DNS Correction On Chit Chat #533, Bart did a deep dive into how the Domain Name System works and in that session, he suggested a hybrid approach where your mobile devices had the improved DNS along with your home router. It turns out it’s not possible to set system-wide DNS settings on iOS or Android. […]
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Security Bits – Even More Cambridge Analytica/Facebook, WebAuthn
Followup 1 — Meltdown/Spectre Intel won’t fix Spectre flaws in older chips — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… AMD systems gain Spectre protection with latest Windows fixes — arstechnica.com/… Followup 2 — The Cambridge Analytica/Facebook Kerfuffle
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NC #661 Verizon Credits, No Flash Hack, Security Bits on Meltdown & Spectre
I’ve got a couple of announcements to tell you, then a listener story from David Bogdan from Japan, and one from Denise Crown. At that point, I’m going to hand you over to Bart and me in Security Bits because there was so much to talk about with so many big stories. We’ll talk about […]
Continue readingNo Flash Hack with Responsive Design Mode – by David Bogdan
Hello Allison and Happy New Year from Japan! I kind of had a problem to be solved to which listening to Allison’s podcast this morning may have provided the solution.
Continue readingNC #565 Judiciary Hearing FBI vs Apple, Nuke and Pave vs OmniDiskSweeper, Security Bits
I watched the entire five hours of the Judiciary Committee Hearings in the case of the FBI vs. Apple, so you didn’t have to. I think you’ll like what you hear, it’s actually optimistic about our government officials. Next up I’ll tell you how I did not do a nuke and pave, and why you […]
Continue readingNC #553 Recovering Hacked WordPress, New & Improved GoDaddy, Smart Keyboard
I’ll tell you the sad but in the end victorious tale of how, with some help from Bart I saved Hank’s History Hour after it got hacked, we’ll hear from my friend Diane when she tries to get Amazon’s personal assistant Alexa to play the NosillaCast. I’ll tell you what I think about the new […]
Continue readingSuccessful Recovery of a Hacked WordPress Site
In 2007 I was driving my son Kyle and a few of his High School friends to Knott’s Berry Farm, and his friend Hank started telling us a story about Napoleon. I suggested to Hank that he had the wrong audience here, and that his passion for European History would make a terrific podcast. He […]
Continue readingWhy Do Strong, Unique Passwords Matter?
In this video, I try to explain (in words normal humans can understand) how poor passwords can be revealed even if the website you’re using encrypts those passwords. Using a Screen Reader? click here Hacker image courtesy By Andersson18824 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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