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The State of Application Security with Tanya Janca May 30, 2022

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Tanya Janca, founder of the We Hack Purple Academy, Director of Developer Relations and Community at Bright, and author of "Alice & Bob Learn Application Security" joins us to discuss the current state and future of Application Security. In this episode we discuss what Tanya's been up to, what's changed in AppSec over the last several years, have organizations actually moved to DevSecOps, and what the next big thing in AppSec might be.

Apple Mail Privacy Protection, Government Agencies Reveal Top Attack Vectors, Is Big Brother Watching You at Work? May 23, 2022

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What is Apple Mail Privacy Protection and how does it hide your IP address, so senders can’t link it to your online activity or determine your location, government authorities such as the FBI and NSA have released a list of top attack vectors used to gain initial access by attackers, and how more companies are deploying privacy invasive surveillance software to monitor their employees at work.

FBI Warrantless Searches, Passwordless Sign-Ins, Keylogging Web Forms May 16, 2022

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The FBI searched emails, texts and other electronic communications of 3.4 million U.S. residents without a warrant, Apple, Google, and Microsoft have announced they will support a new passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium, and details about how some websites are keylogging your data as you type it into a web form, before you hit submit.

Cybersecurity for Startups with Josh Feinblum from Stavvy May 09, 2022

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Josh Feinblum is the co-founder of Stavvy, a Boston-based fully integrated digital mortgage platform, where he leads product, engineering, people, and finance. He also serves as a venture partner at F-Prime Capital, where he evaluates and advises startups of all stages across multiple verticals. Josh talks to us about his journey through cybersecurity including his experience as a CISO at Rapid7 and DigitalOcean, and then leaving cybersecurity to start a totally new business. We discuss how his cybersecurity and privacy experience helped build a successful startup and what he's learned along the way. If you're interested in either joining a startup or building your own startup this is one episode you don't want to miss!

Elon Musk Buys Twitter, Forgotten BIOS Updates, T-Shirt Outwits Facial Recognition May 02, 2022

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Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 billion so what does this mean for the privacy and cybersecurity of the platform? More than 100 different Lenovo laptop computers contain firmware-level vulnerabilities which is a great reminder about making sure you update the BIOS on your computer. Plus, details about researchers who have created a t-shirt that renders the wearer undetectable to facial recognition technology.

Rehumanizing Cybersecurity with Lianne Potter Apr 25, 2022

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Award-winning security transformation manager and digital anthropologist Lianne Potter joins us to discuss the fascinating topic of digital anthropology and how we can rehumanize cybersecurity. In this episode Lianne discusses how she became a digital anthropologist, how this field applies to cybersecurity, and the one thing organizations need to do to bring the human back into their cybersecurity programs.

Dumbphone Sales are Soaring, John Oliver Blackmails Congress, Cicada Chinese APT Group Apr 18, 2022

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More young people seem to be choosing dumbphones over smartphones, but is it because of privacy concerns or because its trendy? John Oliver, host of the ‘Last Week Tonight’ show, used data brokers to obtain lawmakers’ digital footprints and promised to not release the data as long as Congress passes privacy legislation. Plus details about the Cicada state sponsored Chinese hacking group which hid inside their victims' networks for nine months.

Truths and Myths of Privacy, Fake Shopping Apps, Borat RAT Malware Apr 11, 2022

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Scott and Tom explain why privacy is not dead, why everyone should care about their privacy, and how you should respond to someone that says "I don't care about privacy, I have nothing to hide!". Plus, details on a new attack using fake shopping apps and how a new malware toolkit called "Borat RAT" is no laughing matter.

Google Android vs Apple iOS: Which is Better for Privacy and Cybersecurity? Apr 04, 2022

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This week we battle it out between the two mobile tech giants, Google Android vs Apple iOS, and discuss which one is better for your privacy and cybersecurity. Topics include: app stores and OS updates, ad tracking, and native text messaging. All this plus how Apple and Facebook fell for a massive email scam.

LAPSUS$ Hacks Okta, Browser-in-the Browser Phishing Attack, Popular Software Package Updated to Wipe Russian Systems Mar 28, 2022

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The LAPSUS$ hacking group has claimed to have hacked both Microsoft and Okta, details about a novel phishing technique called a browser-in-the-browser (BitB) attack, and how a popular software package that has 1.1 million weekly downloads released a new tampered version to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine by wiping arbitrary file contents.

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