Mostly Security

Hijinks all around in this episode. Eric fails to injure himself playing softball this week and Jon explains what 20/20 means? Jon expounds on the audio book value proposition while Eric fails to understand (again). A phone was lost, stay tuned next week for the result! A bit of Solarwinds followup, a capsule hotel IoT party, a sportsball video game gambit, and an accelerometer intrigue. Eric empathizes with the Silver Medalists and swoons over David Attenborough (again) while Jon talks up Time Crystals.

• 0:00 - Intro Hijinks
• 12:41 - Solarwinds Followup Hijinks
• 16:00 - Capsule Hotel Hijinks
• 21:02 - FIFA 21 Theft Hijinks
• 28:35 - Accelerometer Hijinks
• 34:30 - Olympic Medal Hijinks
• 37:41 - Pandemic Hijinks
• 41:13 - Time Crystal Hijinks

Eric wounds his face and Jon builds a Yurt Base. Keep your devices updated -- more active exploitation. FTC warns of potential crackdowns and fallout from data abuses, location data is not anonymous, and the White House releases a memo regarding cybersecurity for critical infrastructure control systems. For fun we have Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, and a Google AI blog about movie-style image enhancement.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 12:38 - Update Your Apple (and other) Things
• 14:09 - FTC Crackdown Warning
• 18:56 - Location Fingerprint
• 27:46 - Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure
• 33:39 - Project Hail Mary
• 37:11 - Super-Resolution via Repeated Refinements

Eric's back from camping and Jon disassembles a yurt. Instagram introduces a Security Checkup and Wired outlines an ATM NFC Hack. Millions of printers have bugs and Jon waxes philosophical on security. Eric discovers a new poetry and Jon recommends a book by Trevor Noah.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 10:18 - Instagram Security
• 13:23 - ATM NFC Hack
• 17:24 - Printer Bugs
• 20:27 - Security Nihilism
• 28:32 - Source Code Poetry
• 31:43 - Born a Crime

Eric's still on vacation, and Jon goes Fishing. Coke Zero is getting a flavor [up|down]grade, and the Kaseya exploit details revealed. Google supports authenticated images in gmail, a glimmer of Net Neutrality, and inside the W3C's Privacy War. For fun we have River Runner and an awesome thread about the Appalachian mountains.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 9:14 - Coke Zero Flavor Change
• 10:52 - Kaseya Followup
• 17:15 - Google Supports BIMI
• 21:17 - Internet as Utility
• 25:06 - W3C Privacy War
• 34:58 - River Runner
• 37:14 - Geological Fun

Eric is on vacation and Jon goes to the beach. Some Android apps steal Facebook credentials and a law firm gets an injunction against ransomware criminals. Kaseya is busy and Kaspersky fixes a password manager. Goomics hits close to home and Jon chats about James Barry and Solar Panels over Canals.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 9:22 - Facebook stealing Android apps
• 12:24 - Legal Injunction
• 14:17 - Kaseya
• 20:45 - Password Manager Ooops
• 30:40 - goomics.net
• 33:22 - James Barry
• 37:49 - Solar Panel'd Canals

Eric and Jon both survived the PDX Heat Dome; followup for Microsoft signed malicious drivers, data about elder fraud, LinkedIn breach exposes 700M records, and the Western Digital drive compromise. For fun we have your Birth Day #1 song (or movie, etc), International Asteroid Day, and the first results from a medical trial using systemic application of CRISPR gene editing.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 11:04 - Malicious MSFT Signed Drivers
• 17:30 - Preventing Elder Fraud
• 23:13 - 700M LinkedIn Records
• 28:44 - MyBook Live Compromise
• 35:01 - Birth Day #1 Song
• 38:14 - International Asteroid Day
• 39:51 - Systemic CRISPR

It's gonna be hot next week. Eric grills on Father's Day and finishes a project. Jon watches a movie for Father's Day. Eric has his credit card number stolen (again!) and chats about Call Center Malware. Jon talks D3FEND and signed rootkits. Eric shares the origins of the Strawberry Moon and Jon speaks to really tall rhinos and disruptive dark fish.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 17:07 - Call Center Malware
• 23:48 - D3FEND
• 28:01 - Signed Rootkits
• 34:13 - Strawberry Moon
• 38:10 - Rhino Fossils
• 40:17 - Dark Fish

Eric has a wet graduation (and grills!) and Jon does more bee whatevers. Another dead Asian Giant Hornet found in Washington. Topics include McAfee demoing a vuln in Peloton, paying Ransomware more than once, and a significant Business Email Compromise found by Microsoft. For fun you can chat with an AI, or have a read about how to improve scientific research funding in the US. Also, go watch Loki.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 15:55 - Dead Asian Giant Hornet Found
• 19:54 - Mcafee + Peloton
• 23:54 - Ransomware Stats
• 26:56 - Business Email Compromise
• 36:26 - Thought Screen
• 39:52 - Fast Grants

It's been a long week and the hosts are tired. Some follow up happened. You can mine crypto with your antivirus software apparently. The FBI runs a legit illegit company. Fastly breaks the internet and you should watch out for an Alpaca on the Attack. Eric dives into Urban Spacial Order and Bird Anting while Jon considers a Stolen Ring from long ago and floats an article you should read above tax avoidance.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 12:07 - Followup
• 13:10 - Norton 360 Crypto Mining
• 15:56 - FBI, dba Anom
• 19:51 - Fastly Outage
• 26:46 - Alpaca Attack
• 28:36 - There's something funny about a shaved alpaca
• 37:25 - Urban Spatial Order
• 41:32 - Anting
• 43:51 - A Stolen Ring
• 48:07 - Avoiding Taxes

Jon returns from camping and Eric grills and is grilled. How to spot malicious extensions using reviews, Android's new privacy options, the Arizona suit against Google for potential privacy violations, and a "cloud first" botnet. For fun we have Ingenuity's latest (anomalous) flight, jumping from a plane without a parachute, and how to play Pinochle.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 14:16 - Dangerous Extensions
• 20:03 - Android 12 Privacy Options
• 24:18 - Google's Privacy Suit
• 31:46 - Kubernetes Botnet
• 36:30 - Ingenuity Anomaly
• 41:35 - No Parachute
• 44:28 - Pinochle