Short Explanations Security

By Short Explanations

Chaim Cohen and Tom Webster try to explain security topics in an easy to understand way.... more

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The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.

Short Explanations Security episodes:

November 17, 2023 23 - Free Food and Gift Cards
Today we talk about two different scams. One involves losing your reward points to be purchased by others (you if you are mean), for real money.
The second is why gift card scams work.
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21min
October 25, 202322 - Even CISA Has a Listicle You Won't Believe Number 5!
Show Notes:
On today’s episode we talk about the top 10 things that CISA says is misconfigured.
CISA Guide
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32min
October 04, 202321 - Reminder to Update
On today’s show we remind everyone to update your computers. Specifically we talk about a flaw in WebP, a lesser known standard that was recently pactched. It is also Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so we go through the steps CISA has told us to do.
WebP
CISA Guide (Warning PDF)
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28min
September 07, 202320 - Privacy Guides with Jonah
We get a good, but unexpected update about a site we have recommended in the past. PrivacyGuides.org. If you ever wanted to know what was the best privacy focused tool, PrivacyGuides.org is your place. We won’t mention the other site.
Follow Jonah on YouTube
PrivacyGuides.org
The Story and move
Jonah’s Podcast
Donate to Privacy Guides
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29min
August 30, 202319 - Is Facebook Listening to You?
On this episode we talk about various tracking signals:
Proxy Metrics (this person buys a lot of 3D Printer filament, maybe we should advertise 3D printer nozzles)
Phone Company Tracking
GPS
Web Tracking (like buttons, Google Analytics)
App Permissions (Location, Network Scanning, etc)
Payment Tracking
Rewards Cards (Starbucks, Kroger Plus, etc)
Debit/Credit tracking
Physical Tracking
BLE Beacons
Wifi Beacons
Facebook is not hot-micing your phone
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31min
July 26, 2023 18 - The Cons with InfoSecSherpa
We bring back InfoSecSherpa about what is bothering her in infosec. Today we talk about conferences, specifically HackSummerCamp in Blackhat, Bsides, and Defcon. Maybe you should focus on the smaller conferences, and work your way up.
InfoSecSherpa Linktree.
InfoSecSherpa Twitter
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40min
July 19, 202317 - It is Never DNS
On this episode we give a very brief overview of what DNS is. We explain the joke of why it is never DNS, but often it is.
https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/deploy360/dns-privacy/intro/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_over_HTTPS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_over_TLS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCrypt
https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-over-tls/
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37min
July 06, 202316 - We talk about the CIA, Not that CIA
CIA (Not that CIA)
We talk about what CIA is, from what it stands for, and how to start to implement it.
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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21min
June 06, 202315 - What is Time-based One Time Passwords?
TOTP
Randomness
RNGs
PRNGs
Seeded PRNGs
Hash Functions
What are they / Where are they used?
Important to keep in mind that there are crytpographic and non-cryptographic hash functions
TOTP combines Seeded PRNGs and Cryptographic Hash Functions to generate predictable, “random” codes using a seed and the current time.
As long as your device has the correct time, you can generate the correct code
This seed is present on your device (usually loaded through a QR code) and on the server.
When you log in, the server knows what the code should be (based on current time), so it can confirm that you have the right code
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27min
May 31, 202314 - Zip or TLD
News
HP Printer Update Shenanigans (also HP 9020e - error code 83C0000B)
Just buy the Brother Laser Printer Thing
.zip tld is a nightmare
How to share Netflix with Tailscale
Section 230 is still good
Keepass Vuln - Physical Attack
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36min

FAQs about Short Explanations Security:

How many episodes does Short Explanations Security have?

The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.