Guest Jay Radcliffe from Thermo Fisher Scientific shares his advice and security concerns with smart devices since the holiday gifting season is around the corner, Joe and Dave have some listener follow up about 2FA, Joe's got a story about the Robinhood breach, Dave's story is about numerous LinkedIn requests from HR specialists with GAN images (Generated A ... Show More
Aug 21
Scammers hit the right notes in the wrong way.
This week, our hosts Dave Bittner, Joe Carrigan, and Maria Varmazis (also host of the T-Minus Space Daily show) are sharing the latest in social engineering scams, p ... Show More
49m 6s
Aug 19
Agile Software Development Method (noun) [Word Notes]
Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. A software development philosophy that emphasizes incremental delivery, team collaboration, continual planning, and continual learning CyberWire Glossary link: https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/agile-software-development Audio reference l ... Show More
7m 45s
Sep 2022
How To Protect Yourself From Social Engineering Hacks
Hacks are increasing but the hackers are not necessarily getting more sophisticated. What do Twitter, Twilio, and Uber all have in common? They were all hacked by, in part, a conversation. In all three cases, the hack was helped along by social engineering. Someone contacted an e ... Show More
29m 32s
Jan 2019
Mon. 01/14 - Am I Gonna Do That Egg Instagram Story?
Event sharing comes to stories, what this year’s CES says about where consumer tech is at the moment, and then a bunch of stories about what that means for the future in different ways, including wireless chips that suck power from the air, and the dilemma that voice assistants p ... Show More
18m 58s
Feb 2023
Gun-Detecting AI, Infrastructure, and Bureaucracy
Aaron Gordon, Senior Writer at Motherboard, Vice’s science and technology website, talks about his co-authored article, “‘The Least Safe Day’: Rollout of Gun-Detecting AI Scanners Has Been a ‘Cluster,’ Emails Show,” with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. They also discuss Gordon ... Show More
1h 26m
May 2020
The Dark Secrets of a Hacking Hero
In May of 2017, Marcus Hutchins saved the internet. A vicious ransomware attack known as WannaCry had infected computer systems across dozens of countries. It was the worst cyberattack in history at the time, and it seemed unstoppable. But Hutchins, a 23-year-old-hacker in Ilfrac ... Show More
30m 39s