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2017 Feed Update

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Sat, 20 May 2017 13:54:19 -0700

Just a status update on the state of the ogg/webm feeds!

Tales of FileSystems | TechSNAP 315

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:58:10 -0700

We’ve got the latest gossip on Apple’s brand new filesystem & why you should care! Plus Dan dives deep into the wonderful world of ZFS and FreeBSD jails & shows us how he is putting them to use in his latest server build.

Plus it’s your fantastic feedback, a riotous roundup & so much more!

Cyber Liability | TechSNAP 314

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 03:14:07 -0700

We cover some fascinating new research that can steal your phone’s PIN using just the on-board sensors. Then we cover how computer security is broken from top to bottom and Dan does another deep dive, this time on everyone’s favorite database, PostgresSQL.

Plus it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!

Wifi Stack Overfloweth | TechSNAP 313

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 02:04:57 -0700

Your Wifi Stack is under attack! But dont worry, Apple’s got the patch & we’ve got the story. Then the latest ATM hacking tips that will only cost you $15 & Dan does a deep dive into Let’s Encrypt!

Plus it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!

Privacy is Dead | TechSNAP 312

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:35:11 -0700

This week, we sell your private browsing history to the highest bidder! Oh wait, that’s your ISP! We cover the latest rollback of internet privacy regulations in the US, plus the surprisingly uplifting story of script kiddies getting their day in court, Dan does a not-so-deep dive into ZFS & explains why you should already be using it.

Plus it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!

Check Yo Checksum | TechSNAP 311

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 02:11:49 -0700

The guys break with the usual format & turn things over to Dan for a deep deep dive on Bacula! Then it’s the latest Yahoo hack news & a few more reasons you should already be using ZFS.

Plus it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!

Don’t Panic & P your S | TechSNAP 310

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:10:51 -0700

We crack open Vault 7 & are a little let down by what's inside, give you one more reason you should already be using ZFS & just when you thought you could trust your phone again, we’ve got the story of preinstalled Android malware. Then it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!

Bad Boy Backups | TechSNAP 309

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:49:18 -0800

We’ve got the sad story of cloud-enabled toys leading to, you guessed it, leaking customer’s personal information! Plus a case of backups gone bad, but this time, it’s a good thing!

Then it’s your feedback, a huge roundup, and so much more!

Cloudy with a Chance of Leaks | TechSNAP 308

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 21:40:30 -0800

Google heard you like hashes so they broke SHA1, we've got the details.

Plus we dive in to Cloudflare's data disaster, Dan shows us his rack, your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!

State Sponsored Audiophiles | TechSNAP 307

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:44:15 -0800

The details on the latest WordPress vulnerability, then the surprising, or perhaps not so surprising takeover of a cybersecurity firms website & watch out, hacker's may be using your microphone to steal your data!

Plus a packed roundup, your feedback & so much more!

Metadata Matters | TechSNAP 306

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:11:58 -0800

The latest on just who has access to your private email, Dan dives deep on the GitLab Postmortem & did you know that Transport for London has been tracking your wifi? We’ve got the details.

Plus a packed roundup, your feedback & so much more!

Gambling with Code | TechSNAP 305

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:52:49 -0800

We’ve got the latest on GitLabs data disaster, a clever new method to cheat at the slots & a new Netgear exploit thats coming for your network!

Plus your feedback, a giant roundup & much, much more!

Three C's to Tweet By | TechSNAP 304

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 01:25:35 -0800

The guys cover Dropbox bugs that could be holding on to your deleted files, explain what the heck ATM ‘shimmers’ are & talk about how to keep your secret identity secret.

Plus your feedback, a packed roundup & much more!

DDos Mafia | TechSNAP 303

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:42:34 -0800

A remote vulnerability in Ansible has been patched, the latest updates on the Mirai botnet, our first TechSNAP challenge, your feedback, a gigantic roundup & so much more!

Internet of Voice Triggers | TechSNAP 302

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 07:43:35 -0800

The Github enterprise SQL scare, malware that lives in your browser, Dan’s mail server war story, your feedback, a righteous roundup & more!

Note: This is a shorter episode because the hosts are new and the first recording was also a double episode recording, expect them to get longer as the guys get more comfortable!

The Next Generation | TechSNAP 301

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:22:33 -0800

Malware that evades blocking systems and getting into BSD for the first time.

Plus a fresh round up, your questions & much, much more!

2089 Days Uptime | TechSNAP 300

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 21:11:57 -0800

How the hack of DigiNotar changed the infrastructure of the Internet forever, changing the way we think about security & how to hide malware in a PNG.

Plus a packed round up, great emails & more in a packed 300th episode!

Fancy Bear Misfire.apk | TechSNAP 299

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 18:44:33 -0800

PHPMailer puts almost every PHP CMS at risk, the Fancy Bear Android Malware that has a complicated past & the new botnet that likes brag.

Plus great questions, a packed round up & much, much more!

Best of 2016 | TechSNAP 298

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:40:20 -0800

We've given the Jupiter Broadcasting staff the holidays off, so lets take this moment to have a look back at some of the best moments of TechSNAP in 2016!

The Bourne Avalanche | TechSNAP 297

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:19:41 -0800

The Malvertising campaign that targets routers, script kiddies get a talking to & the Avalanche crime ringleader is on the run.

Plus your questions, a packed round up & more!

Schoolhouse Exploits | TechSNAP 296

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:39:54 -0800

Project Zero breaks the chain, we share stories from our mischievous past & malware as a service gets busted.

Plus your great questions, a packed round up & much, much more!

Shift+F10 and Done | TechSNAP 295

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:59:14 -0800

A researcher accidentally roots Microsoft Azure’s Red Hat Update Infrastructure, newly discovered router flaw in-the-wild & hacking Windows 10 by holding down the shift key.

Plus your questions, our answers & a great round up!

Turkey.deb | TechSNAP 294

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:37:27 -0800

The Debian packaging flaw that exposes your server, we go over the state of the Internet... report that is & hacking 27% of the web.

Plus some great questions, a fantastic round up & much, much more!

Root in 70 Seconds | TechSNAP 293

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:49:45 -0800

Get a root shell by holding down enter, comprising a Linux desktop using an NES & PoisonTap, the impressive little hacking tool.

Plus your great questions, a poppin’ round up & much, much more!

Unix Security Trifecta | TechSNAP 292

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:51:25 -0800

It’s a trifecta of Unix vulnerabilities, our concerns with LessPass & a very valuable vulnerability.

Plus your questions, our answers, a spicy round up & much, much more!

Nuclear IoT Toaster | TechSNAP 291

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 01:51:54 -0700

We go deep into sophisticated modular malware & meet the manufacturer who vows to recall their IoT devices used in recent attacks.

Plus home server questions, a fun round-up & more!

Internet Snow Day | TechSNAP 290

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:28:21 -0700

A large managed DNS provider was taken down by a DDoS, we'll tell you all about Dyn’s big outage.

Then we beat the dead dirty CoW, answer your questions, a breaking news round up & more!

Long Broken SSL History | TechSNAP 289

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:25:18 -0700

Spreading the DDoS Disease & selling the cure, we have the audit results of TrueCrypt’s replacement & a comprehensive history of the most important events that shaped the SSL ecosystem.

Plus your great questions, our answers & much... Much MORE!

Internet of Default Passwords | TechSNAP 288

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 01:49:10 -0700

The Internet of Things is the Internet of Terrible, we’ll round up the week’s stories & submit the TechSNAP solution to you the audience. Plus the security cost of Android fragmentation, great questions & a packed round up!

Open Source Botnet | TechSNAP 287

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 21:21:51 -0700

The Source code for a historic botnet has been released, the tale of a DNS packet & four ways to hack ATMs.

Plus your hard questions, our answers, a rockin' roundup & more!

Botnet of Things | TechSNAP 286

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 20:16:14 -0700

Krebs is hit with DDoS attack & then gets kicked off of Akamai. We’ll tell you about the record breaking details, Firefox puts it foot down, picking NFS or Samba…

Your questions, our answers, a packed Round Up & much more!

OpSec for Script Kiddies | TechSNAP 285

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:35:12 -0700

The FBI arrests the script kiddies that hacked the CIA director, how Dropbox hacks your Mac & the guys behind a DDoS for hire service get busted.

Plus great questions, our answers, a rockin roundup & more!

Buffalo Overflow | TechSNAP 284

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:28:39 -0700

Massive drive failures after a datacenter gas attack. A critical MySQL vulnerability you should know about & is Cisco responsible for the death of an MMO?

Plus great questions, our answers & much more!

I Can't Believe It's Not Ethernet | TechSNAP 283

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:00:31 -0700

How a modified USB ethernet adapter can steal credentials, a new compression algorithm from Facebook that might be legit & the terrible terrible security of a consumer NAS.

Plus great questions, our answers, a fun roundup & much, much more!

The Shadow Knows | TechSNAP 282

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:21:55 -0700

The ShadowBrokers release a batch of the NSA’s tools & we dive in. A Google login issue allows for credential theft & researchers map the Netflix content delivery network!

Plus great feedback, follow up, a rockin' roundup & much, much more!

iPhishing Expedition | TechSNAP 281

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:49:18 -0700

iOS targeted malware in the wild, the simple approach to hacking electronic safes & how digital forensics prove a journalist was framed.

Plus your great questions, a packed round up & much more!

Microsoft’s Golden Ticket | TechSNAP 280

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 09:04:21 -0700

Microsoft leaks their golden key, allowing attackers to unlock secure boot systems, a security breach at Oracle exposes hundreds of companies & Linux has an embarrassing networking stack bug.

Plus your questions, our answers & a packed round up!

The Internet is Dying | TechSNAP 279

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:09:06 -0700

Why the Internet needs it’s own version of cancer researchers, bypassing chip and pin protections & the 2016 Pwnie Awards from Blackhat!

Plus your questions, our answers & much, much more!

Dangerous Dangling Quotes | TechSNAP 278

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 18:48:45 -0700

How to get an SSL certificate for other people's domains, how to decrypt HTTPS traffic with some javascript & the latest storage reliability report.

Plus great questions & a rocking round up!

Internet Power Struggle | TechSNAP 277

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:56:00 -0700

We’re in the middle of an epic battle for power in cyberspace & Bruce Schneier breaks it down. PHP gets broken, PornHub gets hacked & the disgruntled employee who wiped the router configs on his way out the door.

Plus great emails, a packed round up & more!

Bitmap Pox | TechSNAP 276

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:20:17 -0700

A new vulnerability in many websites, Oracle's Outside In Technology, Turned Inside-Out & the value of a hacked company.

Plus your questions, our answers, a really great round up & much more!

Ending Ransomware | TechSNAP 275

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 18:41:39 -0700

A potential solution to Ransomware, the 15 year bug that cost CitiGroup $7 Million dollars, Dropbox’s new middle out compression & another flaw that affects all versions of Windows.

Plus your questions, our answers, a packed roundup & more!

Windows Exploit Edition | TechSNAP 274

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 20:30:39 -0700

On this weeks episode we cover a UEFI firmware bug that is affecting computers including ThinkPads, tell you how your windows box can be totally pwned even if it's fully encrypted & talk about the shortcomings of the MD5 checksum. Plus the feedback, the roundup & more!

Make Ads GIF Again | TechSNAP 273

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:50:05 -0700

Project Zero lays into Symantec's enterprise products, the botnet you’ll never find & the poor security of HTML5 video ads.

Plus your questions, our answers & much more!

Game of File Systems | TechSNAP 272

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:58:25 -0700

What’s got Windows admins in a Panic? Total chaos my friends, we’ll tell you why. Extensive coverage of Apple’s new filesystem, Ransomware that might just impress you…

Your great questions, our answers, a packed round up & much, much more!

Apple Pretend Filesystem | TechSNAP 271

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:51:35 -0700

Why didn’t Apple choose ZFS for its new filesystem? We journey through the long history of ZFS at Apple. Plus how the BadTunnel bug can hijack traffic from all versions of Windows & should we worry about Intel’s management tech?

Plus great questions, a huge round up & much more!

Signature Bloatware Updates | TechSNAP 270

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:18:18 -0700

The bloatware shipping on those new computers is way, way worse than you probably thought, Internet exposed printers & the thrilling story of reverse engineering an ATM skimmer. Yes that’s really a thing.

Plus great questions, our answers & more!

10,000 Cables Under the Sea | TechSNAP 269

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:24:24 -0700

Windows exploits for sale at a great price, how the Internet works, yes, seriously & it's awesome!

Plus we solve some of your problems, a great roundup & more!

PIS Poor DNS | TechSNAP 268

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:38:29 -0700

Is the “Dark Cloud” hype, or a real technology? Using DNS tunneling for remote command and control & the big problem with 1-Day exploits.

Plus your great question, our answers, a breaking news roundup & more!

My Kingdom for a VLAN | TechSNAP 267

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 19 May 2016 18:40:09 -0700

A typo stops a billion dollar bank hack, a vulnerability in 7zip that might surprise you & the best solutions for secure remote network access.

Your great questions, our answers, a packed round up & more!

Curl Sleeper Agent | TechSNAP 266

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 12 May 2016 20:41:05 -0700

Zero-day exploits striking over 100 systems, if you think copying links to bash scripts from the internet is okay, maybe you shouldn't be root & the day Google automated itself off the internet.

Plus your questions, our answers, a huge round up & more!

Insecure Socket Layer | TechSNAP 265

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 05 May 2016 21:38:05 -0700

A critical flaw in that bit of software tucked far far away that you never think about… Until now, we explain why ImageTragick is a pain. More OpenSSL flaws & fraudsters stealing tax data from the motherload.

Plus great questions, our answers, a packed Round up & more!

On Target | TechSNAP 264

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 06:58:44 -0700

This week, Chris & allan are both out of town at different shenanigans, but they recorded a sneaky episode for you in which they recap the Target breach, from when the news broke to the lessons learned and everything in between!

One Key to Rule Them All | TechSNAP 263

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 11:45:04 -0700

This week, the FBI says APT6 has pawned the government for the last 5 years, Unaoil: a company that's bribing the world & Researchers find a flaw in the visa database.

All that plus a packed feedback, roundup & more!

rm -rf $ALLTHETHINGS/ | TechSNAP 262

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:38:50 -0700

Find out why everyone's just a little disappointed in Badlock, the bad security that could be connected to the Panama Papers leak & the story of a simple delete command that took out an entire hosting provider.

Plus your batch of networking questions, our answers & a packed round up!

Holding Hospitals Hostage | TechSNAP 261

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 09:52:29 -0700

Find out about another hospital that accidentally took advantage of free encryption, researchers turn up a DDoS on the root DNS servers & the password test you never want to take.

Plus your batch of networking questions, our answers & a packed round up!

Pay to Boot | TechSNAP 260

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:03:40 -0700

New Ransomware locks your bootloader & makes you pay to boot. Malware with built in DRM? We’ll share the story of this clever hack.

Plus some great questions, our answers, a packed round up & more!

Can You Hack Me Now? | TechSNAP 259

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 18:54:31 -0700

Verizon Enterprise gets breached & the irony is strong with this one, details on the NPM fiasco & why the SAMSAM is holding up the doctor.

Plus some great questions, a packed round up & much, much more!

Metaphorically Exploited | TechSNAP 258

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:11:58 -0700

The theoretical Android flaw becomes reality, a simple phishing scam hits some major companies & why your PIN has already been leaked.

Plus great questions, our answers, a rocking round up & much, much more!

Fixing the Barn Door | TechSNAP 257

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:04:29 -0800

We’ll tell you about the real world pirates that hacked a shipping company, the open source libraries from Mars Rover found being used in malware & Microsoft’s solution for that after-hack hangover.

Plus great questions, a packed round up & much more!

Open Server Sadness Layer | TechSNAP 256

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:23:22 -0800

OpenSSL issues a major security advisory, we break down the important details, then go in depth on the real world impact of these flaws.

Plus some great storage and networking question, a packed round up & much, much more!

Dip the Chip | TechSNAP 255

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:50:58 -0800

What’s taking the states so long to catch up to the rest of the civilized world and dip the chip? Turns out it's really complicated, we explain. Plus keeping a Hospital secure is much more than following HIPAA, and an analysis of Keybase malware.

Plus great questions, our answers, and much much more!

Weaponized Comic Sans | TechSNAP 254

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:03:05 -0800

A common vulnerability is impacting Firefox, LibreOffice, and others, the 7 problems with ATM security, and the Enterprise grade protection defeated with a batch script.

Plus some great questions, our answers, a rockin roundup, and much much more!

Cisco's Perfect 10 | TechSNAP 253

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:56:59 -0800

Cisco has a wormable vulnerability in its Firewall appliances, crimeware that allows unlimited ATM withdrawals & the big problem with the Java installer.

Plus great questions, a rocking round up & much, much more!

Hot Norse Potato | TechSNAP 252

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:42:29 -0800

A new openSSL exploit, cyber security firm Norse implodes & the Windows Hot Potato flaw that’s been around for over a decade.

Plus great questions, our answers, a rockin round up & much, much more!

A Look Back On Feedback | TechSNAP 251

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:10:38 -0800

Since Allan is off being fancy at FOSDEM, we decided that now would be a good time to celebrate the audience & feature some of the best feedback we've had over the years!

Lights out Management | TechSNAP 250

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:11:17 -0800

The bizarre saga of Juniper maybe finally be coming to a conclusion, details about SLOTH, the latest SSL vulnerability that also affects IPSec and SSH & the attack on the Ukrainian power grid made possible by malware.

Plus your questions with a special theme, a rockin roundup & much more!

Internet of Threats | TechSNAP 249

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:03:54 -0800

A Critical OpenSSH flaw can expose your private keys, a new WiFi spec for IoT devices, that has all the classic issues & Intel’s SkyLake bug.

Plus your feedback, our answers, a rockin’ round up & so much more!

Virtual Private Surveillance | TechSNAP 248

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 19:23:52 -0800

We break down the Bicycle attack against SSL, the story of Brian Krebs’s PayPal account getting backed & the scoop on the Juniper Saga.

Plus some great questions, our answers, a news breaking round up & much more!

Snappy New Year! | TechSNAP 247

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:14:02 -0800

We take a look back at some of the big stories of 2015, at least, as we see it.

Plus the round up & more!

Allan's Favorite Things | TechSNAP 246

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 09:44:52 -0800

It’s a collection of Allan’s favorite moments from TechSNAP past. Plus the week’s new stories in the roundup & much more!

Insecurity Appliance | TechSNAP 245

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:49:38 -0800

Meet BOOTTRASH the Malware that executes before your OS does, the hard questions you need to ask when buying a security appliance, Project Zero finds flaws in Fireeye hardware.

Plus some great audience questions, a big round up & much, much more!

Finding Nakamoto | TechSNAP 244

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:00:47 -0800

Bitcoin’s creator has been found again, we’ll cover what the media thinks they’ve figured out & what we really know.

Then, 'In Patches We Trust: Why Security Updates have to get better', a great batch of questions, a huge round up & much more!

SpyFi Barbie | TechSNAP 243

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:50:37 -0800

The US Government is offering free penetration tests, with a catch, we break down the VTech Breakin & the only sure way to protect your credit online.

Plus great questions, a big round up with breaking news & much more!

A Keyboard Walks into a Barcode | TechSNAP 242

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 08:56:44 -0800

A research team finds various ways to attack LastPass, how to use a cocktail of current Android exploits to own a device & hacking a point of sale system using poisoned barcodes!

Plus some great questions, our answers, a rockin roundup & much, much more!

Double ROT-13 | TechSNAP 241

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:06:15 -0800

Encryption & privacy took quite a beating this week in the wake of the Paris attacks. We come to its defense. Your ISP heard you like backdoors, so they put a backdoor in your backdoor, the story of the social RAT & more!

Zero-Days Of Our Lives | TechSNAP 240

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:20:10 -0800

The first remote administration trojan that targets Android, Linux, Mac and Windows. Joomla and vBulletin have major flaws & tips for protecting your online privacy from some very motivated public figures.

Plus some great questions, a rockin' roundup & much, much more!

PLAID Falls Out of Fashion | TechSNAP 239

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 07:51:30 -0800

CISA provides no solutions, just new excuses. The new Australian smartcard system is a total disaster & why Google’s URLs are so crazy.

Plus some great questions, our answers, a rockin' round up & much, much more!

Certifiable Authority | TechSNAP 238

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 15:43:10 -0700

TalkTalk gets compromised, Hackers make cars safer & Google plays hardball with Symantec.

Plus a great batch of your questions, a rocking round up & much, much more!

A Rip in NTP | TechSNAP 237

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:34:34 -0700

The OpenZFS summit just wrapped up and Allan shares the exciting new features coming to the file system, researchers warn about flaws in NTP & of course we've got some critical patches.

Plus a great batch of questions, a rockin' round up & much, much more!

National Security Breaking Agency | TechSNAP 236

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:15:53 -0700

How the NSA might be breaking Crypto, fresh zero day exploit against Flash with a twist & Keylogging before computers.

Plus a great batch of your questions, a rocking round-up & much more!

Catching the Angler | TechSNAP 235

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:32:34 -0700

Debug mode exposes sensitive data, Cisco’s Talos group exposes the Angler exploit kit & how a Microsoft exposed Conficker with an egg hunt.

Plus some great feedback, a huge round up & much, much more!

Key Flaw With GPL | TechSNAP 234

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:39:11 -0700

D-Link publishes its private code signing keys, exploiting Windows Symbolic Links & why encryption is not sufficient protection.

Plus some great questions, our answers, a rockin roundup & much, much more!

Dukes of Cyber Hazard | TechSNAP 233

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:18:20 -0700

Let’s Encrypt hits a major milestone, F-Secure publishes their investigation into “The Dukes” & we dig into Tarsnap’s email confirmation bypass.

Plus a great batch of your questions, a rocking round up & much, much more!

Hardware Insecurity Module | TechSNAP 232

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:32:11 -0700

How Groupon made the switch to FreeBSD & why. Researches extract keys from a hardware module & Intel’s new CPU backed malware protection.

Plus your questions, a great roundup & more!

Leaky RSA Keys | TechSNAP 231

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:06:02 -0700

Red Hat highlights how leaky many open source RSA implementations are, Netflix releases Sleepy Puppy & the Mac is definitely under attack.

Plus some quick feedback, a rockin' roundup & much, much more!

Trojan Family Ties | TechSNAP 230

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 07:38:30 -0700

Rooting your Android device might be more dangerous than you realize, why the insurance industry will take over InfoSec & the NSA prepares for Quantum encryption.

Plus some great questions, a fantastic roundup & more!

Extortion Startups | TechSNAP 229

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:24:47 -0700

The real fallout from the Ashley Madison hack gets personal. The Android StageFright patch that doesn’t cover all of the holes, and turning a KVM into a spying appliance.

Plus a great batch of questions, our answers, and a rocking round up.

All that and a heck of a lot more on this week’s TechSNAP!

Export Grade Vulnerabilities | TechSNAP 228

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:03:58 -0700

Lenovo & HP are caught injecting malware even after you format the drive, Ubiquiti Networks is socially engineered out of 46 million & are we entering the era of Security Research Prohibition? We debate.

Plus a great batch of your questions, our answers, a rocking round up & much much more!

Oracle's EULAgy #oraclefanfic | TechSNAP 227

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:46:25 -0700

Oracle really doesn’t want you to reverse engineer their products but they may have just released the Kraken, we’ll explain.

A massive drop of 35 fixes in one day, great feedback and follow up, a rockin roundup & much, much more!

Solving the Flash Plague | TechSNAP 226

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 08:37:41 -0700

Adobe is making changes to Flash to mitigate 0day exploits, with help from Google. Chrysler recalls 1.4M vehicles due to a software flaw, we go inside the “Business Club” cyber crime gang.

Plus a great batch of questions, the roundup & more!

SourceForge's Downfall | TechSNAP 225

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:07:39 -0700

SourceForge sees downtime, and we examine their infrastructure, a new pervasive hackgroup has been exposed and their track record is fascinating.

Plus a Hacking Team Round up, a wide variety of audience questions, our answers & much, much more!

Butterflies & Backronyms | TechSNAP 224

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:48:19 -0700

The Backronym vulnerability hits MySQL right in the SSL protection, we’ll share the details. The hacker Group that hit Apple & Microsoft intensifies their attacks & a survey shows many core Linux tools are at risk.

Plus some great questions, a rockin' roundup & much much more!

A Bias to Insecurity | TechSNAP 223

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:57:43 -0700

The Hacking Team fallout continues with more zero day patches you need to install, a new attack against RC4 might finally kill it & how to save yourself from a DDoS attack.

Plus a great batch of your questions, our answers & much, much more!

ZFS does not prevent Stupidity | TechSNAP 222

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:50:07 -0700

From hacking to hacked, hacking team gets owned & what gets leaked is the best part, we’ll share the details.

Plus, a new OpenSSL vulnerability revealed, Apple tweaks their two factor authentication.. Your questions, our answers & much much more!

Ripping me a new Protocol | TechSNAP 221

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 20:08:39 -0700

Amazon has a new TLS implementation & the details look great, we’ll share them with you. The technology that powers the NSA’s XKEYSCORE you could have deployed yourself.

Some fantastic questions, a big round up & much, much more!

Homeland Insecurity | TechSNAP 220

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:09:57 -0700

Google’s datacenter secrets are finally being revealed & we’ll share the best bits. Why The US Government is in no position to teach anyone about Cyber Security, how you can still get hacked offline, A batch of great questions, a huge round up & much, much more!

OPM Data too Valuable to Sell | TechSNAP 219

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:14:43 -0700

Kaspersky labs has been hacked, we’ll tell you why it looks like a nation state was the attacker, why OPM data is too valuable sell & the real situation with LastPass.

Plus some great questions, our answers & a rocking round up.

All that and much, much more on this week’s TechSNAP!

Hacking Henchmen for Hire | TechSNAP 218

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:23:08 -0700

This week, how hard lessons learned in 1982 could be apply to 2015’s security breaches, hacking for hire goes big & a savage sentient car that needs better programming.

Plus some fantastic questions, a rocking round-up & much more!

An Encryptioner's Conscience | TechSNAP 217

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:42:19 -0700

The sad state of SMTP encryption, a new huge round of flaws has been found in consumer routers & the reviews of Intel’s new Broadwell desktop processors are in!

Plus some great questions, a huge round-up & much, much more!

Spy vs MSpy | TechSNAP 216

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 28 May 2015 09:37:21 -0700

Spyware creator mSpy hacked, find out why this breach is particularly egregious, what’s wrong with pcap & why RSA’s death has been greatly exaggerated.

Plus a great batch of questions, a rocking round up & much, much more!

EXTenuating Circumstances | TechSNAP 215

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 21 May 2015 16:52:29 -0700

Researches have uncovered a weakness in almost all Internet encryption. We’ll explain what LogJam is, how to protect yourself & what the cause is.

Linux gets bit by a filesystem corruption bug, passport id thieves, a great batch of questions & much, much more!

Venomous Floppy Legacy | TechSNAP 214

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 14 May 2015 19:52:01 -0700

We explain the Venom vulnerability, what the impact is & the steps major providers are taking to protect themselves.

Plus strategies to mitigate Cyber Intrusions, a truly genius spammer, great questions, a huge round up & more!

Blame as a Service | TechSNAP 213

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 07 May 2015 18:46:08 -0700

Why a stolen healthcare record is harder to track than you might think, Security pros name their must have tools & blame as a service, the new Cybersecurity hot product.

Plus great questions, a huge Round Up & much, much more!

Dormant Docker Disasters | TechSNAP 212

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:36:53 -0700

The man who broke the music business, the major downsides to the container culture & yes, they really are trying to sell you Security Snake Oil.

Plus your great questions, our answers & much, much more!

The French Disconnection | TechSNAP 211

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 02:17:59 -0700

What’s really the key to detecting a breach before its become much too late? We’ll share some key insights, plus a technical breakdown of China’s great cannon & the new New French Surveillance Law that should be a warning to us all.

Plus a great round up, fantastic questions, our answers & much, much more!

SMBTrapped in Microsoft | TechSNAP 210

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:03:32 -0700

Researches find an 18 year old bug in Windows thats rather nasty, we’ve got the details. A new perspective on the bug bounty arms race & the security impact of Wifi on a plane.

Plus great feedback, a bursting round up & much much more!

Day-0 of an InfoSec Career | TechSNAP 209

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:03:45 -0700

Is it possible to make a truly private phone call anymore? The answer might surprise you. Cisco and Level 3 battle a huge SSH botnet & how to Build a successful Information Security career.

Plus a great batch of your questions, a rocking round up, and much, much more!

Any Cert Will Do | TechSNAP 208

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:54:48 -0700

Why boring technology might be the better choice, Google revokes & China chokes, why you want to create an account at irs.gov before crooks do it for you.

Plus your great IT questions, a rocking round up & much, much more!

Lunch Lady Lockdown | TechSNAP 207

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:41:04 -0700

Reverse Engineering Incentives to Improve Security. New Jersey school district computers held for ransom & the flash bug that lives on from 2011 with a twist!

Plus some great networking questions, drone powered Internet & more!

Two Factor Falsification | TechSNAP 206

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:02:32 -0700

Microsoft takes 4 years to fix a nasty bug, how to bypass 2 factor authentication in the popular ‘Authy’ app.

Hijacking a domain with photoshop, hardware vs software RAID revisited, tons of great questions, our answers & much much more!

An Uber Mess | TechSNAP 205

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:56:30 -0700

Using encryption is a good thing, but its just the start, we’ll explain. Plus how one developer totally owned the Uber app.

Then it’s a great batch of your questions & our answers!

Ghost of Crypto Past | TechSNAP 204

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 17:55:14 -0800

We’ll break down the technical baggage that led to the new FREAK SSL flaw & the security ramifications of top executives using personal email accounts…

Plus why just need to stop hiding file extensions. Plus some great feedback & much, much more!

TurboHax | TechSNAP 203

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:15:52 -0800

Lenovo & Google are victims of DNS hijacking, we’ll share the details, Everyone wants you to secure your data, just not from them & how Turbotax profits from Cyber tax fraud!

Plus a great batch of your questions, a fantastic round up & much, much more!

SuperFishy Mistake | TechSNAP 202

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:29:41 -0800

Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS connections, we’ll break down how this is possible, the danger that still exists & more.

Plus the story of a billion dollar cyber heist anyone could pull off, the Equation group, your questions, our answers & much much more!

Group Problemcy | TechSNAP 201

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:08:23 -0800

A 20 year old design flaw in Windows has just been patched & it requires some major re-working of the software. Attackers compromise Forbes.com & why Facebook’s new ThreatExchange platform could be a great idea.

Plus a great batch of feedback, our answers & much much more!

Your TechSNAP Story | TechSNAP 200

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 19:52:11 -0800

A new major security breach at a large health insurance firm could expose 10s of millions, a phone phishing scam anyone could fall for & we celebrate our 200th episode with your TechSNAP stories.

Then its a storage spectacular Q&A & much, much more!

Internet of Problems | TechSNAP 199

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:56:56 -0800

The internet of dangerous things is arriving but what about taking care of the devices we already have? We’ll discuss!

Plus details on critical updates from Adobe, the surprising number of Gas Stations vulnerable to exploitation via the internet, your questions, our answers & much, much more!

Dude Where's My Card? | TechSNAP 198

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:17:52 -0800

Adobe has a bad week, with exploits in the wild & no patch. We’ll share the details. Had your credit card stolen? We’ll tell you how.

Plus the harsh reality for IT departments, a great batch of questions, our answers & much much more!

Patch and Notify | TechSNAP 197

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 22:27:16 -0800

Been putting off that patch? This week we’ll cover how an out of date Joomla install led to a massive breach, Microsoft and Google spar over patch disclosures & picking the right security question...

Plus a great batch of your feedback, a rocking round up & much, much more!

Sony’s Hard Lessons | TechSNAP 196

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 19:46:44 -0800

We reflect on the lessons learned from the Sony Hack & discuss some of the tools used to own their network.

Plus a overview of what makes up a filesystem, a run down of the Bacula backup system & much more!

Cloudy With a Chance of SSL | TechSNAP 195

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:55:14 -0800

We go inside the epic takedown of SpamHaus, then we break down why CloudFlare’s Flexible SSL is the opposite of security.

Followed by a great batch of questions, our answers & much much more!

Best Of TechSNAP 2014 | TechSNAP 194

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 13:40:25 -0800

We look back at this year in TechSNAP. Allan shares his war stories, TrueCrypt shuts down, Heartbleed happens & more!

Don’t Fire IT | TechSNAP 193

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:55:42 -0800

More and more data breaches are leading to blackmail but the stats don’t tell the whole story. We’ll explain.

Plus the latest in the Sony hack, and the wider reaction. Plus a great batch of emails & much, much more!

Signed by Sony | TechSNAP 192

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:53:01 -0800

If we could rebuild the Internet from scratch, what would we change? It’s more than just a thought experiment. We’ll share the details about real world research being done today!

Plus we dig through the Sony hack, answer a ton of great question & a rocking roundup!

Celebrity Bugs | TechSNAP 191

chris@jupiterbroadcasting.com (Jupiter Broadcasting) — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 20:59:57 -0800

2014 has been the year of the celebrity bugs, we take a look at the new trend of giving security vulnerabilities names & logos & ask who it truly benefits.

Plus practical way to protect yourself from ATM Skimmers, how they work & much more!