Technado

Ellen Twomey is the founder and CEO of You are TechY, a program that helps moms find IT careers, and she was the guest on this week's episode. She talked about the state of the gender gap in IT, and her own journey in the industry. In the news, the team covered the launch of Microsoft's Windows 11 SE and Surface Laptop SE, Tor Browser's makeover, the new direction for CMMC 2.0, and Apple's reluctance to patch security holes in older versions of MacOS. Finally, in 'Who Got Pwned,' they learned that even the FBI isn't immune to hackers. (edited)

On this week's Technado, Zak Rubenstein from 1touch.io joined the team to talk about the importance of identifying and securing sensitive data. Then, Ricky Doyle from Practice Labs popped by to share news of their merger with ACI Learning. Finally, in the news, the guys looked at Microsoft Edge launching for Linux, some big updates from AMD in the chip wars, a stolen shipment of EVGA RTX graphics cards, one of the worst cyberattacks in Canadian history, and charges against members of REvil.

How is deep learning different from machine learning or AI? Chuck Everette from Deep Instinct joined the show to explain that and how his company is using the technology to stop cyber threats. He also shared an article he wrote about the staggering amount of PII cybercriminals have. In other news, the guys discussed Facebook's move to the metaverse, virtual bezels for the MacBook's notch problem, Roblox discovering the cause of their three-day outage, an overhaul coming to Microsoft Defender for Windows, and Microsoft's thoughts on password spraying.

Is nothing safe anymore? In this episode, Louis-David Mangin, or LD, joined to discuss the threat of malvertising. He highlighted what Confiant is doing to make online ads safer, and shared the story of a recent bust in the Netherlands. In cybersecurity-heavy news, the team looked at more digitally-signed rootkits, a hacker stealing the ID database of Argentina, Sinclair's crazy week, REvil being pushed offline, and Operation DarkHunTOR which nabbed 150 suspects worldwide.

Jeff Bermant, Founder and CEO of Cocoon, joined Technado this week to talk about your browser data and why you should profit from it. After giving an overview of Cocoon's unique business model, he shared his feelings on the value of your data. In the news, the team broke down the Apple MacBook event, Frameworks' marketplace for DIY laptops, Ubunti's 21.10 release, and Azure's global outage affecting virtual machines. Finally, in the 'Behind Bars' segment, they covered the story of a Florida woman who hacked a flight and aircraft maintenance system.

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.