Don was out on vacation, but Technado never rests! With Wes Bryan joining the show, the team discussed Microsoft's announcement that Windows 11 is available for hobbyist PC builders, the impact of the European heatwave on Google Cloud and Oracle servers, a hardcoded password in the Confluence app causing chaos, and 32-bit Linux remaining unpatched for Intel vulnerabilities. Finally, they looked at some updates to previous stories in Deja News, including Microsoft once again blocking macros by de...
Jul 28, 20220
The Technado team was back together in the studio this week to discuss the new Intel Core i9-12900K benchmarks, Microsoft's shift in Windows development cycles, Unbreakable Oracle Linux 9's Btrfs support, Lenovo patching UEFI code execution vulnerabilities, and a phishing campaign that can get around MFA. Finally, the team talked about CIA hacker Joshua Shulte's conviction and how it compared to the Edward Snowden leak.
Jul 21, 20220
Even with Don in the UK and Peter in quarantine, the crew managed to get together for a socially-distanced Technado. They discussed Apple's public betas for iOS 16, macOS Ventura, and watchOS9, Drobo's bankruptcy filing, NIST's quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms, a spear phishing attack on a crypto game, and Marriott confirming yet another breach. Finally, they covered the takedown of a billion-dollar scheme to traffic fake Cisco networking gear.
Jul 14, 20220
Don and Daniel are joined by Ronnie Wong this week to talk about the first laptop with a RISC-V processor that’ll come out soon. Then, the team discussed bypassing Windows 11 install restrictions, Azure capacity issues, Microsoft Exchange servers getting hacked, how HackerOne handled its own ‘internal threat' actor, and British army crypto scams.
Jul 07, 20220
Don was back this week to help explain what happened at Cloudflare. Then, the team discussed the Windows 98 update for the Mars probe, the new Rocket 4 Plus Destroyer 2, Adobe Acrobat blocking antivirus access, and the poor benchmarks on the M2 MacBook Pro. Finally, they laughed about the IT worker in Japan who lost some important PII after a night at the bar.
Jun 30, 20220
Don was back this week to help explain what happened at Cloudflare. Then, the team discussed the Windows 98 update for the Mars probe, the new Rocket 4 Plus Destroyer 2, Adobe Acrobat blocking antivirus access, and the poor benchmarks on the M2 MacBook Pro. Finally, they laughed about the IT worker in Japan who lost some important PII after a night at the bar.
Jun 30, 20220
Chris Ward joined the Technado team this week to talk about the falling prices for GPUs. He and the team also discussed Microsoft's Defender coming to macOS and Android, Ubuntu Core 22, a fitting tribute to Internet Explorer, hackers playing Doom on an IKEA lamp, and allegations of nepotism at Google.
Jun 23, 20220
It was a busy week in hardware news, as the Technado team looked at Microsoft's move to ditch HDD boot drives, a new Quantum chip saving 9 millennia of computing time, and macOS planning to block unknown USB-C devices. In other news, the guys covered the hack of online gun shops, Jack Dorsey's new Web 5 plan, and a Google engineer who fears their AI chatbot became sentient.
Jun 16, 20220
Apple's WWDC is wrapped up, but how important were the announcements that came out of it? On this week's Technado, the guys break down the M2 processor specs, as well as the changes coming in macOS Ventura. In other news, they covered Microsoft adding WSL2 support in Server 2022, the FBI blocking an attack on a children's hospital, DuckDuckGo allowing certain Microsoft web trackers, and security concerns around Meeting Owl videoconferencing devices.
Jun 09, 20220
There were two big events generating headlines in the IT world: Computex and Google I/O. The guys covered the highs from Computex with Nvidia's Grace ARM server chip, AMD's Zen 4 releases, AMD's first PCIe 5.0 SSD, and Corsair's gaming laptop complete with a touch bar. Then, they lamented Google rehashing some past duds at I/O 2022 before looking at the upgrades in the new Framework laptop.
Jun 02, 20220
It was a busy week in tech with FreeBSD 13.1 being released, hackers easily opening and starting Tesla's, Google vetting open-source software libraries for security, a ransomware gang trying to overthrow the Costa Rican government, and security warnings about VMWare products. But the best story had to be the Zambian bank's technical director who responded to a ransomware attack in a way many have wanted to for years. That'll teach 'em!
May 26, 20220
Just when it seemed Rocky Linux was down for the count in its fight with Alma Linux to fill the CentOS gap, it's back with $26M in new funding. In other news, the Technado team discussed Western Digital's new 26TB drive, Windows 11 22H2 updates, CBL-Mariner 2.0 and CBL-Delridge Linux distros from Microsoft, and Nvidia's open-source Linux drivers. Finally, they talked about the NSA's promise of no backdoors in the new US encryption scheme.
May 19, 20220
It was a good week for anyone who hates passwords, as Apple, Google, and Microsoft detailed their proposed Passkey standard. In other news, Microsoft Edge overtook Apple Safari, Asus unveiled some new keyboards, hackers took advantage of a BIG-IP vulnerability at F5, and WordPress sites are hacked within seconds of setup. Finally, they covered Heroku's admission that credentials were stolen in a recent attack.
May 12, 20220
It was another busy week in the tech world, with Microsoft announcing a built-in Cloudflare VPN in Edge, Verbatim rolling out a new write-once SSD, GRAID's new GPU-based NVMe, and an international 'Declaration for the Future of the Internet.' In Deja news, the guys gave an update on QNAP's remote hacking issues and the NTFS Linux driver. Finally, they rolled out a new segment called 'The More You Know' where they broke down where the tech giants make their billions.
May 05, 20220
The team was back together for a busy week of news. Canonical launched Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, OpenBSD 7.1 came out with Apple silicon support, Tape storage usage rose in 2021, Microsoft disabled SMB1 in Windows 11 home, and hackers found an unremovable malware for Lenovo devices. The guys took a break from the news to play tech movie trivia and then finished off by saying goodbye to macOS Server and Fleetsmith before covering a critical Java security blunder.
Apr 28, 20220
There was a ton of news to cover as Wes Bryan sat in for Don. Malaysia tested out using AI for court sentencing, Oracle released Solaris 11.4 "CBE," Insteon seemed to go out of business, Dell's DDR5 module locked out upgrades, and GitHub described the theft of OAuth user tokens. Finally, the team looked at T-Mobile's failed attempt to exclusively buy back its hacked data.
Apr 21, 20220
The Technado team moved into their new studios just in time to celebrate Windows 3.1's 30th birthday. In other news, the guys also discussed the US government secretly removing malware from private networks, Raspberry Pi OS dropping the default user for security, Sonnet's new PCIe adapter, and AMD GPU drivers overclocking CPUs without permission. Finally, they looked at the ongoing outage at Atlassian and discussed alternatives.
Apr 14, 20220
It was a big week for Technado as the guys hit their 250th episode and announced some changes to the show format to focus more on tech news. And speaking of news, it was a busy week. They discussed AlmaLinux coming to WSL, Microsoft adding Arm support to Azure VMs, the staggering amount of Chromebooks and iPads that went missing in Chicago, Samsung and Western Digital joining forces for ZNS SSDs, and Wyze Cam's handling of their security issues. In 'Who Got Pwned,' they dug into the issues at Ma...
Apr 07, 20220
To wrap up Cisco month, the Technado team was joined by Systems Architect David Alicea. He talked about the importance of documentation when designing and implementing a network. In the news, the guys covered a price drop for Asus GPUs, the Island Browser's unicorn valuation, the FCC blacklisting Kaspersky, and how Lapsus$ got around MFA. Finally, they discussed not one but two tech giants falling victim to embezzlement.
Mar 31, 20220
Cisco's Nick Russo joined Technado this week to share his journey from the military to networking expert. He also shared his views on a common misconception about MPLS and segment routing. Then, in the news, the team discussed AMD backing AlmaLinux, Windows 11 adding a watermark for unsupported devices, a new phishing technique using BitB, the scoop on the OVHcloud datacenter fire, and the ex CafePress owner being hit with a fine for poor security practices.
Mar 24, 20220
Cisco's Erica Cooper joined Technado to talk about how she became a Senior Technical Lead. She also shared her worst IT nightmare where they had to break the glass on an Azure Stack deployment. In other news, Microsoft releases DirectStorage, Apple announces the Mac Studio workstation, there's a UPC zero-day affecting APC systems, and Dell opts out of Microsoft's Pluton security for Windows. Finally, in a weird one, a man was caught smuggling 160 Intel CPUs into China after taping them to his bo...
Mar 17, 20220
Protegrity's Nathan Vega joined the Technado team this week to talk about securing the most sensitive and valuable data on your network. He and the crew also discussed the rise in information privacy legislation and how you should approach compliance. Then, in the news, the guys covered AMD's EPYC "Milan-X" CPUs, a high-severity Linux vulnerability, and NVIDIA's stolen code being used to sign malware. Finally, they took another look at how technology is impacting the situation in Ukraine with Co...
Mar 10, 20220
It was a big week in the news, so the crew got right to it this week. They covered DisplayPort 2.0 labels, confusion about Microsoft OneDrive for macOS, the plans for Linux's ReiserFS, Microsoft confirming their wiping tool leaves data behind, and Nvidia hacking its hackers right back. Next, the guys spent some time looking at how big tech is impacting the situation in Ukraine. And finally, in an attempt to end on a lighter note, Don and Daniel tested their friendship with a version of the newly...
Mar 03, 20220
Are mergers and acquisitions the way to drive innovation and growth in cybersecurity? Gary Guseinov of RealDefense shared his take on this week's Technado. Then, in the news, the guys looked at AMD passing Intel in market cap, the new Chrome OS Flex, new Ubuntu vulnerabilities, and Asustor NAS security issues. Finally, in 'DoH!,' the discussed a French father who used a jammer to keep his kids off social media and took down his area's internet in the process.
Feb 24, 20220
From Canadian intelligence to Google X to LimaCharlie, Maxime Lamothe-Brassard shared his impressive IT journey on this week's Technado. He also discussed a new approach to cybersecurity modeled after the AWS model. Then, in the news, the guys covered Starlink's premium offering, auto-elevated profiles in Windows Terminal 1.13, a new Homeland Security cyber safety board, and Microsoft finally blocking macros. And finally, in 'Who Got Pwned," they discussed the cybersecurity researcher who hit ba...
Feb 10, 20220
Turja Chaudhuri, Ernst & Young's new Assistant Director of Cloud Practice, joined Technado this week to talk about adopting cloud practices and the importance of a multi-cloud setup. He also shared his origin story and how he's now mentoring aspiring cloud engineers. In the news, the guys broke down Microsoft's move to 'one Outlook,' a backdoor in AccessPress themes for WordPress, and a spooky Dark Souls 3 exploit. In 'Who Got Pwned,' they covered two stories about the unfolding situation in...
Jan 27, 20220
Chris Cain from Keysight Technologies, a leading manufacturer of testing and measurement devices, joined Technado this week to talk about some of the impressive applications of their products. He also shared how engineering students can remotely learn on lab equipment. In the news, the team covered Chrome limiting access to private networks, the public Pi-hole Adhole shutting down, Scammers using fake QR codes on parking meters, and Malware attacks on Ukraine's government. Finally, in Behind Bar...
Jan 20, 20220
A business email compromise (BEC) could cost your company millions, so what are you doing to prevent it? In this episode, Ronnie Tokazowski shares his firsthand knowledge of BECs and what his company, Cofense, is doing to prevent them. Then, in the news, the guys covered Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 two-screen laptop, Microsoft's first Pluton-powered machines, Canon defeating its own DRM, and an open-source developer sabotaging his own apps. Finally, in Tin Foil Hat Time, they theorize on why d...
Jan 13, 20220
It's the first episode of the new year, and the team welcomed Paul Deur from ReadyWorks to talk about automating large enterprise transformation projects to help secure businesses. Paul also shared his company's origin story to highlight just how important automation can be for IT teams. In the news, the guys covered Dell's new repairable Luna laptop concept, a magnetic wireless webcam from Dell, Lenovo's vulnerability that allowed admin privileges, a university in Japan accidentally wiping 77TB...
Jan 06, 20220
We made some big predictions at the end of 2020, but were any of them right? In this special episode, we cap off 2021 by looking back at how those predictions aged as well as making some guesses for 2022. Then, we end the year with a game of 'Classic Computer or Military Aircraft?' It was as weird as it sounds.
Dec 30, 20210
