The Iron Sysadmin

The Iron Sysadmin

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The Iron Sysadmin episodes

  • Episode 69 - Starting (and stopping) Jobs
    Welcome to Episode 69 Main Topic
    • Leaving a job
      • Good standing
        • Gotta love those going away parties
      • Not so good standing
        • YOLO
        • @xenophage is good at this part!
    • Starting a job
      • Feeling overwhelmed is normal… 
      • Learning how to walk again
      • Office politics
    Announcements
    • Patreon Update.  $58

    Patrons:

    Julius

    Andi

    J

    Marc

    Charles

    22532

    DeMentor

    Jon

     

    • DC610 Pubcrawl!  https://crawl.defcon610.org November 16th 
    • BSides DE in 2 WEEKS!
    Reviews

     

    Chat
    • Matt has died, long live Matt.

     

    News
    • https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/alexa-and-google-home-abused-to-eavesdrop-and-phish-passwords/ 
    • https://www.forbes.com/lists/worlds-best-employers/#42623c201e0c 
    • https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/webcast-how-to-play-backdoors-breaches-incident-response-card-game/ 
    • https://fossbytes.com/unix-co-founder-ken-thompsons-bsd-password-cracked/
    • https://9to5google.com/2019/03/11/galaxy-s10-face-unlock-insecure/

     

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    1 hr 25 min
  • Episode 68 - Jobs!
    Welcome to Episode 68

     

    Main Topic

    When to job hop? 

     

    Announcements
    • Patreon Update $57/month
      • julius
      • Andi
      • Marc
      • 22532
      • DeMentor
      • Jon

     

    • BSides Delaware Registration AND CFP are open.  Tenth year, come join the fun!
      • http://www.bsidesdelaware.com/registration/
      • http://www.bsidesdelaware.com/cfp/

     

    Reviews

    No reviews!  Dammit, people, get with the reviewing!

    Chat
    • Nate’s busy starting a new job
    • Jason’s putting smart spying devices  thermostats in his house
    • https://amzn.to/2lYe2aC 
    News
    • https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappetta/2019/09/24/microsoft-hits-major-windows-10-milestone-but-theres-no-catching-ios-or-android/ 
    • https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/25/you-can-apply-for-a-job-at-mcdonalds-using-alexa-and-google-assistant.html
      • https://twitter.com/backlon/status/1176891719746371584
    • https://siliconangle.com/2019/09/25/red-hat-ansible-enables-enterprise-security-to-fight-fire-with-fire-ansiblefest/
    • https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-billing-error-overcharges-cloud-customers
    • https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/no-it-wasnt-a-virus-it-was-chrome-that-stopped-macs-from-booting/

     

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    1 hr 21 min
  • Episode 67 - DERBYCON 9
    Welcome to Episode 67 Main Topic

    D*E*R*B*Y*C*O*N

    Talks: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon9/mainlist

    Opening Ceremony: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon9/1-00-opening-ceremony-derbycon-crew

    Keyonte from Ed Skoudis: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon9/1-01-opening-keynote-presented-by-ed-skoudis-ed-skoudis

    Panel with Mog and friends: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon9/1-02-derbycon-story-time-panel-dustin-heywood-evil-mog-and-others

    Jayson streets talk http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon9/2-01-i-pwn-thee-i-pwn-thee-not-jayson-e-street 

    Scientific computing for infosec: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon9/2-02-scientific-computing-for-information-security-forging-the-missing-link-ryan-elkins

    Jason blanchard’s talk: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon9/2-15-how-to-give-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-your-knowledge-jason-blanchard

    Integgroll's talk: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon9/stable-30-python-two-birds-with-one-stone-andy-cooper

    Closing Ceremony: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/derbycon9/1-22-closing-ceremony-derbycon-crew

    Announcements
    • Patreon Update $52/Month  THANK YOU ALL! 
      • 22532
      • Andi F
      • DeMentor
      • Jon S
      • Julius
      • Marc R
    • https://www.patreon.com/IronSysadmin 
    Reviews Useful info and entertaining

    ★★★★★ in Apple Podcasts by sabertooth604 from Canada on August 20, 2019 

     

    I listen to Iron Sysadmin on regular basis. This podcast contains useful relevant information covering a plethora of subjects. Nate, Jason, Dustin and the others definitely deliver an entertaining view on information technology. :-) thanks and keep up the good work!! (From Canada)

    (https://app.mypodcastreviews.com/podcasts/personal_review?review_id=690696&token=a6e4846430eb169051c663172aa81e83)

    News
    • https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/12/loot-boxes-in-games-are-gambling-and-should-be-banned-for-kids-say-uk-mps/ 
    • https://www.cultofmac.com/649724/samsung-cancels-all-galaxy-fold-preorders-ahead-of-launch/ 
    • https://www.wired.com/story/apple-u1-chip/
    • https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/10/hardcore-doom-fans-can-now-drink-bone-vodka-straight-from-hell-10717360/

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    2 hr 11 min
  • EP66 - Wizards and Peons
    Welcome to Episode 66

    Guest host: Marc Richter (https://twitter.com/richtermarc) 

    News
    • https://www.itpro.co.uk/cloud/33999/ibm-doubles-down-on-red-hat-independence 
    • https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/business/capital-one-data-breach/index.html 
      • https://www.creditkarma.com/id-theft/i/how-to-freeze-credit/
    • https://www.dw.com/en/can-huaweis-harmonyos-rival-googles-android/a-49997254 
    • https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/13/microsofts-next-gen-xbox-will-prioritize-high-frame-rates-and-f/ 
    • https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/08/13/patch-new-wormable-vulnerabilities-in-remote-desktop-services-cve-2019-1181-1182/ 
    Announcements
    • Patreon Update
      • 3 total patrons, 2 of which are hosts
      • $18/month
    • Derbycon! 9/6 - 9/8
    Reviews
    • No new reviews.
    Chat
    • Marc recently did a redhat webinar on cgroups v2.  And some bloggy stuff!  
      • https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/authors/marc-richter
    • https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/geeking-outside-office
    Main topic
    • Wizards and Peons
      • How intimidation makes budding IT pros feel like lesser humans
      • How that affects the industry
      • How can we help? 

     

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    1 hr 56 min
  • Episode 65 - DerbyMud
    Welcome to Episode 65 News
    • https://www.cnet.com/news/galaxy-fold-samsung-will-relaunch-the-foldable-phone-in-september/
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/robinhood-admits-to-storing-some-passwords-in-cleartext/
    • https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb88za/amazon-requires-police-to-shill-surveillance-cameras-in-secret-agreement
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-incident-leaves-some-johannesburg-residents-without-electricity/ 
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-company-selling-weaponized-bluekeep-exploit/
    Announcements
    • #sysadminday 7/26!
    • Nate’s had some stuff published on Enable Sysadmin
      • https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/appreciating-your-sysadmin
      • https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/virtual-machine-recovery
      • https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/locking-down-sshd 
    Reviews
    • 10 Stars from evil mog! 
    Chat

     

    Main topic
    • Evil_Mog talks about Derbymud (and probably everything else that comes to mind)
    • Evil_Mog may drop some hints or show some maps for the game :P

     

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    1 hr 42 min
  • Episode 64 - DNS
    Welcome to Episode 64 News
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-closes-34-billion-red-hat-acquisition-now-its-time-to-deliver/ 
      • https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-07-09/ibm-ceo-says-red-hat-deal-is-about-the-hybrid-cloud-video
      • https://community.redhat.com/blog/2019/07/faq-for-communities/?sc_cid=701f2000000tyBjAAI
    • https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/google-amazon-facebook-apple-to-appear-at-antitrust-house-hearing.html 
    • https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/10/tech/android-apps-privacy-trnd/index.html
    • https://threatpost.com/pgp-ecosystem-targeted-in-poisoning-attacks/146240/
    • https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/10/apple-mac-update-removes-zoom-exploit/
    Announcements
    • DerbyCON - Finish Line - Sep 4-8
    • BSidesDE - Will be ready to announce dates soon, stay tuned
    Reviews

     

    Chat

     

    Main topic

    DNS

    • What is it
    • Why is it
    • How it works
    • What’s wrong with it

     

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    2 hr 2 min
  • IronSysadmin-EP63
    Welcome to Episode 63! News
    • https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/paj8z8/a-diy-internet-network-has-drastically-expanded-its-coverage-in-nyc
    • https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613891/the-pentagon-has-a-laser-that-can-identify-people-from-a-distanceby-their-heartbeat/
    • https://gizmodo.com/nasa-is-officially-sending-an-aerial-drone-to-titan-and-1835918159
    • https://www.vox.com/2019/6/27/18761639/ai-deepfake-deepnude-app-nude-women-porn

     

    Announcements
    • https://twitter.com/ironsysadmin/status/1139281979537534976 
      • 16% News coverage
      • 26% Sysadmin Stories
      • 32% Guests/Interviews
      • 26% Technical Deep Dives
      • 99% MOAR XENOPHAGE!!!
    Chat
    • https://youtu.be/1BB6wj6RyKo 
    Main topic
    • https://www.undrground.org/2019/06/22/locking-down-sshd/ 
    • Locking down SSH
      • Knock ports
      • Ciphers
      • Keys
      • 2FA
      • no root login
      • password policy
      • disable password auth

     

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    1 hr 39 min
  • Episode 62 - Darknet
    Welcome to Episode 62 Main topic
    • Jack Rhysider from Darknet Diaries
      • Who is this guy
      • What does he do for a living
      • What is Darknet Diaries
      • How did he come up with the idea?
      • “Out On the wire” book (https://smile.amazon.com/Out-Wire-Storytelling-Secrets-Masters/dp/0385348436)
      • His blog!  (https://www.tunnelsup.com/)
      • Oh yeah, DARKNET DIARIES!  (https://darknetdiaries.com)

     

    Announcements

    • WOPR Summit 0x1 - March 27-29, 2020 at the Ft Washington Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Philadelphia, PA (https://www.woprsummit.org/)
    Reviews

    No new reviews, give us a review!!

    Chat
    • Jason is running the OSX Catalina beta.. Surprise (NOT!)
    • Jason uses downcast, and thinks his perfect podcast app doesn't exist
    • Nate uses overcast, and it’s good enough.
    • Dustin made fun of Jason’s horrible browser tab hygiene.
    • https://silverblue.fedoraproject.org/
    News
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/06/06/he-asked-fbi-analyze-bigfoot-hair-years-ago-never-heard-back-until-now/
    • https://www.i-programmer.info/news/86-browsers/12838-firefox-premium-coming-this-fall.html
      • https://www.tomsguide.com/us/chrome-block-ad-blockers,news-30206.html
    • https://qz.com/work/1634380/schwartz-center-rounds-stops-burnout-in-doctors-could-it-help-others/
    • https://www.techspot.com/article/1850-how-screwed-is-intel-no-hyper-threading/
    • https://www.cnet.com/features/amazons-helping-police-build-a-surveillance-network-with-ring-doorbells/
    • https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/06/travelers-images-stolen-attack-cbp/591403/
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/05/28/laptop-with-some-worlds-most-destructive-malware-sold-million/

     

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    1 hr 50 min
  • Episode 61 with Georgia Weidman

    Welcome to Episode 61

    Main topic

     

    • Georgia!
      • Infosec in general
      • Mobile Pentesting (Bulb Security and Shevirah) (Mach37, DARPA, etc)
      • Tribe of Hackers talk
      • Derbycon

    News

     

    • https://mdsattacks.com/
    • https://zombieloadattack.com/
    • https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/linux-kernel-prior-to-508-vulnerable-to-remote-code-execution/
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-and-ios-devices-impacted-by-new-sensor-calibration-attack/
    • https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/microsoft-patches-wormable-vuln-in-windows-7-2003-xp-server-2008/d/d-id/1334709
    • https://www.tomshardware.com/news/unhackable-processor-chip-morpheus-university-michigan,39267.html
    • https://it.slashdot.org/story/19/05/22/208246/hackers-are-holding-baltimores-government-computers-hostage
    • https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/22/us-reportedly-considering-blacklisting-chinas-hikvision.html
    • https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-alphabet-exclusive/exclusive-google-suspends-some-business-with-huawei-after-trump-blacklist-source-idUSKCN1SP0NB

       

     

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    2 hr 5 min
  • Episode 60 - Imagine that

    Welcome to Episode 60

    News

    • https://betanews.com/2019/04/24/scientific-linux-dead/
    • https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-marsquake-detected-on-red-planet1/
    • http://time.com/5574143/technology-needs-to-be-regulated-says-apples-tim-cook/
    • https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/24/samsung-galaxy-fold-ifixit-teardown/

     

    Announcements

    • https://teespring.com/stores/ironsysadmin
    • DC610 meetup https://www.meetup.com/DEFCON610/
    • Lvawsug https://www.meetup.com/Lehigh-Valley-Amazon-Web-Services-Users-Group/

     

    Chat

    • Nate’s renovating his office
    • Jason’s playing with ZeroMQ

     

    Main topic

    • Imagining failure
      • The titanic was a teachable moment

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    1 hr 32 min

About The Iron Sysadmin

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The Iron Sysadmin started as an IT/OPS podcast in 2017. Since then we’ve grown into much more. Video and audio content around Tech, IT, and maybe even a little gaming