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This week we discuss the seemingly never ending Nightmare of the Windows print exploit dubbed, PrintNightmare, and also answer the question: Is the Google assistant spying on me?

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Links:

Microsoft warns of Windows ‘PrintNightmare’ vulnerability that’s being actively exploited - https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/2/22560435/microsoft-printnightmare-windows-print-spooler-service-vulnerability-exploit-0-day

Microsoft issues urgent security warning: Update your PC immediately - https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/tech/microsoft-security-update/

Microsoft Suggests Disabling Windows Print Spooler After New Bug Discovered - https://redmondmag.com/articles/2021/07/16/disable-windows-print-spooler.aspx

Disabling and reenabling Print Spooler to mitigating against PrintNightmare - https://simplecyberdefense.com/blog/2021/07/18/disabling-and-reenabling-print-spooler-to-mitigating-against-printnightmare/

Google reportedly admits that Assistant sometimes records your audio secretly - https://www.androidauthority.com/google-assistant-secret-recording-1637045/

The Librem 5 Phone - https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

Manage audio recordings in your Web & App Activity - https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6030020

This week we discuss IoT Security and the WD NAS Remote Hack. What can you do to protect yourself?

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Thinking about selling your Echo Dot—or any IoT device? Read this first: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/passwords-in-amazon-echo-dots-live-on-even-after-you-factory-reset-them/

WD device affected by weird security issues: https://www.techradar.com/news/more-wd-devices-affected-by-weird-security-issues

WD My book remote wipe: https://usa.kaspersky.com/blog/wd-my-book-remote-wipe/24958/

This week we discuss the use of Password managers and a major problem with some Top games given out for free. Also this week we have a new Co-Host for the podcast!

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Links:

Check if your email, phone, or password is in a data breach - https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Password Security - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o5rhNpC4dw

List of Password Managers - https://www.techradar.com/best/password-manager

Our pick for Password Manager (Not Paid Ad) - https://bitwarden.com/

This week we discuss the Google Titan hack. How bad it is and if you should stop using the keys.

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Links:

Google Titan security keys hacked by French researchers:

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/01/11/google-titan-security-keys-hacked-by-french-researchers/

This week we look into security issues for Ubiquiti devices, Microsoft products, and web browsers Firefox/Chorme. 

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Links:

Ubiquiti

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubiquiti-tells-customers-to-change-passwords-after-security-breach/

Microsoft

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-fixes-defender-zero-day-in-january-2021-patch-tuesday/

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1647

https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/microsoft-issues-patches-for-defender.html

Firefox and Chromium CRITICAL updates

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-01/

https://threatpost.com/firefox-chrome-edge-bugs-system-hijacking/162873/

In this episode we will be talking about the T-mobile breach, the Death of Flash, and an NVIDIA vulnerability. We will be going more into the T-Mobile breach and what it will mean to you. Now that Flash is dead what would you need to do now? What you need to do right now regarding NVIDIA graphic cards.

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Links:

T-Mobile

https://screenrant.com/t-mobile-security-breach-incident-customer-data-privacy-explained/

Flash

https://www.explica.co/adobe-flash-is-officially-dead-and-you-should-uninstall-it-now/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4577586/update-for-removal-of-adobe-flash-player

NVIDIA

https://threatpost.com/nvidia-windows-gamers-graphics-driver-flaws/162857/

In the first episode of 2021 we go over the top security issues of 2020. You will learn what happened and how to mitigate the issues.

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Links:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-biggest-hacks-data-breaches-of-2020/

T-Mobile:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/t-mobile-says-hacker-gained-access-to-employee-email-accounts-user-data/

https://www.engadget.com/t-mobile-data-breach-security-phone-number-hack-2020-172117333.html

Remote Worker Endpoint Security:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carrierubinstein/2020/04/10/beware-remote-work-involves-these-3-cyber-security-risks/

Password Security Video:

https://youtu.be/4o5rhNpC4dw

Sophisticated and Targeted Ransomware Attacks:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-these-sophisticated-attacks-are-delivering-devastating-payloads-warns-microsoft/

Nintendo:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/nintendo-says-160000-users-impacted-in-recent-account-hacks/

Google:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-says-it-mitigated-a-2-54-tbps-ddos-attack-in-2017-largest-known-to-date/

Zoom Security Issues:

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/zoom-security-privacy-woes

SolarWinds:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/tech/solarwinds-hack-companies/index.html

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/17/22188060/microsoft-president-solarwinds-orion-hack-breach-brad-smith

This week we talk about malware for WhatsApp, Massive Covid-19 Excel Phishing, and Critical Android Threats. 

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This Android Malware Is Hacking WhatsApp & Stealing Your Private Pics, Chats, Videos - https://trak.in/tags/business/2020/05/22/this-android-malware-is-hacking-whatsapp-stealing-your-private-pics-chats-videos/

Microsoft Warns to Look out for this Massive Covid-19 Excel Phishing Attack - https://blog.knowbe4.com/scam-of-the-week-microsoft-warns-to-look-out-for-this-massive-covid-19-excel-phishing-attack

Update your Android now! Critical threat puts passwords at risk - https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/update-your-android-to-block-critical-threat/739930/

Daily Updates of Totals by Week and State - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm

This week we are discussing issues and vulnerablities in both Mac and Window platforms.

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900 Million iPhones Left Vulnerable to the MailDemon Security Flaw - https://wccftech.com/900-million-iphones-left-vulnerable-to-the-maildemon-security-flaw/

Critical Windows 10 flaw could let hackers DELETE important files unless you update now - https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1283130/Windows-10-critical-flaw-hackers-delete-files-update-now

Windows 10 or Mac user? Patch Adobe Reader and Acrobat now to fix 9 critical security flaws - https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-or-mac-user-patch-adobe-reader-and-acrobat-now-to-fix-9-critical-security-flaws/

This week we talk about some major Windows 10 security issues. These issues include Browser issues and Anti-virus issues.

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Links:

A New Windows 10 Update Just Compromised Google Chrome - https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/04/23/google-chrome-critical-security-exploit-windows-10-upgrade-warning-update-chrome-browser/

Windows 10 face nightmare choice between losing their files or breaking Google Chrome - https://dailystarpost.com/windows-10-face-nightmare-choice-between-losing-their-files-or-breaking-google-chrome-2/

These popular antivirus tools share a major security flaw - https://www.itproportal.com/news/these-popular-antivirus-tools-could-have-major-security-flaws/

Changing Windows 7 to Ubuntu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd-3jQWgc_s