Card Skimmers Powered by Chip Cards, Silver Sparrow Mac Malware, Accellion Zero-Days

This week co-host Kevin Johnson joins Tom Eston to discuss new card skimmers found in the wild, the Accellion zero-days, and a new type of Mac malware called “Silver Sparrow”. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Checkout Skimmers Powered by Chip Cards ht… Continue reading Card Skimmers Powered by Chip Cards, Silver Sparrow Mac Malware, Accellion Zero-Days

Apple’s Safe Browsing Request Proxy, BEC Attacks, LastPass Updates

In episode 161: Apple will start to proxy Safe Browsing requests to hide IP addresses from Google, the rise of Business Email Compromise attacks, and changes to the free version of LastPass. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Apple will proxy Safe Brows… Continue reading Apple’s Safe Browsing Request Proxy, BEC Attacks, LastPass Updates

Florida Water Supply Hack, Android App Hijack, US Capitol Riot Phone Tracking

In episode 160: An attacker tried to poison a Florida city’s water supply, a popular Android app was hacked to display malicious ads, and how smartphone location data was used to track the US Capitol rioters. ** Links mentioned on the show ** A Hacker … Continue reading Florida Water Supply Hack, Android App Hijack, US Capitol Riot Phone Tracking

Dangerous Social Media Algorithms, A Moral Imperative for AI Powered Weapons?

In episode 159: Will algorithms be the death of social media and why the US government thinks it has a moral imperative to build AI powered weapons. ** Links mentioned on the show ** US has ‘moral imperative’ to develop AI weapons, says panel https://w… Continue reading Dangerous Social Media Algorithms, A Moral Imperative for AI Powered Weapons?

Cybersecurity Researchers Targeted, Three iOS Zero-Days, Google FLoC

In episode 158: Cybersecurity researchers targeted by North Korean hackers, Apple patches three iOS zero-day exploits, and details on Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) which may one day replace third-party cookie tracking. ** Links mentione… Continue reading Cybersecurity Researchers Targeted, Three iOS Zero-Days, Google FLoC

Parler’s Return, Pelosi’s Stolen Laptop, Vaccination Passports

Is the world really ready for COVID-19 vaccination passport apps? Also, the return of Parler, details on Nancy Pelosi’s stolen laptop, the Ubiquiti data breach, Ring end-to-end encryption for video, and other important cybersecurity and privacy news fr… Continue reading Parler’s Return, Pelosi’s Stolen Laptop, Vaccination Passports

The Capital Riot: First Amendment and Deplatforming, Cybersecurity Lessons Learned

This week co-host Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the cybersecurity lessons learned from the US Capital riot, why deplatforming is not violating first amendment rights, and much more. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Check out our series on how to b… Continue reading The Capital Riot: First Amendment and Deplatforming, Cybersecurity Lessons Learned

How to Break Into a Cybersecurity Career – Part 2 with Rafal Los

Rafal Los, industry veteran and host of the “Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast”, joins Tom Eston for part two in our series on how to break into a cybersecurity career. If you’re a college student or thinking about getting into cybersecurity, this i… Continue reading How to Break Into a Cybersecurity Career – Part 2 with Rafal Los

How to Break Into to a Cybersecurity Career – Part 1

In episode 154 for January 4th 2021: Are you a college student, or someone that has an interest in a cybersecurity career? Check out the first episode in our series on how to break into a cybersecurity career with co-host Kevin Johnson. ** Links mentio… Continue reading How to Break Into to a Cybersecurity Career – Part 1

Top 3 Cybersecurity Tips

In episode 153 for December 28th 2020: In our last episode of the year co-host Tom Eston talks about his top 3 tips to keep you cybersecure in 2021. Thank you for listening, watching us on YouTube, and supporting our show and sponsors this year. We wis… Continue reading Top 3 Cybersecurity Tips