Mostly Security

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Eric goes to visit family in California, Jon does a lot of driving and preemptively eats pumpkin pie. Fidelity National Financial has an ooopsie. Something something OpenAI something something. Binance is fined despite not being a US company. Eric takes the family to see the aftermath of the Oroville Dam and Jon explores the volcanic Io.

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 7:55 - FNF Oops
• 11:40 - Open AI had a strange week
• 14:56 - Binance Fines
• 20:01 - Oroville Dam
• 23:41 - Volcanic Io

Jon constructs and Eric cleans house. Let google send your spam, bipartisan (??) surveillance reform bill, and how AI may change democracy. Quantitatively adults have better attention spans now than 30 years ago, and you should read Seth Ring's novels (start with the Titan series).

• 0:00 - Intro
• 10:41 - Quiz Spam
• 15:32 - Surveillance Reform
• 21:27 - AI for Democracy
• 31:44 - Better Attention
• 35:10 - Seth Ring (Terra Nova)

Eric wrote some code and was reminded what "at the speed of government" means while Jon did some travel and acquired discount Halloween candy. Google introduces a real-time code analysis for side-loaded Android apps and Krebs drops some education on how criminal reshipping services work. Eric suggests you check out neal.fun again while Jon avoids fun for a landmark real estate ruling.

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 8:11 - More Android Security
• 15:04 - Criminal Reshipping Services
• 25:23 - Neal.fun Internet Artifacts
• 29:14 - Real Estate Verdict

Eric hobnobs with forecasters and Jon has an Electrical Mystery. How Kaspersky intercepted 'Operation Triangulation', Apple's new iMessage contact security, what if YouTube just used the tag, and maybe Microsoft shouldn't be putting 'generative AI engagement polls' next to *all* articles. For fun we have the wild flavors of Coke Creations, and the first CRISPR treatment (for sickle cell) is up for FDA approval Dec 8th.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 15:07 - Triangulation Interception
• 21:05 - Contact Key Verification
• 24:31 -
• 32:32 - AI Poll
• 40:31 - Coke Creations
• 43:50 - Exa-cel up for FDA Approval

The rains have returned, Eric's Electric Car Experiment continues, Jon eats weeds and becomes tired. Despite an Oktaober event, 1Password is ok. IOS (the other IOS) has some issues to work through. A Space Winnebago is looking for a reentry permit from the FAA and Jon wants to buy some uncomfortably cool chairs.

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 9:00 - Okta-ober Suprise
• 12:35 - 1Password is Ok
• 15:11 - IOS XE Ooopsie
• 21:20 - Space Winnebago
• 30:14 - Chair Trek

Eric gets a car and Jon doesn't quite get into an AirBnB. Sourdough and roast failures. Virtual gaming company hacked via Discord, a part time DJ selling fake or unqualified airplane parts, and Slack's Google Drive integration allows information disclosure. For fun we have roll your own ambient audio (chaos!) and a Marsquake that didn't come from asteroids.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 14:35 - Shadow Discord Hack
• 20:06 - Fake Airplane Parts
• 24:06 - Slack's Drive App
• 28:43 - Ambient Chaos
• 32:10 - Marsquake!

Eric gets some 100 year old sourdough starter and Jon gets an oboe fixed despite the Jason mixup. Microsoft reveals more on a CVE. Have you been squatted? Here Come the Passkeys! Confluence gets a perfect score. Cloud providers weather a DDoS. Eric reveals some astroid dust while Jon goes to watch an eclipse.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 9:24 - Microsoft Stuffs
• 10:24 - Have I Been Squatted?
• 12:33 - Here Come the Passkeys!
• 15:17 - A Perfect 10!
• 19:17 - HTTP2 Rapid Reset DDoS
• 22:42 - OSIRIS-REx Reveal
• 27:22 - Annular Solar Eclipse

Eric crochets and Jon ... doesn't. Deep fakes of Hanks, Gayle King, and Mr. Beast, Google to enforce eMail security standards to send to gMail users, and highs and lows of reproducing a tricky zero day in the libwebp library. For fun we have the Nimbus EV -- a small three wheeled, two seater electric vehicle and the Nobel Prize in Medicine is given to Karikó and Weissman in recognition of their mRNA work that led to the covid vaccines.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 9:32 - Fake Hanks Teeth Shills
• 14:38 - Google to Enforce Mail Standards
• 26:13 - WebP Zero Day
• 33:48 - 3-Wheeled Chariot
• 40:59 - mRNA Nobel

Eric goes on a trip to Chicago while Jon drops in at College. Complicated hotel scam and new security features in Windows 11. Eric checks in on OSIRIS-REX and Jon talks about non-Bee Bees. Finally, from the Mostly Security Book Club: We Are Bob and Warbreaker.

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 15:06 - Hotel Booking Scam
• 20:07 - Win11 Security Features
• 30:01 - SPACE!
• 32:41 - To bee or not-to-bee...
• 36:08 - We Are Bob
• 38:25 - Warbreaker

Eric wins the Oregon Zoo Volunteers Cornhole Tournament and Jon visits the Tillamook Forestry Center. A Linux malware was served for more than 3 years without notice, food companies battling Mexican label requirements, stopping trains by playing three tones, and identity theft from 1965 discovered by facial recognition. For fun we have inverse vaccines (!!) and the obit of a Bletchley Park codebreaker.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 11:21 - Linux Malware
• 14:36 - Kellogg's Nutrition Label War
• 20:51 - Radio-stop Polish Trains
• 23:33 - Long Term Identity Threat
• 26:06 - Inverse Vaccine
• 28:39 - Margaret Betts