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00:00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — The Way the Community Rumbles

00:08:21 - A.I. Transcription Startup Was Just A Guy Taking Notes - BHIS - Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2025-11-17

00:09:01 - Story # 1: New data shows companies are rehiring former employees as AI falls short of expectations

00:18:06 - Eric & Whitney’s “Podcast” [webcast] on training your own LLM

00:22:12 - Story # 2: Founder Admits His “AI Transcription” Startup Was Just Him Joining People’s Meetings and Taking Notes by Hand

00:26:20 - Story # 3: Five Plead Guilty in U.S. for Helping North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate 136 Companies

00:37:35 - Story # 4: Google is easing up on Android’s new sideloading restrictions!

00:43:44 - Story # 5: Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats

00:44:58 - Story # 5b: Hackers are saving Google’s abandoned Nest thermostats with open-source firmware

00:51:34 - Story # 6: FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs

01:00:40 - Story # 7: Teens are Hacking School Systems. Let’s Teach Them to Protect Communities Instead

01:05:55 - Story # 8: Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign

01:14:58 - Discord CTF Winners

• (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — The Way the Community Rumbles
• (08:21) - A.I. Transcription Starup Was Just A Guy Taking Notes - BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2025-11-17
• (09:01) - Story # 1: New data shows companies are rehiring former employees as AI falls short of expectations
• (18:05) - Eric & Whitney's "Podcast" [webcast] on training your own LLM
• (22:12) - Story # 2: Founder Admits His “AI Transcription” Startup Was Just Him Joining People’s Meetings and Taking Notes by Hand
• (26:20) - Story # 3: Five Plead Guilty in U.S. for Helping North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate 136 Companies
• (37:34) - Story # 4: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions!
• (43:43) - Story # 5: Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats
• (44:58) - Story # 5b: Hackers are saving Google's abandoned Nest thermostats with open-source firmware
• (51:33) - Story # 6: FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs
• (01:00:39) - Story # 7: Teens are Hacking School Systems. Let’s Teach Them to Protect Communities Instead
• (01:05:55) - Story # 8: Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
• (01:14:58) - Discord CTF Winners