Paul’s Security Weekly #420

This session will provide an overview of the history of host firmware, or BIOS, focusing on the arc of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. It will include the development of defenses like UEFI Secure Boot and the challenges in scaling assurance across a broad ecosystem. It will close on works-in-progress and opportunities to build upon the s...

In the Security News: Windows MSI tomfoolery, curl turns 8...point owe, who doesn't need a 7" laptop, glitching the ESP, your image really isn't redacted or cropped, brute forcing pins, SSRF and Lightsail, reversing D-Link firmware for the win, ICMP RCE OMG (but not really), update your Pixel and Samsung, hacking ATMs in 2023, breaking down Fortine...

We sit down with Nico Waisman to discuss vulnerability research and other security-related topics!