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
Comcast, McGraw Hill, Salesforce, Humana, Booking.com, Rockstar Games, Hasbro, and Snowflake are all part of this week's fun!
Why NIST Needs ALL The Funding by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Governments Must Stop Using Facial Recognition by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
All The Crimes Meta Glasses Will Help You With by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Data Center Bans Are On The Way... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Episode 199 - The Social Media Verdict Doesn't Go Far Enough by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
We Finally Found A Money Source Meta Won't Take... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
and Cryptocurrency folks (and all of us) should be really concerned...
Software Vulnerabilities May Be A Thing Of the Past Soon...
AI Slop is so bad, we now have to claim we're real when we post! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The FBI, Meta, Nike, Nissan, WhatsApp, Iranian-backed Attackers and more are all part of this week's mess.
Here's why.
The Fight For The Right-to-Repair Isn't Over... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
US Government Requests For Users' Social Media Info Has Exploded by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Will AI Weaponize the IRS? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
FBI Director Kash Patel, Elections in Hungary and Slovenia tampered with, the EU Commission compromised and a new White House app that appears to track EVERYTHING about you are all part of this week's political mess.
Is AI Forming A Human Resistance? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
but it's a start.
Iran has a long history of asymmetrical responses to the United States over the years but some news that was reported about a week before the US and Israel launched this war underscores just how serious and problematic the Iranians will be when they start attacking the inside of the USA. We also cover so much more in the critical deep dive. Don't miss it!
WordPress to Explode AI Slop by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
OpenAI wants a Fully Automated Researcher by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Amazon Attempts New Phone... by 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/
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