Aug 25, 2025
In this episode I chat with the authors of a recent paper on open source security: Open Source, Open Threats? Investigating Security Challenges in Open-Source Software. I chat with Ali Akhavani and Behzad Ousat about their findings. There are interesting data points in the paper such as a 98% increase in reported...
Aug 18, 2025
In this episode we discuss crates.io trusted publishing with Tobias Bieniek. We cover the steps crates.io is taking to enhance supply chain security through trusted publishing, a method that leverages short-lived tokens and GitHub actions to safeguard against unauthorized access. Tobias shares insights into...
Aug 11, 2025
In this episode I chat with Patrick Garrity from VulnCheck. We discuss the chaos that has enveloped the CVE and NVD programs over the past two years. We cover some of the transparency and communication challenges with the existing program. What some of the new things that have started to emerge as well as why they seem...
Aug 4, 2025
In this episode I discuss GCVE and Vulnerability-Lookup with Alex and Cedric from CIRCL. GCVE offers a decentralized approach, allowing organizations to assign their own IDs and publish vulnerabilities independently. Vulnerability-Lookup is the tool that makes GCVE a reality. The flexibility addresses many of...