Technado (Archived)

It's not easy to make Don Pezet star-struck, but that's just what happened with this week's guest, Ramesh Kesanupalli, the founder of the Fido Alliance. Ramesh is currently working with Digital Trust Networks and the ADI Association, and he spoke about the importance of a digital identity standard. In the news, the team discussed if Windows 11's security features really slow down gaming, a new fingerprint option from Yubico, and Google turning on 2FA by default. A viewer sent in a fun story about a Dutch campground still using an Atari ST to manage bookings. In 'Who Got Pwned,' they covered a text message routing company's compromise. And finally, in 'Behind Bars,' they talked about a Bank of America employee getting caught in a business email compromise scheme.

Greg Edwards, CEO of CryptoStopper, joined Technado this week to talk about a unique way to stop ransomware in its tracks. He also discussed a tragedy where an infant may have died due to an attack on a hospital and what organizations should do to maintain services during a hack. The guys also welcomed ITProTV's newest Edutainer, Lauren Deal, who shared her background in front of the camera. In the news, the team covered the Facebook outage, Backblaze's interesting SSD research, Microsoft's Office 2021 announcement, the fallout from the Let's Encrypt expiration, and the true scale of Epik's data breach.

What happens when you have experience as CIO of the IRS and the DHS? You write a book helping others to accomplish their IT career goals like this week's guest, Richard Spires. He shared some insights from his career and discussed his tips for advancing your IT career. Then, in the news, the team discussed Ubunti Linux adding a decade of support, the new Microsoft Surface Pro 8, EU moving forward with a USB-C mandate on phones, and Let's Encrypt's root certificate expiring. In 'Listener Mail,' they dug deeper into the UAE hacker-for-hire story and made recommendations for alternatives to ExpressVPN. Finally, in 'D'oh,' they covered Microsoft's Autodiscover debacle.

Randy Shore of cloudtamer.io joined Technado this week. He and ITProTV's Chris Ward broke down the buzzword "governance," discussing who it's for and why it's important. Then, in the news, the guys covered Microsoft's next step towards a passwordless future, Toshiba's microwave-assisted 18TB hard drives, new malware using Windows Subsystem for Linux to gain access, and a very bad week for ExpressVPN. They ended with a rare ransomware trifecta, as South Africa's justice system was targeted, a free REvil decryption key was released for the Kaseya attack, and the US begins sanctioning cryptocurrency payment systems tied to ransomware.

Technado boldly went where no podcast has gone this week: to space. Well, not exactly. But they did speak with Tyler Browder who's company, Kubos, is a cloud-based mission control platform for satellite operations. Tyler shared his thoughts on the future of satellite and space tech. In the news, the crew looked at CentOS clone Rocky Linux getting tech support, Linus boosting Microsoft NTFS after a rant from Linus Torvalds, Iconic 9/11 footage lost thanks to Adobe Flash, hackers exploiting a CVE affecting Microsoft Office, and Apple patching a zero-day. Finally, in "D'oh!", they talked about a County IT Supervisor mining Bitcoin at work.

Chris DiSalle is a Senior Incident Response Consultant at the prestigious Cisco Talos Intelligence Group and was this week's guest on Technado. He talked about how he worked his way up to where he is today before he and the team discussed some pre-ransomware best practices. Then, in the news, the guys looked at ProtonMail's logging of IP address, a disgruntled former employee destroying 20 Gigabytes of a credit union's data on her way out, Microsoft announcing Visual Studio Code for the web, and a new BrakTooth Bluetooth vulnerability. Finally, in Deja News, they followed up on the leaked gun owner database in the UK. Lock and load!

Dimitri Nemirovsky, the Co-Founder and COO of Atakama, joined Technado this week to talk about his journey from lawyer to tech exec. He also explained the difference between cybersecurity and information security. In the news, the team focussed on the launch announcement for Windows 11, specifically when it will come out, how it will work on non-compliant PCs, and Microsoft disabling updates for unsupported installs. In other news, they discussed a Western Digital speed decrease on the SN550 SSD drive and a man arrested for hacking private photos from iCloud before looking at Deja News of another peripheral giving anyone admin rights on Windows 10.

On this week's Technado, the crew was joined by OnDefend's cofounder Ben Finke. Ben talked about some interesting tools to help blue-teamers, as well as helping the team dissect the latest T-Mobile hack. In the news, the guys discussed Apple's iCloud Passwords coming to Windows, Ubuntu getting certified for secure and regulated workloads, Cloudflare stopping a record-breaking DDoS attack, a Razer bug that affects Windows 10, and a massive Microsoft breach that included socials and medical records.

NS1 Cofounder and CEO Kris Beevers joined Technado this week where he shared his unique journey from robotics to application traffic automation intelligence solutions. He also shared how edge computing, edge networking, and edge data management work together for application success. In the news, the team discussed the release of Debian 11, Start11 bringing a familiar experience to Windows 11, a new all-Russian PC manufacturer’s release, and chip delays hitting 20 weeks. Finally, in ‘Deja News,’ they covered another shortage, this time with AT&T residential fiber.

This week’s Technado featured Storj COO John Gleeson, who talked all about their Zero Trust decentralized cloud object storage service. In the ‘What Grinds My Gears’ segment, he discussed how the term Zero Trust is often misused. In the news, the team covered the impressive new WireGuardNT, the new ability for Windows admins to block external devices with layered group policy, the latest on the ElasticSearch saga, Zoom settling with California over privacy concerns, and Google swapping Bluetooth for NFC in their Titan Security Keys. Finally, in ‘That Makes No Sense,’ they discussed the legitimacy of a new way to secure your phone from hackers.