Holiday Shopping Scams and Tips to Stay Safe
In our November monthly episode we discuss the scams that you may encounter this holiday shopping season due to the pandemic and our top tips on how to stay safe and more secure when doing your shopping this year. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Digital Safety in the ... Read More
Amazon Sidewalk, Federal IoT Security Law, Facebook Messenger Bug
In episode 149 for November 30th 2020: Police begin to pilot a program to live-stream Amazon Ring cameras, new details about Amazon Sidewalk, Congress unanimously passes a federal Internet of Things security law, and a Facebook Messenger bug that lets an attacker listen to you before you pick up a ... Read More
CISA Director Chris Krebs Fired, Common Sense and Section 230
In episode 148 for November 23rd 2020: This week Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the Twitter firing of Chris Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and our thoughts about a common sense approach to social media and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. ** Links ... Read More
Stolen Source Code, Apple Zero-Days, Biden’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Policies
In episode 147 for November 16th 2020: The latest about source code stolen from US government agencies and private companies, three actively exploited iOS zero-days in the wild and new App Store privacy labels, and what a Biden administration could mean for privacy and cybersecurity. ** Links mentioned on the ... Read More
Privacy Mindset: Europe vs. United States
In episode 146 for November 9th 2020: My conversation with Kelly Finnerty, Director of Brand and Content for Startpage.com on the differences in privacy mindset between Europe and the United States. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Future of Privacy Forum https://fpf.org/ Startpage.com https://www.startpage.com StartPage Privacy Please Blog https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/ ... Read More
Government Rumor Control, US Hospital Ransomware Threat, Russian Hackers Charged
In episode 145 for November 2nd 2020: Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the US government’s attempt to prevent disinformation and rumors about the election, a new ransomware threat targeting US hospitals, and details about six Russian hackers that were charged for some of the biggest cyber-attacks in the last ... Read More
Targeted Attacks Part 3 – The Exploit
In our October monthly episode we finish our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we discuss the exploit and malware analysis with special guest Tyler Hudak, Incident Response Practice Lead at TrustedSec. Make sure you watch the YouTube edition of this episode to see a demo of ... Read More
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. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Closing in on the US election with voter privacy and election security https://iapp.org/news/a/closing-in-on-the-u-s-election-with-voter-privacy-and-election-security/ Access To and Use Of ... Read More
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 rollout of end-to-end encryption. ** Links mentioned on the show ** “The Social Dilemma” A Conversation about ... Read More
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. The Social Dilemma is a popular documentary (dramamentary?) on Netflix about how social media is causing unintended harm to people and society. Several engineers ... Read More
