Quick Time and why could it not have been Flash. Georgia’s dad still uses Microsoft XP and won’t connect his printer to the network.
Part 2
Georgia delivers her “Mobile Insecurity” talk and we discuss issues in the mobile threat landscape and possible mobile issues.
Mobile Malware, Ransomware, and MDM are discussed. Issues within the actual mobile Operating Systems are discussed briefly.
Joe asks if Georgia sees mobile devices distributing Ransomware and Malware to cars.
Part 3
Quick banter of Apple vs FBI and the implications of the precedent both attempted and actually set.
Part 4
Goodbyes and How to Contact Georgia
About Georgia:
Shevirah founder and CEO Georgia Weidman is a serial entrepreneur, penetration tester, security researcher, speaker, trainer, and author. She holds a MS in computer science as well as holding CISSP, CEH, and OSCP certifications. Her work in the field of smartphone exploitation has been featured internationally in print and on television. She has provided training at conferences such as Blackhat USA, Brucon, and CanSecWest. Georgia founded Bulb Security LLC, a security consulting firm specializing in security assessments/penetration testing, security training, and research/development. She was awarded a DARPA Cyber Fast Track grant to continue her work in mobile device security culminating in the release of the open source project the Smartphone Pentest Framework (SPF). She founded Shevirah Inc. to create product solutions for assessing and managing the risk of mobile devices in the enterprise and testing the effectiveness of enterprise mobility management solutions and is a graduate of the Mach37 cybersecurity accelerator. She is the author of Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking from No Starch Press. She was the recipient of the 2015 Women’s Society of CyberJutsu Pentest Ninja award. She is on the board of advisors of the angel backed security training startup Cybrary and the nonprofit Digital Citizens Alliance.
“There’s always going to be vulnerabilities” – Georgia Weidman
Contacting Georgia:
www.shevirah.com (Coming Soon)
Twitter: @georgiaweidman
Penetration Testing:A Hands On Introduction Hacking is her book
From the Publisher at https://www.nostarch.com/pentesting.
If you buy it directly from No Starch Press you get a discount with the code GEORGIA.
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