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Today we have the privilege to discuss a ransomware campaign spread by IObit forums and a vulnerability found in some SonicWall devices! Attackers have had a busy week. Following the news we will catch up with Joe Casabona, since his interview with us last week. There is more podcasting to learn. After that Iron Chef Ian will help us all unwind after a long week with a special cocktail he has whipped up. Then we will review a Corsair gaming headset and an application called Duet Display. Wrapping everything up, we will follow-up on our special segment from last week and check out HTTP Status Codes.

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– Skip Intro Music – Discord Special Announcement – DeroHE Ransomware Distributed Through Fake IObit Downloads – SonicWall Vulnerabilities  – Interview: Joe Casabona  – Iron Chef Ian: Tequila Lime Mojitarita Cocktail – PotW: Corsair HS79 Wired Gaming Headset – PotW: Duet Display – Special Segment: HTTP Status Codes – Special Announcements – Quote – Contact Us

Helpful Links

News

* DeroHE Ransomware Distributed Through Fake IObit Downloads* SonicWall Vulnerabilities* SNWLID-2021-0001

Guest Interview

* Joe Casabona LinkedIn* Joe Casabona Twitter* Joe Casabona Homepage* Podcast Liftoff (Done For You)* How I Built It Podcast* Pocket Casts app* Start With Why by Simon Sinek* Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

Recipe

* Tequila Lime Mojitarita Cocktail

Picks of the Week

* Corsair HS70 Wired Gaming Headset* Duet Display

Special Segment

* HTTP Status Codes

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Today we’re going to talk about the fate of Intel. Can they turn that train around? Then we will discuss a new compromise at Malwarebytes that has ties to the SolarWinds attack. Bad news, it’s not over. Following that we sit down for the first of a two-part interview with Joe Casabona, where he teaches us the ins and outs of podcasting. Then, laying it on thick, coming up after the interview, Iron Chef Ian will delight us with a tasty recipe for Crockpot Chicken Tikka Masala. After that we review our picks of the week: Ian has some Affinity products and I have a list of Mind Expanding books. Lastly, we will discuss Software Defined Datacenters, DNS, and TCP Handshakes.

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– Skip Intro Music – Intel Names New CEO and Faces Challenges – Malwarebytes Targeted by Actors Behind SolarWinds Attack – Interview: Joe Casabona – Iron Chef Ian: Crockpot Chicken Tikka Masala – PotW: Affinity Products – PotW: Mind Expanding Books Github List – Special Segment: Datacenters, DNS, and TCP Handshakes – Special Announcements – Quote – Contact Us

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News

* Intel Names New CEO and Faces Challenges* Malwarebytes Targeted by Actors Behind SolarWinds Attack* CrowdStrike Reporting Tool for Azure (CRT)* CISA’s Sparrow PowerShell Script

Guest Interview

* Joe Casabona LinkedIn* Joe Casabona Twitter* Joe Casabona Homepage* Podcast Liftoff (Done For You)* How I Built It Podcast* Chris Coyier of Codepen* Upgrade by Myke Hurley and Jason Snell* Cortex by CGP Grey and Myke Hurley* Advisory Opinions by Sarah Isgur and David French* Congressional Dish by Jennifer Briney

Recipe

* Crockpot Chicken Tikka Masala

Picks of the Week

* PotW: Aff...

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Today we’re going to discuss some breaches and hardcoded credentials with some major networking vendors. Then, we will look at how Net York City is looking at regulating hiring algorithms. Did you know there was such a thing? Following the news we have our first interview of the new year with Stacey Champagne. This is a great interview to start the year off right! Iron Chef Ian will then treat us all with a sugar-laden recipe for some home made lemon lime soda. But don’t run to the kitchen yet, because we’re then going to review a piece of software called Teleprompt.me and another called Process Hacker. That sounds malicious. And, rounding things out on this episode we’re going to take a walk down memory lane and look at how SystemV and BSD evolved.

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– Skip Intro Music – Network Vendor Hacks – New York City Proposes Regulating Algorithms Used in Hiring – Interview: Stacey Champagne – Iron Chef Ian: Home Made Lemon Lime Soda – PotW: Teleprompt.me – PotW: Process Hacker – Special Segment: SystemV vs BSD – Special Announcements – Quote of the Week – Contact Us

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News

* Ubiquiti Security Breach* Zyxel Hardcoded Credentials * New York City Proposes Regulating Algorithms Used in Hiring

Guest Interview

* Stacey Champagne Twitter* Stacey Champagne LinkedIn* Hacker in Heels Twitter* Hacker in Heels Homepage* Hacker in Heels Changemakers* Hacker in Heels Study Group* Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig* The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work by Michelle King* Sam Edelman Heels

Recipe

* Home Made Lemon Lime Soda

Picks of the Week

* Teleprompt.me* Process Hacker

Special Segment

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Today we’ve got a great show. There are a lot of amazing announcements this week. We’re going to discuss a Discord member’s new position in Security, as well as where I will be going in 2021. This is going to be a good year, to say the least. After that we’ll get to the news and talk about the next White House Director of Technology and how the State Department is creating a Bureau for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies. Then we will have a recipe for Vietnamese Beef Pho, which sounds delicious. Following that we will review the Raspberry Pi 4 and Unclack for the Mac. Last, but not least, we will have a new Engineering Explained segment where we talk about how Windows shuts down.

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– Skip Intro Music – Joseph Noa’s Career Advancement – DJ Going to Amazon – David Recordon Named White House Director of Technology – State Department Creates Bureau for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies – Coffee Talk – Iron Chef Ian: Vietnamese Beef Pho – PotW: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, 8 GB – PotW: Unclack – Engineering Explained: Windows 10 Restart vs Shutdown – Special Announcements – Show Quote – Contact Us

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News

* David Recordon Named White House Director or Technology* State Department Creates Bureau for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies

Special Segment

* The Rise of Surveillance Capitalism* The Goal is to automate us’: welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism* Facial Recognition and Beyond: Journalist Ventures Inside China’s Surveillance State* Where is Jack Ma ?* Big Tech’s Freedom of Speech Purge Pushes People to Censorship-Resistant Blockchain Social Media* Section 230 (Cornell Law School)* Signal climbs to top of free apps category on App Store* Deepfakes Are Getting Better, Easier to Make, and Cheaper * On 9th 2021 Silicon Valley over. Welcome to a new world* These tech companies ARE becoming the state

Recipe

* Vietnamese Beef Pho

Picks of the Week

* Raspberry Pi 4 Model B*

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Today we’re going to talk about a second revelation in the SolarWinds compromise. Just when you thought it couldn’t be worse, it somehow is. And have you seen this? There’s an interesting trend happening where piracy is on the decline. But, it’s for a reason you might not expect. Following the news, we’re going to discuss our New Years Resolutions. Let’s see how many of these we have in common. After that Iron Chef Ian is going to delight us with a recipe for Smothered Pork Chops. Then we will review Adguard DNS and Unchecky, two great applications to protect your privacy. Finally, we will wrap up the show with a Learning Linux segment and an application called Ulauncher. All that and more coming up next.

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– Skip Intro Music – Special Announcement: Lee Beeman – SolarWinds Has Went SUPERNOVA – Pirate Site Traffic Continues to Decrease – Special: New Year’s Resolutions  – Iron Chef Ian: Smothered Pork Chops – PotW: Adguard DNS – PotW: Unchecky – Learning Linux: Ulauncher – Special Announcements – Contact Us

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News

* SolarWinds Has Went SUPERNOVA* Pirate Site Traffic Continues to Decrease

Special Segment

* The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

Iron Chef Ian

* Smothered Pork Chops

Picks of the Week

* Adguard DNS App* Unchecky* Bonus Pick: State of Fear by Michael Chrichton

Learning Linux

* Ulauncher

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Today Ian and I have a special episode for you. Just a few days ago most of us were celebrating Christmas, and now we’re looking forward the turn of the new year. Since we are reaching the end of the year, we wanted to look back at our favorite parts of doing this show with you each and every week and share our favorite parts. We have both picked five of our favorite segments from past episodes in 2020 and are here to share them with you again. There is nothing new here and no interview in this episode, so if that’s what you’re here for you will have to wait for next year.

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– Skip Intro Music – Music to Code By – Apple’s Contact Tracing for COVID-19 – Ian’s Take on Job Hunting – ZOOM’s End-to-End Encryption – Management vs Leadership – Midnight Commander – Florida First State to Enact DNA Privacy Law – XBOX GamePass  – Amazon Sidewalk is Creepy – Apple’s M1 SoC – Special Announcements – Contact Us

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* Ian: (Ep. 2) Music to Code By* DJ: (Ep. 5) Apple’s Contact Tracing for COVID-19* Ian: (Ep. 6) Ian’s Take on Job Hunting* How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big* DJ: (Ep. 9) ZOOM’s End-to-End Encryption* Ian: (Ep. 3) Management vs Leadership* DJ: (Ep. 13) Midnight Commander* Ian: (Ep. 13) Florida First State to Enact DNA Privacy Law* DJ: (Ep. 26) XBOX GamePass* XBOX GamePass Games List* Ian: (Ep 32) Amazon Sidewalk is Creepy* DJ: (Ep. 30) Apple’s M1 SoC

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Today we’re going to kick things off by talking about some details of the recent SolarWinds hack that lead us believe that up to 18,000 SolarWinds customers could be in danger. We’re then going to talk about how things aren’t looking good in Night City on the PlayStation. Following that Ian and I talk with Naomic Buckwalter and then Ian will help us get ready for Christmas with some spiked holiday eggnog. We will then review the KringleCon hacker challenge from SANS and a cellphone holder from Unitron. And before we close out the hour, we will go over the micro text editor for the command line-inclined.

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– Skip Intro Music – SolarWinds Hack Could Affect 18K Customers – Cyberpunk 2077 Pulled From Sony Stores – Interview: Naomi Buckwalter – Iron Chef Ian: Spiked Egg Nog – PotW: KringleCon3 – PotW: Unitron Cellphone Holder – Learning Linux: micro Text Editor – Special Announcements – Contact Us

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News

* SolarWinds Hack Could Affect 18K Customers* FireEye SolarWinds Release* Cyberpunk 2077 Pulled From Sony Stores

Guest Interview

* Naomi Buckwalter Linkedin* Naomi Buckwalter Twitter

Recipe

* Iron Chef Ian: Spiked Egg Nog

Picks of the Week

* PotW: KringleCon3* PotW: Unitron Cellphone Holder

Learning Linux

* micro text editor

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Today we’re going to talk about a new trend of big tech companies moving to Texas. It’s the latest thing coming of Silicon Valley. We will also look at what it takes to pass the GCFA certification and see the material it covers. We will then have our second interview with Jose Olaya on ARM and SoC chips. Then we will settle in with a nice warm chocolate chip cookie from Iron Chef Ian as we look at the Sidekick Browser and a Silent Mouse from Lenovo. Finally, we will go over the S.T.A.R. method that is guaranteed to make you better in interviews. Stick around, all that’s coming up now on this episode of the Back From the Future Show.

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– Skip Intro Music – DJ Passed GFCA – Oracle to Move HQ to Austin – Interview: Jose Olaya – Iron Chef Ian: Chocolate Chip Cookies – PoTW: Sidekick Browser – PoTW: Lenovo ThinkPad Bluetooth Silent Mouse – Interviewing Explained – S.T.A.R Method – Special Announcements – Contact Us

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News

* DJ Passed GFCA* Oracle is Moving Its HQ to Austin, Texas

Guest Interview

* Jose Olaya LinkedIn* ARM* ARM Architecture* Why Core Architectures Matter* Apple M1* Apple’s M1 Chip* Apple’s Rosetta 2* The Apple M1 Threat* ARM in the Datacenter (Neoverse)* Ampere in the Datacenter* ARM in Azure* ARM in AWS* AWS Nitro* What’s Wrong at Intel* Intel AVX-512 Instructions* Intel Missed AI* Intel vs. Asia Competition* Political Turmoil and Circuits*

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Today we’re doing to discuss the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 and SaleForce’s purchase of Slack. We then have a great interview with Jose Olaya–he’s back for a second round–to talk ARM chips. Ian will then tell us how to make a Hainanese Chicken and Rice dish. Following that, we will review an app called Billbot and the MagSafe Duo Pro from Apple. Lastly, we will discuss a top replacement called bottom. Stick around to hear more.

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– Skip Intro Music – Discord Announcement  – SalesForce to Purchase Slack  – IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 – Interview: Jose Olaya – Iron Chef Ian: Hainanese Chicken and Rice – PoTW: Billbot – PoTW: MagSafe Duo Pro – Learning Linux: Bottom – Special Announcements – Contact Us

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News

* SalesForce to Purchase Slack* IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020

Guest Interview

* Jose Olaya LinkedIn* ARM* ARM Architecture* Why Core Architectures Matter* Apple M1* Apple’s M1 Chip* Apple’s Rosetta 2* The Apple M1 Threat* ARM in the Datacenter (Neoverse)* Ampere in the Datacenter* ARM in Azure* ARM in AWS* AWS Nitro* What’s Wrong at Intel* ...

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Today we’re going to discuss some new advanced chip packaging tech from TSMC and take a look at Amazon Sidewalk. Following the news we will interview Renee Small. She’s a super recruiter with a lot of insight. Ian will then tell us how to make some crepes and we will review Google Stadia and Snagit. Lastly, we leave a tip about dumb smart lights. It’s going to be a great episode, so stick around!

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– Skip Intro Music – New Chip Packaging Tech Emerges – Amazon’s Sidewalk is Creepy – Interview: Renee Small – Iron Chef Ian: Crepes – PoTW: Google Stadia – PoTW: Snagit – Leave a Tip: Dumb Smart Lights – Special Announcements – Contact Us

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News

* New Chip Packaging Tech Emerges* Amazon’s Sidewalk is Creepy

Guest Interview

* Renee Small LinkedIn* Breaking Into Cyber Security Podcast* Breaking Into Cyber Security YouTube Channel* Magnetic Hiring: Your Company’s Secret Weapon on Attracting Top Cyber Security Talent Book

Recipe

* Iron Chef Ian: Crepes

Picks of the Week

* PotW: Google Stadia* PotW: Snagit

Leave a Tip

* Dumb Smart Lights