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AppleScryptominers

This week on the podcast, we cover a cloud security alert courtesy of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and encrypted DNS guidance from the NSA. We also discuss a macOS malware evasion technique that has eluded analysis for over 5 years, until now.

The Hack of the Decade

This week on the podcast we dive into what will likely be remembered as the hack of the decade. With victims including dozens of Fortune 500 companies and US Federal agencies, the SolarWinds supply chain breach has had a massive impact on the industry and as the potential to change client/vendor trust relationships going forward.

Biohacking with Amal Graafstra Rewind

Happy Holidays! This week on the podcast, we're going back to one of our favorite episodes from 2019 where we sat down with Biohacking pioneer Amal Graafstra to discuss implants, RFID technology and the future of human/technology interactions.

2021 Security Predictions

This week on the podcast, we jump in to WatchGuard Threat Lab's 2021 security predictions. From automated spear phishing to booby-trapped electric vehicle chargers, we'll discuss each of the 8 predictions we made and why we made them. You can read about the predictions in full at watchguard.com/predictions.

2020 Predictions Recap

Every November, WatchGuard Threat Lab tries to make predictions about potential security events in the coming year. While some predictions might come off as a bit extreme, they're all grounded in actual trends that we see and expect to continue. With 2020 almost under wraps, its time for us to look back to the predictions we made one year ago and grade ourselves on how well we did.

Securing SMBs with John Grady

This week on the podcast, we sit down with ESG Analyst John Grady again, this time to chat about the topic of SMB Security. We'll cover how the cyber threat landscape has changed throughout 2020 and what SMBs got right, and wrong when it came to adapting.

Getting SASE with John Grady

This week on the podcast we sit down with John Grady, analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, to break down the latest industry industry terms Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). We'll dive in to exactly what they encompass and then get John's thoughts on where they stand in small and medium enterprises.

Packaged Attacks

This week on the podcast we discuss a previously unsolved mystery from the dark web that was just solved with a little help from the IRS. We'll then discuss the growing issue of malicious opensource packages and libraries after researchers last week discovered a malicious package masquerading as a popular communications service.

Healthcare Hacking

This week on the podcast, we'll discuss an alert from US-CERT and the FBI that details an "imminent threat" to hospitals and other healthcare facilities, as well as some recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities in a popular healthcare records software. After that, we'll give you your (hopefully) last dose of election security news with some election related hacking from the past week.

Top Election Security Threats

With the US elections only a week away, we're talking election security on this week's episode. We'll cover what we do and don't think attackers will target in the coming week and what we can do as a country to improve our security posture.