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Social Engineering with Jeff
We are joined by Jeff to talk social engineering both in the real world and the digital world. Jeff talks about how the movie Sneakers sparked his interest, how he got paid to sneak into people's buildings, and why we see so many people getting duped today. Check out...
We’re Literally A Week Away
I know, another election security episode with Zack? Yes! Well this week we're looking at strategies to stop you from getting duped because we're about to cross the finish line and this year more than ever, cybersecurity is playing a big role in our election and each...
Securing Healthcare from Ransomware Attacks
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and one of the main themes for 2020 is Securing Internet-Connected Devices in Healthcare. Securing IT devices in healthcare is critical, as any system downtime can lead to deaths and degraded response to emergencies....
Breach of the Week: You’re So Busted!
It's another solo episode and we're digging deep into the recent indictment of six Russian GRU agents belonging to Sandstorm. What did they do? What happens now? Is this going to stop future attacks? Listen in and find out! Check out NuHarbor Security for complete...
Election Security Follow Up
It's a solo episode as Zack follows up on some of the previous discussions and updates you on some of the latest issues around election security. Russia still wants to ruin our democracy, botnets are great at spreading garbage news, and the feds are feeling pretty...
Breach of the Week: Even the Feds Aren’t Immune
On this week's breach, we're talking about an unnamed federal agency that was compromised by a fairly easy backdoor into the agency's network. While we can only speculate about which agency was hit or what the intent was of the bad actors, we can all agree that the...
Disaster Preparedness with NIST 800-53
September is National Preparedness Month and October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which makes it a great time to review your organization’s disaster preparedness strategy. Implementing a contingency plan for a natural disaster could be the difference...
Betrayed by the Coffee Maker
In what may be the most upsetting episode of Pwned yet, Justin and Zack discuss the implications of a coffee maker going rogue and the possibilities of our IoT appliances turning on us. Are the machines rising against us? Was the coffee maker made by Cyberdyne...
Breach of the Week: Run Over By The Chowbus
This week we're talking about breach at a food delivery service that appears to be the result of a disgruntled insider. Justin and Zack talk about how easy it was to get the data and how the perpetrator sent out notification of the breach themselves. You can read the...
Medical System Networks Need Life Support
Justin is back for another episode and we're again talking about a medical system that's been hit by ransomware. In what may be the largest attack on a US healthcare network, Universal Health Services had their entire US system impacted by a ransomware attack forcing...
Breach of the Week: QR Code Quagmire
We're talking QR codes this week and no, it is not 2010. QR codes are back and they're doing more than ever. QR codes have returned to help us do contactless payments, authentication, and all the other fun stuff they could do before, however, like everything digital,...
Reading the Tea Leaves
What's the future hold for information technology in a post-COVID world? Justin is back on the podcast to talk about a recent list Microsoft put together speculating what cyber security will look when we start to get back to a new normal. Spoiler, it's a lot of stuff...
Breach of the Week: The First Death by Ransomware
Justin has returned to the podcast and this week we're covering what could be the first death to be directly linked to a ransomware attack. We talk about why hospitals are targets, how this could become far more complicated if it's found to be a nation state, and how...
The Secret Sauce Part 3
Kathie is one of the early members of NuHarbor and has been directly responsible for finding and curating the team that has grown into the company NuHarbor is today. Kathie joined the podcast today to talk about how NuHarbor has built a successful work culture, how...
Breach of the Week: Cyber Virus Meets Real Virus
We're continuing our exploration of the intersection of cyber and real world disasters and this week we have a report from Cynet about unrelenting attacks that have occurred since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis and how criminals are using this real world...