Two Guys and an Opinion The RANt Group

This week's episode is (nearly) all about those pesky passwords that won't  go away and how one industry giant told Richard how he can't wait for them to 'Die'!We explore the concept of the 'password-less' future, how Coinbase got hacked by some rascals bypassing MFA and why you should listen to Michael McIntyre on the subject too.  See below!Show Links:Michael McIntyre - You should probably change your password!

Back by zero demand, as if they never went away, REvil's back and up to their old tricks.  Was it as simple as a nice summer break or something more sinister?Also - is it time we rewrite the rules of business continuity and incidence recovery processes?  Should be be placing more focus on the ability to deflect, rather the ability to recover, from a cyber incident?Listen to find out!

In this week's roundup of our industry's SNAFU's, we delve into the 'Worst Vulnerability Ever Found' in a cloud provider, the largest fine ever dealt out by the Irish Data Protection Commission, and LockBit strikes again!Notes:The WhatsApp story.The ChaosDB story.The Lockbit story.

SEASON 2! We're back and we're bold! And bald....Vlad and Richard pick from where they left off at the end of Season 1. But now with added edginess! Unlike the rest of the world, the bad guys don't seem to have taken a summer break; the most noteworthy event being the Accenture hack by a LockBit affiliate last week.Also, Vlad relives his time at Black Hat Las Vegas... well, he didn't actually get to Las Vegas, but his interviewer, Dany Appelgate, Co-Founder of rThreat ...

In this final episode of the season, we cover two of the most notable cyber incidents in recent weeks; PrintNightmare and the Kaseya breach. As a result, we lament the problem of the 'soggy middle' taking the 'tickbox' approach to cybersecurity. Also Vlad and Richard go through several 'triggered' moments trying once again to get security leaders and marketeers to drop the cheese, engage the business, and get the cybersecurity agenda on the board table before you becom...

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT:KnowBe4In another of our sub-series where we focus on a particular vendor in our portfolio, we welcome Javvad Malik, a Security Awareness Advocate from KnowBe4.It's a given that the majority of successful cybersecurity breaches start with a social engineering attack; the majority of them being a Phishing email. So, how do we help people avoid being caught out? Training, testing, training, testing, training, repeat....But: not all users are alike and not all user-a...