Tech Pulse

Robert Graham discusses "Mirai and IoT Botnet Analysis." Presentation from RSA Conference USA 2017, recorded with permission. Follow along with the slides; see PDF link in show notes at techpulsepodcast.com

Amit Serper discusses "OSX Pirrit: Why You Should Care about Malicious Mac Adware." Presentation from RSA Conference USA 2017, recorded with permission. Follow along with the slides; see PDF link in show notes at techpulsepodcast.com

Patrick Wardle's "Meet and Greet with the macOS Malware Class of 2016." Presentation from RSA Conference USA 2017, recorded with permission. Follow along with the slides; see PDF link in show notes at techpulsepodcast.com

A brief update about the podcast, and a chance to meet the JoshMeister in November

Josh and Big-O discuss the Google Android phone platform announcement and the new Mac OS X Trojan spreading through porn sites, and talk at length about the pros and cons of Mac OS X vs. Windows security

Josh covers the launch of Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, talking to several people in the line (including Victor Cajiao of Typical Mac User), giving his first hands-on impressions of Leopard, and doing exclusive coverage of the wedding-day Apple Store crashers!

Lots of news including the Amazon.com DRM-free MP3 store, eBay hack led to stolen credit card info, iPhones unlocked then bricked then unlocked again, Zune adds podcast support, Bungie might split from Microsoft, Mac OS X Leopard is coming, and more!

A guest review of Drobo, plus tons of iPhone- and iPod-related news, details about recent Monster.com and Mobipocket server hacks, Josh offers security tips, Josh picks the multi-OS free DVD ripper HandBrake, Kyle discusses iWork and iLife 08, and more!

Josh talks about Monster.com user data being stolen, Google preparing to bid on the 700 MHz spectrum, Engadget's open letter to Palm: get with the times, full screen mode in QuickTime Player without 7.2 or Pro, and the Mac browser Camino!

Josh talks about Apple's new iMac and other product upgrades, Netflix getting hacked, future huge-capacity notebook drives, the safety of using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), Firefox add-ons to block ads and increase Internet safety, and more!