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 70 - Prime Day Hauls, Microsoft Angers Security Community, Avaya SysAdmin Steals $88 Million in Licenses, PyPi Mandates MFA, Ads Coming to Sma... 25.07.2022 45:16

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.” Amazon Prime Day hauls https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/can-amazons-record-setting-prime-day-turn-...

Episode 69 - Embarrassing Work Stories, Bank of Zambia Says No to Ransomware, Real-World Ransomware Attack With Dire Results, Adult Toy Contains Atroc... 18.07.2022 40:17

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) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Embarrassing work stories https://community.zoom.com/t5/Social-Corner/Your-Most-Embarrassing-Zoom...

Episode 68 - PEBCAK Book Update, Prime Day, Apple’s Lockdown Mode, LockBit Ransomware Introduces Bug Bounty Program, $2 Million in Counter-Strike Skin... 11.07.2022 43:34

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.” Closing the loop PEBCAK SE Handbook update PEBCAK Podcast Episode 64 (Scroll to 34:45 where Brian...

Episode 67 - India Police Planting Evidence on Activists, China Weaponizing Contact Tracing Apps, This Week in Cloudflare: The Good and The Bad, Door ... 04.07.2022 48:35

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) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Closing the loop Chris Evans finally upgrades from iPhone 6s https://appleinsider.com/articles/22...

Episode 66 - VPNs Pull Out of India, Microsoft Blocks Windows Downloads in Russia, ASyncRat Overtakes Emotet, Ransomware Grossly Under-Reported, Incep... 27.06.2022 40:56

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.” AWS Employee and Capital One hacker Paige Thompson found guilty https://twitter.com/campuscodi/st...

Episode 65 - NSO News, Coinbase Cuts Employee Access Before Layoffs, Google’s AI is Not Self-Aware, Employee Shaming Is Ineffective, Apple Kills the C... 20.06.2022 54:43

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.” @JackRhysider's take on RSA https://twitter.com/JackRhysider/status/1534636533961003008 L3Harris...

Episode 64 - RSA 2022 Recap, Syria Cuts Off Internet During School Testing, Cici’s Pizza Ransomware’d, Microsoft Eliminates Non-Compete Agreements, Sc... 13.06.2022 46:38

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) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” RSA 2022 Recap https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rsa-conference-2022-kicks-off-in-san-fran...

Episode 63 - DAO Jones, ATM Loophole Nets Bartender $1.6 Million, Brazil Airport Screens Hacked to Show Explicit Content, MGM Hack Much Worse Than Ori... 06.06.2022 47:50

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.” Crypto owners with too much money buy expensive things https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/dao-raises...

Episode 62 - Host on FBI Watchlist, Returning Citizens Into Society, GoodWill Ransomware Forces Victims to Do Good, Google Removes of Doxxing Informat... 30.05.2022 52:34

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.” Erica on One in Four Podcast https://oneinfourpodcast.com/season-one/s1-ep10/ (She starts 12:18)...

Episode 61 - Israeli Cybersecurity Startups, Export Controls Cripple Spy Industry, New Malware Loads Onto Powered-Off iPhones, Conti Ransomware Encour... 23.05.2022 49:32

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) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Israel creates more cybersecurity startups than any other country https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/...

Episode 60 - Second Chances, Ukraine’s IT Army Disrupts Alcohol Flow in Russia, Fixing World Password Day, China Dumps US-Made PCs, Depp-Heard Trial 16.05.2022 47:01

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.” Second chances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Chinese Ukraine's IT army launches DDoS attacks...

Episode 59 - Happy Mother’s Day, Emotet Roars Back, Russia Turns to Prison Labor for IT Support, BEC Still Reigns Supreme for Cybercrime, TV Shows Can... 09.05.2022 40:44

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.” Arizona recognizes Mother's Day as a legal holiday https://www.employmentlawhandbook.com/employme...

Episode 58 - Stolen iCloud Backup Leads to $660k Theft, Radio Station Bricks Mazda Infotainment Systems, DJI Drones Sabotaged in Ukraine, Airline Etiq... 02.05.2022 48:20

Episode 57 - Netflix Loses Streaming War, Russian Ransomware Destroys Russia, Notorious Hacking Forum Seized by FBI, Ransomware Gang Undetected for Mo... 25.04.2022 43:45

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.” Netflix goes the way of BlockBuster https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/20/netflix-plunges-trading-subsc...

Episode 56 - Intuit’s Ad Troubles, FBI Removes Web Shells Again, Hydra Dark Market Shuts Down, Okta’s Passwords Stored In a Spreadsheet, TVs Scheming ... 18.04.2022 49:18

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) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Intuit gets sued by the Federal Trade Commission for deceptive advertising https://www.ftc.gov/ne...

Episode 55 - Brian and Glenn Meet Up, Deep Fakes and OSINT in Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Emergency Search Warrant as a Service, Russia’s FSB Food Prefer... 11.04.2022 40:14

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.” Useful Kitchen Gadgets https://smile.amazon.com/HGN-Kitchen-Rinser-Accessories-Stainless/dp/B08T1...

Episode 54 - Liberty Taco Bell, Russian APT Bypasses Multi-Factor Authentication, US Bans Kaspersky, Text Messages From Your Own Number, Tips To Focus... 04.04.2022 44:17

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) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Liberty Bell naming rights bought by Taco Bell https://www.theconstitutional.com/blog/2021/04/01/...

Episode 53 - Unencrypted communications in Ukraine, Lapsus$ hacks Okta, Nvidia hacks Lapsus$, Italy Joins Have I Been Pwned, Bye Bye Internet Explorer 28.03.2022 51:56

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.” Russian General killed for using 2G cellular network https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-reportedly-fo...

Episode 52 - One Year of the PEBCAK Podcast, Shadow Banned Again, Denver Airport Conspiracies, Russia Creates Certificate Authority, Future of PEBCAK,... 21.03.2022 1:05:50

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.” Shadowbanned again Denver International Airport conspiracy theories https://diaconspiracyfiles.co...

Episode 51 - Two Years to Flatten the Curve, Stolen Code-Signing Certificates Signing Malware, Bounties for DDoS, Conti Ransomware Crew Gets Owned, Su... 14.03.2022 45:38

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) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Two years to flatten the curve https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2022/covid-effec...

Bonus Episode 8 - The Hosts Try Smelling Salts (Thanks Brian) 11.03.2022 5:21

Welcome to our eighth bonus episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! The hosts try smelling salts, care of Brian. Check out the full video on Instagram. Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Smelling Salts https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/smelling-salts https://www.webmd.com/brain/are-smelling-salts-safe Please share this podcast with...

Episode 50 - Interview with Sahir Hidayatullah and Sudarshan Pisupati. Cat Dad, M&A Thoughts, Niccolò Machiavelli vs USSR, 99% Hacking Success Rate, ... 07.03.2022 1:11:20

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! We’ve interviewed two amazing guests 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.” Mitre Engage https://engage.mitre.org/ Auror Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudarshan-...

Bonus Episode 7 - Uber Privacy Update, Hosts’ Uber Rider Ratings, Best and Worst Rider Cities 03.03.2022 11:07

Welcome to our seventh bonus episode of the PEBCAK Podcast! The content ran long enough to split off into a separate bonus episode. Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast PEBCAK - Acronym of “problem exists between chair and keyboard.” Uber privacy update allows to see their detailed ratings https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-see-your-uber-rider-rating/ https://www.businessinsider.com/the-worst-u...

Episode 49 - TrickBot Shuts Down For Good, Russia Amplifies Cyber Attacks in Ukraine Before Invading, California Vaccine Registry Peddling ED Medicati... 28.02.2022 32:34

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.” Conti ransomware group acquires TrickBot https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conti-ran...

Episode 48 - Super Bowl Ads, Cringe Rap Videos Lead to Cryptocurrency Thieves’ Arrest, Honda Faces Y22K Problem, Teens Arrested for Terrorist Acts Ins... 21.02.2022 44:37

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.” Super Bowl ads https://mashable.com/video/boston-dynamics-sam-adams-super-bowl-ad https://www.pcm...