November 28, 2022 300th Episode!! I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for 300 weeks – almost 6 years now! And returning for his 3rd “podcentennial” episode is world-renowned…
October 3, 2022 Capture the Flag for Fun & Profit Cybersecurity is the only technical, professional occupation I know of where practitioners routinely sharpen their skills through open competitions. The contests are based on…
July 25, 2022 Hacking Your Honda The “rolling code” technology used to remotely open and lock your car is supposed to prevent hacking. Unfortunately, Honda has a pretty serious vulnerability…
July 4, 2022 Necessary Chaos While many of us prefer order in our lives, at least most of the time, we sometimes need a little chaos. Specifically, we need…
August 11, 2021 Understanding Hackers & Hacking What is a hacker, exactly? What does it mean to hack something? With all the ransomware attacks and election meddling in the headlines, it’s…
July 5, 2021 Make That Shaken AND Stirred Robocalls are the bane of my existence. I get so many spam calls that I’ve just stopped answering my home phone altogether. I’ve given…
June 21, 2021 Hacking Satellites for Fun & Profit Are satellites really just IoT devices in space? They’re small computers and connected to the internet, not unlike Nest thermostats, baby video monitors, and…
September 3, 2018 🎧 It’s Time to Fix Our Election Systems (Again) The 2018 DEFCON Vote Hacking Village showed once again that our voting machines are way too easy to hack. Even though election system manufacturers…
April 30, 2018 🎧 Defending Your Home From Rogue IoT Devices Our electronics and appliance manufacturers are desperately trying to turn all of their “dumb” products into “smart” ones by connecting them to the Internet…
April 9, 2018 🎧 Best Buy Geek Squad or Spy Squad? Would you take your computer in for repair if you knew the technicians would be scanning your hard drive looking for anything suspicious while…
