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Today we talk about two different scams. One involves losing your reward points to be purchased by others (you if you are mean), for real money.

The second is why gift card scams work.



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Show Notes:
On today’s episode we talk about the top 10 things that CISA says is misconfigured.


CISA Guide



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On today’s show we remind everyone to update your computers. Specifically we talk about a flaw in WebP, a lesser known standard that was recently pactched. It is also Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so we go through the steps CISA has told us to do.


WebP
CISA Guide (Warning PDF)



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We get a good, but unexpected update about a site we have recommended in the past. PrivacyGuides.org. If you ever wanted to know what was the best privacy focused tool, PrivacyGuides.org is your place. We won’t mention the other site.


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On this episode we talk about various tracking signals:


Proxy Metrics (this person buys a lot of 3D Printer filament, maybe we should advertise 3D printer nozzles)
Phone Company Tracking
GPS
Web Tracking (like buttons, Google Analytics)
App Permissions (Location, Network Scanning, etc)
Payment Tracking
Rewards Cards (Starbucks, Kroger Plus, etc)
Debit/Credit tracking
Physical Tracking
BLE Beacons
Wifi Beacons
Facebook is not hot-micing your phone



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We bring back InfoSecSherpa about what is bothering her in infosec. Today we talk about conferences, specifically HackSummerCamp in Blackhat, Bsides, and Defcon. Maybe you should focus on the smaller conferences, and work your way up.

InfoSecSherpa Linktree.

InfoSecSherpa Twitter



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