An expert in cybersecurity and network infrastructure, Nick Espinosa is a nationally recognized speaker, member of the Forbes Technology Council, TEDx Speaker, regular columnist for Forbes, award winning co-author of a bestselling book "Easy Prey", on the Board of Advisors for Roosevelt University's College of Arts and Sciences as well as their Center for Cyber and Information Security and also Bits N’ Bytes Cybersecurity Education, Nick is known as an industry thought leader and sought after for his advice on the future of technology and how it will impact every day businesses and consumers. Nick has consulted with clients ranging from small businesses up to the Fortune 100 level. He founded Windy City Networks, Inc in 1998 at age 19 and was acquired by BSSi2 LLC in 2013 where he is their CIO. In 2015 Security Fanatics, a Cybersecurity/Cyberwarfare outfit dedicated to designing custom Cyberdefense strategies for medium to enterprise corporations, was launched.
Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Toys ‘R' Us, Nintendo, Sotheby's, Pirelli Tyres, Air France and your AI girlfriend are all having a rather bad week!

Recently, Amazon was caught hiding its massive water use. This is consistent with their years long efforts to never disclose anything to the public.

Amazon Expands the U.S. Surveillance State by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Remember the Cracker Barrel logo outrage? That was driven by bot networks controlled by foreign and hyper partisan radicals that pushed it to the rightwing of this country. We are seeing the social media networks overrun with that which is killing our society. We explore this important topic and so much more this week.

Amazon to Replace 600K Workers with Robots by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

CISA, F5, PNC, Canadian Tire, Discord and so much more are all part of breaches of the week!

Ready to get your freak on with ChatGPT!? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Blockchains can get you infected! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Satellites are leaking a ton of sensitive data! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Sora is making society, and history, worse by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Nintendo, Qantas, SonicWall and how lying is hacking our brains are all part of this week.

American Internet Is About To Get More Expensive by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Outside of possibly World War 3, A.I.'s political bias is one of the most important issues of our time. As humans view answers from A.I. as authoritative, the concern of who actually trains the controls the A.I. that populations use becomes a critical question. We explore this and so much more. Don't miss this episode!

Tesla's Full Self-Driving is violating the rules of the road! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Can the U.S. Military Access Your Oura Ring? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

The AI Bubble is Coming... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Discord, Salesforce, Red Hat, Oracle (again), Renault, Comcast and the US Air Force all made this is just an insane week for breaches!

AI is Designed to Play With Your Emotions by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Israel gets into the Foreign Disinformation Business by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

ChatGPT Should Not Be Your Confessor by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Why Are Safety Features Always An Afterthought? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

The Next Industry That AI Kills? Acting! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Harrods, Stellantis, Volvo, the Canadian Government and so much more is why these segments are ALWAYS open bar!

Microsoft Copilot Has Too Much Access! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Bot Networks Are Dragging US Brands Into The Mix by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

We are facing seriously uncertain times, not just in the United States but the world seems to be turning upside down. We explore China, Switzerland, human rights for AI, and so much more. Best of luck to us all...

Sorry, Everyone... No A.I. Pope For You! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

TikTok Sucks in Canada Too by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

NYC's Criminal SIM Farm Isn't New by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Tiffany, SonicWall, Crowdstrike, SonicWall, Aetna CVS, The Social Security Administration and every financial advisor in Canada and so much more are why we want off this planet this week...

AI Political Bias Is Alive and Well by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

AI Will Fundamentally Change Child Development by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

We Will Never Escape Ads Again... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

At What Point Is AI Liable For Its Own Actions? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

The Great Firewall of China, Jaguar Land Rover, Workday, Facebook, Tenable and Qualys, HackerOne and so much more are all part of this week's breaches!

Ads in Windows 11... Come on, Man... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

So, let's talk about the best countries to park your data!

If a law is literally impossible to follow, it undermines the legitimacy of the legal system itself. Decentralized social network platform Mastodon says it can't comply with Mississippi's age verification law. A law that cannot be complied with doesn't regulate behavior, instead it criminalizes existence. In this case, the law is less about shaping user behavior than about shaping which platforms survive. And this is where the US is heading. We explore this and so much more. Please don't miss this one.

Should AI Have Rights? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

UK Age Verification is making people vulnerable by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Phishing Awareness Training Doesn't Work... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Cloudflare, Navy Fed, AT&T, more Salesforce fallout and now these segments are officially open bar...

and probably about 80 other countries too!

The "Dead Internet Theory" May Soon Be Real by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

How to Protect Yourself Against Government's Latest Spyware by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic