Back again with another great episode of the HackableYou Podcast. 

This week in the Cyber News we shed light on how some of the Top tech firms like Microsoft, Tesla, Apple have all been compromised through open source code repositorys, we discuss the Yandex insdier who had unauthorised access to 5000 user email accounts and give you our view on the recent Florida based water supply companies remote access hack that could have poisoned thousands of people. 

Our Topic of the week dives into "The Art of Social Engineering" and we talk about how Social Engineering is far more than just phishing. 

Lastly, in Secrets from The SOC we give you practical advise on how to use Reputation Blacklists for IP Addresses and other IOCs.

We hope you enjoy and feel free to contact us at [email protected]

Timestamps:

Cyber News: 01:37

Topic of The Week: 13:18

SFTS: 23:59

Back again with another episode of the HackableYou Podcast. This time it's just Ed and Alex while Will is away.

In our Cyber News we talk about the recent Law Enforcement involvement in taking down the Emotet Botnet, the Washington State Audit Office data breach leaking 1.6million records of employment claims and a recent update to Agent Tesla RAT including new evasion techiques.

Topic of The Weeks looks at HoneyPots, HoneyNets and Deception Technology and the role they play acorss a security fuction. Go and have a look at Canary Tokens and the Honeynet Project.

In our exclusive segment Secrets from The SOC we dive into the topic of Typosquatting and associated threats behind a simple milseplt domain name.

We really hope you enjoy the Podcast and we would love to hear from you! Get in touch at [email protected]

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CyberNews: 01:29

Topic of The Week: 15:46

SFTS: 24:49

Season 2 Episode 2 of the HackableYou Podcast!

This time round we discuss the recent Malwarebytes hack related to the SolarWinds supply chain breach. 

UK Department of Education shipping out laptops to children riddled with Russian malware and the Dating App MeetMindful's hack potentially exposing 2.28 Million users data.

Alex leads us through Anomaly Detection and some simple use cases in Topic of The Week.

Lastly in Secrets from the SOC we talk about Mentoring and Coaching, what the difference is and why it is a useful tool to engage with in your career! 

We hope you enjoy!

Cyber News: 01:44

Topic of The Week: 15:24

Secrets from the SOC: 21:29

We are BACK! Hello 2021 and Season 2 of the HackableYou Podcast!

Check out our first episode of the new year. With Cyber News related to Babuk Ransomware, Ticketmaster Cyber Espionage and JusPay Amazon merchant PCI Breach.

Topic of the week focuses on the SolarWinds Orion Hack with a deeper dive into the details..

We also challenge YOU to learn something NEW and develop a skill in Secrets from the SOC.

Share with a firend or colleage and lets get this season started!

Cyber News: 01:44

Topic of the Week: 10:23

Secrets from the SOC: 19:10

Join us as we cap off Season 1 of the HackableYou Podcast for this year! 

We discuss in depth the recent FireEye state sponsord hack, as well as recent EMA COVID Vaccine data breaches.

In our topic of the week we take a look back at the whirlwind year of 2020 from a cyber persepctive and touch on what we think will shape the ether in 2021.

Lastly in our Secrets from the SOC, we look at the challenges around working in a SOC over Christmas and what you can expect. 

Thank you to EVERYONE who has supported, listened and share the Podcast we are truely grateful for the support and we have loved watching this platform grow. 

We are taking a well earned break now and we will be back in January 2021 for Season 2 of the HackableYou Podcast. See you then!!

The HackableYou Team

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This is Episode 18 of the HackableYou Podcast! 

In this week's episode we cover the cit0day data breach collection, INTERPOL arrests against a Nigerian BEC cyber group and the Manchester United FC security incident. 

We discuss the types of Black Hat Hackers in the last of a 3 part series on types of hackers. We range from script kiddies to APTs.

Lastly, our exclusive segemnt - Secrets From The SOC, we talk about how a security operation should respond to a critical vulnerability disclosure and what you could be doing to prepare for the next one.

As always, thank you for listening, be sure to share with a friend and we will catch you in the next one!

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Cyber News: 2:24

Topic of the Week: 14:33

SFTS: 32:36

Join us on this episode as we discuss news items on Maze quitting the ransomware game, Microsoft Teams fake updates delivering CobaltStike, and Russian disinformation against the UK's COVID-19 vaccine.

Topic of The Week extends our series looking to the different hats in Security, this week focusing on Grey Hat Hackers. 

Lastly, in our exclusive segment Secrets from the SOC, we give you practical guidance on how to investigate malicious web traffic. 

As always we want to hear from you! Any stories or Feedback please email us at [email protected]

Cyber News: 01:42

Topic of The Week:  12:15

SFTS: 23:56

Thank you for listening! 

HackableYou HALLOWEEN Special! 

In this week's spooky edition of the Podcast, we bring new a great set of topics including Dr. Reddy's COVID19 Vaccine Hacks, The defacement of President Trump's election campaign website, and a cheeky credential stuffing attack against Nandos.

Our topic of the week introduces a 3 part series looking into the 3 types of hackers, with a focus on White Hat Hackers. 

Lastly, in Secrets from the SOC we dive into the darkness that is the Dark Web and Dark Net and explains what it is and why you should care about it.

Cyber News: 01:50

Topic of the Week: 15:41

Secrets from the SOC: 27:26

Enjoy and Happy Halloween!

We would love your feedback - please get in touch via [email protected]

This week we bring you a lightly extended episode of the podcast covering topics such as

Maze Ransomware Virtual Machine delivery, TrickBot disruption campaign and hilarious news regarding a IoT chastity belt that can be hacked to lock you in"

Out topic of the week covers Cyber Security Awareness Month and the importance on educating staff on cyber threats.

Last but not least, in Secrets from the SOC we answer a repeat question from listeners about Cyber Security Certifications and what out opinion on a great learning path you could take. 

Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoy!

Malicious QR Codes, NHS COVID App, SOAR and Automation

This week we bring you a slightly longer episode! With great conversation surrounding the risk posed by malicious QR codes, the Russian LinkedIn hacker sentenced to 7 years in prison and the sad news of a death related to hospital ransomware. 

Our topic of the week talks about the NHS COVID 19 App and the role of Data Privacy and Information Security.

As always, in Secrets from the SOC we gove you out thoughts on the role of SOAR and Automation, and what you could be doing to adopt this in your role! 

Cyber News - 1:36

Topic of the Week - 21:46

Secrets from the SOC - 33:27

Thank you for listening!

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