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US-Backed Cryptocurrency

March 14, 2022 By Marc Laliberte

This week on the podcast, we cover last week's Executive Order from the White House that lays the foundation for a United States Central Bank Digital Currency, or CBDC, and what it means for the future of Cryptocurrency. We also discuss recent research from Mandiant on APT41, a Chinese threat actor that has recently turned their sights on US state governments. … [Read more...]

Conti Leaks

March 9, 2022 By Marc Laliberte

This week on the podcast we cover the recent leaks highlighting the inner workings of the Conti ransomware group that started with chat logs and grew to entire source code dumps. We then round out the episode by discussing the recent Nvidea breach and how some of the stolen information might fuel future attacks. … [Read more...]

5G Didn’t Break Your Car

March 2, 2022 By Trevor Collins

5G didn't put malware on these Mazda’s entertainment systems but many Seattle Mazda drivers couldn't change their radio station after turning it to the local NPR station, KUOW. As one reddit user put it, "the whole audio system and Bluetooth just keeps trying to reboot." Some users also reported they couldn't use their backup cameras. This fiasco started around January 24th … [Read more...]

Rewind: Can We Trust Facial Recognition

February 28, 2022 By Marc Laliberte

This week on the podcast we dig back into our archives for an episode that originally aired back in July 2020 where we discussed one of our analysts first-hand research into facial recognition biases. … [Read more...]

SpoolFool: Windows Print Spooler Fooled Again

February 23, 2022 By Ryan Estes

Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday already occurred this month, so you know what that means - more disclosed vulnerabilities. This iteration of patches included fixes for a combined 70 vulnerabilities, including one zero-day. Thankfully, none of these fall into Microsoft’s “critical” category. However, there are four Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities targeting the Windows … [Read more...]

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