Privacy
What Happens to Your Personal Data after Deleting an App
Over the last decade or so, apps have become a familiar and comfortable aspect of our everyday lives. We download them to our smartphones and tablet devices and swap them out whenever ...
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 ...
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 ...
Multi-Tenant Cloud PKI for MSPs
A PKI is a vital part of any comprehensive network security strategy and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are aware of this. Currently, MSPs are under scrutiny as a number of cyber-attacks have ...
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 ...
STEPS FORWARD: Math geniuses strive to make a pivotal advance — by obfuscating software code
Most of time we take for granted the degree to which fundamental components of civilization are steeped in mathematics.Everything from science and engineering to poetry and music rely on numeric calculations. Albert ...
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 ...
MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems
The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on ...
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. ** ...
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, ...
