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Safe Mode Podcast

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  • Should you still trust your password manager?

    Should you still trust your password manager?
    Feb 19 2026
    In this episode, Greg explores the gap between password manager marketing claims of "Zero Knowledge Encryption" and the reality uncovered by Swiss researchers who found 25 attacks against Bitwarden, LastPass, and Dashlane. Professor Kenny Patterson joins Greg to discuss why the industry's "honest-but-curious" security model is dangerously inadequate compared to a "malicious server" threat model, diving into three critical vulnerability categories: account recovery mechanisms that allow attackers to swap encryption keys, seemingly innocent features like icon fetching that leak passwords, and "vault malleability" where individual item encryption lets attackers cut-and-paste data between vault fields. They also discuss how legacy code support and backwards compatibility create cryptographic hazards, and what non-negotiable features are needed to build a truly "provably secure" password manager from scratch.
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    37 mins
  • No exceptions: How Amazon killed the password and unified security

    No exceptions: How Amazon killed the password and unified security
    Feb 12 2026
    In this episode, we sit down with Stephen Schmidt, SVP & Chief Security Officer at Amazon, to explore the engineering and leadership required to run a "no exceptions" identity program at a global scale. Most organizations suffer from the "fragmentation problem"—a mix of high-security cloud apps and vulnerable legacy systems. Stephen explains how Amazon unified its authentication standard to ensure that every internal account, from a fresh developer environment to a legacy application from 2003, meets the same rigorous bar. In our reporter chat, Greg talks with Derek Johnson on why your AI doctor does not have the same privacy protections as your real doctor. https://cyberscoop.com/radio/how-amazon-killed-the-password-and-unified-security/ Join Virtru on Feb 18th for the inaugural DCMMC at 1801 Pennsylvania Ave for a no-nonsense CMMC deep dive followed by a bourbon tasting—grab your spot here. - https://www.virtru.com/dcmmc-event Follow CyberScoop on Social Media • https://www.twitter.com/CyberScoopNews • https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyberscoop • https://www.facebook.com/cyberscoop/ • https://www.instagram.com/cyberscoopnews/ • https://www.tiktok.com/@cyberscoopnews • https://bsky.app/profile/cyberscoop.bsky.social About Safe Mode Every week we break down the most pressing issues in technology, provide you with the knowledge and tools to stay ahead of the latest threats and take you behind the scenes of the biggest stories in cyberspace. https://cyberscoop.com/show/safe-mode/
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    37 mins
  • What leaders can learn from the WEF's Cybersecurity Outlook

    What leaders can learn from the WEF's Cybersecurity Outlook
    Feb 5 2026
    AI is reshaping cybersecurity faster than most organizations can govern it—and the risk no longer stops at the edge of the enterprise. In this episode, Greg speaks with Brian Dye, CEO of Corelight, about the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026: why fraud and phishing are rising on the CEO agenda, why ransomware still dominates operations, and how leaders can build measurable resilience amid growing third‑party and cloud dependencies. In the reporter chat, Greg talks with Derek Johnson on the reaction at the recent NASS conference to the raid on election efforts in Fulton County, Georgia. Join Virtru on Feb 18th for the inaugural DCMMC at 1801 Pennsylvania Ave for a no-nonsense CMMC deep dive followed by a bourbon tasting—grab your spot here. https://www.virtru.com/dcmmc-event
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    37 mins
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