The Lighthouse IT Podcast

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 29th, 2021 This episode is a bit different since it is the last one of 2021! Matt & Griff figured they'd skip out on the news and get right into what they felt was most memorable from this year and what they think 2022 has in store! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/the-lighthouse-it-solutions-podcast-2021-wrap-up

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 17th, 2021 This week, Matt & Griff discuss the widespread log4j vulnerability, Life360 privacy issues on how and why they are selling user data, Mercedes fully self-driving car, Peloton counter marketing, and more! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/log4j-vulnerability-life360-privacy-issues-peloton-marketing-and-more

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 3rd, 2021 This week, we discuss Windows exploits, the revival of Clippy (kind of), bad news for Meta, advances coming from Apple, shopping at Walmart via a Twitter livestream, the aftermath of the 'Buy the Constitution' movement, and more. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/bad-news-for-meta-good-news-from-apple-return-of-clippy

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 19th, 2021 This week, Matt & Griff discuss hacks on Syniverse, Robinhood, and the FBI, hackers working to get around multi-factor authentication, and crypto-miners working together to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/hackers-using-bots-for-2fa-fbi-email-hack-and-buying-the-constitution

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 5th, 2021 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Facebook and Microsoft's moves to become their own metaverses, LinkedIn releases a new freelance marketplace while simultaneously pulling out of China, along with several other services, in addition to the US banning China Telecom, REvil being forced offline, and more. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/metaverse-more-c...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 8th, 2021 This week, Matt & Griff discuss a potential strike in Hollywood, a big Facebook outage, an even larger Twitch hack, the latest Apple exploit, more exploits in popular software, and a little bit of good news as well. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/facebook-down-twitch-hacked-hollywood-strike-apple-exploit

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 24th, 2021 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Taco Bell's subscription service, Microsoft's work hour study, a universal decryptor for old versions of REvil/Sodinokibi, Microsoft accounts going passwordless, and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is here! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/taco-subscription-passwordless-accounts-and-a-lot-of-bugs

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 10th, 2021 This week, we discuss OnlyFans making our last podcast outdated before we even released it, China placing bans on online gaming, the latest developments and threats to cyber-security, the Gift Card Gang, and the NFT from Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann. Also, we promise that this is relevant. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/more-ban-news-gift-card-gang-c...

**Please note** This podcast was recorded before OnlyFans' most recent statement, pulling a complete 180. In other words, the ban we mention in this podcast is no longer happening. ----------------------------- This week, we discuss a potentially fatal flaw in Apple products for people with pacemakers, the Conti Ransomware Operation, Walmart's new GoLocal service, changes in OnlyFans allowed conte...

This week, we discuss a vulnerability in some home & small business routers, the new LOTR series, Salesforce+ the latest video streaming platform, Citizen an app for tracking crime, targeted banning services on Instagram, and Disney's new Star Wars themed hotels. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/big-router-hack-citizen-salesforceplus-star-wars-hotel-and-more

This week, we discuss how Kaseya obtained a decryption key without paying any ransom, the NTLM relay attack called PetitPotam, the HiveNightmare Bug that may leak your passwords, Apple's Zero-Day bug affecting iOS & macOS, and some Olympic advertising drama. Check out the podcast notes here: https://blog.lighthousesol.com/kaseyas-ransom-petitpotam-hivenightmare-apple-update-and-more

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 16th, 2021 Have a listen as we go through the PrintNightmare fix that wasn't a fix, Kaseya releasing a patch to remediate on-premises VSA servers, REvil disappearing from the internet, Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, as well as TikTok not only increasing their video time limit but allowing users to submit video resumes for specific brands. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/...

A few events happened last week that we felt it necessary to talk about them here. Take a listen as we go through PrintNightmare and the huge ransomware attack on Kaseya’s VSA remote management service. (We want to iterate that Lighthouse IT does not use VSA, but this is a huge hit to almost 60 manage service providers just like ourselves.) Check out the summary here: https://blog.lighthousesol.co...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 1st, 2021 Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week, like how MyBook Live Owners wake up to find their NAS Devices Wiped Clean, the pros and cons of a tool like NewsGuard, and Windows 10 is apparently not the last Windows OS. Windows 11 may be though... https://blog.lighthousesol.com/mybook-live-data-wiped-pros-cons-of-newsguard-last-os-windows-11

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 18th, 2021 Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week, like how VW's data breach impacts 3.3 million, McDonald’s getting hit by a data breach, the ALPACA – a TLS security vulnerability, Twitter Blue officially launched, and HBO Max released an ad-supported version! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/vw-mcdonalds-breach-alpaca-vulnerability-twitter-blue-hbo-max

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 4th, 2021 Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week like how Nestle's getting a run for their money as my favorite QUIK (QUIC), Jailbroken Apple AirTag is Never Gonna Give You Up, Netflix Reportedly Hiring Executive For Expansion Into Video Games, Amazon to buy MGM Studios for $8.45 billion, Brand trust is at an all-time low, & A Burger Chain Advertisi...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 21st, 2021 Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week like how a security researcher's Twitter account got hacked through WordPress, the group behind the Colonial Pipeline attack issues an apology, the upcoming Twitter Blue subscription service their new tip jar, AT&T Inc. and Discovery Inc. combining forces, and finally, Ohio's Vax-a-million!  http...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 7th, 2021 Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week like Apple's ransomware attack & AirDrop flaw, Verizon selling Yahoo & AOL, Amazon offering email marketing & the return to 'in the flesh' advertising. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/apples-airdrop-flaw-verizon-sells-amazons-email-marketing-more

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 23rd, 2021 Matt and Griff go through interesting stuff this week like the Semiconductor Shortage, FBI hacking for good, Twitter Spaces and Facebook's response, Netflix in a bad spot, and research proving that your brain needs breaks. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/semiconductor-shortage-fbi-hacks-proving-your-brain-needs-breaks

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 9th, 2021 Matt and Griff go through a lot this week, including how the US Army awarded a bid to Microsoft for new augmented reality technology, Cleveland Clinic becoming the first private sector business to purchase Quantum Computer, and some very creative marketing strategies that we've seen recently. Have a listen and be sure to check out the show-notes here: ht...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 26th, 2021 Matt and Griff go through a lot this week, including the Windows 10 printing fiasco, Twitter Spaces and changes to their ad management, TVision watching you watch, the Ad Council's biggest campaign ever, and HBO Max with it's new ad supported tier. https://blog.lighthousesol.com/windows-10-printing-fiasco-twitter-spaces-tvision-hbo-max

Matt and Griff go through a lot this week, including the Massive Exploit Discovered in On-Premise Exchange, how the Largest European Cloud Hosting Provider Catches Fire, a Healthy Man Gets Text Message that He's Eligible for Vaccine for being too... Fat, AT&T and T-Mobile ban shared short codes, Burger King + International Women's day, and MTN Dew Deep-Fake with Bob Ross. https://blog.lighthou...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 12th, 2021 Join as Matt and Griffin discuss Nick Cage (couldn't resist) as well as how the giant trojan Emotet got hit hard by a multinational attack. Matt also talks about the awesome stuff he's doing to bring Harmony to businesses everywhere. Listen here! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/nick-cage-hitting-emotet-where-it-hurts-business-harmony-everywhere

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - January 29th, 2021 This week, Matt and Griffin discuss the upcoming death of the third-party cookie within Google Chrome and the concerns associated with that, some recent exploits in Apple's iOS (upgrade to 14.4 if you haven't already), the increase in identity fraud we are seeing, and why this Super Bowl may have some very weird commercials. Take a listen! https://blo...

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - January 15th, 2021 Join Matt and Griff today as they discuss the concerns about infrastructure takedowns, moderation rules, internet policy and more. Should the internet be user-driven vs crisis-driven? Who is responsible for censorship? Are infrastructure takedowns more or less likely to silence other voices? Let's discuss! https://blog.lighthousesol.com/the-concerns-o...