Paul’s Security Weekly (Audio)
Technology
For the Security News, we officially welcome Bill Swearingen to our expert panel of PSW hosts, and discuss the news including hacking shenanigans, QNAP, recovering crypto currency, Android malware, and more!
Then in a pre-recorded segment: Sonar Vulnerability Researchers Thomas Chauchefoin and Paul Gerste conducted research on the security of Visual Studio Code — the most popular code editor out there — which was presented at DEF CON 31 in August. The pair uncovered a few ways for attackers to gain code execution on a victim's computer if they clicked on a specially crafted link or opened a malicious folder in Visual Studio Code, bypassing existing mitigations like Workspace Trust. Developers tend to trust their IDEs and do not expect such security issues to exist. As developers have access to source code and production systems, they make for very interesting targets for threat actors. Important to note is that the security concepts that the two are able to demonstrate apply not just to Visual Studio Code, but to most other code editors. This is also the story of how the researchers got an unexpected $30,000 bounty from Microsoft for these bugs, by mistake!
Segment Resources:
BLOG POSTS Securing Developer Tools: Argument Injection in Visual Studio Code (https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-argument-injection-in-vscode/) Securing Developer Tools: Git Integrations (https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-git-integrations/)
CVEs CVE-2023-36742 (https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36742) CVE-2022-30129 (https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-30129) CVE-2021-43891 (https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-43891)
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-804
The Breath of the Targets - PSW #678
This Is How You Get Skynet - PSW #677
The Whole Crew's Awesome - PSW #676
Sometimes, Computers Just Freak Out - PSW #675
Junior High Geometry - PSW #674
We Don't Give A Font - PSW #673
Paranoid Security Professionals - PSW #672
Not Very Moist - PSW #671
Larry's 10 Second Delay - PSW #670
Taco Thursday - PSW #669
A 55 Gallon Drum Cut In Half - PSW #668
11 Tons of Typewriters - PSW #667
One Hell of a Show - PSW #666
The Squeegee Guy - PSW #665
Floppies Are Burning In The Driveway - PSW #664
Hacking Naked & Not Afraid - PSW #663
Tyler's Dieting Tips - PSW #662
A Manual Transmission With No Clutch - PSW #661
Sweaty Internet Rooms - PSW #660
Gouge My Eyes Out With Forks - PSW #659
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