Salt Security’s Roey Eliyahu joined Technado to discuss one of the most vulnerable things security teams often overlook: APIs. They dissected an API issue at Uber that left accounts open to attack. Then, in the news, the guys covered Vint Cerf’s plan for Internet in space, Microsoft throttling availability of their October 2020 Windows 10 update, Ubuntu’s Groovy Gorilla, and a group of hackers stealing from the rich and giving just a little to the poor. Finally, in the run-up to the US elections...
Oct 29, 20200
This week on Technado, Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh from the University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity joined the panel to share many of the amazing things their center is doing. He also helped the team understand the implications of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020. In the news, the guys discussed the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, Microsoft ending Office 2010 support, a warning from the US Cyber Command to patch a TCP/IP bug, a for-profit botnet proxy service, and the hacking ch...
Oct 22, 20200
Symmetry Systems’ Mohit Tiwari joined Technado this week to talk about his journey from university professor to start-up CEO. He explained the company’s focus on data store and object security before sharing his worst IT nightmare with the group. In the news, the team looked at a cyberattack that affected online classes in Massachusetts, Microsoft’s role in taking down the TrickBot botnet, VS Code coming to Raspberry Pi and Chromebook, VMWare’s ESXi Arm edition, and Apple paying out more than a ...
Oct 15, 20200
The new CISO at NetEnrich, Brandon Hoffman, was this week’s guest on Technado, where he discussed the role of the SOC in a company’s security strategy. He also shared his take on a new worm phishing campaign in the segment “Who Got Pwned.” After the break, Don and Daniel dissected Microsoft’s explanation for their Azure AD outage in “Deja News.” Finally, they talked about new x64 emulation that will help Windows on ARM, AT&T shelving DSL, OWC’s new Thunderbolt 4 hub, and leaked Windows XP co...
Oct 08, 20200
Microsoft MVP and Nerdio CTO Bas van Kaam joined Technado this week to talk about all things cloud. He also helped the crew breakdown the major Microsoft Office 365 outage. In other news, the team looked at how an old TV took out a Welsh village’s broadband for 18 months, the drop in Firefox’s usage compared to their CEO’s compensation, the new Red Pro and Purple drives from Western Digital, a corporate phishing test that backfired, and a major cyberattack affecting UHS hospitals.
Oct 01, 20200
In this episode of Technado, Balaji Parimi from CloudKnox joined the crew to talk about staying secure across multiple cloud providers. He also discussed a study that shows that large cloud providers are less likely to be breached. In other news, the team talked about Microsoft’s Linux kernel update, the quality of Walmart’s Gateway computers, an FBI report about credential stuffing attacks on banks, the Zerologon attack, and how much IoT traffic is from a single botnet.
Sep 24, 20200
This week, Technado welcomed back an old friend, Corey Thuen from Gravwell, to tell us all about their Big Bang product launch. Corey also talked about some of the unique ways people are using Gravwell to analyze their data. In other news, the team discussed Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of ARM, and debate how much they’d sell one of their arms for. Then they looked at Yubico’s new USB-C Yubikey, the resurfacing of Microsoft’s underwater data center experiment, Gartner’s hot takes on AWS, Azu...
Sep 17, 20200
Heather Paunet from Untangle joined the Technado crew this week to talk about how organizations can develop the best cyber security possible while still meeting budgetary restraints. She also added her expertise to a discussion on the recent Twitter hack and the role working from home may have played. In other news, the team looked at the new Fedora ThinkPad laptop from Lenovo, Western Digital getting creative with how they define RPM, a proposed ‘911’ for security flaws, Apple’s approval of not...
Sep 10, 20200
What do you do when you create a groundbreaking network monitoring tool? You post the source code on GitHub and Reddit for all the world to use. This week’s guest, Costa Tsaousis of Netdata, tells the Technado crew about the nightmare that led him to create the product and why he chose to go open source. Then, in the news, the team discussed a US plan to invest $1B in AI and quantum computing, a breakdown of the CenturyLink/Level(3) outage, why a Microsoft Teams Retention Policy is so important,...
Sep 03, 20200
If you want to talk Python, you can’t go wrong with Python Software Foundation Fellow and host of two Python podcasts, Michael Kennedy. After discussing his podcasts, Python Bytes and Talk Python To Me, Michael played a game of ‘Python, Python, or Python,’ where he and the panel guessed if headlines were about snakes, programming, or Monty Python. In the news, the team talked about the viability of a new password generator called DiceKeys, Ubuntu backporting WSL 2 to earlier Windows builds, a Ch...
Aug 27, 20200
Want to live in a world without passwords? This week’s podcast guest, Shahrokh Shahidzadeh from Acceptto, came on to talk about how it’s possible with continuous behavioral authentication. He also shared his perspective on the launch of Dropbox’s new password manager. In the news, the crew discussed Amazon’s new quantum computing service, Braket, Microsoft’s efforts to add transparency in Windows 10 updates, an exploit targeting Apache Struts Surfaces on GitHub, newly released speed tests from S...
Aug 20, 20200
It’s two for one this week on Technado, where the team talks to both Sam Rubin of The Crypsis Group and John Prisco from Quantum Xchange. After surviving a hurricane last week, John came on to talk about Quantum Xchange’s growth since we last spoke, as well as a newly-released DoE blueprint for a quantum internet. But first, Sam’s security expertise helped the guys breakdown news including a leak of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers, scam browser extensions that made it in the Chrome Web...
Aug 13, 20200
With a hurricane bearing down on our scheduled guest, the Technado team decided to focus on more news in this week’s episode. First, in “Who Got Pwned,” the crew discussed the difficulties Garmin had trying to pay their ransom. Then, in “Behind Bars,” they looked at the updates to the Twitter breach that saw 2 Florida teenagers in custody. In other news, they talked about the death of Cortana on iOS and Android, a recently patched Zoom exploit, and a new tool to detect shadow admin accounts in A...
Aug 06, 20200
Ben Brennan stopped by Technado this week to talk about how his company’s QSTAC data can improve the quality of IT teams as well as his book, Badass IT Support. Then, the group discussed how IT workers are like flat earthers. In the news, the panel looked at the reorg at Intel, a supercomputer collaboration between Nvidia and the University of Florida, how masks are messing with facial recognition, and a multi-day ransomware outage at Garmin. Finally, they look at the implications of a security ...
Jul 30, 20200
Since we’re focusing on CompTIA this month on Technado, we decided to go right to the source and speak with Dr. James Stanger. He talked about all things CompTIA, from the changes they’ve seen from COVID-19 to the growing emphasis on security. Then, he helped the team dissect the high-profile Twitter breach from earlier in the week in the “Who Got Pwned” segment. In other news, the Technado crew looked at the Cloudflare outage, Google pushing back on Microsoft’s Chrome RAM reduction, the latest ...
Jul 23, 20200
Getting a CompTIA cert is a big accomplishment. Getting all of them? That’s podcast-worthy. In addition to holding all the current CompTIA certifications, this week’s guest Lee McWhorter is also the CTO of Covered 6, a security training firm focussed on veterans. After an interview, Lee helped breakdown ‘Who Got Pwned’ due to home routers riddled with flaws and running unpatched Linux. In other news, the Technado team discussed Intel’s Thunderbolt 4 specs, Fedora’s approval of Nano as the defaul...
Jul 16, 20200
An old friend of the show, Christiaan Brinkhoff, returned this week after joining Microsoft on the Windows Virtual Desktop team. After letting us know what he’s been up to since we last spoke, he talked about the impressive new features in WVD including management through the Azure portal. In the news, the Technado team looked at Huawei’s first foray into PC’s, Discord’s attempt to rebrand itself, Microsoft sneaking Edge into updates, a new Mac ransomware, and the sentencing of a former Yahoo en...
Jul 09, 20200
Joe Carson, the Chief Security Scientist at Thycotic, joined the Technado crew to talk about the importance of privileged access management. He also shared some facts on the Estonian language before helping dissect a data leak at Twitter. Then, the hosts put on their tinfoil hats to debunk the conspiracy theory that Bill Gates wants to microchip vaccines. In the news, they discussed Apple’s Xcode 12, an Arm-based supercomputer in Japan, Microsoft’s addition of Linux protections to Windows, and a...
Jul 02, 20200
Mike Weber from Coalfire was this week’s guest, and he told the team about an experiment where they were able to cause 3D printers to catch fire with a remote attack. Mike also gave an update on a story from several episodes ago where 2 of his coworkers were arrested during a physical pen-testing job at a courthouse in Iowa. Then, in the news, the crew discussed Apple’ WWDC announcements including macOS 11 Big Sur and the move from Intel to ARM chips. In other news, they reviewed a massive DDoS ...
Jun 25, 20200
We were fortunate to not only be joined by John Dileo, the cofounder and managing principal of Vartai Security, but also Johnny Macluf, the director of threat research. After learning about them and the company, they shared their thoughts on a honeypot set up by researchers that was infected in just three days. In the news, the team discussed Apple’s move to ARM chips, a sketchy Hackintosh system, an overhaul to the Windows 10 Insider Program, and if Zoom is the next Huawei. Finally, they unpack...
Jun 18, 20200
Alex Kirk, a Security Engineer at Corelight, joined the podcast this week to talk about Zeek, a Raspberry Pi version of their product, and Corelight’s virtual CTF games. He also gave his take on Honda’s crippling cyberattack in this week’s segment of Who Got Pwned. In the news, Peter, Justin, and Daniel looked at one app developer’s COPPA violations, a bug-hunting bot, and IBM’s homomorphic encryption toolkit. In Linux news, they talked about Linux Mint dumping Ubuntu Snap and one author’s view ...
Jun 11, 20200
Our old friend Zach Hill from the YouTube channel I.T. Career Questions joined us this week as we kicked off a month focussed on getting started in the IT field. Zach also gave his views on a 128MB memory stick marketed as an “anti-5G” device. In other news, the team discussed the issues with the Windows 10 May 2020 update, a beefier Raspberry Pi, OpenSSH deprecating SHA-1 logins, the Blue Mockingbird malware gang, and an ongoing Russian hacking campaign.
Jun 04, 20200
We go behind the scenes on this week’s episode to talk to Megan Brewster, the person responsible for scheduling all our great guests on Technado. Megan also gave her thoughts on a strange odometer-based conspiracy theory in our new segment, Tin Foil Hat Time. In the news, the crew discussed faster SD cards, Microsoft’s new Windows Package Manager, the confusing Microsoft Lists, and eBay’s port scanning policy.
May 28, 20200
Dennis Hunter is an instructor at Cisco, Cyber Synergy Consulting Group, and Wake Technical Community College. He joined the Technado team this week to talk about his tech journey, give insight into Cisco’s Stealthwatch, and help breakdown the European breach that led to supercomputers mining cryptocurrency. In other news, the team discussed IBM’s sponsorship of distributed computing to fight COVID-19, Chrome blocking resource-draining ads, and the Edison Mail app mixing up users’ mailboxes.
May 21, 20200
PowerShell, I am your father. That’s right – Jeffrey Snover, the father of PowerShell was this week’s guest on Technado. We talked about where the original idea came from, as well as what he’s working on now at Microsoft. He also responded to some mean tweets from the haters. In the news, the team discussed the new Caddy Web server, an update to Google Authenticator for 2FA, Xiaomi’s data leak, and how favicons can hide malicious code.
May 14, 20200
The Technado with Don Pezet team is celebrating Powershell all this month, and what better way to kick it off than with ITProTV Edutainer Mike Rodrick? Mike talked about all the new features in PowerShell 7 and how they compare to previous versions. In other news, the panel discussed the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, the Windows 10X release plan, Backblaze’s slashing of S3 prices, and a zero-day exploit in the Sophos firewall.
May 07, 20200
Chris Morales is the Head of Security Analytics at Vectra, and joined the podcast this week to talk about incident response and threat management programs. He also discussed an interesting research report on privileged access. In this week’s Who Got Pwned, the team looked at Nintendo accounts being hacked with proceeds laundered through Fortnite currency. In other news, they discussed why Microsoft doesn’t trust Thunderbolt, an Australian coronavirus tracking app, and Wifi 6E.
May 01, 20200
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) grad student and DoD contractor William York joined the Techando crew to talk about security and his recent presentation at BSides in Tampa, FL. In the new WTF segment, the crew discussed how the 5G conspiracy spread across Europe and into the US. In the news, they talked about GitHub moving to a free model for teams, Fedora 33 enabling Systemd-Resolved, and why you shouldn’t share your high school senior photos (or anything) on Facebook.
Apr 23, 20200
Digital forensics expert Dan Young joined the Technado crew this week to share his expertise and tell us about QuoLab’s software. He told the team about all of the COVID-19 related scams, including a malware version of the Johns Hopkins pandemic map. In other news, the crew discussed Microsoft moving to digital-only events, moving China Telecom out of the US, a critical VMware bug, and the truly sad news that we won’t get new emojis in 2020.
Apr 16, 20200
The host of the Sysadmin Today podcast, Paul Joyner, was nice enough to sit in for this episode. After learning about his podcast, the team discussed who got pwned in a Bill Gates-themed crypto Ponzi YouTube scam. In the news, they talked about Ubuntu 20.04, the crash at the SBA’s online loan processing system, and an OpenWRT bug putting people at risk.
Apr 09, 20200
