Ubuntu Security Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 143
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy holidays! This week we bring you the first part of a special two-part holiday themed feature by Camila from the Ubuntu Security team discussin...
Episode 142
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for the holidays, Log4Shell comes along to wreck everyone's weekend - so we take a deep dive into the vulnerability that has set the ...
Episode 141
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A preview of some things to come for the Ubuntu Security Podcast plus we cover security updates for Samba, uriparser, libmodbus, MariaDB, Mailman ...
Episode 140
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A gnarly old bug in NSS is unearthed, plus we cover security updates for ICU, the Linux kernel and ImageMagick as well.
Episode 139
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we put out a call for testing and feedback on proposed Samba updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS plus we look at security updates for Mailman, ...
Episode 138
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss some of the challenges and trade-offs encountered when providing security support for ageing software, plus we discuss security...
Episode 137
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at some details of the 29 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases in the past 7 days and more.
Episode 136
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The road to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS begins so we look at some of its planned features plus we cover security updates for the Linux kernel, Mailman, Appor...
Episode 135
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS targeted at Tianfu Cup 2021 plus we cover security updates for Linux kernel, nginx, Ardour and strongSwan.
Episode 134
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's release week! As Ubuntu 21.10 Impish Indri is released we take a look at some of the new security features it brings, plus we cover security upda...
Episode 133
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at a Wifi lookalike attack dubbed "SSID stripping" plus updates for ca-certificates, EDK II, Apache, the Linux kernel and even vim...
Episode 132
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Extended Security Maintenance gets an extension, Linux disk encryption and authentication goes under the microscope and we cover security updates fo...
Episode 131
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
OWASP Top 10 gets updated for 2021 and we look at security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, Ghostscript, Git, curl and more.
Episode 130
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss compiler warnings as build errors in the Linux kernel, plus we look at security updates for HAProxy, GNU cpio, PySAML2, mod-a...
Episode 129
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at a malware campaign associated with the popular Krita painting application, plus we cover security updates for MongoDB, libssh, ...
Episode 128
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we dive into Trend Micro's recent Linux Threat Report and the release of Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, plus we detail security updates for Inetuti...
Episode 127
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for Firefox, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, HAProxy, the Linux kernel and more, plus we cover some current openings on ...
Episode 126
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was FIPS 140-2 certified plus the AppArmor project made some point releases, and we released security updates for Docke...
Episode 125
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss new kernel memory hardening and security development proposals from Ubuntu Security Alumnus Kees Cook, plus we look at details ...
Episode 124
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's another week when too many security updates are never enough as we cover 240 CVE fixes across Avahi, QEMU, the Linux kernel, containerd, binu...
Episode 123
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is npm audit more harm than good? Plus this week we look at security updates for DjVuLibre, libuv, PHP and more.
Episode 122
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at some new Linux kernel security features including the Landlock LSM and Core Scheduling plus we cover security updates for Rab...
Episode 121
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ubuntu One opens up two-factor authentication for all, plus we cover security updates for Nettle, libxml2, GRUB2, the Linux kernel and more.
Episode 120
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we look at how to get media coverage for your shiny new vulnerability, plus we cover security updates for ExifTool, ImageMa...
Episode 119
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover security updates for the Linux kernel, PolicyKit, Intel Microcode and more, plus we look at a report of an apparent malicious sna...
Episode 118
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at DMCA notices sent against Ubuntu ISOs plus security updates for nginx, DHCP, Lasso, Django, Dnsmasq and more.
Episode 117
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're talking about moving IRC networks plus security updates for Pillow, Babel, Apport, X11 and more.
Episode 116
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With 60 CVEs fixed across MySQL, Django, Please and the Linux kernel this week we take a look at some of these details, plus look at the recent an...
Episode 115
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at some details of the 90 unique CVEs addressed across the supported Ubuntu releases and more.
Episode 114
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the response from the Linux Technical Advisory Board to the UMN Linux kernel incident, plus we cover the 21Nails Exim vulnera...
Episode 113
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With 21 CVEs fixed this week we look at updates for Dnsmasq, Firefox, OpenJDK and more, plus we discuss the recent release of Ubuntu 21.04 and mal...
Episode 112
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at a reboot of the DWF project, Rust in the Linux kernel, an Ubuntu security webinar plus some details of the 45 CVEs addressed ...
Episode 111
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at how Ubuntu is faring at Pwn2Own 2021 (which still has 1 day and 2 more attempts at pwning Ubuntu 20.10 to go) plus we look at ...
Episode 110
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at 2 years of 14.04 ESM, a kernel Livepatch issue, DNS-over-HTTPS for Google Chrome plus security updates for ldb, OpenSSL, Squi...
Episode 109
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for containerd, Ruby, the Linux kernel, Pygments and more, plus we cover some open positions within the team...
Episode 108
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we start preparing for 16.04 LTS to transition to Extended Security Maintenance, plus we look at security updates for OpenSSH, Python, t...
Episode 107
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we check on the status of the pending GRUB2 Secure Boot updates and detail some open positions within the team, plus we look at security ...
Episode 106
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about more BootHole-like vulnerabilities in GRUB2, a Spectre exploit found in-the-wild, security updates for xterm, screen, Pyth...
Episode 105
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss security updates in Linux Mint, Google funding Linux kernel security development and details for security updates in BIND, Op...
Episode 104
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we take a look at a long-awaited update of Thunderbird in Ubuntu 20.04LTS, plus security updates for Open vSwitch, JUnit 4, PostSRSd, GNOM...
Episode 103
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we take a deep dive look at 2 recent vulnerabilities in the popular application containerisation frameworks, snapd and flatpak, plus we ...
Episode 102
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the recent high profile vulnerability found in libcrypt 1.9.0, plus we look at updates for the Linux kernel, XStream, Django,...
Episode 101
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode for 2021 we bring back Joe McManus to discuss the SolarWinds hack plus we look at vulnerabilities in sudo, NVIDIA graphics dr...
Episode 100
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the last episode of 2020, we look back at the most "popular" packages on this podcast for this year as well as the biggest vulnerabilities fro...
Episode 99
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for Mutt, Thunderbird, Poppler, QEMU, containerd, Linux kernel & more, plus we discuss the 2020 State of the ...
Episode 98
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at updates for c-ares, PulseAudio, phpMyAdmin and more, plus we cover security news from the Ubuntu community including planning ...
Episode 97
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at vulnerabilities in MoinMoin, OpenLDAP, Kerberos, Raptor (including a discussion of CVE workflows and the oss-security mailing...
Episode 96
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at results from the Tianfu Cup 2020, the PLATYPUS attack against Intel CPUs, a detailed writeup of the GDM/accountsservice vulne...
Episode 95
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at vulnerabilities in Samba, GDM, AccountsService, GOsa and more, plus we cover some AppArmor related Ubuntu Security community ...
Episode 94
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover news of the CITL drop of 7000 "vulnerabilities", the Ubuntu Security disclosure and embargo policy plus we look at security upd...
Episode 93
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover security updates for NTP, Brotli, Spice, the Linux kernel (including BleedingTooth) and a FreeType vulnerability which is being...
Episode 92
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's CVE bankruptcy! With a deluge of CVEs to cover from the last 2 weeks, we take a particular look at the ZeroLogon vulnerability in Samba this ...
Episode 91
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for GUPnP, OpenJPEG, bsdiff and more.
Episode 90
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for the X server, the Linux kernel and GnuTLS plus we preview the upcoming AppArmor3 release that is slated ...
Episode 89
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we farewell Joe McManus plus we look at security updates for Firefox, Chrony, Squid, Django, the Linux kernel and more.
Episode 88
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk antivirus scanners and false positives in the Ubuntu archive, plus we look at security updates for QEMU, Bind, Net-SNMP, sane-ba...
Episode 87
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the Drovorub Linux malware outed by the NSA/FBI plus we detail security updates for Dovecot, Apache, Salt, the Linux kernel and...
Episode 86
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the recent announcement of a long-awaited native client for 1password, plus Google Chrome experiments with anti-phishing tech...
Episode 85
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Levi Perigo is our special guest this week to discuss SDN and NFV with Joe, plus Alex does the weekly roundup of security updates, including G...
Episode 84
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a week when too many security updates are never enough, we cover the biggest one of them all for a while, BootHole, with an interview between J...
Episode 83
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Joe talks Linux Security Modules stacking with John Johansen and Steve Beattie plus Alex looks at security updates for snapd, the Linux ...
Episode 82
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With Ubuntu 19.10 going EOL, we have a special interview by Joe with Chris Coulson and Steve Beattie from the Ubuntu Security Team to talk TPMs and ...
Episode 81
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe talks cyber security policy with Dr David Reed from CU Boulder, plus Alex covers the week in security updates including Mutt, NVIDIA graphics ...
Episode 80
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Sid Faber and Kyle Fazzari of the Ubuntu Robotics team interview Vijay Sarvepalli from CERT about the recent Ripple20 vulnerabilities a...
Episode 79
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Joe discusses Intel's CET announcement with John Johansen, plus Alex details recent security fixes including SQLite, fwupd, NSS, DBus and ...
Episode 78
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
SRBDS aka CrossTalk, the latest Intel speculative execution attack, is the big news this week in security updates for Ubuntu, as well as fixes for ...
Episode 77
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for Unbound, OpenSSL, Flask, FreeRDP, Django and more, plus Joe and Alex discuss the Octopus malware infecting...
Episode 76
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome back Vineetha Kamath, Ubuntu Security Certifications Manager, to discuss the recent release of FIPS modules for Ubuntu 18.04 LT...
Episode 75
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 75 we look at security updates for APT, json-c, Bind, the Linux kernel and more, plus Joe and Alex discuss recent phishing attacks and th...
Episode 74
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Special guest, Tim McNamara, author of Rust In Action talks all things Rust plus we look at security updates for Linux bluetooth firmware, OpenLDAP,...
Episode 73
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After the recent release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, we look at security fixes for OpenJDK, CUPS, the Linux kernel, Samba and more, plus Joe and Alex discu...
Episode 72
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A huge number of CVEs fixed in the various Ubuntu releases, including for PHP, Git, Thunderbird, GNU binutils and more, plus Joe McManus discusses ...
Episode 71
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Joe discusses Ubuntu's involvement in ZDI's Pwn2Own with special guests Steve Beattie and Marc Deslauriers from the Ubuntu Security team, ...
Episode 70
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have a great interview between Joe McManus and Emilia Torino from the Ubuntu Security team, plus we cover security updates for Apport, ...
Episode 69
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover security updates for a Linux kernel vulnerability disclosed during pwn2own, Timeshift, pam-krb5 and more, plus we have a specia...
Episode 68
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover security updates for Apache, Twisted, Vim a kernel livepatch and more, plus Alex and Joe discuss OVAL data feeds and the cvesca...
Episode 67
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A big week in security updates, including the Linux kernel, Ceph, ICU, Firefox, Dino and more, plus Joe and Alex discuss tips for securely working ...
Episode 66
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover security updates for Django, runC and SQLite, plus Alex and Joe discuss the AMD speculative execution Take A Way attack and we ...
Episode 65
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Whilst avoiding Coronavirus, this week we look at updates for libarchive, OpenSMTPD, rake and more, plus Joe and Alex discuss ROS, the Robot Opera...
Episode 64
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for ppp, Squid, rsync + more, and Joe and Alex discuss the wide scope of the Ubuntu Security Team including so...
Episode 63
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Security updates for Firefox, QEMU, Linux kernel, ClamAV and more, plus we discuss our recommended reading list for getting into infosec and farewel...
Episode 62
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Alex and Joe take an indepth look at the recent Sudo vulnerability CVE-2019-18634 plus we look at security updates for OpenSMTPD, system...
Episode 61
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is back to discuss a recent breach against Wawa, plus we detail security updates from the past week including Apache Solr, OpenStack Keystone,...
Episode 60
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Security updates for python-apt, GnuTLS, tcpdump, the Linux kernel and more, plus we look at plans to integrate Ubuntu Security Notices within the ...
Episode 59
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a weeks break we are back to look at updates for ClamAV, GnuTLS, nginx, Samba and more, plus we briefly discuss the current 20.04 Mid-Cycle ...
Episode 58
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode for 2020, we look at security updates for Django and the Linux kernel, plus Alex and Joe discuss security and privacy aspects o...
Episode 57
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of 2019, we look at security updates for RabbitMQ, GraphicsMagick, OpenJDK and more, plus Joe and Alex discuss a typical day-...
Episode 56
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second to last episode for 2019, we look at security updates for Samba, Squid, Git, HAProxy and more, plus Alex and Joe discuss Evil Corp h...
Episode 55
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we cover security updates for NSS, SQLite, the Linux kernel and more, plus Joe and Alex discuss a recent FBI advisory warning about poss...
Episode 54
23 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Security updates for DPDK, Linux kernel, QEMU, ImageMagick, Ghostscript and more, plus Joe and Alex talk about how to get into information security.
Episode 53
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at the details of the latest Intel hardware vulnerabilities, including security updates for the Linux kernel and Intel microcode...
Episode 52
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for FreeTDS, HAProxy, Nokogiri, plus some regressions in Whoopsie, Apport and Firefox, and Joe and Alex discus...
Episode 51
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this Halloween Special, Joe and Alex talk about what scares them in security, plus we look at security updates for Firefox, PHP, Samba, Whoopsi...
Episode 50
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alex and Joe discuss the big news of this week - the release of Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine - plus we look at updates for the Linux kernel, libxslt, ...
Episode 49
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at updates for Sudo, Python, OpenStack Octavia and more, plus we discuss a recent CVE for Python which resulted in erroneous sci...
Episode 48
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for the Linux kernel, SDL 2, ClamAV and more, plus Alex and Joe talk security and performance trade-offs, snap...
Episode 47
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up on details of the past few weeks of security updates, including Python, curl, Linux kernel, Exim and more, plus Alex and Joe discuss the...
Episode 46
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A massive 85 CVEs addressed this week, including updates for Exim, the Linux Kernel, Samba, systemd and more, plus we discuss hacking BMCs via rem...
Episode 45
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at security updates for Dovecot, Ghostscript, a livepatch update for the Linux kernel, Ceph and Apache, plus Alex and Joe discuss re...
Episode 44
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Joe and Alex discuss a recently disclosed backdoor in Webmin, plus we cover security updates from the past week, including for Nova, KDE, Li...