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Episode 203: TurboHax | TechSNAP 203

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Feb 26, 2015

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Lenovo & Google are victims of DNS hijacking, we’ll share the details, Everyone wants you to secure your data, just not from them & how Turbotax profits from Cyber tax fraud!

Plus a great batch of your questions, a fantastic round up & much, much more!

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Feb 26, 2015

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Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every two weeks TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry, and all of us that follow it. Every episode we dedicate a portion of the show to answer audience questions, discuss best practices, and solving your problems.

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Episode 211: The French Disconnection | TechSNAP 211: What’s really the key to detecting a breach before its become much too late? We’ll share some key insights, plus a technical breakdown of China’s great cannon & the new New French Surveillance Law that should be a warning to us all & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 221: Ripping me a new Protocol | TechSNAP 221: Amazon has a new TLS implementation & the details look great, we’ll share them with you. The technology that powers the NSA’s XKEYSCORE you could have deployed yourself. Some fantastic questions, a big round up & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 207: Lunch Lady Lockdown | TechSNAP 207: Reverse Engineering Incentives to Improve Security. New Jersey school district computers held for ransom & the flash bug that lives on from 2011 with a twist! Plus some great networking questions, drone powered Internet & more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 230: Trojan Family Ties | TechSNAP 230: Rooting your Android device might be more dangerous than you realize, why the insurance industry will take over InfoSec & the NSA prepares for Quantum encryption. Plus some great questions, a fantastic roundup & more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 244: Finding Nakamoto | TechSNAP 244: Bitcoin’s creator has been found again, we’ll cover what the media thinks they’ve figured out & what we really know. Then, 'In Patches We Trust: Why Security Updates have to get better', a great batch of questions, a huge round up & much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 203: TurboHax | TechSNAP 203: Lenovo & Google are victims of DNS hijacking, we’ll share the details, Everyone wants you to secure your data, just not from them & how Turbotax profits from Cyber tax fraud! Plus a great batch of your questions, a fantastic round up & much, much more! by TechSNAP
107 min listen
Episode 212: Dormant Docker Disasters | TechSNAP 212: The man who broke the music business, the major downsides to the container culture & yes, they really are trying to sell you Security Snake Oil. Plus your great questions, our answers & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 234: Key Flaw With GPL | TechSNAP 234: D-Link publishes its private code signing keys, exploiting Windows Symbolic Links & why encryption is not sufficient protection. Plus some great questions, our answers, a rockin roundup & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 223: A Bias to Insecurity | TechSNAP 223: The Hacking Team fallout continues with more zero day patches you need to install, a new attack against RC4 might finally kill it & how to save yourself from a DDoS attack. Plus a great batch of your questions, our answers & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 225: SourceForge's Downfall | TechSNAP 225: SourceForge sees downtime, and we examine their infrastructure, a new pervasive hackgroup has been exposed and their track record is fascinating. Plus a Hacking Team Round up, a wide variety of audience questions, our answers & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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