Mostly Security Jon King and Eric Wuehler
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From commentary on current events to random musings, they chat (mostly) about security and technology topics. However, life is more than just the day job. From beekeeping adventures to hiking mountains to favorite shows, there's always something fun to wrap up the show.
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Recurrent Nova
Eric wins the exercise challenge and Jon's iPad is busted. The FCC is (attempting to) fine carriers for sharing your location data, stats on Google's android app store protections in 2023, and GitHub comments are abused to host malware. For fun we have a Netflix series of the Three Body Problem, and an every-80-years-not-a-normal-nova.
0:00 - Intro 14:07 - Fining Carriers 18:12 - Malicious App Police 21:05 - Github Comment Malware 26:22 - Three Body Problem 31:19 - White Dwarf Guyser -
Blow Your Reality Mind
Jon and Eric make it back from Texas, despite airport security. Nespresso has an open redirect vulnerability, eScan AV delivers updates via HTTP and Cisco has Zero-day fun time. Eric admires vaporizing water without heat while Jon is impressed with a pushing firmware updates to a spacecraft 15 billion miles away...
0:00 - Introduction 2:29 - Brisket Seasoning 6:01 - Open Redirect 9:20 - Protect your Updates! 14:50 - Cisco Zero-day 19:27 - Vaporizing Water Sans Heat 23:36 - Programming Voyager 1 -
Aging And Eclectic
Eric performs Digital Spring Cleaning and Jon mostly works outside. Open source groups are worried about other 'XZ Style' hacks, Roku announces a second security incident, LastPass employee is deepfaked, and LG TV vulnerabilities. Don't expose your TVs to the internet folks. For fun we have an amazing article about deep sea cable repair ships and a performance by Drum Tao.
0:00 - Intro 13:34 - "XZ Style" Hacks 14:46 - Roku Part Deux 17:21 - LastPass Deepfaked 20:31 - LG TV Vulns 26:50 - Cable Repair Ships 29:57 - Drum Tao -
Bonsai Herbs
Eric pulls out the BBQ, taunting the Rain Gods. Jon checks on his bees and deserves a third wire. Hackers lure folks with AI promises from hijacked social accounts while a software supply chain narrowly avoids a big oopsie. Eric dips his toes in hydroponic herb gardening while Jon eyes smart contact lenses (and narrowly avoids an April Fools oopsie).
0:00 - Introduction 9:42 - Fake AI Ads 12:29 - The xz that could have been... 20:11 - Hydroponic Herbs 26:09 - Smart Contact Lenses -
Robust Investigation
Eric gets back home from vacation and Jon (tries to) defy range anxiety in his new car. Google has a proposed settlement for their harvesting of incognito browsers and the big AT&T breach has 'encrypted' PINs but are easily reversed. The first Neuralink transplant recipient pulls an all nighter playing Civ6, and we (may) have a record number of bee colonies in the US.
0:00 - Intro 11:02 - (Not so) Incognito 14:52 - (Uselessly) Encrypted 23:47 - Civ6 on Neuralink 26:49 - Record Bees -
It Looks Exactly Like the License Plate
Eric and Jon chat about vacations, Jon looks for whales in Washington while Eric searches for license plates in Utah. Eric finds 3 million hotel room doors can be opened while Jon finds a company playing boths sides. Eric discovers he's a Lightweaver while Jon is an Elsecaller who also likes a whale museums. [NOTE: Eric's travel mic was having issues - sorry for the audio!]
0:00 - Introduction 4:30 - Subpar Park Poster 5:46 - Dead Horse Point State Park 10:45 - 3 Million Hotel Doors 15:35 - Data Broker CEO as two sides 21:20 - Knights Radiant Order 23:57 - All 10 Orders Described 26:50 - Whale Museum