Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Nathan and Aaron discuss the UK's move to prohibit easily guessable default passwords. UK becomes first country to outlaw easily guessable default passwords Executive order on improving the nations cybersecurity Cute Cybersecurity Logos UK's device security law kicks in EnergyStar Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @hotdogggitty @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureide...
Jun 03, 2024•19 min
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Nathan and Aaron discuss the Apex Legends hack that occured during a global esports tournament with a 5 million dollar prize pool. Esports League Postponed After Players Hacked Midgame BSides Oklahoma Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @hotdogggitty @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real...
Apr 30, 2024•23 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Nathan and Aaron discuss the risk of vending machines using facial recognition software for targeted marketing. Facial Recognition Software Discovered in College Campus Vending Machines Ode to Reeses Peanut Butter Cups Flowers By Irene Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @hotdogggitty @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at ...
Apr 18, 2024•27 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan assess the risk of Tik Tok and how they themselves use it. Majority of Americans Say TikTok is a Threat the US National Security US senators unveil bipartisan bill empowering Biden to ban TikTok and other services Jack the Whipper RESTRICT Act Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Profession...
Aug 21, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the challenging and vital role of CISO's and how the successes or failures of an organization's security program falls on them. The Reformed Analyst Joe Sullivan Uber CISO Sentenced SEC Sends Wells Notice to SolarWinds Executives Lawyers Behaving Badly Podcast Serious Trouble Podcast Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find...
Jul 31, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss a whistleblower's claims that information about covert programs possessing intact crafts of non-human origin has been illegally withheld from Congress. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY U.S. HAS RETRIEVED CRAFT OF NON-HUMAN ORIGIN The X-Files Close Encounters of the Third Kind Trailer Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on...
Jul 10, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the SEC's proposed rules on public company cybersecurity, including the expertise of its board. Cybersecurity Risks and Privacy Rules Add Pressure on Boards NYDFS Proposes Amendments to Cybersecurity Regulation Public Company Cybersecurity; Proposed Rules Fact Sheet Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @...
Jun 26, 2023•20 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss SSL vulnerabilities and their challenges. The Silent Gaze of Braco The Art of Manliness Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testin...
Jun 12, 2023•19 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the regulation of AI growth and development. OpenAI's Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI Dark Web ChatGPT Unleashed: Meet DarkBERT Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.c...
May 25, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan throw it back to Slashdot. Get ready to be entertained by some rants about security stories plucked from the OG user-generated content and community-driven news website. Slashdot.org: News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at w...
May 07, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss AI and some of its caveats. Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter ChatGPT cooks up fake sexual harassment scandal Life of Dolly Professionally Evil Perspective: The Evolution of OWASP Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil....
Apr 28, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the poor communication and decision-making that led to it, and Secure Ideas recent brush with banking mishaps.. Twitter Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our ti...
Mar 28, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the open letter to OWASP, the organization's future aspirations, and sustainability. OWASP needs to evolve OWASP Budget Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportu...
Mar 13, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss sensitive photos taken by a robot vacuum and then leaked online . Roomba photos recorded bathroom photos leaked from test units. Click here to see if you are old. Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for ...
Feb 27, 2023•21 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss donotpay.com and AI lawyers. DoNotPay.com The Robot Lawyer Was a Super Dumb Idea Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or ri...
Feb 13, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the removal of an attorney attending a show with her daughter at Radio City Music Hall in December. The attorney was employed by a law firm involved in a persoanl injury claim against the operator of Radio City Music Hall. The attorney was recognized through a facial recognition system. facial-recognition-bars-lawyer-rockettes-show Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Tw...
Jan 17, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the FTC actions on the Drizly breach and the responsibility of CEO's when security fails. Press Release: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/10/ftc-takes-action-against-drizly-its-ceo-james-cory-rellas-security-failures-exposed-data-25-million Actual Ruling: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/202-3185-Drizly-Decision-and-Order.pdf Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secu...
Dec 04, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, join Kevin and Nathan for discussion and questions surrounding identity and it's validation. Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas or find us on Mastadon: @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management...
Nov 11, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the term "Ethical Hacker" and what it implies. Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management, we'd love the chance to work with you!...
Oct 24, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the risk of reputational damage and the long-term impact of a security breach. Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management, we'd love the chance to ...
Oct 12, 2022•20 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan talk about different paths into Infosec. Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management, we'd love the chance to work with you!...
Sep 12, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Today on The Professionally Evil Perspective, Kevin and Nathan discuss the concept of "right to repair", or once you purchase something, should you be allowed to do whatever you want with it, and to it? And a controversy in Denver over a program that caused over 22,000 Xcel Energy customers to lose control of thier thermostats during an "energy emergency". Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during energy emergency Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@se...
Sep 05, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 14
This month we are joined by OpsHelm, Inc. Founding Security Engineer Lee Brotherston and Black Hills Information Security Content and Community Director Jason Blanchard to discuss current security news. From hacking John Deere combines to play Doom to Janet Jackson crashing laptops, this month was especially entertaining. Join us the last Friday of every month to discuss current events with a rotating list of security pros. Today's Guests: Lee Brotherston can be found on LinkedIn Jason Blanchard...
Aug 29, 2022•56 min•Season 2022Ep. 8
This month we are joined by Cybersecurity Strategist Heather Linn and Information Security Pro Giovanni Cofre to discuss current security news. From police being allowed to view private Ring camera footage to the distribution of an abortion-laced business card at a hacker conference, we covered a lot in one hour. Join us the last Friday of every month to discuss current events with a rotating list of security pros. Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or r...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr
Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management, we'd love the chance to work with you! Links: dhs-announces-new-cybersecurity-requirements-critical-pipeline-owners-and-operators...
Jul 18, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @84d93r Our June guest @HackerHurricane @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management, we'd love the chance to work with you! Links: iOS 16 and macOS Ventura will let users bypass CAPTCHAs on supported apps and websites Cops Will Be A...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management, we'd love the chance to work with you! Links: is-lamda-sentient-an-interview stop-calling-everything-ai-machinelearning-pioneer-says microsoft-shuts-down-ai-chatbot-after-it-...
Jun 20, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: @sweaney @darth_kevin @secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management, we'd love the chance to work with you! Links: Alex Martin Tweet us-military-hackers-conducting-offensive-operations-in-support-of-ukraine-says-head-of-cyber-command cyberatta...
Jun 06, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com or reach out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sweaney https://twitter.com/secureideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team at www.professionallyevil.com Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management, we'd love the chance to work with you! This months guests: Ray Davidson Luke Crouch Episode Links: Clearview AI's Facial Recognition Tool Coming To A...
May 30, 2022•1 hr•Season 2022Ep. 5
US Prosecutors Won't Charge White Hat Hackers Under New Policy @JeffStone500 Got suggestions, complaints, or feedback? Tell us at podcast@secureideas.com Or reach out on Twitter: Nathan Sweaney Kevin Johnson Secure Ideas Join our Professionally Evil Slack Team: Professionally Evil Slack Team Our real jobs pay for our time to do this, so if you have opportunities around penetration testing or risk management, we'd love the chance to work with you!...
May 23, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 9
