A fortnightly podcast talking about the latest developments and updates from the Ubuntu Security team.

Latest Episode

Episode 242

Posted on Friday, Nov 29, 2024

This week we dive into the details of a number of local privilege escalation vulnerablities discovered by Qualys in the needrestart package, covering topics from confused deputies to the inner workings of the /proc filesystem and responsible disclosure as well.

Episode 61

Posted on Friday, Feb 7, 2020

Joe is back to discuss a recent breach against Wawa, plus we detail security updates from the past week including Apache Solr, OpenStack Keystone, Sudo, Django and more.

Episode 60

Posted on Thursday, Jan 30, 2020

Security updates for python-apt, GnuTLS, tcpdump, the Linux kernel and more, plus we look at plans to integrate Ubuntu Security Notices within the main ubuntu.com website.

Episode 59

Posted on Friday, Jan 24, 2020

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 Roadmap Review sprint for the Ubuntu Security Team

Episode 58

Posted on Thursday, Jan 9, 2020

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 of smart assistant connected devices.

Episode 57

Posted on Thursday, Dec 19, 2019

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-in-the-life of a Ubuntu Security Team member.

Episode 56

Posted on Friday, Dec 13, 2019

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 hacker indictments, unsecured AWS S3 buckets and more.

Episode 55

Posted on Monday, Dec 9, 2019

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 possible dangers of Smart TVs.

Episode 54

Posted on Sunday, Nov 24, 2019

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

Posted on Friday, Nov 15, 2019

This week we look at the details of the latest Intel hardware vulnerabilities, including security updates for the Linux kernel and Intel microcode, plus Bash, cpio, FriBidi and more.

Episode 52

Posted on Friday, Nov 8, 2019

This week we look at security updates for FreeTDS, HAProxy, Nokogiri, plus some regressions in Whoopsie, Apport and Firefox, and Joe and Alex discuss the release of 14.04 ESM for personal use under the Ubuntu Advantage program.