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
Your Special Breach of the Week! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Sleep Trackers Are Keeping You Awake by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Social Media Contradicts Happiness by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Your Meta Smart Glasses Recordings Aren't Private by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
A.I. Is Encouraging Kids To Commit Violence by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Starbucks, Coinbase, Stryker, Avis, Telus, Michelin & also about 50 other organizations are all part of the mess this week!
Instagram Doesn't Care About Your Privacy by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Welcome to the evolution of insider threat.
Also, why are they using Russian hacking tools? The Trump Administration has been quietly building a de facto national ID for citizens, using our biometric information and data from various departments. On top of that, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been using Russian hacking software to break into phones. We also cover that also Mark Zuckerberg's recent testimony at the landmark social media trial. Here are the questions the attorneys should have asked this terrible human. We cover this and more. Don't miss this important episode!
Iran's Asymmetrical Responses Have A Long History by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
State Level Resistance To Surveillance Is Growing by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
LexisNexis, LeakBase, Nissan, The FBI and more are all part of this week's fun!
Predictive Markets Are Problematic... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Apple Bans ByteDance's Chinese Apps! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Your Car's Newest Cyber Vulnerability: It's Tires! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The French Government, PayPal, Wynn Resorts, Candian Gun Owners, and so many more are part of this week's data breaches! Honestly, this week felt like Canada Week!
Chatbots Are Making Mental Illness Worse by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
This is an episode of FOUR deep dives into how we are losing our human rights... And we are helping it happen. Facial Recognition is becoming in escapable and Meta is about to make that problem a thousand times worse. On top of this, an open communications platform was blocked by a government and the overall expansion of surveillance in the USA is getting cover from the legal system. We also cover so much more and you do not want to miss this episode.
and we're not supposed to know about it.
Three A.I.s agree... let's nuke the humans! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The Looming Chip Disaster That The World Needs To Address by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Nuclear Waste Can Fix Energy Shortages by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The Dutch Police, Salesforce, CarGurus, Adidas, Canada Goose are all part of this week's fun! FYI, I'm trying a new format for info delivery in this segment. If you're a regular Breaches watcher/listener, I'd love feedback (good or bad!)
Here is all of the reference I material I used for this segment. Feel free to read on this yourself! -Oxygen leadership pages: https://www.oxygenforensics.com/en/company/team/ https://www.oxygenforensics.com/news/note-from-ceo/) -Oxygen Forensics, Inc. Alexandria, VA address (company site): https://www.oxygenforensics.com/en/subscribe-to-newsletter/ -Privacy policy repeats address: https://www.oxygenforensics.com/en/privacy-policy/ -OpenCorporates listing): https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_va/07613078 -EPIC ICE FOIA request (mobile forensic contracts incl. Oxygen): https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/foia/dhs/ice/mobile-forensics/EPIC-17-06-13-ICE-FOIA-20170613-Request.pdf -DHS test results for Oxygen Forensic Detective (tool validation context): https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/25_0501_st_test_results_for_mobile_device_acquisition_tool_oxygen_forensic_detective_v17.1.0.131.pdf -Access Now report tying Oxygen Forensics to its parent company Oxygen Software and Central Asia reseller marketing: https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/archive/docs/Commonwealth_of_Surveillance_States_ENG_1.pdf -Oxygen's list of Resellers, many of whom are in authoritarian nations: https://www.oxygenforensics.com/company/resellers/ -Forbes 2017 on Oxygen's "distance from Russian connections” framing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/08/30/russian-hackers-help-us-with-encryption-nightmare/ -Oxygen's "Reflecting on 25 years of Oxygen Forensics Innovation" article. Note there is no mention of Russian origins. https://www.oxygenforensics.com/resources/25-years-of-innovation/ -Forbes 2023 lawsuit information describing Oxygen as founded by two Russian entrepreneurs: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/12/04/russian-hacker-lawsuit-exposes-flaws-in-apples-ios-16/ -Oxygen's explanation for its cloud and Android extraction capabilities and training: https://www.oxygenforensics.com/training/events/ofce-on-demand/ https://www.oxygenforensics.com/resources/android-agent/
The plan to prove what's real versus AI generated online by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Internet Freedom is under attack around the world. Here's why we need to fund initiatives to protect it.
Here are the questions I would ask this genocide complicit human.
Welcome to the sooner than later next level of false reality...
The ramifications would be massive... And I think this is a good lesson in vetting information and sources but first, let's dive into this claim
When talking about defending ourselves It's important to start with this concept: A surveillance state rarely needs to hack you. Instead, It relies on lawful interception, compelled disclosure, bulk metadata collection, commercial data brokers, and correlation across systems. In this Deep Dive, we discuss in-depth how to best defend yourself from the prying eyes of a government. This is beyond important. We also cover so much more and you do not want to miss this episode.
Volvo, Comcast, the entire population of Senegal, Telegram, an AI Chat App, and Russia's state required messaging platform are all the reasons why we should just quit the internet...
and Mark Zuckerberg really is a terrible human being.
We've entered into the Retaliation phase of AI development... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Governments Shouldn't Be Able To Block Open Communications Platforms by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The Super Bowl Ad That Created Privacy Concerns by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Facial Recognition is Becoming Inescapable by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Flickr, Substack, Panera, Iron Mountain, Harvard, roughly every Chinese citizen and AI Social Network Moltbook are all part of this week's breaches insanity!
In Our Dystopian Future, A.I. Uses You! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
and here's how to enable it...
Social Network for AI is A Bit Concerning... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Panera Bread, Canada Computers, Stellantis, Match, Hinge, OKcupid, Krispy Kreme, Bumble and one Kiwi's desire to get some teeth are all part of this week's breaches!
We Are Never Getting Rid Of Deepfakes by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Half of Americans now deliberately spend less time on screens, and the choice is paying off... and this long overdue. The younger generations are realizing what Gen X and older generations have known... the real world isn't on Twitter, it's being face to face with friends and interacting. It's creating real and actual connections and not simply swiping left or right. This is long overdue and we cover so much more as well this week!
Governments Shouldn't Use AI For Pics & Vids by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
If you're using Bitlocker, you're not nearly as secure as you think!
The Lawsuit Against Social Media that NEEDS to Win by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
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