Shared Security Podcast

In episode 148 for November 23rd 2020: This week Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the Twitter firing of Chris Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and our thoughts about a common sense approach to social media and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. ** Links mentioned on the show ** […] The post CISA Director Chris Krebs Fired, Common Sense and Section 230 appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

In episode 147 for November 16th 2020: The latest about source code stolen from US government agencies and private companies, three actively exploited iOS zero-days in the wild and new App Store privacy labels, and what a Biden administration could mean for privacy and cybersecurity. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Our 3 part […] The post Stolen Source Code, Apple Zero-Days, Biden’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Policies appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

In episode 146 for November 9th 2020: My conversation with Kelly Finnerty, Director of Brand and Content for Startpage.com on the differences in privacy mindset between Europe and the United States. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Future of Privacy Forum https://fpf.org/ Startpage.com https://www.startpage.com StartPage Privacy Please Blog https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/ Follow Kelly on Twitter https://twitter.com/Kelly_Startpage […] The post Privacy Mindset: Europe vs. United States appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

In episode 145 for November 2nd 2020: Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the US government’s attempt to prevent disinformation and rumors about the election, a new ransomware threat targeting US hospitals, and details about six Russian hackers that were charged for some of the biggest cyber-attacks in the last decade. ** Links mentioned on […] The post Government Rumor Control, US Hospital Ransomware Threat, Russian Hackers Charged appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

In our October monthly episode we finish our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we discuss the exploit and malware analysis with special guest Tyler Hudak, Incident Response Practice Lead at TrustedSec. Make sure you watch the YouTube edition of this episode to see a demo of several tools and techniques used […] The post Targeted Attacks Part 3 – The Exploit appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

In episode 144 for October 26th 2020: Voter privacy and what you need to know about protecting your private information during the upcoming US election. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Closing in on the US election with voter privacy and election security https://iapp.org/news/a/closing-in-on-the-u-s-election-with-voter-privacy-and-election-security/ Access To and Use Of Voter Registration Lists https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-use-of-voter-registration-lists.aspx Understanding […] The post Voter Privacy and the US Election appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

In episode 143 for October 19th 2020: Microsoft gets creative to help take down the TrickBot botnet, details on how attackers have been using VPN flaws to attack election support systems, and Zoom’s rollout of end-to-end encryption. ** Links mentioned on the show ** “The Social Dilemma” A Conversation about the Pros and Cons of […] The post TrickBot Takedown, VPN Flaws, Zoom End-to-End Encryption appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

In episode 142 for October 12th 2020: My conversation about the pros and cons of the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma” with frequent guest, Kevin Johnson. The Social Dilemma is a popular documentary (dramamentary?) on Netflix about how social media is causing unintended harm to people and society. Several engineers and leaders that worked at […] The post The Social Dilemma appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

In episode 141 for October 5th 2020: Universal Health Services is the latest victim of a massive hospital ransomware attack, the FBI issues new warnings about false claims of hacked voter information, and the top Android 11 privacy and security features. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Large US hospital chain hobbled by Ryuk […] The post More Hospital Ransomware Attacks, FBI’s Disinformation Warning, Android 11 Privacy Features appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

In our September monthly episode we continue our three part series on targeted attacks. In this episode we discuss the pretext and how attackers develop and launch their attacks with special guests Nathan Sweaney, Senior Security Consultant at Secure Ideas and Kevin Johnson, CEO of Secure Ideas. ** Links mentioned on the show ** GoPhish […] The post Targeted Attacks Part 2 – Pretexting and Attack Development appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.