Shared Security Podcast

In episode 152 for December 21st 2020: A discussion about the SolarWinds Orion backdoor, third-party security, and the threat of supply chain attacks with co-host Kevin Johnson.

In episode 151 for December 14th 2020: What you need to know about the stolen FireEye "Red Team" tools and the FUD going on in the media about the attack, Foxconn gets hit with a ransomware attack plus details on how ransomware attacks are evolving, and how Apple is stopping advertisers from tracking you across different applications.

In episode 150 for December 7th 2020: Details about a now patched iPhone zero-click Wi-Fi exploit, the FBI warns of business email compromise scammers using email auto-forwarding in attacks, and how nation-state attackers are targeting the COVID-19 vaccine supply 'cold chain'.

In our November monthly episode we discuss the scams that you may encounter this holiday shopping season due to the pandemic and our top tips on how to stay safe and more secure when doing your shopping this year.

In episode 149 for November 30th 2020: Police begin to pilot a program to live-stream Amazon Ring cameras, new details about Amazon Sidewalk, Congress unanimously passes a federal Internet of Things security law, and a Facebook Messenger bug that lets an attacker listen to you before you pick up a call.

In episode 148 for November 23rd 2020: This week Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the Twitter firing of Chris Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and our thoughts about a common sense approach to social media and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

In episode 147 for November 16th 2020: The latest about source code stolen from US government agencies and private companies, three actively exploited iOS zero-days in the wild and new App Store privacy labels, and what a Biden administration could mean for privacy and cybersecurity.

In episode 146 for November 9th 2020: My conversation with Kelly Finnerty, Director of Brand and Content for Startpage.com on the differences in privacy mindset between Europe and the United States.

In episode 145 for November 2nd 2020: Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the US government's attempt to prevent disinformation and rumors about the election, a new ransomware threat targeting US hospitals, and details about six Russian hackers that were charged for some of the biggest cyber-attacks in the last decade.

In our October monthly episode we finish our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we discuss the exploit and malware analysis with special guest Tyler Hudak, Incident Response Practice Lead at TrustedSec. Be sure to watch the YouTube edition of this episode to see a demo of several tools and techniques used in professional malware analysis.

In episode 144 for October 26th 2020: Voter privacy and what you need to know about protecting your private information during the upcoming US election.

In episode 143 for October 19th 2020: Microsoft gets creative to help take down the TrickBot botnet, details on how attackers have been using VPN flaws to attack election support systems, and Zoom's rollout of end-to-end encryption.

In episode 142 for October 12th 2020: My conversation about the pros and cons of the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma" with frequent guest, Kevin Johnson. The Social Dilemma is a popular documentary (dramamentary?) on Netflix about how social media is causing unintended harm to people and society. Several engineers and leaders that worked at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, and others...

In episode 141 for October 5th 2020: Universal Health Services is the latest victim of a massive hospital ransomware attack, the FBI issues new warnings about false claims of hacked voter information, and the top Android 11 privacy and security features.

In our September monthly episode we continue our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we discuss the pretext and how attackers develop and launch their attacks with special guests Nathan Sweaney, Senior Security Consultant at Secure Ideas and Kevin Johnson, CEO of Secure Ideas.

In episode 140 for September 28th 2020: Details on the first human death related to a ransomware attack, popular fitness app Strava is caught giving away your location data to strangers, and the top privacy improvements in Apple iOS 14.

In episode 139 for September 21st 2020: This week we take a break from the news to bring you our interview with Alex Kubiak, Senior Product Manager at StartPage.com. StartPage is a privacy focused search engine which uses Google's search results but removes all trackers and logs. This makes StartPage very different than other privacy focused search engines like DuckDuckGo. In this interview we tal...

In episode 138 for September 14th 2020: School districts under cyber-attack, Google Chrome's new ad blocking feature, and Microsoft's latest alert about foreign interference in the 2020 US election.

In episode 137 for September 7th 2020: A federal appeals court finds the NSA's bulk collection of phone data was unlawful, new research shows that browsing histories are unique enough to reliably identify users, and my personal story about a car accident and the privacy of your public records.

In our August monthly episode we start our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we focus on OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) and reconnaissance techniques used by attackers in phishing and BEC (Business Email Compromise) attacks. Kyle Lovett, Principal Penetration Tester at Veracode, joins us to demonstrate some of the tools and techniques used by attackers and professional penet...

In episode 136 for August 31st 2020: Uber's former security chief is charged over covering up a 2016 data breach, Facebook pushes for data portability legislation, and how a malicious iOS SDK breached the privacy of millions of mobile users.

In episode 135 for August 24th 2020: Details on how researchers can use audio recordings of keys being used in locks to create copies, Carnival cruise lines becomes the victim of a ransomware attack, and a data broker exposes nearly 235 million profiles scraped from social media sites.

In episode 134 for August 17th 2020: Details on new critical vulnerabilities found in Amazon Echo devices, what the end of the Privacy Shield framework means EU citizens personal data, and new data breach fines issued to Capital One and Twitter by the OCC and FTC.

In episode 133 for August 10th 2020: What we can learn from the big Twitter hack, why everyone is trying to ban TikTok, and pharmacy chain Rite Aid's use of facial recognition cameras.

In episode 132 for August 3rd 2020: How the big tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter collect your private data and how you can delete it with Kira Rakova from Undatafy.