GitHub continues to release security enablement features to developers. This episode talk about a new vulnerability scanning feature.

Source - https://github.blog/2023-01-09-default-setup-a-new-way-to-enable-github-code-scanning/

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This episode talks about a story out of Canada and a hacking attack against the Hospital for Sick Kids (SickKids). The interesting part is the hacking group issued an apology and gave the decrypter tool for free to them. Listen to find out why.

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Amazon devices has a feature called Amazon Sidewalk. This allows your devices to share a small portion of your home bandwidth for other IoT devices from other people in range to use through this IoT Mesh network. This episode talks about the expansion of this service and why you should consider disabling it.

Source - https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/05/amazon-sidewalk-adds-new-partners-plans-to-open-to-developers-soon/

Amazon Sidewalk - https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/introducing-amazon-sidewalk

Original Podcast Episode - https://securityinfive.libsyn.com/episode-972-amazon-sidewalk-quietly-released-turn-it-off

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Cybersecurity breaches and data stolen doesn't always have to be public data or financial. Companie can have data they consider just as secret and sensitive as someone's financial information. This episode talks about a story of an internal employee breaking trust and leading to international espionage and prison.

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LastPass suffered a breach in August 2022 and maybe a second one after the fact where user's vaults were downloaded. This episode talks about the breach and why I moved off LastPass and you should seriously consider it.

Blog Post - https://securityinfive.com/the-last-straw-for-lastpass-why-i-dumped-it/

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President Biden signed into law the Quantum Security Preparedness Act. This law pushes federal agencies to begin preparing for 'Q' Day. The day quantum technology will be able to easily crack current cryptographic protections. This episode talks about the milestones the agencies must meet and when and how this will impact everyone's 5 year roadmaps.

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Phishing attacks create stories to fool people into acting foolishly. One of the defenses you can help learn and teach is how the real world works around these stories. This episode talks about a real-world tax cheat and how the government process works to help identify the fake phishing stories.

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LastPass had a breach of their systems in Aug. 2020. The initial reports were limited customer information was taken, but now it's been announced that some customer vaults were taken as well. This episode talks about what this means and what you should do if you are a user of LastPass.

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This week is a Best of 2022 series. The top 5 episodes of 2022 based on total downloads.

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This week is a Best of 2022 series. The top 5 episodes of 2022 based on total downloads.

Thank you for a great year.

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