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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 88 – The 2024 Verizon DBIR

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In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which includes some interesting finds regarding threat actor motives, how user error impacts business, and more!

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 87 – Ransomware is Unhealthy

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Ransomware is bad enough, but when it impacts healthcare it’s even worse! In this episode, Jay and Joao will discuss recent developments at Change Healthcare and their ransomware fiasco, news updates, and more!

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 86 – The ‘xz’ Fiasco

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On this podcast, Jay and Joao have discussed multiple times a situation where a threat actor submits a pull request that’s more than the project bargained for. And now, we have a situation where OpenSSH was (almost) backdoored by a commit by a maintainer of the xz project. Don’t miss this episode for all the details!

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 84 – Security Debt

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You may have heard of “technical debt”, but have you heard of “security debt”? In this episode, Jay and Joao will tell you all about it and why it’s a major issue for organizations.

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 83 – FBI/NCA vs Lockbit

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Through a joint effort, the FBI as well as NCA struck a major blow to the Lockbit ransomware group. In this episode, Jay and Joao will discuss this story as well as the state of Linux in the enterprise/open-source landscape.

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 81 – The VMware Graveyard

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Here we are, yet again, with an industry problem caused by the decision of just one software vendor. This time it’s VMware that’s causing a ruckus. In recent news, it’s been reported that VMware will be killing off 56 (yes, 56) of their stand-alone products, and that’s on top of the news that broke late last year regarding changes in their licensing model. In this episode, Jay and Joao discuss these recent VMware-related shenanigans.

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 80 – Stop Paying Threat Actors!

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In this episode, Jay and Joao will discuss an update on the GTA source code theft, how much threat actors are making from ransomware, and more!

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 79 – Top Ten Security Misconfigurations

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In this episode, Jay and Joao will discuss a report earlier this year that reveals the “top 10 cybersecurity misconfigurations”. These ten common mistakes can make it trivial for a threat actor to gain access to your infrastructure, so it’s definitely a list everyone should pay close attention to.

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 78 – Mirai: The Untold Story

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The Mirai botnet brought the entirety of the internet to its breaking point back in 2016, taking down many prominent web sites. Now, an article from Wired has emerged that reveals the full story behind the scenes – how the threat actors got started, how the events played out, as well as what they’re up to these days. Join Jay and Joao as they discuss this very interesting story!

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Enterprise Linux Security Episode 77 – Security News Sync

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In this episode, Jay and Joao catch up on recent stories. Among the topics they’ll discuss another version of CentOS going end of life (and why upgrading isn’t so straight-forward), the recent curl vulnerability, and more!

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