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Voter Privacy and the US Election Oct 26, 2020

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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.

TrickBot Takedown, VPN Flaws, Zoom End-to-End Encryption Oct 19, 2020

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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.

The Social Dilemma Oct 12, 2020

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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 and leaders that worked at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, and others are interviewed and give their take on the dangers and current state of social media in modern civilization. It's an interesting and also controversial film that is worth watching so you can form your own opinion. Even if you disagree about the approach this film takes, there are several good things I got out of it including turning of social app notifications on your phone to help limit your usage of social media.

More Hospital Ransomware Attacks, FBI’s Disinformation Warning, Android 11 Privacy Features Oct 05, 2020

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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, and the top Android 11 privacy and security features.

Targeted Attacks Part 2 – Pretexting and Attack Development Sep 29, 2020

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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 Nathan Sweaney, Senior Security Consultant at Secure Ideas and Kevin Johnson, CEO of Secure Ideas.

Death by Ransomware, Strava Flyby, iOS 14 Privacy Improvements Sep 28, 2020

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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 privacy improvements in Apple iOS 14.

StartPage.com – The World’s Most Private Search Engine Sep 21, 2020

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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 search engine which uses Google's search results but removes all trackers and logs. This makes StartPage very different than other privacy focused search engines like DuckDuckGo. In this interview we talk about these differences, how Startpage.com makes money, privacy features and benefits of using StartPage, and the one thing you should do to better protect your online privacy.

Schools Under Cyberattack, Chrome Ad Blocking Update, US Election Interference Sep 14, 2020

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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.

NSA Data Collection Ruling, Browsing History Identification, Ambulance Chasing Sep 07, 2020

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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 identify users, and my personal story about a car accident and the privacy of your public records.

Targeted Attacks Part 1 – OSINT and Reconnaissance Aug 31, 2020

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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 phishing and BEC (Business Email Compromise) attacks. Kyle Lovett, Principal Penetration Tester at Veracode, joins us to demonstrate some of the tools and techniques used by attackers and professional penetration testers when conducting these targeted attacks.

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