Do We Need Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Scanning? - Josh Bressers, Adrian Sanabria - PSW #833

Security Weekly Podcast Network (Audio)

This may be controversial, however, we've been privately discussing how organizations benefit from penetration testing and vulnerability scanning. Do you still need these services as a critical part of your security program? Can't you just patch stuff that is missing patches? Tune in for a lively debate!

Zyxl NAS devices are under attack and the exploit is pretty simple, A new UEFI vulnerability with a name that some people don't like, that time you setup a load balancer and forgot about it, I love it when there is a vulnerability in a Wifi driver, Polyfill is filling the Internet with supply chain vulnerabilities, open source doesn't mean more secure, what happens when there is a vulnerability in your bootload, The Red Hat Linux kernel model is broken, when disclosure goes wrong, and more IoT router vulnerabilities.

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-833