The Security Box, Podcast 213: Upgrading Software The Technology Blog And Podcast And TSB podcast

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Welcome to the security box, program 240. On this program, we're going to have the news, the notes and the landscape. We're also going to have our topic talking about Dragon Force. We're also going to review the trivia for last week and issue the question for this week too. We hope you enjoy the program as much as we have bringing it to you! Trivia: Here is the trivia for podcast 239. Crypto hackers get crafty: A hacker group called FreeDrain has built an entire phishing empire targeting desperate crypto users. They do it by poisoning search results with over how many malicious links? Victims are lured by fake wallet support pages, asked for their seed phrases and drained faster than a Solana transaction. The heist? Already in the millions. Is the answer: A: 100,000 B: 250,000 C: 650,000 D: over 650,000 E: under 100,000 The answer Crypto hackers get crafty: A hacker group called FreeDrain has built an entire phishing empire targeting desperate crypto users. They do it by poisoning search results with over 200K malicious links. Victims are lured by fake wallet support pages, asked for their seed phrases and drained faster than a Solana transaction. The heist? Already in the millions. This week's question: How fast did Nvidia-grade AI hardware cracked your 8-character password? Is the answer: A: 5 minutes B: 10 minutes C: 15 minutes D: 20 minutes E: 25 minutes F: 30 minutes G: over 30 minutes Call (888) 405-7524 and let me know what you think. Also, last week, we asked about Gen Z and the percentage of those who use social media to get their news and the answer there according to Kim Komando is 60%. Problem much? Our topic: Dragon force https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/04/27/another-threat-actor-indicates-they-wont-go-after-hospitals-cancer-centers/ is the blog post leading to the topic for today and https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/05/27/dragon-force-is-causing-more-havoc-goes-after-msp/ is the link. We hope you enjoy today's show and thanks for listening!…

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Sans 16: News that ended for their newsletter dated May 20, 2025 56:09

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Sans 16 will have sans for May 20th. Sorry for the lateness folks, its been busy but we've got a free period and we'll try to get better here. This">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=b9ce492d9e364f03cc6d2c15c07ecf76c822c55539a6e5b086024ab2c7ea77da2671f8c503a8ae9cab0e48503bc10a79a4c1c930779487f0c1813f4e9ae58613008cd596529184a7ab8d51454a9a9ae1725b807810f4aee3">This is the link to read the newsletter in full. On this newsletter, Voicmail, texts and deepfakes, a Cyberdefense law is passed, the UK gets breached again with law applicants getting owned and much more. We hope that you enjoy the program, thanks for listening!…

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The Security box, podcast 239: Interlock 2:04:52

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Hello gang, welcome to the security box, podcast 239. Our topic today is dealing with Interlock. This is something you don't want. News, notes, and the landscape as well. News, notes and the landscape as well. Our topic is going to be on Interlock. https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/04/20/interlock-becoming-more-dangerous-threatens-legal-problems-if-you-dont-pay/ is the blog post leading to the article, but I don't think we mentioned that it will threaten legal action if you do not pay. We've got two questions, one as part of news notes and one at the end as we discuss what we're going to do for the Security Hour on Saturday. The full show notes link to some of the newsy items we've got that might be of interest, and those notes will have a lot of other linked items too. See you all next week!…

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Sans news bites for May 13, 2025 episode 15 issued 5-18 1:04:00

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Welcome to Sans episode 15. On this episode, we've got patch tuesday stuff from Microsoft and others, compitition between the EU and US when it comes to vulnerability databases, Gartner says we can't patch our way out of threat debt, Chrome gets updated, advanced protection comes to Android 16 and much more. https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=e6fcbe2d6740edd4a19d81c2fb3dcb46d18f61723a828ac4ebaa209613a73b851b0e0afba8636113af8926df584ef00cdc38b22dd69d71d3476b4045f474f5c244016c8d96920354e414fa27fe797e94 is the link where you can view the newsletter as these are some of the lights of what you'll hear. I need to continue to slow down, and try not to go too fast. There may be some mistakes, more than I usually do, sorry about that. This episode is for the newsletter from Friday, May 16, 2025. Thanks for listening, reading and learning together! I hope you enjoy the show!…

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TSN 12: Sans Ouch! May 2025 2:27

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If you did not hear Sans 12, you get to on this Saturday Night's throwback Saturday Night program on the independent channel of 986themix.com Direct link to the independent channel is at http://magnatune.jaredrimer.net and I hope you join us at 7 PM CT, 5 PT for music and more followed by 8 PM with the topic from May. Didn't read Ouch! for this month? Find it here by using https://www.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/cybercriminals-exploit-your-emotions/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=HL-GL&utm_content=1474676_spot_red_flags_button&utm_campaign=OUCH&utm_rdetail=Global&utm_goal=Community_Growth&utm_type=SSA&is=551b434744de4aefe4d6ece8bf1e298e24df99defd5f7ad7037383755fd2d757 as your link.…

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Sans news bites, episode 14 for May 13, 2025 1:02:18

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Welcome to Sans 14. We're skipping a week of Sans due to me being unavailable to tape. This time, a big company in the education system is hacked, Apple secures IOS and other projects, Google Settles Texas privacy suit, Florida's E2EE crashes and burns and Asus gets fixed although the entry has the text from the prior item. The newsletter can be found by using https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=f7031841e4a7fae735eb0784e9b805486cab63b0c33dcb06122c11704cd3a9b277e3e1c28433d3c50acc96485ed2a5c1c2b70935e5532d8b373d775d7fc8b1896e1c5bd430a4eeb1f821b01221a3899c if you wish to read it.…

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TSB 238: news, notes and the landscape; accessible security software 2:33:34

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Welcome to the security box, program 238. On this program, we're going to have news, notes and the landscape as well as trivia and a discussion of accessible software and the lack there of when it comes to software we can use in the security landscape. Please feel free to contact the podcast by email, imessage, text and the comment line at (804) 442-6975. Thanks so much for listening! Here's our trivia question for today. How many seconds does it take to crack a 6-character password? Is it A. 15 seconds B: 30 seconds C: 45 seconds D: less than a second E: 1 minute Call (888) 405-7524 if you have any guesses. Leave a name or the name you want to go by and your guess. Answers revealed next week. Last week's question was: It’s Thursday, friend. Ever notice those tiny bumps on your keyboard’s F and J keys? They serve a legit and genius purpose. I’ll give you some hints for why they’re there: A) “Home base” for your fingers, B) Grip for high-speed typing, C) Braille, or D) Random factory defect we’ve all accepted. Go ahead, stare at your keyboard like you just discovered aliens. You can find the answer at the end! The answer to the FJ mystery is, drumroll please … A) So your fingers know where to “home”! The little bumps on F and J are like miniature bumpers, guiding touch-typists back to center stage without even looking. So next time you’re speed typing that Yelp review, use the 50-year-old typewriter tech at your fingers’ disposal. News: A new dating app has been hiding the fact that it didn't keep its promise and revealed your data. https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/05/12/were-a-dating-app-and-we-just-fucked-up-by-exposing-your-data-to-anyone-who-wants-it/ https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/05/12/lockbit-bitten-again-but-not-by-a-takedown/ Our topic: Is software that is to protect us from worms, trojans and the like accessible? A 2020 post shows it isn't and this hasn't changed. https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2020/07/06/what-is-the-state-of-antivirus-today-is-it-about-dead/ is the article, and let's see what you say. One of the companies even went so far as to sell our data to advertisors. https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2024/02/24/avast-caught-collecting-lots-of-info-selling-it-to-other-companies/ If you search AntiVirus, you'll find other posts, but these are the big ones. We hope you enjoy the show!…

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TSN 11: DevaOnBreaches with an item, news notes and the landscape 2:28

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Hello gang, I recorded this on Friday for tomorrow's throwback Saturday Night show. On the security hour, we're going to cover something we also covered as part of TSB 237 which also got released today because we've been busy. We'll have news notes from the landscape if any and it'll mainly be an open forum. Show is on Saturday, 7 pm CT, 8 ET on the independent channel at http://magnatune.jaredrimer.net so why not join? See you next time!…

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TSB podcast 237 for May 7, 2025: CISA and Mitre contract 2:59:46

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Hello gang, sorry for the late release its been busy. We've got news, notes and trivia today. Here's the Trivia for this week. It’s Thursday, friend. Ever notice those tiny bumps on your keyboard’s F and J keys? They serve a legit and genius purpose. I’ll give you some hints for why they’re there: A) “Home base” for your fingers, B) Grip for high-speed typing, C) Braille, or D) Random factory defect we’ve all accepted. Go ahead, stare at your keyboard like you just discovered aliens. You can find the answer at the end! Call (888) 405-7524 if you want to guess. One guess per caller. Let me know if you want your guess aired. Leave a name or a name you want to go by so we can log the answer. The topic is coming from the article titled CISA reverses course, extends MITRE CVE contract and whose link is https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-reverses-course-extends-mitre-cve-contract/ if you want to read it. We hope you enjoy the show, thanks so much for listening! And oh yes, the answer to podcast 235 is also revealed too.…

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Sans episode 13: More vulns and some good out of the bad 58:04

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Sans 13 will be releasing after 12, and we're now all caught up. Welcome to Sans, episode 13. This">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=6dc4120f1b77a95c7cf4ce4cd833f7454db9893d83c0674e789006dd8cd6812ed7fca17eaacce81bdd8dd2995972b696348c261f745add4e84cbc846682d8a7ee877e6dced0706bf45e756ebdaaf3091">This is the link you'll use to go to the newsletter. If you use windows, look for the story dealing with remote desktop and their use and acceptance of old passwords that may have been changed. Apple has an RCE dealing with airplay, more breaches and two more British companies hit with a cyberattack.…

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Sans episode 12: Ouch! May 2025: Common scams we've seen before 30:52

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Sans episode 12 is going to cover ouch! and its newsletter. They also just did a podcast too. How">https://www.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/cybercriminals-exploit-your-emotions/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=HL-GL&utm_content=1474676_spot_red_flags_button&utm_campaign=OUCH&utm_rdetail=Global&utm_goal=Community_Growth&utm_type=SSA&is=551b434744de4aefe4d6ece8bf1e298e24df99defd5f7ad7037383755fd2d757">How Cybercriminals Exploit Your Emotions is your article. We'll have Sans News Bites coming in the coming days for this past Friday. I think this would be best as sans is lengthy and this may not be too lengthy. Ouch! was debuted in Sans episode 3 before Sans turned in to braille which is working out better for us. I just need to slow down.…

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TSN episode 10: DOGE and what they're up to 2:38

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Lock and Code has a very interesting episode on the DOGE, the department of government efficency. Are they efficient? Is what they're doing legal? Its discussed within this episode you'll hear on the independent channel Saturday at 7 CT for music and 8 CT in the evening for the topic. News, notes and the landscape as well.…

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Sans episode 11: more 2024 news out there we're now finding out about 47:30

4 weeks ago47:30

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Welcome to Sans episode 11. This">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=e1a57787ccf48b69bad6f779276d2ce579777c139d486b992e76ab9f610665531d0543b63785c87f1c9d30b9bf212050c56944926bfe4f400976966986680bbcfeddf9c5f4ef689cf1ced4263e2dc8db8434c12165628f8e">This is the link to the newsletter for Apr 29 if you want to read it. One of the items in the top of the news covers malicious USB chargers. Make sure you're using your own charger. I heard about the power outage, but from what I have heard, it may not be cyber related at all. We have more news on the city in Texas we recently talked about as well. Make sure you leave your thoughts and we can have them aired.…

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TSB podcast 236: Open forum part 2 including a cautionary tale 2:31:29

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Lots to ponder here on episode 236. This includes a cautionary tale.

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Sans episode 10: here we go again with more health care breaches 48:54

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