It’s March Madness season, and college basketball teams aren’t the only ones going head-to-head to see who is the best. In this episode, we look at the top 16 most popular programming languages and put them head to head to see which programming language will be crowned the champion! We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Understanding how networks work is essential for anyone working in IT, regardless of if you are a sysadmin, software developer, cybersecurity researcher, network architect, etc. The core of any network is TCP/IP. In this episode, we break down what it is, what each of its layers are, and how it relates to the OSI model and why TCP/IP is used over OSI. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Insider threats are among the most difficult cybersecurity risks to detect and mitigate because they come from trusted individuals inside an organization. Whether it’s a disgruntled employee selling sensitive data, an unintentional mistake by a well-meaning user, or a third-party contractor with too much access—insiders pose a significant security risk. In this episode, will break down the different types of insider threats, why people turn against their organizations, and how to detect and mitigate insider threats before they cause damage. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/26/former_cisco_engineer_aws_webex_teams/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/laptop-nasa-workers-personal-data-stolen-flna1c7079170

https://www.tunedsecurity.com/the-2013-target-data-breach-an-analysis-of-one-of-the-largest-retail-cyberattacks-in-history/

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Some programming mistakes refuse to go away, no matter how many times they are debunked. In this episode, we explore some of the outdated, inefficient, or outright dangerous coding practices that still persist—and how to avoid them. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Blindly poking holes in your firewall in order to get access to all of your services is just asking for a one-way trip to pwned-ville. In this episode, we take a look at some ways that you can harden your infrastructure, as well as how you can reduce your attack surface in the process. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2025/02/21/apple-warns-uk-iphone-owners-it-will-remove-encryption-protection/ 

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Businesses, teams, and homelabbers constantly face the decision of whether to roll their own solution or use an off-the-shelf one when setting up infrastructure, workflows, and tooling. In this week's episode, we look into that eternal debate in software engineering of “building or buying” and break down key factors, real-world examples, pros and cons, and decision-making strategies. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Homelabs provide us with lots of things from entertainment, education, and quality of life enhancements. Often, though, we don’t fully understand the magnitude to which they impact our everyday lives until they’re shut down. In this episode, we look at how to cope with a temporary shutdown of your homelab as well as another win for paranoid cybersecurity individuals that never connect IoT devices to their networks. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Hotel security is like drywall; it looks solid, but you can easily punch right through it. What’s a lot more solid is a homelabber’s stance on what their priorities are, as weird and strange as they might seem to someone without one. We’ll discuss these topics, as well as what the Supreme Court's upholding of the supposed “TikTok Ban” really means. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Everyone makes mistakes, but when those mistakes still work, they often go unfixed, because, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” In software development, though, these “mistakes” are known as anti-patterns, and if they aren’t addressed, they can lead to overly complex, unreadable, and unmaintainable code, increasing the overall technical debt of a project. In this episode, we look at the top five most common anti-patterns and how they can be avoided. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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What happens when you mix a computer nerd with books that deal with various kinds of computing and cybersecurity concepts? Answer: a boatload of unsolicited commentary nobody asked for diving into just how wild, crazy, and downright incredible those things described in the book(s) are. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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