Chris Louie

PEBCAK Podcast: Information Security News by Some All Around Good People

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Weekly Information Security News. Stay up to date on what’s going on in the InfoSec world in about 40 minutes. Join us for InfoSec news and stay for some friendly banter, guest interviews, gadget reviews, tech interview tips, and hilarious dad jokes! New episodes every Monday.

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Chris Louie

Episodes

Episode 25 - Criminals Selling Your Bandwidth, Emoji Phishing Techniques, Apple CSAM Update and Privacy Appreciation, Is College Still Worth It 13.09.2021 39:25

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” ProxyWare can be abused to allow criminals to sell your internet bandwidth https://www.zdnet.com/...

Episode 24 - T-Mobile’s Atrocious Security, Largest DDoS Attack in History, Captchas to Bypass Browser Security, USB Rubber Ducky 06.09.2021 43:04

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” T-Mobile's data breach caused by a cascade of security failures https://www.wired.com/story/t-mob...

Bonus Episode 3 - The Shaggy Defense 30.08.2021 9:57

Welcome to our third bonus episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! The hosts managed to derail the main PEBCAK Podcast episode with our opening topic to create another bonus episode. Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” The Shaggy Defense https://slate.com/culture/2010/06/the-shaggy-defense-americas-favorite-new-legal-term.html https://www.t...

Episode 23 - Private Intelligence Companies, Scamming the Scammers, Content Filtering At Home, Evolving Corporate Acceptable Use Policies 30.08.2021 33:21

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got some amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Private intelligence firms should scare you https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/99/ https://www.ny...

Bonus Episode 2 - Fast Food Talk 23.08.2021 4:17

Welcome to our second bonus episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! The hosts managed to derail the main PEBCAK Podcast episode long enough to create a bonus episode. Our inability to stay on topic is your gain! Chik-Fil-A makes more revenue per store than McDonalds, despite being closed every Sunday https://www.rd.com/article/chick-fil-a-most-money-per-store/ Photo of an uncooked McRib https://www.nydaily...

Episode 22 - Apple’s Other Child Protection Measures, When Kindle E-Readers Attack, Ransomare Crews Target Disgruntled Insiders, Hosts Get Hacked Part... 23.08.2021 40:47

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Apple to implement additional, but less spyware-like, child protection measures in iOS 15 https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/05/apple-announce...

Episode 21 - Russian APT Crew Uses Year-Old Infrastructure, Apple is NOT Spying On You (Sort Of), Hacker Steals then Returns $600m in Cryptocurrency, ... 15.08.2021 46:17

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” APT29 uses the same command and control infrastructure for over a year because companies do not patch or block bad IPs https://www.cybe...

Episode 20 - Ransomware Rebrands Itself, The Hosts Get Hacked (Again), BYOD Gets Ransomware Through VPN, Corporate E-mail For Personal Use 09.08.2021 44:35

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Artosis Pylon https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Artosis_Pylon Ransomware gangs rebrand themselves https://www.recordedfuture.com/...

Episode 19 - 2020 Olympics, Ransomware Gang Gets Scammed, Keyboards Are Biohazards, Twitter Users’ Abysmal MFA Adoption Rate, Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli 02.08.2021 38:32

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” 2020 Summer Olympics suffer worst ratings in 33 years https://news.yahoo.com/olympics-opening-ceremony-ratings-fall-020323398.html...

Episode 18 - Dark VCs Finance Cyber Crime, Man Sells Kidney for iPhone, Facebook Catches a Predator, Poor Financial Decisions 26.07.2021 35:25

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Apple replaces defective Airpods Pros https://support.apple.com/airpods-pro-service-program-sound-issues Dark venture capital mon...

Episode 17 - Kaseya Ravages Thousands of Organizations, $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin Disappears, The Deflector of Doom, Hosts Get Scammed, PSVOD 19.07.2021 49:03

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Kaseya is the largest ransomware attack in history https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kaseya-patches-vsa-vulnerabilitie...

Episode 16 - States Ban Ransomware Payments, US Law to Raise Cybersecurity Awareness, iPhone Thieves Drain Victims’ Bank Accounts, Bad Job References 12.07.2021 35:41

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Four US states try to ban ransomware payments https://www.csoonline.com/article/3622888/four-states-propose-laws-to-ban-ransomware-...

Episode 15 - Goodbye John McAfee, Windows 11 News, Apple Requiring Bodycams, Massive Ongoing Data Destruction Campaign, Latest Gadget Talk 05.07.2021 47:57

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” The world says goodbye to John McAfee https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/antivirus-creator-john-mcafee-reportedly-fou...

Episode 14 - Breaking iPhone’s WiFi, Hackers Try Poisoning California’s Water Supply, Cl0p Ransomware Crew Arrested, Things That Need to be Illegal 28.06.2021 37:18

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Connecting to a WiFi network can semi-permanently disable iPhone and iPad's WiFi https://gizmodo.com/don-t-connect-your-iphone-to-t...

Episode 13 - FBI Recovers Colonial Pipeline Bitcoin, Difficulty of Securing Data in the Cloud, Electronic Arts Hacked Through Slack Cookie, Laws the Hosts are Most Likely to Break 21.06.2021 36:24

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! Friend-of-the-show Zoltan Kovacs joins us as a guest co-host, filling in for Brian this week. We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” FBI recovers $2.3 million in Bitcoin...

Episode 12 - US DOJ Elevates Ransomware Priority to Terrorism, Apple Builds a TOR Network, FBI Secretly Runs Criminal Messaging App 14.06.2021 29:01

Programming note: Several of us met up in person to socially distantly record this episode. The audio may have more echoes and volume variance than normal due to the space we reserved to record the podcast. Our audio will be back to normal next week! Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got three amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be su...

Episode 11 - Ransomware Decryption Tools, Dark Escrow, Fake Job Scams, Glenn Meets an NBA Superstar 07.06.2021 39:40

Programming note: Since we released two episodes last week, both episodes may not have been downloaded due to your podcast app settings. Please manually download the episode if you missed it! Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got three amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBC...

Bonus Episode 1 - Tenet Movie Review and Zombie Talk 30.05.2021 25:33

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! Our colleague Rich Khan joins us as we discuss Christopher Nolan's film Tenet (2020) and zombie talk. SPOILER WARNING: If you have not seen the film Tenet, this show contains major plot spoilers. If you do not wish to have the movie ruined for you, we suggest you first watch the movie then come back to this episode for our in-depth analy...

Episode 10 - Deception Security, Signal Trolls iPhone Hacking Company, Farewell to IE, iPhone Location Tracking 30.05.2021 35:08

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! Our colleague Rich Khan joins us as our first guest on the show. We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Deception security aims to outsmart the attackers https://thereco...

Episode 9 - A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Ransomware Defense, China Buys Foreign AntiVirus Software, AXA Insurance Hit With Ransomware After Saying It Will Not Pay, Hosts’ Jobs Outside of Tech 23.05.2021 34:56

Programming note: Glenn was traveling during the recording of episode 9 so his audio quality is not as great as prior episodes. Episode 10 should return to normal audio quality. Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got three amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym o...

Episode 8 - Darkside Ransomware Cuts off Florida Man’s Gas Supply, Peloton’s Troubles Spill Into Cyber World, Western Union Stories 16.05.2021 48:28

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got three amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Darkside ransomware devastates US East Coast gas supply. A deeper dive into Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) https://www.cnbc.com/2...

Episode 7 - Public-Private Partnership Takes on Ransomware, Facebook’s Scumbag Move to Enable Ads, Novel Phishing Techniques, Return of Microsoft Zune 09.05.2021 36:42

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” A new public/private partnership is tackling the problem of stopping the scourge of ransomware https://www.wired.com/story/ransomwa...

Episode 6 - Apple Scrubs Top Secret Specs From Leak Site, US OpSec is Impeccable, New iPhone OS Stops Creepy Ad Tracking, Cow Tipping 02.05.2021 35:38

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Stolen top secret apple specs appear on leak site for a day then disappear https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/26/revil-delists-stole...

Episode 5 - FBI Warning for Deep Fakes, Deep Dive into Emotet and Web Shells, Securing Large Bank Transfers, Regional Slang 25.04.2021 34:33

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) FBI Coins New Deepfake Attack Vector Name: Business Identity Compromise https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2021/210310-2.pdf https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-scams-and-crimes/business-ema...

Episode 4 - FBI Nukes Web Shells, Brian Lowers His Social Credit Score, Hosts’ Favorite Podcasts, Tech Interview Practice Questions 18.04.2021 30:08

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome! Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) FBI obtains court order to remove web shells from infected Microsoft Exchange servers with ProxyLogon https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-nuked-web-shells-from-hacked-exchange-serve...