The team had a blast this week talking with hacker, mentor, and diversity in tech advocate Tanya Janca about her new venture, Security Sidekick. The news was less pleasant with articles about Iran shutting down the internet in response to protests, Google crashing thousands of browsers, and thousands of hacked Disney+ credentials popping up for sale. This is why we can’t have nice things.
Nov 25, 2019•1 hr 13 min
The whole team is back together, and this week they were joined by Upsolver’s Ori Rafael who gave a crash course on Frictionless Data Lake Ingestion and ETL. In the news, they discussed an amusing error that caused some very late Valentine’s texts to send, the impact of Docker’s new corporate overlord, and how even American robots are losing their jobs to cheaper options offshore.
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 1 min
This week on Technado, Don and Justin talked with Joe Welch, Professor of Computer Information Technology & Systems faculty member at Central Texas College, about what students need to do to get into IT as well as the new ways CTC is keeping students engaged. In the news, the team discussed all of the news coming out of Microsoft's Ignite conference in Orlando.
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 14 min
This week on Technado, the team welcomes some special guests - the winners of the Come See ITProTV contest. They also discuss Azure’s $10 Billion defense contract and an Indian nuclear plant that suffered a malware attack.
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 25 min
Marty Bakal joins the team this week to offer a glimpse of hope to people stuck using legacy systems. In the news, Don, Justin, and Peter look at an issue with Samsung's fingerprint scanner. They also cover all of the announcements coming out of Google. Anyone in the market for a $649 Chromebook?
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 7 min
In this Technado, Don explains to a confused Peter and Justin how you can fit Azure in a backpack. The team also talks about MacOS Catalina and Fedora dropping 32-bit support before bringing in Joakim Sundberg from Baffin Bay Networks to talk about predictive threat detection.
Oct 14, 2019•57 min
Do you want a folding phone? It’s Microsoft week at Technado, as the team breaks down all of the big announcements from both hardware and software that came out in the last week. Then Lawrence Systems’ owner and YouTuber Tom Lawrence calls in to talk about the issues affected managed service providers today.
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 20 min
How can you rob a bank over the phone? In this episode of Technado, PeopleSec’s Joshua Crumbaugh shares that story of social engineering and several other red team pen-testing stories. In the news, the team discusses the new CentOS release and a pesky vBulletin exploit.
Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Todd and Nathan from Stridepoint came up from Tampa to talk all about end-user security training. What’s more fun than phishing your own staff? In the news, the team discussed the wifi 6 standard, pen-testing gone wrong, and the controversial comments from open source legend Richard Stallman.
Sep 23, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Robert Rounsavall from Trapezoid joins to talk about the importance or firmware security. Peter, Don, and Justin also break down a strange affect the new iPhone is having on people, as well as the release of the BlueKeep exploit from Metasploit.
Sep 16, 2019•58 min
Things are almost back to normal at the ITProTV studios. With the new video equipment up and running, Peter and Don discuss the week’s top news stories including exposed Supermicro server BMC ports, Samsungs folding phone woes, and how trolls managed to destroy Jeremy Renner’s fan app. Is nothing sacred anymore?
Sep 10, 2019•54 min
With the ITProTV studios closed for maintenance, a short staff, and a hurricane bearing down on their offices, Don and Daniel found a way to persevere and still bring you this week’s Technado. They talk about the good and bad news surrounding ransomware and another Microsoft contribution to the open-source community.
Sep 04, 2019•43 min
This week’s guest joined the show from over 10,000 miles away (yes, we measured). ISACA’s Jo Stewart-Rattray shared her IT journey and talked about her experience working with the UN on behalf of ISACA and SheLeadsTech. Back in the Northern Hemisphere, Peter, Justin, and Don talked about the week’s news including the fallout from CenturyLink’s massive outage and a string of ransomware attacks plaguing Texas towns.
Aug 27, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Sarah Haggard joins the Technado team this week to talk about her new mentorship app, Tribute. After debating which dating app it most resembles, they get into why mentorship is important. In the news, the crew covered all the big stories coming out of Black Hat and DefCon, including a cautionary tale about using ‘NULL’ as a vanity license plate.
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 15 min
Daniel Lowrie stopped by the studio ahead of his presentations at CompTIA’s ChannelCon conference to give Justin and Peter a sneak peek at his sessions. He also hung out as they looked back at the week’s news, including the Capital One data breach and John McAfee’s recent escapades as a fugitive from the law.
Aug 05, 2019•53 min
It was another busy week in tech, but rest assured, the Technado crew had it covered. They tackled an OpenPGP attack, bricked Raspberry Pi 4's, Canonical’s GitHub hack, and the sale of an Instagram star’s used bath water. Then, Linux Training Architect Ross Brunson joined the team in studio to geek out on all things Linux.
Jul 15, 2019•1 hr 32 min
With the shortened work week due to the holiday in the US, Peter, Justin, and Don still found time to get together and discuss the week’s big news stories. Don was excited to hear news on Microsoft’s potential Linux distro, while everyone on the panel was happy to see people actually being held accountable for major data breaches. Finally, they look back at the Windows logos of the past for a Stranger Things promotion.
Jul 09, 2019•49 min
With Peter out on vacation, Don and Justin were able to cut loose a little. They covered a big Verizon BGP route leak and a laptop that claims to be un-hackable. Then, John Dickson of Denim Group called in to discuss building resilient software that will withstand attacks. (edited)
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 37 min
The Technado team was joined by CompTIA’s Chief Technology Evangelist, James Stanger, this week. Peter, Don, and special guest Wes Bryan talked with him about CompTIA’s roadmap, future predictions, and their upcoming ChannelCon event. Then Justin rejoined to talk about the week’s news, including some Windows 10 stories and an update on the Target outage.
Jun 25, 2019•1 hr 38 min
Apple’s monitor stand stole the headlines from WWDC, but in this episode of Technado, Peter, Justin, and Don look at the conference’s less flashy announcements. Then, they talk with the COO of Active Countermeasures, Chris Brenton, about the state of threat hunting.
Jun 10, 2019•1 hr 36 min
Will 5G endanger our lives? What would Mona Lisa look like in person? Are my Snapchat messages really vanishing? Peter, Justin, and Don tackle all these hard-hitting questions this week and also interview Marco Rubin from the Center for Innovative Technology in Virginia.
Jun 03, 2019•1 hr 46 min
In this week’s episode, MasterPeace Solutions’ Drew Cohen introduced the crew to an innovative dev environment where employees are encouraged to start side gigs. Peter, Justin, and Don also looked at the week’s news, making sure to get angry with Apple, Microsoft, and Google.
May 28, 2019•1 hr 27 min
It’s time to celebrate! On this week’s Technado, the boys pop some champagne to mark the 100th episode. But it wasn’t all fun and games. In addition to recapping the week’s news, they talked with Altaz Valani of Security Compass and Alcyr Araujo from Mosyle.
May 20, 2019•2 hr 4 min
James Markarian with SnapLogic joins Justin, Peter, and Don to talk about his vision for a data privacy bill of rights. Also, D3 Security’s Stan Engelbrecht calls in from Canada to discuss what they’ve been up to since we last spoke at RSA in 2018. Finally, we look at the news of the week, including plenty of Microsoft stories.
May 10, 2019•1 hr 34 min
It was a busy week for interviews at Technado. First, Pradeo’s CTO Vivien Raoul warned the team about an Android app that was collecting more data than it should. Next, The EVP of the Fort Knox Gold Vault Chapter of AFCEA Kathryn Thompson joined to talk about AFCEA’s efforts for diversity and inclusion. Finally, Bandura Cyber’s CSO Todd Weller explained the importance of threat intelligence-driven network security.
May 06, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Justin joined Peter and Don as a permanent part of Technado, and not a moment too soon. His math degree helped the team understand Dr. Ellison Anne William’s from Enveil as she broke down their homomorphic encryption capabilities. They also covered the rough week from Microsoft and how video games could save Notre Dame Cathedral.
Apr 22, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Nate Lesser from Cypient Black joins Don and Peter to talk about the unique challenge of securing company executives. Then Wes joins to shed some light on some big hardware announcements out of Intel, as well as several Microsoft stories. (edited)
Apr 15, 2019•1 hr 23 min
It’s a doubleheader this week on the Technado, as Peter and Mike chat with Brian Egenrieder from SyncDog while Don and Adam interview Aviv Grafi from Votiro. Peter, Mike, and Cherokee also looked at the news of the week including all the products Google killed off and a scary GPS flaw.
Apr 08, 2019•1 hr 20 min
In this episode, Peter and Don reconnect with Terry from Refirm Labs to talk about how they detect security flaws in firmware for connected devices. Mike Rodrick also joins in to look at the week’s news including a Huawei compromise, and Intel chip shortage, and the new CRAP cert from ITProTV.
Apr 01, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Don was joined by Cherokee and Technado newbie Adam Gordon this week. The three spoke with CyberInt’s Daniela Perlmutter about their global managed detection and response services. They also covered the news, including plain-text passwords, Linux development, and the MySpace meltdown.
Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 18 min