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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: 100,000B: 250,000C: 650,000D: over 650,000E: under 100,000The answerCrypto 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 minutesB: 10 minutesC: 15 minutesD: 20 minutesE: 25 minutesF: 30 minutesG: over 30 minutesCall (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 forcehttps://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!

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!

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!

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!

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.comDirect 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.

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.

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 secondsB: 30 secondsC: 45 secondsD: less than a secondE: 1 minuteCall (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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Are we surprised about some of the stories in here? Several breaches and several may not be from any actor at all. Here are the notes.I know we're behind with another Sans to be released soon, but we're doing the best we can. Lots of news including one that I did see an article about on Bleeping but I decided not to cocer it as I don't think the users here use the tool or software.You can view">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=d156b8f498db80b16c01cfc8a99db54de0cee1864496cd67ad1b0ebb85cd531ff9c12cebd324005d677cfd3bd5d1b06a7020a353ad15ee4c7c252b20f063d04256783637c912849d22c205c8bc2bf0f5">view the newsletter as a web page and this newsletter is for April 25, 2025.

Episode 9 was for the newsletter for April 22nd. There was a comment to the accompanying blog post of one of the stories which was shared by TSB staff during a news notes segment. Here are the notes for episode 9. Welcome to episode 9 of Sans. This is for the Newsletter that is released on April 22. Several of these items are on the blog, and this">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=e408d7e646202b4bf5159051ce27ed075e7e9bca62bb7605eea29fd3ce6542bef88e931db0bdebb0a927ccac6d682e8f2429704936d6b88a8f000f5b2bdadb6fdd02c2de82874e6eb46a26f15b698d16">this is the link to the newsletter you'll need. We hope you enjoy what's news, and we'll see you again on another edition of the program very soon.

Apple is in hot water with the UK laws indicating they need to have a backdoor in their software so they can see what's going on. Good or bad? This episode talks about some news we may have covered, but if we find other stuff, we're blogging it too if found.

There is going to be some srong language and a topic we try not to make too sexual in this program as sex and tech could mix. Something airing twice, once as a discussion and once as a things to ponder. Trivia, news notes and the landscape.

Welcome to Sans, episode 8. The CVE program has gotten funding for another year, CISA needs to issue guidance after Oracle's latest disaster and the UK commissioners office is fining a law firm for a breach. Those are the top three stories of this episode. There are 6 others in the rest of the news. Oracle also gets a mention, and so does a company called the Landmark Insurrance company. Check jaredtech.help for some of what we have fund before the newsletter was issued. Here">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=480e4cfa3d0abec605627cc2ed396a5fc495dba430393f6a5b47a734fe3a9435b48f4aef28c72d83e9f2ba6ad75bd3d301b9a6ee3c16a9245348a301a8134c2c6d40c35b5ebac16f42fc7e23d3e7e1e5">Here is the link to the April 18th newsletter if you want to follow along. See you next time!

Why is TikTok not banned yet? What is collected there anyway and what is the problem with it? From episode 384 which was released on Monday, come learn what seems to be the problem. We played the podcast Friday the 11th, as we put it together, but for this audience, we'll go in to a discussion about it.

Welcome to episode 7 of Sans. This">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=9afad2caee0214f8be073cdcbaffd7d6cc9e6a4e911d1d73f0f3102f20acf07f1b89d7dd614732fe183bca679e49146662e6905c077fe1cc706ce0d9d3ca5b583d3463e36f15d4ff151d4ed73b745473c3c405f656d822bb">This is the link for the newsletter for April 15, 2025. One of the things I found of interest is the rate of Certs to expire to be 47 days in 5 years. Very interesting. Found something you found of interest? Get in touch.Thanks for listening!

Welcome to podcast 384 of the technology blog and podcast. This is Jared Rimer. What the hell is going on with TikTok and our government? On April 9, 2025, we celebrated the fact that it has been one year since the publication of what TikTok collects. Here is that blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2024/04/09/are-you-still-using-tiktok-heres-something-you-need-to-know/">blog post if you want to reread that post from Kim and my reaction. Stop">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/04/05/stop-fucking-around-ban-tiktok-or-dont/">Stop fucking around … ban TikTok or don't! is another post you should read as it is just new within the past little while known as a month. Then we learn that TikTok">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/04/04/so-tiktok-by-bytedance-not-following-competitive-bids-more/">TikTok hasn't followed competitive bids which makes it worse. And let's not forget to write in our notes that China apparently needs to sign off on the deal. Like they're going to do that.Our final segment talks about a new application which is approaching 36 weeks as we write this up. Jacket.fm">http://www.jacket.fm">Jacket.fm is a new social media platform. Look for my profile on my web site under social media. Here">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/04/10/jacket-fm-an-audio-social-media-network/">Here is the write up I gave them. Contact info is given, come say hello!

Welcome to Sans, episode 6. This">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=20237604152745c3a8505cf5303ac7f4fe43d81bd4d4ccb4a5a65c3bd2e8c03821ac78c95fec019dabab841f3124326e562dcac84014fc59d33b69d3597a09e45b9947a13b95aec9852f656693e44e2e">This is the link to the newsletter if you wish to read it. WhatsApp needs updating, Fortinet needs more help, Oracle denies having a breach, and more. Have fun!We're going to try something different, read the newsletter that is of importance and add our own twist where applicable. After episode 5's mistake, its not worth making that mistake again.

On a recent Lock and Code podcast, they discuss whether your device i actually listening or not. While I have some initial thoughts, they may change based on what I hear from this podcast. To join the conversation join us on the independent channel at http://magnatune.jaredrimer.net or email/imessage throwback@986themix.com. If you want your comments aired, let them know and it'll be taken care of.

Gang,This week, we're going to hear about how to protect yourself from social engineering attacks through the Proofpoint discarded podcast. You can Go to the magnatune page to find links to listen on Saturday starting at 7 CT, 5 PT. See you then!

Hello gang, welcome to the security box, podcast 234. There is quite a bit of things coming down the pike as it comes to news including the extension of the ban which was supposed to take affect already. We've got a topic dealing with Crocodilus coming up, and of course our answer on the trivia from last week. If you'd like to contact the show, contact information is available on the show, or go to the">http://www.jaredrimer.net">the web site to learn how to do so. A">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/04/03/a-hacker-within-the-mix-of-the-doge/">A hacker within the mix of the Doge? Europol">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/04/03/europol-took-down-a-vast-pedophile-network/">Europol took down a vast pedophile network Find anything else not listed? Let us know! Other news will be posted that we go in to more detail on during the show but there is not room on these notes.We don't name these, so don't yell at us. Crocodilus">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/03/31/crocodilus-is-new-steals-crypto-wallets-abuses-accessibility-features/">Crocodilus is new, steals crypto wallets, abuses accessibility features is the blog post and New">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-crocodilus-malware-steals-android-users-crypto-wallet-keys/">New Crocodilus malware steals Android users' crypto wallet keys is the article itself. If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">https://www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Hello gang, welcome to the Sans update from the newsletter for April 8, 2025. This">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=a8c8f1dfe2785f921ee2a5fe5035ead56b7fe073f3d5fc1f4f2c8e7971a0374ee04429146ebb9f485a18655db4d31e3aceb33dfe75136c02bc1ef7a5a044d7a7b1ff99f17772db75193ef0c0a3467d9b094f422858c95897">This is the link you'll need to access the newsletter.If you've spotted something you want to comment on, please call the comment line at (888) 405-7524 and thanks for listening!

Welcome to program 383 of the Technology blog and podcast series. On this program, we're going to talk about an article I recently spotted that talks about malware and more abuse of the accessibility of Android for people who are blind or disabled. This is a Bleeping Computer article and you can also find the blog post on our blog. Search Android accessibility if you wish. The article is titled New">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-crocodilus-malware-steals-android-users-crypto-wallet-keys/">New Crocodilus malware steals Android users' crypto wallet keys if you are an Android user and are interested on what this does.Finally, we're going to listen to Discarded and the threat research trenches dealing with Takedowns of domains and my thoughts on the domain industry as a whole. This was aired on Throwback Saturday Night for March 8, 2025. If you have questions, comments and or want to say hey, feel free to do so. The email is tech at menvi.org as well as imessage. Text/WhatsApp 804-442-6975 and feel free to leave a comment at 888-405-7524. Have fun with this cast!

Episode 5 is just the news bites for April 4, 2025. https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=2a1b51b9ae0bee328944ac35970ec9af0a176952e7e38295ad505b16775b786d5b41c6db58cd9c033854aac48663b94d77c05b9cf302a031f1d72eddd4a9397957d8096981d0014008fab9ba942f5a28 is its link.

There is an apparent site out there where you can pay people to kill people. But is it really true and is it still out there today? We know there's a paid podcast out there and the stories are quite shocking.Join Throwback Saturday at 5 PT, 7 CT for music and conversation and Security stuff at 8. http://www.darknetdiaries.com for dark net diaries.http://magnatune.jaredrimer.net to listen to the server.

On this episode of Sans, we're going to cover two items. The first, Sans Ouch! newsletter. https://www.sans.org/newsletters/ouch/account-takeovers-emotional-predators/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=HL-GL&utm_content=1464682_ouch_article_button&utm_campaign=OUCH&utm_rdetail=Global&utm_goal=Community_Growth&utm_type=SSA&is=551b434744de4aefe4d6ece8bf1e298e24df99defd5f7ad7037383755fd2d757 is the link to the newsletter and they talk about social media takeovers and a few scams that you might see. I do try to keep the spirit of the newsletter but make it my own by making up a story in which you could believe if my account(s) were taken over. Alsoo in the newsletter, they introduce a new podcast. https://www.sans.org/podcasts/ouch/ is the link, and you can search Sans Ouch! (with the exclaim mark) to find it. Its the first one if you include the exclaim.For Sans News Bites, the link to that is https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=2d679d7bbfaeb64102bc1d697d3ea79bde17cb508bee7d51ff425742f12bbc42f8e65e8fc776f58583b3340ae69a575df32b84f2ae487258f0180de03fabe871f14948f9d02c256fd23976cfbacab5a8 and as always, you can read what is of interest to you.Thanks so much for listening, make it a great day!

Welcome to the security box, program 233. On this edition of the podcast, we've got news, notes and the landscape. We've even got our topic dealing with 1rep. What are they up to and why is it hitting the news in such a bad way? Full notes will be on our blog at http://technology.jaredrimer.net where you can read them without things breaking. We've got tons of news, tons of notes, Trivia is in here and much more. Strong Language is possible. Its not heavy but its there.

Sans News Bites covers several different items, one of which we've read, another in which we have covered, and another in which might not be surprising. Have you read the newsletter? What did you think? If you have not read the newsletter, here">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=a93c3ebf1ea9caac5b6981b78d834685e0662448439563b9098ea40f1f5dfb4e58d82edd90a7b75366d9e35fa3e240fc71de7dcba9b9d3907685d787d00f858e26ce086bcb663763a58270e2103023190adf2b30db0e328b">here you go. Have a great day, and see you soon!

Here, I talk about what's going on this week. We take the Cyber Wire Daily episode dealing with highjacking. More specificly, remote hijacking.News, notes and the landscape too.

Welcome to the security box, program 232. Phish data can be used in all kinds of things, including apple wallets. Google is also affected, so don't be complacent. Find out more about this within our podcast. This will be our main topic. We have news, notes and the landscape, some of which are highlighted within the notes on the RSS feed and full notes on the blog.Full news notes will be on the blog. Let's make things clear. This is not just an apple problem. This is also a Google problem. The article we're using for this topic is coming from Krebs on Security and is titled How">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/how-phished-data-turns-into-apple-google-wallets/">How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets so if you have not read it, you should. This is going to get very interesting and we know that this is not going to be over any time soon.If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">https://www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Sans News bites is going to be a news specific thing where we go through the newsletter and tell you what might be big from within it. Here">https://view.email.sans.org/?qs=31db83278ea7bc191ebc9de98fb22ea413065346a3ba7095d2eb0f7a5640deba06764173c87ac4597e25dd6e77af58c2e3fdd5ecb14d6522005f56ecaa90b02c6e1826492158dd7121d788f2242fc9d1">Here is the link for March 25, 2025 and we hope you check it out to see what is of importance. This short podcast will be released Wednesday and Saturday and this will give us time to get it read and recorded. See you next time!

While calling Preston one day, I heard about a podcast through N2K networks called the Fight Files. It covers AI and tech and the legal aspect of all of this. Listen to this 50 minute podcast as we wlearn about services that are used to make this possible. The Independent channel will have the program at 5 pm PT, 7 CT and it'll be available through podcast through this link. We hope you can join!

Welcome to the technology blog and podcast, podcast 382. We're continuing where we left off last podcast by starting with something I posted from the blog, and we'll talk about something that probably should be old by now. I've">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/03/15/ive-been-getting-these-emails-all-day-today-it-seems-maybe-the-last-few-days/">I've been getting these emails all day today it seems. Maybe the last few days. shows one of many emails I've been getting as of late dealing with how you can get TikTok followers to come to your website. Sorry to break it to you, but that is not how this works, folks. Next, can you believe that passwords are being handed out through the phone lines again? While this podcast was out on the lines for some time, we hear an announcement on how people are doing this and if caught, they will be removed from the line permanently. Learn">http://www.livewire.us">Learn more about Live Wire if you wih. Finally, what's going on with Power School? They're not forthcoming on their breach they had. Here">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/03/12/here-is-some-more-news-about-power-school-and-its-still-looking-grim/">Here is some more news about Power School and its still looking grim is the latest update including the accompanying article. Have fun with this one. Please feel free to contact me through my">http://www.jaredrimer.net">my web site or contact info given in the cast. Thanks so much for listening!

Welcome to podcast 231. On this podcast, a very interesting ransomware program out there called EncryptHub. What can it do? This is bad in its own way. News, notes, trivia answers and more. EncryptHub">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/encrypthub-breaches-618-orgs-to-deploy-infostealers-ransomware/">EncryptHub breaches 618 orgs to deploy infostealers, ransomware is the article from Bleeping Computer. This may be the new type of Ransomware, and if so, this could be very bad. Have you read this article or the blog post on it that I wrote? If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">https://www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Hello folks, welcome to program 381 of the technology blog and podcast series. We are going to start with an interesting video with Trend Micro that talks about customer success. Making sure customers are happy is the key to having a successful company, and this does not matter what the business is. Next, in our first article we're going to talk about, we're talking about one that should really have more of a punishment than 10 years. The article talks about a guy who basicly sabotoged his former employer after he got terminated. Thinking that he wouldn't be caught at whatever he got caught doing, he put in a kill switch which disabled the company computer network. If you read the article titled Developer">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/developer-guilty-of-using-kill-switch-to-sabotage-employers-systems/">Developer guilty of using kill switch to sabotage employer's systems from Bleeping Computer, what did you think of it? Do you agree with the 10 years he ould get if found guilty? Why or why not? Email, imessage, text, WhatsApp or call and leave a comment on the comment line. Let me know if your comments should be aired. Microsoft">https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/microsoft-6-zero-days-in-march-2025-patch-tuesday/">Microsoft: 6 Zero-Days in March 2025 Patch Tuesday comesfrom Krebs On security as we have a segment on Windows Update. If you can, get those updates going. Email/Imessage tech at menvi.orgtext/WhatsApp: 804-442-6975Leave a message or talk to me: (888) 405-7524 or (818) 527-4754. Enjoy the program!

Lots of varying things coming from Kim Komando including a word not to use because its in scams, a DJI drone hit a plane used to deal with firefighting and much more.

With the trivia, note that we can accept multiple answers today. Those who guessed already can't change their answers.Welcome to program 230 of the Security Box. I can't believe we've made it to program 230, but here we are. Between this milestone, and the relaunch of the tech podcast releasing 380, this is going to get very interesting. On this edition of the program, we're going to hear from Preston in regards to one of the newsletters from Kim Komando. We're going to hear from Trend Micro about the threat landscape thanks to one of their podcasts through Youtube, and we also have an interesting video about a London Story with a guy climbing Big Ben. Yes, its not security related, but you'll see why we've included it here and i'll talk about it for those who did not see it. If you'd like to watch this, let us know what's going on. We know it is a demonstration and I have no problem with it, but doing this with no shoes? Here">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIkowhcFdfE">Here is the video from a news source if you wish to take a look. Phishing">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/02/20/phishing-as-a-service-darcula-may-become-the-next-best-thing/">Phishing as a service Darcula may become the next best thing is the blog post that leads to the article in which we're going to use. This is one of a few items that we will need to watch.If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">https://www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Hello tech podcast subscribers. This has been awhile in the making, as i've been thinking of this podcast for awhile. I've already got some things lined up, but since now I can schedule items, I can put podcasts out once a week and have them dated too. So now this feed has three items: The Tech podcast TSB News on the security hour for throwback saturday night Each show has a set release schedule. This program will be on Mondays. TSB on Thursday or Friday, 24-48 hours of it being recorded live on the independent channel. TSN, short for Throwback Saturday Night will be released 24 hours before airing on the independent channel talking about what we'll talk about on the show. On this program, I'll talk about my ideas for the tech program, and we'll talk about the RSS feed and why it has changed from Anchor to where it is. Where is it now, you say? We're on the plan for networks on a web site called rss.com">http://ww.rss.com">rss.com. Learn more about what they're offering. I hope that this finds you well, and we'll see you on another edition of the program! This is going to be quite interesting and fun.

Discarded comes along this time and we're listening to how the defenders take down domains which may or may not lead to arrests. Its a disruption tactic which can work in examples given in the podcast.

Welcome to the security box, podcast 229. On this podcast, we've got three trivia questions from one Kim Komando Newsletter, we've got the news notes and landscape, and a topic dealing with a country that is messing with more stuff with something we definitely need to be aware of. According to KMOX, identity theft is up. Here's">https://www.ivoox.com/en/identity-theft-resource-center-reports-massive-spike-in-audios-mp3_rf_127374273_1.html">Here's a link to the podcast from the identity resource center. There is something out there called APV. Chinese">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/02/18/chinese-hackers-are-abusing-more-microsoft-stuff/">Chinese hackers are abusing more Microsoft stuff leads to a blog that talks about this APV thing. Don't worry, if you think this is bad, than you haven't been reading the blog. We have more topics picked out so you'll want to give this a look and stay tuned to more podcasts for other topics that could be similar to this that you need to know about.If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">https://www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Welcome to the Security box, podcast 228 for the last week of February. With 28 days in February, this will be the last podcast of the month. I can't believe it! On this podcast we're going to cover news, notes, the landscape and thanks to the Pennsylvania">https://patf.us/">Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation we're bringing you a webinar that you're going to get something out of that talks about identity theft. We'll also talk about domains. Yes, we're seeing ones that were talked about in the past in new twists, so we better rehash this topic and talk about how you can stay safe. If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">https://www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Welcome to podcast 227 of the Security box. On this program, we're going to talk about Lifelock. They're now promoting how good their services are, but yet, we found a program through A&E and other channels. Let's see what you think. Also, there are going to be different findings either on Youtube or other places talking about experiences. Bug">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2018/07/25/bug-in-lifelock-exposes-millions/">Bug in lifelock exposes millions July 25, 2018 The">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2023/01/18/the-fcc-is-to-strengthen-breach-notifications-it-cant-come-soon-enough/">The FCC is to strengthen breach notifications … it can't come soon enough uly 18, 2023 Lastpass">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2023/01/17/lastpass-is-not-the-only-one-target-norton-life-lock-is-now-the-next-victim/">Lastpass is not the only one target, Norton Life Lock is now the next victim January 17, 2023 If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">https://www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Welcome to program number 226. On this program, we're going to have a discussion on what has happened across the network the prior month, including the scare of the fires. But the main topic does talk about a company in which did things completely wrong.So, what should I read you ask? Read the post mortem report: Post">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/2025/02/11/post-mortem-how-important-are-mailing-lists-across-the-jrn/">Post Mortem: How important are mailing lists across the JRN? which will discuss the bulk of what we discuss. We do cover news including some IOS 18.3 updates which Kim Komando says to go ahead and install on phones now. We also have Trivia from last week and a very interesting question we did write down this time. If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate">http://www.jaredrimer.net/donations.html">donate to the network, subscribing">https://www.986themix.com/mailman/listinfo/thesecuritybox_986themix.com">subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog">https://technology.jaredrimer.net/contact-admins/">blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Welcome to the security box, podcast 225. On this program, we're going to talk about a company that earned our stupid fuck award for January. We'll also cover the news, notes, landscape and more. Newsy items Not that we care, but Microsoft Defender is disabling VPN. Microsoft kills of Defender Privacy protection VPN services for more. Deep Seek is being abused, not much of a surprise here, but worth looking at. Should this not be surprising, DeepSeek now being abused for more. Gemini and other tools are being abused, and some have been abused more than others. Enter the AI aspect of these tools and we've penned an article titled Gemini AI tools are being abused … so are others if you want to read it. Globe Life is yet another breach with yet another update. Globe life confirms breach after investigation, 850k more affected if you wish. Meta is in Chaos mode, it seems should not be surprising to some, maybe surprising to others. You decide. Tata tech hit with ransomware You've got to be kidding me … another two databases open but now closed? if you've not read it already. Who got charged this podcast? A Canadian Man got charged this month with pilfering $65m in Crypto. Our blog post Canadian man charged with stealing $65m using crypto exploits has the entire details. Who got our stupid fuck award in January we're talking about now? We mentioned this as part of podcast 224, but it became our topic. Its the Krebs On Security article MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years which really is stupid. We'll stop to explain some things on the way, and we hope this leads to some great conversations. Supporting the podcast If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate to the network, subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

Hello gang, welcome to podcast 224 of the security box. On this program, we're going to talk a little bit about something I spotted through Brian Krebs, an article that really goes in to how voice phishing really works. Also, we'll cover the news and landscape, with a brand new model which started a discussion from within the group which I saw a few items on and we'll see what else comes along. Our topic: Voice Phishing Have you read this interesting article titled A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew by Brian Krebs before? Its going to lead our discussion. Talk about an insight, this article I think does it. Supporting the podcast If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate to the network, subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.

I realize in one part of the intro I said 2024, but another I said 2025 as I wrote the show notes intro which were read. Sorry about that! Hello folks, welcome to program number 223 for Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Its already been a busy month, and now its time to tackle our first topic dealing with a Q4 report from Phishlabs. We also have news, notes, the landscape and we also will talk about our new blog post talking about the stupid fucks of the year. Contact info will always be given throughout the program. Our topic: Risky social media For the first major topic of 2025, an article talking about a Q4 report that Phishlabs did. Riskiest Social Media Platforms, Q4 2024 is tthe article. This is going to get very interesting. Please find full show notes including links to some of the news we talk about on our blog. Supporting the podcast If you'd like to support our efforts on what this podcast is doing, you can feel free to donate to the network, subscribing to the security box discussion list or sending us a note through contact information throughout the podcast. You can also find contact details on our blog page found here. Thanks so much for listening, reading and learning! We can't do this alone.