Podcast Episodes

FBI Email System Compromised, Ransomware Negotiation, Privacy Crushing Gifts

In milestone episode 200: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s external email system was compromised sending spam emails with a fake warning of a cyber-attack, new research released about ransomware…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Robinhood Data Breach, 600 Hours of Dallas Police Helicopter Footage Leaked

Details on the Robinhood data breach (apparently caused by a social engineering attack) affecting approximately 7 million customers, and a discussion about surveillance and privacy concerns from a 60…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook Dumps Face Recognition, Social Engineering Bots, US Sanctions NSO Group

Facebook shuts down their face recognition system and deletes more than a billion facial recognition templates, how phone bots are being used to trick victims into giving up their multi-factor authen…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Interview with Dana Mantilia and the Role of the CISO

Dana Mantilia joins us this month to talk about cybersecurity awareness, her incredible YouTube channel, and the ever changing role of the CISO (Chief Information Security Officer).

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Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Federal Data Agency for Social Media, Squirrelwaffle Malspam, Ransomware Hits U.S. Candymaker

Do we really need a federal data agency to regulate social media companies? Watch out for Squirrelwaffle and Qakbot malspam attacks, and ransomware hits a major candymaker ahead of Halloween (is noth…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Missouri Governor and F12 Hacking, Global Ransomware Meeting, Fake Government Websites

Details on the F12 “hacking” incident of the Missouri state education website and the foolish response from the Missouri governor, Over 30 countries (except China and Russia) meet to fight ransomware…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Killware Clickbait, 1Password Password Sharing Feature, Android Phone Snooping

Clickbait news about the rise of “killware”, Details on 1Password’s new feature to securely share passwords with others, and a new study by university researchers in the UK shows how Android phones s…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Security Champions Framework, The Great Facebook Outage, Twitch Data Breach

Co-host Scott Wright presents a new framework to help people to become “security champions” in their organization, a discussion about the great Facebook outage of 2021, and details on the Twitch data…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Apple AirTag Good Samaritan Attack, iCloud+, Amazon Astro Dog and Ring Camera Drone

Will Apple AirTag’s replace malicious payload USB drops? Details on Private Relay and Hide My Email features included with iCloud+, and a fun discussion about Amazon’s Astro robot and the Ring camera…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Multi-Factor Authentication and Authenticator Apps

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month so in this episode we discuss multi-factor authentication and the use of authenticator apps. Multi-factor authentication is one of the most important things t…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago