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People think it can’t happen to them, but I am here to tell you it can happen to anyone. What am I going on about? I’m talking about phishing. Phishing is one of the major attack vectors for everything from Internet scams to major Nation state ransomware attacks. 

Now there are Phishing attacks that are more like carpet bombing your targets. They are email crafted to deceive, without any, or much knowledge about the targeted individual. Then there are spearphishing attacks which are crafted to attack a specific high value target, that often include personal details to make the attack more convincing.

I want to highlight a YouTuber you may or may not know about, Jim Browning. He has a very successful channel with 3.4 million subscribers where he reverse hacks some of these tech support scam call centers that bilk money out of vulnerable people. 

These scammers convince people to install remote control software on their computers so that the scammer can take over the victim’s computer. He has a honeypot system he uses and then uses the remote control software to open up a connection to the scammers computer which allows him to take control of their computer. 

While pretending to play along, he is gathering data about the attackers, finding all of their internal documents, and sometimes even breaking into the call center cameras. It is really amazing stuff to see, and I encourage you to check his channel out, I will put a link here and in the description

However, in July, Jim ended up getting scammed into deleting his channel. This is not an unsophisticated individual. This is someone who is constantly on the lookout for scams, and is acutely aware of the way that they work. But, everyone can get complacent, and some scams are better crafted than others.In this case, the attacker utilized Google’s own domain to fool Jim.

In fact this is similar to another type of attack in which malicious links are well disguised through the use of homographs. Homographs utilize similar looking characters to confuse the victim into believing they are not being mislead. 

Take this instance for example, they both look the same, but one uses the roman “a” Unicode character 0061 and the other uses the Cyrillic character Unicode 0430. There are many characters that can be substituted, that don’t even rely on different languages, like Capital I for an l or a 0 for an O.

I would recommend watching the video, because Jim identifies all the places he made a mistake.

I do however want to point out the one thing that kept him safe, and that is 2 factor authentication. They might have been able to get his credentials eventually, but they would not have been able to get access because 2 factor would have prevented it. As it was, he ended up deleting his channel, which is a pretty significant problem for someone with 3.4 million subscribers, but in the end he was able to recover from almost everything that happened.

So if you are not using 2 factor auth, this is a good time to start.

Thanks for watching, I would love to hear from you in the comments, and if you like what you saw, hit that like button and please consider subscribing if you don’t already, and I will see you in the next video

Jim Browning's Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNG0osIBAprVcZZ3ic84vw    Channel

My Channel Was Deleted... HOW?
https://youtu.be/YIWV5fSaUB8 Video


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Hey Everybody, no new interview this week, because I’ve got this kind of stuff going on. I’m getting a new roof put on and New siding on the house, so that made things a bit crazy.

I just want to take a moment to thank you for watching and if you like this channel, please think about subscribing. Most of the regular viewers of this channel are not subscribers, but subscribing can help us do more with the channel.

Everybody is fighting the Ransomware security battle, so I wanted to take a few minutes to highlight some of the interviews we have done that focus on that. I will add links up here and in the description and I will put together a playlist so you can find them easily.

This is kind of like those flashback episodes of TV shows where they get away with not producing a new episode, but it kind of looks like you did.

First up is an interview we did with Andrew Miller who is Pure Storage’s Subject Matter Expert on Ransomware. He gives a good breakdown on the situation

Next, we have Hitesh Sheth the CEO of Vectra AI about stopping these threats and how Vectra can add to your security

We talked with Saket Modi, CEO and founder of Safe Security, Which gives you tools to asses your security posture by giving you and your employees a security score. It also provides tools to help remediate issues and train your people.

One of the big steps you can take to proactively protect your infrastructure is o segment you systems, and we had Illumio’s Nathanael Iversen on to tell us about how Illumio makes it simple to implement segmentation.

Sentinel One has been in the news lately following their big IPO, and we had Jared Phipps on to talk about security and how SentinelOne can keep you secure.

One of the challenges around breaches is knowing what data you can trust. Chainkit utilizes blockchain to cryptographically validate your data, and we had CEO Val Bercovici on to talk security.

Sysdig started life as a analytics and troubleshooting tool, but evolved into a security focus platform to help you keep an eye on an increasingly distributed infrastructure landscape. We had Sysdig’s CRO, Keegan Riley on to tell us their story.

While we are on analytic, let’s talk about the bid dog in the monitoring space, Datadog. Good analytics can help you identify issues faster and with greater accuracy, and we had Product and Community VP Ilan Rabinovitch on to tell us about it.

Last, I did a quick roundup of the hot issues in tech right now, you can check it out here.

I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments and if you have any suggestions for things you would like to see, let us know in the comments.

Thanks for watching, if you like what you saw, click that like button, hit that subscribe button and click the bell for notifications, and I will see you in the next video.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Thank You
00:50 - Andrew Miller, Pure Storage
01:02 - Hitesh Sheth, Vectra AI
01:10 - Saket Modi, Safe Security
01:28 - Nathanael Iversen, Illumio
01:40 - Jared Phipps, SentinelOne
01:49 - Val Bercovici, Chainkit
02:00 - Keegan Riley, Sysdig
02:17 - Ilan Rabinovitch, Datadog
02:32 - Hot Topics in Tech

Andrew Miller, Pure Storage: https://youtu.be/x-Pn_W3DVAI
Hitesh Sheth, Vectra AI: https://youtu.be/N7G9SuDFqK0
Saket Modi, Safe Security: https://youtu.be/AqrrMCR106s
Nathanael Iversen, Illumio: https://youtu.be/hKXszuXEUuQ
Jared Phipps, SentinelOne: https://youtu.be/1K3P-B95mv4
Val Bercovici, Chainkit: https://youtu.be/qht3Smit4Lg
Keegan Riley, Sysdig: https://youtu.be/SdRc5zXTAcc
Ilan Rabinovitch, Datadog: https://youtu.be/cxzAbGog3G0
My Round Up: https://youtu.be/icyFfntZ2U0
Ransomware Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeqOj9qLY0iPjtAOrWLEG6JSrB1QU7nar


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Have you been wanting to know how to get more out of LinkedIn, but were afraid to ask? Well, you’ve come to the right place, because we are going to be talking about all things LinkedIn.

When John McGrath moved back to Dublin Ireland in the middle of a recession, it was difficult to find a job, and he leaned heavily on LinkedIn to make it all happen. From then on, he was hooked. For years he worked with LinkedIn as a customer of LinkedIn, but eventually, he got the chance to work for them, as a Global Customer Success Manager there. So, he is here to tell us about the many things that LinkedIn offers, and he is going to tell us how to get the most out of this expansive platform.

Welcome John

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - John McGrath history
03:00 - Changing the game on your job search
08:15 - LinkedIn products you might not know about
10:00 - Talent Solutions - Applicant Tracking System
11:09 - Skills Development with Lynda.com, employee engagement with Glint
12:00 - Sales Solutions & Social Selling - Sales Navigator
15:45 - The importance of Connections
17:25 - Marketing Solutions
19:15 - Video Introductions
22:00 - Doing Well, By Doing Good
25:00 - Authenticity and Trust
27:05 - Keeping LinkedIn Civil
31:30 - Getting more out of LinkedIn
38:30 - Getting over the fear of sharing
44:05 - Courses for the top 10 career opportunities
47:00 - Helping others to help yourself

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We often forget that some of the technology we use every day begins life in the labs of Universities around the world, and many of those people doing the work will one day be the technology leaders we look to solve the worlds most challenging problems. Today we are going to be speaking to one of those future leaders.

Sandesh and I were recently talking with Kai Pederson, a young man Sandesh has known since he was a child. We heard his stories as a member of the Army National Guard working on Cyber Security, his work in chip manufacturing and his research on power harvesting IOT devices. So much is said today about Millennials, we thought it would be good to bring one on to hear about what work and life is really like for them, and what we have to look forward to when they run the world.

Welcome Kai,

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We have all had the dream that we could live in a world of automation, like George Jetson, just pushing a button. That dream has been slow to arrive, but now we are seeing the rise of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Assistants. Companies that specialize in automating the mundane, and not so mundane task of people, have finally arrive to help drag us all into the future. 

Today, we are excited to welcome Muddu Sudhakar a Founder and CEO of Aisera an Out-of-the box, conversational AI, Service Management product which focuses on bringing automation to the masses. The company was founded in 2017 and has raised about $90 million to date from major venture firms. Muddu is a serial entrepreneur and Investor, and now he is building a company for a rapidly expanding market, and Muddu is here to give us all the details.

Welcome Muddu

00:00 - Intro
01:46 - Founder's story
04:40 - AIOPs, Conversational AI, and RPA
07:46 - Way more than just an IVR
10:08 - Not pursuing AGI, Purpose Built AI
11:45 - NLU, NLP and serving the customer
16:17 - Sentiment analysis
18:14 - Conversational AI, RPA and the labor shortage
22:15 - Backend functionality and Integrations
26:19 - 100 Different languages
27:22 - Think before you decide to build
29:30 - You have to take some risk to excel
32:25 - Is AI going to take my job?
34:47 - Building a higher value labor force
37:32 - Interesting Use Cases
41:37 - Selling into non-technical areas of the business
47:12 - ROI and just getting started
48:58 - Rising NPS scores


1. Zoom uses Aisera for all employees internal IT, HR, sales needs – case
study is on the Aisera website: https://aisera.com/customers/zoom

2. Zoom & Aisera announced in press on Customer service and revenue
operations automation and self-service for users: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aisera-transforms-customer-experience--customer-service-with-ai--automation-301322139.html
https://aisera.com/press-releases/aisera-transforms-cx-and-cs

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Due to the 4th of July Holiday, we are not releasing an interview this week. Instead, I thought I would talk about the top 5 things I hear people in tech talking about the most these days.

Folks in the tech world have a lot on their minds these days, but here are the top 5 things I have been asked about the most.

1. Ransomware
2. AI/ML
3. Data
4. RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
5. New Consumption Models

00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Ransomware
02:05 - AI/ML
04:10 - Data
05:35 - RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
06:15 - New Consumption Models

John Vrionis Article from Unusual Ventures: 
https://www.field-guide.unusual.vc/chapters-enterprise/the-modern-go-to-market

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One of the things we don’t spend enough time talking about is how hard it is to build a business. Bringing an idea to market requires so many factors to align it can be mind-blowing. We are going to talk to someone who is a veteran of the startup space to tell us what it is really like.

Today we are talking with VAST Data CMO and co-founder Jeff Denworth about what it takes to bring a product to market in a competitive industry. We are going to talk about the challenges, compromises, tradeoffs and difficult decisions that go into it. We are also going to talk about the ingredients needed to not just build a great product, but a great company, and we are going to learn a bit about VAST Data and what makes it tick. 

Welcome Jeff,


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The number one security risk right now is Ransowmware. The amount of breaches we have seen recently has been alarming, and the number continues to grow. Ransomeware is big business, so we are going to talk about how to survive an attack.

Today we are talking with Andrew Miller, who is a subject matter expert on Ransomware for Pure Storage. He has been on the front lines helping companies put meaningful protections in place to address these threats. We are going to talk about what he is seeing in the wild and what strategies can work to help companies weather this storm.

Welcome Andrew.

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Get your tinfoil hats out, because today we are going to be talking about 5G. We are also going to be talking about SPACS. So, what is this stuff and why is it important? Well, stay tuned and you will find out.

Today we are talking with Shekar Ayyar who is the CEO of AdMY Technology Group and is a Venture Partner at NTTVC the venture arm of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company. Shekar is an IIT graduate, has his PhD in Electrical Engineering and has an MBA from Wharton. 

Most recently, however, Shekar was Executive VP  and General Manager of VMware’s Telco and Cloud Edge business unit, and today he is working to build the 5G backbone that will deliver the future technology we are all waiting for.

Welcome Shekar,

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We are continuing our conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and today’s conversation is going to touch on some difficult subjects. We are going to hear some very personal stories and unpack some of the complexity of these issues.

Celia Daniels is an Indian trans women, entrepreneur, public speaker, activist, motivator, musician, artist, photographer and filmmaker. She grew up in Southern India and faced intense stigma, discrimination and violence while trying to come to terms with her gender dysphoria. 

Celia has built a life full of accomplishment and now she writes and speaks passionately about her struggles and the challenges she faced in her family, work, school and community both in US and India. She is a management consultant with top Fortune 500 companies and we are feeling very privileged to hear her story.

Welcome Celia

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