There is a lot of hype around the cloud. Many people know the term "the cloud" but the meaning is often jokingly relegated to the "other peoples computers". Is it really other peoples computers? Well it's not your computer. It's bigger and more amazing than that. In this show I'll talk about the inception of the cloud and how it went from solving an internal problem to becoming the global operating system is it today. #thecloud #aws #azure #whatisthecloud #gcp #google #microsoft #jeffbezos #andy...
Dec 30, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 2
#DevOps, #DevSecOps, #ShineTheory "Shine Theory not only defines how success can be achieved across so many aspects of our lives but also brings clarity to the successes of such movements as DevOps. The concept of collaboration of software development and operations, over the separation of role, knowledge and/or power is proving both an advantage and an enabler." Read the full blog: https://codifyre.com/culture/shine-theory-devops-community Follow along on... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/cod...
Oct 30, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 1
...or is it "are devices listening" to you? Well yes. There's always a simple answer to these questions and it's yes. Breaking it down to the basics, pretty much all of our devices are listening because we've enabled Siri or Google or Alexa or… to respond to a keyword command like "Hey Siri" such that they can present us, in the case of Siri, with a spooky HAL 9000ish blob to indicate it's listening (because it wasn't before honest) and ready to perform our bidding. Sometimes things can go amiss...
Mar 05, 2019•19 min•Ep. 19
This was going to be a comparison of major phones, breaking down some of the exploits and weaknesses. I was potentially going to compare IOS to Android and throw fuel onto an already raging fire amongst smart phone enthusiasts which is, if you’re listening to a podcast, all of us. Maybe you’re not a geek or a gadget nut but you’re probably far more dependent on that device that you may realise. You’ve probably never really put a great deal of thought into how much of YOU is locked up in that pho...
Jan 02, 2019•21 min•Ep. 18
Last year at this time Bitcoin was going haywire! It was on what seems to be the never ending rise to THE MOON! Until it stopped just shortly into 2018. Totally unpredictable behaviour. Stupid bitcoin! Or is it? There is a pattern. Ok a few patterns but this one struck me as interesting. If you check out the blog article or this podcast on Codifyre.com you’ll see a few graphs of bitcoin over the years. The all time price isn’t really that interesting because the big 2017 Christmas spike kind of ...
Nov 07, 2018•22 min•Ep. 17
Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. Stewart Brand This is one of those podcasts which isn’t the offspring of late night research, countless hours of trial and error tempered by seminars, articles and other people podcasts. This one is coming from real life… whatever that means. This one is coming from real life… whatever that means. If you’ve found yourself working in the technology arena it can be as exciting as it is challenging...
Jun 20, 2018•25 min•Ep. 16
Is it cast aside teenage wunderkinds who can seemingly dissect all things computer with the crack of a laptop to create designer chaos? They are portrayed smoking cigarettes, roller blading and always have media savvy branding! Too cool! Any time a major breach is announced, the media conjures up their classic image of this hooded jedi-like figure in a dimly lit room with 0s and 1s swirling about. Film and TV has done a superb job of portraying our favourite computer hacker as the stereotyped qu...
May 23, 2018•20 min•Ep. 15
Machine Learning I’ve heard the phrase Machine Learning banging around the media more intensely over the past few years and you know what that means… I’m not happy until I know what is really means. TO THE BAT-MOWER! My first conjured image is of course a lawn mower in a classroom trying to fumble its way through the shakespearean sonnet. It seems I wasn’t far off! Ok I was pretty far off. But there is a smart lawn mower that learns how to cut you lawn which is in fact machine learning. It’s the...
May 09, 2018•21 min•Ep. 14
I was a late adopter waiting until about 2007 before getting onto Facebook. Back in the 2000s I remember my brother calling Facebook a platform for narcissists. Just over 10 years later and 2.3 Billion narcissists later he and I are both active participants. I don’t think he was wrong! To a degree of course. I think Facebook, to take a positive spin, provides an outlet for many people to express themselves without directly expressing themselves. Kind of like wearing a Nike t-shirt. Do I like spo...
Apr 18, 2018•25 min•Ep. 13
Robots will rule us all. I feel that’s already been established by more sci-fi writers than can be credited in one podcast. You may have recently seen that an Uber self-driving car killed a pedestrian in a headline grabbing frenzy that re-awakened the humanity in all of us. Questions like What if… insert dystopian human based car fiasco here where AI (artificial intelligence) is deciding the fate of human lives with alarmingly regularity. During my recent discussions I found some common themes w...
Apr 04, 2018•21 min•Ep. 12
The internet browser, which began as a simple visual interpretation of a "markup" language used to create a textual representation of visual elements is now a dangerously functional run-time environment potentially comparable to our host operating system. In this episode we talk about known exploits in the browser from how file types have tricked the browser, and the OS, into giving away credentials to hacked browser extensions, to crypto mining to the potential for trusted websites to undermine...
Mar 21, 2018•22 min•Ep. 11
Let me go back to the beginning. 1990! Shortly after the earth cooled and life began, Sir Tim Berners-Lee just decided to invent the world wide web. This was approximately 1990 give or take any prior research and general acceptance of the idea. He also put together the first browser confusingly and yet inspirationally called "WorldWideWeb". Well now you know how that all started and why it's called what it is. For those of you who were toddlers or perhaps not even born yet a world without the we...
Mar 07, 2018•19 min•Ep. 10
In Part 1 of our article on blockchain security and cryptocurrency, we took a hard look at the core components that make up a successful cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. From the distributed network itself to the individuals who wish to own and use a cryptocurrency wallet to transfer or spend Bitcoin, security is key (pun intended) and very much a consideration at every stage. We ended our last article talking about the types of wallets available for conducting transactions on the network. This is w...
Feb 20, 2018•19 min•Ep. 9
Thanks to Bitcoin, it’s fair to say that “blockchain” is a buzzword at the moment—like DevOps, or Zumba. This article isn’t going to dive into what a blockchain is, because many others out there already do that. Here’s a pretty good one that has a snappy description of the evolution of Bitcoin and its symbiotic buddy, blockchain. (I may have written that one as well.) To some people, Bitcoin is a spoof currency trapped in a speculative bubble. To others, it and its alt-coin brethren are the futu...
Feb 06, 2018•25 min•Ep. 8
Passwords are a pain in the a$$. In fact, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Fernando Corbató, now 91 years old and the inventor of the password back in the 60s said that passwords have become “kind of a nightmare”. The current state of the internet wasn’t quite a consideration when passwords first started. Nowadays the average internet user can have upwards of 100-150 different accounts across multiple services. You might be thinking… not me! When was the last time you actually talli...
Jan 25, 2018•26 min•Ep. 7
Passwords are a pain in the a$$. In fact, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Fernando Corbató, now 91 years old and the inventor of the password back in the 60s said that passwords have become “kind of a nightmare”. The current state of the internet wasn’t quite a consideration when passwords first started. Nowadays the average internet user can have upwards of 100-150 different accounts across multiple services. You might be thinking… not me! When was the last time you actually talli...
Jan 09, 2018•22 min•Ep. 6
No! Thanks for reading (listening). It could be worth defining what a data breach actually is. Cyber security people often refer to three essential pillars upon which anyone responsible for data must adhere. They are called the CIA, oddly. Not to be confused with the American super-spy organisation or the FBI, NSA, USPI (US Postal Inspectors of course) or NCIS (whatever the hell that actually is… is it even real?) The CIA of cybersecurity stands for Confidentiality (can you keep my secret), Inte...
Dec 12, 2017•25 min•Ep. 5
The Internet of Things! Oh! That! The Internet… got it… Of… no problem… Things… nope you lost me. When I first heard the term IoT I had no f*cking idea what it was and what it meant. Obviously it was made completely clear when I was told what it stood for… How long did it take, and who came up with that catch phrase? And why on earth did it stick? Internet of Stuff would have been IOS and we can’t have Apple breathing down our necks. Internet of Devices? What stopped us there? The Institute of D...
Nov 28, 2017•21 min•Ep. 4
This is one of those subjects that has struck everyone from the techno security guru to the average person who might simply be trying to do their job. Ransomware brands such as Goldeneye, Petya (and its counterpart NotPetya), Cryptolocker, CryptoWall, Locky, WannaCry and very recently, Bad Rabbit (to name only a few) have been making headlines across the globe. I’ll start by taking a quick step back and just define Ransomware before I discuss how it tricks us into letting it in the door. I'll th...
Nov 14, 2017•22 min•Ep. 3
I’m in a taxi with my friend Sascha (names unchanged to torment the guilty) at about 3 in the morning and the taxi driver somehow ends up talking to us about whether he should buy or invest in Bitcoin. Sascha pipes in first saying it’s a huge waste of time, it isn’t really worth anything and that anyone who buys Bitcoins should be thrown out of the taxi at high speed with their shirt off. I may be paraphrasing and taking liberties but the message was clear. He wasn’t pro-Bitcoin. This podcast ex...
Oct 31, 2017•19 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to Codifyre Episode #0! The focus of Codifyre is to discuss and ideally simplify complex technological concepts in such a way that the not only the average person can get a good idea of what it all means but also explain things in such a way that new students and even those with industry experience and expertise can learn from new perspectives and opinions. Read more on our website Codifyre.com
Oct 02, 2017•4 min•Ep. 1
