Podcast Episodes

Voter Privacy and the US Election

In episode 144 for October 26th 2020: Voter privacy and what you need to know about protecting your private information during the upcoming US election.

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Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

TrickBot Takedown, VPN Flaws, Zoom End-to-End Encryption

In episode 143 for October 19th 2020: Microsoft gets creative to help take down the TrickBot botnet, details on how attackers have been using VPN flaws to attack election support systems, and Zoom’s …

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

The Social Dilemma

In episode 142 for October 12th 2020: My conversation about the pros and cons of the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma” with frequent guest, Kevin Johnson.

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Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

More Hospital Ransomware Attacks, FBI’s Disinformation Warning, Android 11 Privacy Features

In episode 141 for October 5th 2020: Universal Health Services is the latest victim of a massive hospital ransomware attack, the FBI issues new warnings about false claims of hacked voter information…

Published on 5 years, 2 months ago

Targeted Attacks Part 2 – Pretexting and Attack Development

In our September monthly episode we continue our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we discuss the pretext and how attackers develop and launch their attacks with special guests N…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Death by Ransomware, Strava Flyby, iOS 14 Privacy Improvements

In episode 140 for September 28th 2020: Details on the first human death related to a ransomware attack, popular fitness app Strava is caught giving away your location data to strangers, and the top …

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

StartPage.com – The World’s Most Private Search Engine

In episode 139 for September 21st 2020: This week we take a break from the news to bring you our interview with Alex Kubiak, Senior Product Manager at StartPage.com. StartPage is a privacy focused se…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Schools Under Cyberattack, Chrome Ad Blocking Update, US Election Interference

In episode 138 for September 14th 2020: School districts under cyber-attack, Google Chrome’s new ad blocking feature, and Microsoft’s latest alert about foreign interference in the 2020 US election.

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

NSA Data Collection Ruling, Browsing History Identification, Ambulance Chasing

In episode 137 for September 7th 2020: A federal appeals court finds the NSA’s bulk collection of phone data was unlawful, new research shows that browsing histories are unique enough to reliably ide…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Targeted Attacks Part 1 – OSINT and Reconnaissance

In our August monthly episode we start our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we focus on OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) and reconnaissance techniques used by attackers in phish…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago