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

Latest Episode

Episode 241

Posted on Thursday, Nov 14, 2024

This week we take a deep dive into the latest Linux malware, GoblinRAT to look at how malware is evolving to stay stealthy and evade detection and how malware authors are learning from modern software development along the way.

Episode 160

Posted on Friday, May 20, 2022

Ubuntu get’s pwned again at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022, plus we look at security updates for the Linux kernel, RSyslog, ClamAV, Apport and more.

Episode 159

Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2022

This week we bring you part 2 of our look at the new Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release and what’s in it for security, plus we cover security updates for DPDK, OpenSSL, Cron, RSyslog, Curl and more.

Episode 158

Posted on Friday, May 6, 2022

Microsoft’s Nimbuspwn sets the Linux security media ablaze but where there’s smoke there’s not always fire, plus we bring you the first part of a 2 part series looking at some of the security features in the latest Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release.

Episode 157

Posted on Friday, Apr 22, 2022

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) is officially released 🎉 and so this week we take a quick look at the new features and enhancements, with a particular focus on security, plus we cover security updates for the Linux kernel, Firefox, Django, Git, Gzip and more.

Episode 156

Posted on Friday, Apr 8, 2022

This week we bring you the TL;DL (too-long, didn’t listen 😉) version of Camila’s recent 4-part Ubuntu hardening series, plus we look at security updates for Twisted, rsync, the Linux kernel, DOSBox, Tomcat and more.

Episode 155

Posted on Friday, Apr 1, 2022

It’s an off-by-one error in the podcast this week as we bring you part 4 of Camila’s 3-part Ubuntu hardening series, plus we look at security updates for Thunderbird, OpenVPN, Python, Paramiko and more.

Episode 154

Posted on Friday, Mar 25, 2022

It’s PIE🥧 for everyone this week as Python finally becomes a position independent executable for Ubuntu 22.04, plus Camila brings you the third part in her Ubuntu server hardening guide and we cover security updates for FUSE, Bind, Apache, the Linux kernel and more.

Episode 153

Posted on Friday, Mar 18, 2022

This week we bring you part 2 of Camila’s guide on Ubuntu server hardening, plus we cover vulnerabilities and updates in Expat, Firefox, OpenSSL, LibreOffice and more.

Episode 152

Posted on Friday, Mar 11, 2022

It’s a big week for kernel security vulnerabilities - we cover Dirty Pipe and fixes for the latest microarchitectural side channel issues, plus we bring you the first in a 3 part series on hardening your Ubuntu systems against malicious attackers.

Episode 151

Posted on Friday, Mar 4, 2022

This week we do the usual round-up of security vulnerability fixes for the various Ubuntu releases, plus we discuss enabling PIE for Python and preview some upcoming content on Ubuntu system hardening as well.