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  • Technado, Ep. 293: LastPass breach update: It Was Worse Than We Thought

    Catch up on the tech news of the week with Don, Dan and Sophie as they cover the latest. This week, Apple introduced OS updates that include hardware security key support, Ubuntu announced that the pro version of the OS is available for up to 5 machines, and used Macbooks in excellent condition are being turned into scrap metal. In this week’s “Doh!” segment, Github was hacked, with hackers getting away with valuable assets. Then, in our “Who Got Pwned?” segment of the week, the US has announced their successful hacking of an infamous cyber-crime gang. To top it all off, the Technado crew discusses that unlike a fine wine, the LastPass breach just keeps getting worse with age. 

    51 min
  • Technado, Ep. 292: T-Mobile Data Breach Impacts 37 Million Accounts

    This week Sophie and Daniel are joined by special guest Ronnie Wong as they discuss the tech news for the week. They start off the show by talking about Intel’s new thunderbolt (which has an insane transfer speed), then they discuss the end of Windows 10 and the massive Microsoft layoffs. Then they jump into a Don’t Make No Sense segment about the MSI motherboards that have secure boot turned off. In this week's Doh! segment, the team talks about a Massachusetts school having its lights on for over a year. Finally, they end the show by discussing the T-Mobile data breach that affected millions of customers.

    52 min
  • Technado, Ep. 291: Say Goodbye to the Microsoft Surface Duo

    This week Don and Daniel start off the show by welcoming a new host, then they discussed the end of Microsoft’s Surface Duo, the F.A.A.’s damaged database files, Wi-Fi 7, and Intel’s new innovative processor. In this week's Doh! segment, the team found out that 89% of the US Department of the Interior’s high-value assets didn't use multi-factor authentication. Lastly, in this week’s Deja News segment, they talk about the CircleCI breach where hackers stole customers’ secrets.

    45 min
  • Technado, Ep. 290: Best CES Hardware
    There was so much discussion about LastPass in the comments that Don and the crew answered some of the questions about the breach. Then, with CES wrapping up last week, the team looked at the best IT hardware to come out of the event like the Asus 3D Vivobook, Lenovo's latest Yoga book 9i, Lenovo's Tab Extreme, and MSI's router with smart antennas. In other news, they covered an update to Apple's butterfly keyboard saga, Amazon encrypting S3 buckets by default, and CircleCI suffering a catastrophic compromise.
     
    53 min
  • Technado, Ep. 289: LastPass Roundup
    The Technado crew is back for 2023 and spent some time digging into the LastPass latest from all angles. Is your data safe? Should you switch providers? How did this happen? But first, the team covered a change in Mozilla's Firefox user agent, a medical practice sending out a terminal diagnosis instead of a Christmas greeting, and a tech worker who got caught trying to emulate the crime from the movie Office Space.
     
    59 min
  • Technado, Ep. 288: 2022 Year in Review
    It's the most wonderful time of the year, and that means it's time to look back at the best of Technado in 2022. In this special holiday episode, Don and Daniel make their 2023 predictions before Peter quizzes them to see how well they remember the articles they covered over the past 12 months. Spoiler alert - not that well. 
    29 min
  • Technado, Ep. 287: Dell's Luna Laptop Concept
    Anthony Sequeira joined Don and Peter this week to take a look at the newest concept laptop from Dell with no screws or wires. In other news, the team covered GitHub sunsetting Atom, NIST retiring SHA-1, Chinese hackers exploiting a zero-day in Citrix gear, and a scam that cost a Canadian city almost half a million dollars. Finally, in tinfoil hat time, the guys debated whether a keylogger or a bug is behind some creepy behavior on Corsair keyboards.
     
    49 min
  • Technado, Ep. 286: Bypassing WAFs
    Security researchers have figured out how to get around a web application firewall with a new technique that impacts several vendors. The Technado crew discussed that and Microsoft adding features to compete with Discord, updates to the snipping tool in Windows 11, support ending for Windows 7 and 8, and an update on the Raspberry Pi supply chain issues. Finally, they talked about a Fortinet bug allowing pre-auth remote code execution and what to do about it.
     
    42 min
  • Technado, Ep. 285: LastPass Breach Update
    You'll be able to encrypt your Dropbox files soon, thanks to their acquisition of Boxcryptor. The Technado team discussed that as well as browsers yanking the TrustCor root certificate, Hive social going dark after a hack, Samsung's Android app-signing key leaking, and the discovery of a Florida state tax website vulnerability. Finally, in 'Deja News,' they discussed the latest with the LastPass breach and what that means for customers.
     
    59 min
  • Technado, Ep. 284: Huawei, ZTE Banned
    Good luck supporting your Huawei and ZTE hardware, as the US FCC bans imports of their products. The Technado team covered that as well as Intel launching a pay-as-you-go model, Epson scrapping laser printers, snooping concerns at computer repair shops, and Microsoft's report on US energy grid hacking efforts. Finally, the crew discussed the EU parliament declaring Russia a terrorism sponsor only to have their site hacked. Who could've seen that coming?
     
    53 min

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The Technado crew covers a whirlwind of tech topics each week from interviews with industry experts and up-and-coming companies to commentary on topics like security, vendor certifications,…