Commentary by Allison — Bart is testing out a new format which in theory will cut the time it takes him to do Security Bits in half. This week is 4 weeks worth of security news so it’s not the best test case, but the new format is here. We welcome feedback on it as […]
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Security Bits – 22 December 2019
Note: This is the second of two episodes both recorded on the 15th of December 2019, but released over two weeks. Security Medium 1 — An Over-hyped VPN Weakness The internet positively hyper-ventilated when security researchers claimed to have found a bug in the TCP/IP implementation on just about every OS that could compromise just […]
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NC #762 Tom on the Internet, Capto, Security Bits
This week we’ve got my explanation of how programming keeps me from writing, then a small topic about Taming the Terminal by Tom on the Internet, followed by my extensive review of the screen capture tool Capto, and we’ve got Bart Busschots with the first half of Security Bits. We saved the Security Mediums and […]
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Note: This is the first of two episodes both recorded on the 15th of December 2019, but released over two weeks. 🧯Security Medium Preview 1 — VPNs Not All Hacked We’ll dig into the details in the second part of this two-parter, but for now, I just want to set everyone’s mind at ease — […]
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NC #760 Tesla Tech Nomad Qi Charger, Quest to Leave Wunderlist, Frank’s Pledge Break, 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 1, 2019, and this is show number 760. We’ve got a great show for you this week with some Tesla Tech, my quest to leave Wunderlist and […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #758 Switch to Carbon Copy Cloner, Tour of SpaceX, Fix to 1Password Update, Security Bits
This week I’ll tell you why I switched from SuperDuper! To Carbon Copy Cloner for my local backups and then give you a walk through of Carbon Copy Cloner and why I love it. I’ll then regale you with the story of how we actually got to go on a tour of SpaceX! I’ll give […]
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Followup 🇺🇸 Mozilla refute the very misleading (factually incorrect) presentation American ISPs gave to congress urging them to take action against encrypted DNS (DoH) — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Microsoft have issued yet another warning about the patch they released a few months ago for older versions of Windows to remove the so-called BlueKeep vulnerability. Attacks have now […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #756 Do I Need Homebrew, Airpods Pro, Security Bits
This week I’ll try to answer a dumb question from Ryan Winkler about what Homebrew is and whether he needs it. Then I’ll give you my take on the new AirPods Pro, and whether they fit in Steve’s wrong earholes. Then we’ve got a nice meaty Security Bits even though there were no Security Mediums […]
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Security Bits – 1 Nov 2019 Notable Security Updates Apple updates just about everything: Everything you need to know about iOS and iPadOS 13.2 — arstechnica.com/… Some users experiencing bricked HomePod after updating to iOS 13.2 [Update: pulled] — 9to5mac.com/… Related: Apple resumes human reviews of Siri audio with iPhone update — apnews.com/… Related: iOS […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #754 Hackintosh, macOS Clean Install Tutorial, MacTech, Security Bits
We’ve got a great story of building a Hackintosh by Trevor Drover from Australia, I’ll tell you how hard and scary it was to do a ScreenCastsOnline video tutorial about why you might want to do a clean install on your Mac and how to actually do such a thing. Then I’ll regale you with […]
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