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Content Creation, Mental Health in Cyber, The MGM Ransomware Attack
In this episode Matt Johansen, Security Architect at Reddit and Vulnerable U newsletter and YouTube content creator, joins host Tom Eston to discuss Matt’s background as one of the original “Security Twits”, ...
Are Internet Providers ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Crimes?
The internet was on tenterhooks over the question of whether the U.S. Supreme Court would find that online providers like Google, Facebook and others could continue to enjoy protection under the Communications ...
Uncovering a long-lasting porn spam campaign on YouTube | (NSFW, maybe)
In December 2022 I stumbled upon an interesting YouTube comment-based campaign, which promoted a shady camgirl / porn website through a clever use of YouTube features. I screengrabbed some video evidence and ...
Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, BetterHelp’s FTC Fine, Chick-fil-A Data Breach
What you need to know about Biden’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy, which aims to provide a framework of what the current administration wants the US federal government, critical infrastructure organizations, and private ...
Social Media Countermeasures – Battling Long-Running Scams on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
For the past few years, I’ve been documenting, screenshotting, and sharing examples of criminal campaigns on the three big social media platforms: Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. I’m not that interested in speculating ...
YouTube Bans Hong Kong Election Candidate Lee Ka-chiu
Google and Facebook ban China’s candidate in Hong Kong’s upcoming elections. John Lee Ka-chiu (pictured) was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2020 for his actions supporting China’s suppression of regional autonomy ...
Russia’s Efforts to Control the Flow of Information at Home Shows the Limits of Censorship in the Digital Age
Erecting Russia’s digital iron curtain As its war against Ukraine rages on, Russia is attempting to block, throttle, fine, and/or censor nearly all “Western” social media platforms, as well as other key ...
EARN IT Act is Back, Romance Scams, Like and Subscribe Ransomware
The EARN IT Act is back for a second time which would pave the way for a new massive government surveillance system in the US, romance scams are on the rise so ...
Interview with Dana Mantilia and the Role of the CISO
Dana Mantilia joins us this month to talk about cybersecurity awareness, her incredible YouTube channel, and the ever changing role of the CISO (Chief Information Security Officer). ** Links mentioned on the ...
How the SolarWinds Hack (almost) went Undetected
My lightning talk from the SEC-T 0x0D conference has now been published on YouTube. This 13 minute talk covers tactics and techniques that the SolarWinds hackers used in order to avoid being ...
