Jared's Technology Podcast Network

Jared's Technology Podcast Network

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  • The Security box, program 141A: The Billion Dollar Scam

    This is an episode that affiliates can run, and the program is under an hour. We'd like to thank the BBC for doing this research. Its definitely eye opening.


    The show notes, which include a link to the video on YouTube follows.



    Welcome to the security box, podcast 141A. On this podcast, we're going to provide you with a video. This video comes from the BBC, and it does leave some very interesting questions. Contact info is given at the end.


    What sparked this? This toot from Brian Krebs is what sparked this. It says:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JXZ3GzSCQBrianKrebs: Simona Weinglass of The Times of Israel is my new hero. Her video reporting on crypto investment scams is well worth watching.


    Tl;dw, it appears the biggest crypto investment scams targeting people in the UK were promoted by at least a half dozen of England's premiere football (soccer) leagues. These scammers managed to rake in at least a billion dollars, and could afford lucrative sponsorships that got their brand everywhere. As the former scammers explained, there's nothing real about the investment "earnings" shown to people who get roped into these scams: It's all just a digital mirage, and any money invested is gone.


    Her video series on the BBC zeroes in on who's responsible. Involves ride-alongs with German police as they worked w/ investigators in the country of Georgia to raid call centers working the phones for these fraudsters.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JXZ3GzSCQ


    If you're just here for the video, this is the youtube link to the video we give in audio.


    Thanks Brian for posting this! I found it very eye opening, and it even made me mad, but that's probably what we'd expect with what you'll hear. I don't blame them though, but you should hear or watch this and make up your own mind.


    Supporting the podcast


    If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate to the network, subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

    52 min
  • The Security Box, podcast 141: Dark Bit, a new threat that starts with a grudge

    Welcome to the Security box, podcast 141. On this podcast, Cyberscoop is along to help us diagnose yet another ransomware group. They actually start by attacking Israeli schools, but will it stop there?


    Besides that, we'll have the news, notes from around the landscape, possibly some morons, and of course your thoughts.


    Our topic today comes from this Cyberscoop article titled New cybercrime group calling itself DarkBit attacks Israeli university which we sent to the list in mind February.


    While we've not seen anything else on this, it isn't for us to keep our mind down as they could attack anything they want.


    We hope to see you on the show, thanks so much for listening!


    Supporting the podcast


    If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate to the network, subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

    3 hr 47 min
  • The Security box, podcast 140: The FDIC and banks

    This program may contain some infrequent occurences of strong language.

    Welcome to podcast 140 of the Security box. On this edition of the podcast, we've got two morons at least and a great topic that may still be relevant even though the SVB fiasco is now past us. We'll also have the landscape from people who found things of interest as well. We hope you enjoy the show!


    Morons of the podcast


    We have two morons of the podcast.


  • Trial and error in Kuwait tells the story of a cyber security expert who almost went to jail for tweeting on something he found which is part of protecting everyone. The article itself is quite interesting, but what is more interesting is the fact that the bank didn't want this info out there to begin with. This came from Cyberscoop.

  • Lawsuit Claims Mount Nittany Health Shared Private Patient Information with Facebook, Google (update1) comes to us from databreaches.net. The fact that you didn't even notify customers or anyone else about the issue is just mindblowing. This definitely doesn't make any sense.


    • The FDIC and banks


    The FDIC did step up when it came to the SVB ordeal, but what about it and bank securituy? A watchdog says that they're not doing enough.


    The article Watchdog warns FDIC fails to test banks’ cyberdefenses effectively is one that you should read. We'll be taking this article apart as part of the discussion. Do you think they're doing enough?


    Supporting the podcast


    If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate to the network, subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

    4 hr 4 min
  • The technology podcast, podcast 373: Metro Micro
    This podcast may not mean much for some, but to others, it might.
    This app is still much in development and is called Metro Micro.
    Los Angeles Metro is also getting a copy of the cast for their review. Here are the full show notes.
    Hello folks, welcome to the technology podcast. On this podcast, you'll learn about an app called Metro Micro. It is a new project by Los Angeles Micro which they're trying out.
    You'll have to search for Metro Micro in your respective app store if you want to take a look. You may also go to the Metro Micro page on metro.net to learn more.
    While most people may not need this, I figured some might, and we reach a wide variety of people so I'm going to put it out there.
    36 min
  • The Security box, podcast 139: Email, Ransomware and more
    Hello folks, welcome to program 139 of the security box. On this episode, let us talk about email for a bit. Yes, the thing you use to receive announcements about this podcast, maybe other programs you are interested across the network and other places and a way for businesses to communicate with you. According to an article, this method is still the best way to get ransomware and other things on your device. Why is that? We're going to have news and notes as well, maybe we'll find out as we post things between now and show time if there are morons, and we'll also see what the landscape brings.
    Topic: Email as a vector
    Today, let's talk about email. Ransomware Attacks: Why Email Is Still THE Most Common Delivery Method comes from Phishlabs. We'll step through this article and see what people think.
    Supporting the podcast
    If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate to the network, subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.
    3 hr 58 min
  • The Security box, podcast 138: Mimic Ransomware
    Find news through the blog.
    Welcome to program 137 of the Security box. We've got a very interesting musings piece which we've blogged as well as another threat we need to talk about.
    Musing
    I've started yet another musings post, and this one came from Mastodon. I am not going to put the older posts in this category but will put new ones in this category. A very interesting musing thought piece is the article. The boost is quoted with the links linked as numbers for you.
    Maybe a Moron or just a news item?
    No April fools joke, man arrested for making swatting calls, faces 10 felony counts was the only post posted on April 1st. This was no April fools joke. The gentleman in question used Discord to post and share these videos and luckily nobody got hurt. You'll want to check out this article to determine what you think, and we'll determine where it goes and do it appropriately.
    Mimic ransomware
    New Mimic Ransomware Abuses Everything APIs for its Encryption Process comes from Trend Micro. This may be just as bad as Sandworm, if not worse. We'll discuss this Trend Micro article.
    Supporting the podcast
    If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate to the network, subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.
    3 hr 58 min
  • The Technology blog and podcast, podcast 372 for April 3, 2023
    I know I tried to get more podcasts out and this time I've got one. We'll see how things go, and thanks for listening!
    Welcome to the technology blog and podcast. On this edition of the podcast, we have got two different items.
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    • Roger Grimes has written a bunch of books, and he's also taught for as long as I have if not longer. He has a webinar on Cyber Security, and yes, we could play it on TSB but TSB is more for you to communicate with us on what you have questions on and what things we see. Take a listen to this and see what might be of value to you.
    • Los Angeles Metro and Transit App are ending their partnership. Is this a great move? I don't honestly know. Metro did have a pretty bad app which I hated to use. The data was the samem, but I really like Transit App's interface. Los Angeles Metro will be discontinuing partnership of Transit App as their official app is my blog post after reading the source's post on this.
      • Contact info is given at the beginning and end, feel free to utalize any or all of it. Enjoy!
      1 hr 21 min
    • The Security box, podcast 137: What's happening with Sandworm?
      Welcome to the Security box. This is podcast 137 of the program and we're not slowing down. At least, not yet. On this edition of the program, we've got at least one moron of the podcast, we've got a very interesting update on Sandworm and of course we're going to have some great news items as well as anything else from the audience.
      Morons of the podcast
      This blog post titled Kroger has serious breach, affects 82,000 people of postal prescription issues should be spotted. While Kroger is well-known for their super market chains, they apparently have a pharmacy department and that is what we're talking about here.
      They have the capability of sending prescriptions through the mail, and 82,000 people were recently notified.
      This is going to get very interesting.
      Two U.S. Men Charged in 2022 Hacking of DEA Portal was sent to TSB. Hacking in to a DEA portal that many agencies use must be put in as the moron of the podcast for sure. Nick messaged while show notes were still being put together and this was mentioned via voice. Great one, guys!
      Some news items
      Some of the news items may include but not limited to:
      • Opinion piece: article talks about how TikTok didn’t make a case for itself
      • Move out of the way, 55 vulnerabilities tracked in 2022 and these are zero-days
      • Another hacking forum shut down … this is the breach forums
      • 306,000 plus out of 476,000 plus domains reported as phishing
        • Some we may have talked about, but these may be some that people could be braught up. Feel free to check out the accompanying articles and let us know what interests you!
        I happened to pop on Facebook for my once in a while look. Someone I follow happened to like Q-Link Wireless. OK, that's cool, but we need to remind people that Q-Link may be good for free cell phone service, but what about your privacy and safety? TSB will not tell you what you should use, just putting news out there about the things we read. Why is there “no password required” when accessing accounts? What not to do when setting up accounts for services podcast 39's blog post
        NVDA is now released for 2023.1. This blog post talks about what's up with it with a link to the release.
        Topic: Sandworm
        Did you read Sandworm? This is the blog post about the book titled: Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers and here is the book review titled: Book review: Sandworm.
        We found a very interesting article which we may have blogged. The blog post is titled
        3 hr 15 min
      • The Security box, podcast 136: Vice Society
        Hello everyone, welcome to podcast 136 of the security box. On this edition of the program, we're going to talk about a group that has quite a bit up its sleve. We also have a bunch of news from around the landscape, a familiar foe that could in theory get the moron of the podcast yet again and much more. We hope that you enjoy the program and thanks for listening!
        Possible moron
        I wrote a thought article on my blog with no accompanying article. Here is that blog post titled TikTok says: “We’re embedded” in to the operating system. I am not sure if this will be it, and if someone puts something else in, we'll add it to this list. We could in theory add this blog post about Bite Dance Surveiling journalists to this too.
        Topic: Vice Society
        This blog post titled Vice Society Ransomware Group Targets Manufacturing Companies is probably the beginning. This seems to be a new group and it seems pretty dangerous. While it hasn't targetted the United States yet, we know that anything is possible in this crazy world.
        Supporting our podcast
        If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate to the network, subscribing to the the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.
        3 hr 7 min
      • The Security box, podcast 135: The NSO group can now be sued, says the Supreme Court
        Hello folks, welcome to podcast 135 of the security box. On this podcast, we're going to talk about the court system allowing the lawsuit to continue against one of the most proliferated companies who continue to claim they don't do anything wrong and their software that is used by law enforcement to solve crimes. Who is that group? The NSO group out of Israel. We'll also have news, notes, at least one moron of the podcast, but rumor has it that we have a few, and much more.
        Morons of the podcast
        George Santos has some revelations that has come out and an investigation has since been started.
        The blog post in question is right here, and is titled George Santos masterminded 2017 fraud case. It leads to a lengthy read about what the investigations entale although we don't know what will eventually happen.
        If you really want to talk about Morons, the FBI admitted to buying data which really should not be a surprise. We could possibly add Elon Musk apologizing for firing a disabled worker of twitter as well.
        This blog post about twitter news covers the fact that the root certificate has now expired and Elon Musk has since fired everyone of alue including the one who has delbt with the Root CA which was internal to the company, so now ... they're screwed.
        Don't forget the Freenom ordeal too. This blog post leads to Krebs on Security talking about this. I also put in some discussion about this too.
        Have any other possible morons? Do you disagree on some of these not being complete morons? I completely understand, but we do have at least two of them listed and others may just be complete stories within themselves.
        Musing
        I found this quite interesting in regards to Mastodon VS the rest of the Social Media universe such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok. It says: Earle Zwicker: Boosting Ethan Schoonover (ethanschoonover): Stop thinking of Twitter, TikTok, IG, (et al) as social media sites.
        They are **Content Refineries.**
        Like processed food manufacturers they take user content & extract the most addicting/engaging content. Brains eat it up but in an unhealthy “devour the whole bag of chips” way.
        They make hyper-processed social media junk food.
        Mastodon is more like a potluck. We're all bringing dishes. It's a mess. Kids are running all over. But we are, at least, real people sharing real things.
        Our topic, the NSO group
        Supreme Court clears way for WhatsApp case against NSO Group, opening spyware firm to more lawsuits is the article that comes to us from Cyberscoop. Its going to be a very interesting discussion. We'll just have to see how it goes.
        Support our podcast. Let us know what you think or suggest topics. Thanks!
        1 hr 54 min

      About Jared's Technology Podcast Network

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      This podcast network will have my main tech program when something comes out which is not security related. Sans News Bites, The Security Box, and other tech nuggets will also be here too. Some…