Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… (Following the embarrassing compromise of their update infrastructure that required all users to do a manual upgrade late last year) 🇬🇧 A little movement on […]
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Security Bits – 15 February 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Both a good reminder that it’s important to be careful where you get your software from, and an illustration of how the residential proxy networks we recently talked about are built: Laced 7-Zip installers […]
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NC #1080 Birdfy Smart Birdfeeders, Hidden App Panel Editor, Aerleum Synthetic Fuels from Air, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, January 18, 2026, and this is show number 1080. Before we kick into gear with this week’s show, I want to let you know that next week’s show […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 18 January 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Some context for a story we covered many times in 2025: Amazon blocked 1,800 employment attempts by North Korean agents — cyberinsider.com/… Yet another reason to steer clear of VS Code forks: VSCode IDE […]
Continue readingNC #1076 Night Before Christmas, New Taming the Terminal, Eddie Tonkoi on Producing an Audiobook
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Saturday, December 20, 2025, and this is show number 1076. The alert amongst you will realize that if I’m recording on Saturday, that means there will be no live […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 18 December 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Yet another real-world example of the dangers of poor secret hygiene: Over 10,000 Docker Hub images found leaking credentials, auth keys — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… 🇬🇧 UK fines LastPass £1.2M over 2022 data breach impacting 1.6 […]
Continue readingNC #1074 Stream Deck to Sleep Mac, Recarpeting Tech Angles, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, December 7, 2025, and this is show number 1074. mp3 download Articles New Carpet is Like Moving … but Not Stream Deck Button to Put Your Mac to […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 6 December 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. A good example of why Bart has been going on and on about secret management in recent conversations with Allison: Massive GitLab scan finds 17,000+ valid secrets in public repositories — cyberinsider.com/… A nice […]
Continue readingNC #1072 Live With It, Slickwraps, Brett Terpstra’s SVG Viewer Plugin for WordPress, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, November 23, 2025, and this is show number 1072. mp3 download Allison on DTNS’s Live With It Daily Tech News Show has a show called Live With It, […]
Continue readingNC #1070 Mind Mapping All of macOS System Settings, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, November 9, 2025, and this is show number 1070. Before we get started today, I want to make sure that the live audience knows there will be NO […]
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