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The Tea App Hack: How a “Safe” Space Leaked 13,000 ID Photos & 1.1M Messages
In this episode we’re discussing the alarming breach of the Tea app, a platform intended for women to share dating experiences. The hack resulted in the exposure of over 13,000 government ID ...
Google’s Monopoly: The Debate Heats Up, Amazon Alexa Privacy Tips
This week, we discuss Google’s recent accusation by the U.S. Justice Department for being a monopoly and its implications for privacy and cybersecurity. We also cover essential privacy settings for Alexa smart ...
What Happens in Vegas: MGM Resorts ‘Ransomware’ Attack
You’re welcome to it. Not happening in Vegas: 12 hotels and casinos—nor in many more elsewhere, neither ...
Common Sense Advice for Hacker Summer Camp, AI Chatbot Attacks, What’s a Flipper Zero?
In this episode, we discuss our common sense tips to stay safe and secure while attending “Hacker Summer Camp”: BSides, Black Hat, and DEF CON hacking conferences in Las Vegas. Next, we ...
CES 2023 FAIL: Worst in Show for Security and Privacy
The Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up yesterday. But some vendors faced stiff criticism over their privacy and security stances ...
DEF CON is Canceled. Wanna Buy a Bridge?
We’re told DEF CON 28 is canceled. But obviously we’re not stupid enough to fall for that old trick ...
Gleaning Lessons from Las Vegas’ Thwarted Cyberattack
A Cybersecurity Success Story Imagine a cyberattack story where no data was exfiltrated, thousands or millions of credit card accounts were not stolen, and no data was corrupted or lost. That very ...
BSides Las Vegas, iMessage Exploit, 5G and Stingray Surveillance
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for August 12th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: My summary of last week’s BSides Las Vegas security conference, how a ...
Hotel Room Security and Privacy with Special Guest Patrick McNeil – WB39
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for October 22nd 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Hotel Room Security and Privacy with Special Guest Patrick McNeil. Silent Pocket ...
The SEVillage Wrap-up from DEF CON 26
The Social-Engineer team is collectively wrapping up their annual post-DEF CON foggy state, unburying from their backlog, and reminiscing on the amazingness that was the SEVillage at DEF CON 26. Can we ...
