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

Paul's Security Weekly (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