Mostly Security

By Jon King and Eric Wuehler

From commentary on current events to random musings, they chat (mostly) about security and technology topics. However, life is more than just the day job, there's always something fun to wrap up the ... more

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The podcast currently has 550 episodes available.

Mostly Security episodes:

May 31, 2018025: Stolen credit cards, emailing secret audio, fun with time and a "yay! oh, wait."
Eric has to deal with a stolen credit card. Jon checks in again on the telcos who resell your location data. Your Amazon cylinder might email an audio recording to someone. GDPR makes the web much faster. Eric likes time, Jon almost likes Apple.

Notes:

Krebs follow up on location data tracking

Alexa eavesdropping scandal

GDPR Fallout

All about time by Zach Holman

Steam Link! Oh, wait...
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42min
May 31, 2018 025: Stolen credit cards, emailing secret audio, fun with time and a "yay! oh, wait."
Eric has to deal with a stolen credit card. Jon checks in again on the telcos who resell your location data. Your Amazon cylinder might email an audio recording to someone. GDPR makes the web much faster. Eric likes time, Jon almost likes Apple.
...more
42min
May 25, 2018024: Comcastic Followup, Real-time Location of any Cell Phone, and Cylinder Security
Comcast gets two bits of followup; look up the real-time location of nearly any cell phone user in the states; more Google duplex and cylinder security; a Sunday sermon with some Oatmeal.

Links:

Followup: eFail (nice lego dumpster fire) - https://boingboing.net/2018/05/21/mime-considered-harmful.html

Followup: Comcast Mesh - https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/21/comcast-is-now-selling-mesh-wifi-pods-to-its-internet-customer/

Followup: Comcast Leaks - https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/22/xfinity-bug-revealed-personal-data-router/

Don't Share the Where - https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/mobile-giants-please-dont-share-the-where/

More Google Duplex - https://9to5google.com/2018/05/21/google-duplex-explained-turing-test/

Cylinder Security - https://www.techrepublic.com/article/smart-office-secrets-alexa-siri-and-google-assistant-could-hear-commands-the-human-ear-cant/

Do You Hear Laurel? - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/16/upshot/audio-clip-yanny-laurel-debate.html

Adam Savage's Sunday Sermon - https://youtu.be/krTMy64VusE

The Oatmeal: Making Things - http://theoatmeal.com/comics/making_things
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42min
May 25, 2018 024: Comcastic Followup, Real-time Location of any Cell Phone, and Cylinder Security
Comcast gets two bits of followup; look up the real-time location of nearly any cell phone user in the states; more Google duplex and cylinder security; a Sunday sermon with some Oatmeal.
...more
42min
May 19, 2018023: Password rants, eMail client vulnerabilities, and Google I/O
Eric's password buttons were pushed this week, not-so-secure eMail clients, and a touch of Google I/O. Fake coin offerings and ... a knife?

Links:

Password Rant - https://twitter.com/ericwuehler/status/996509740673908736

Followup: Eero + Echo - https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2018/05/08/ep-221

Weird Al Hamilton Polka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0c6smpHSk

eMail Client Vulnerabilities - https://efail.de/

Google I/O - https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17328828/google-io-keynote-summary-highlights-news-recap-2018

Ordering with a Voice Assistant - https://twitter.com/jonathan_b_king/status/996517910158819335

Buy Howeycoins! - https://www.howeycoins.com/index.html

Cutco Cheese Knife - https://www.cutco.com/products/product.jsp?item=traditional-cheese-knife
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44min
May 19, 2018023: Password rants, eMail client vulnerabilities, and Google I/O
Eric's password buttons were pushed this week, not-so-secure eMail clients, and a touch of Google I/O. Fake coin offerings and ... a knife?

Links:

Password Rant - https://twitter.com/ericwuehler/status/996509740673908736

Followup: Eero + Echo - https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2018/05/08/ep-221

Weird Al Hamilton Polka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0c6smpHSk

eMail Client Vulnerabilities - https://efail.de/

Google I/O - https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17328828/google-io-keynote-summary-highlights-news-recap-2018

Ordering with a Voice Assistant - https://twitter.com/jonathan_b_king/status/996517910158819335

Buy Howeycoins! - https://www.howeycoins.com/index.html

Cutco Cheese Knife - https://www.cutco.com/products/product.jsp?item=traditional-cheese-knife
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44min
May 11, 2018022: Death to the Password and some feels for Microsoft
Logging in with only a physical key, Twitter's oopsie, Facebook fires a stalker and Signal's messages do not "self-destruct". Jon chats about stuff from the Microsoft Build conference. Eric still likes Netflix. Jon likes books.

Links:

Gigabit Router Followup - Botnet - https://www.zdnet.com/article/botnets-competing-to-attack-vulnerable-gpon-fiber-routers/

Gigabit Router Followup - Fix - https://thehackernews.com/2018/05/protect-router-hacking.html

Death to Passwords! - https://www.yubico.com/2018/04/yubico-and-microsoft-introduce-passwordless-login/

Twitter logs passwords - https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/company/2018/keeping-your-account-secure.html

Facebook fires analyst for stalking - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/facebook-fires-security-analyst-accused-of-using-access-to-stalk-women/

Signal notifications do not self-destruct - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzke7z/signal-disappearing-messages-are-stored-indefinitely-on-mac-hard-drives

Microsoft Build 2018 - https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17319908/microsoft-build-conference-2018-news-recap-highlights-windows-10

Netflix: Lost in Space - https://www.netflix.com/title/80104198

Book: Old Man's War - https://www.amazon.com/Old-Mans-War-John-Scalzi-ebook/dp/B000SEIK2S/
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41min
May 11, 2018 022: Death to the Password and some feels for Microsoft
Logging in with only a physical key, Twitter's oopsie, Facebook fires a stalker and Signal's messages do not "self-destruct". Jon chats about stuff from the Microsoft Build conference. Eric still likes Netflix. Jon likes books.
...more
41min
May 04, 2018021: Flails, Routers, and Electronic Frontiers
Jon describes farm equipment, while Eric teaches driving lessons. Routers around the world are vulnerable, and a critical battle is won for the open web. A fun book tracking hackers and a crazy project for a VGA adapter.

Links:

What is a flail? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_mower

Oregon Instructional Permit - http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/TEEN/pages/permit.aspx

Vulnerable GPON Routers - https://threatpost.com/millions-of-home-fiber-routers-vulnerable-to-complete-takeover/131593/

Not a Computer Crime - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/dc-court-accessing-public-information-not-computer-crime

Python Environment - https://www.xkcd.com/1987/

The Cuckoo's Egg - https://www.amazon.com/Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Computer-Espionage/dp/1416507787/

Software Defined Radio - https://osmocom.org/projects/osmo-fl2k/wiki/Osmo-fl2k
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31min
May 04, 2018 021: Flails, Routers, and Electronic Frontiers
Jon describes farm equipment, while Eric teaches driving lessons. Routers around the world are vulnerable, and a critical battle is won for the open web. A fun book tracking hackers and a crazy project for a VGA adapter.
...more
31min

FAQs about Mostly Security:

How many episodes does Mostly Security have?

The podcast currently has 550 episodes available.