TechSNAP
240 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 112 ratingsSystems, 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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Episodes
Episode 330: Netflix Lab Rats | TechSNAP 330
August 02, 2017 07:18 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBDan does some sleuthing & finds that the story of a major data leak isn't quite what it seems, then a new Talos report that shows a large number of unpatched & unprotected memcached servers. We discuss just how bad that might be. Plus, between some excellent feedback & Dan's recent adventures, we've got a itty bitty ZFS deep dive. And of course your feedback, a fantastic round-up & so much more on this week's episode of TechSNAP.
Episode 329: Teeny Weeny DNS Server | TechSNAP 329
July 26, 2017 06:28 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBWe've got the latest on some mysterious mac malware that's been lurking for years, a handy new tool to help you monitor, backup and generally work with your DNS infrastructure & possibly more problems for Symantec, the certificate authority who just can't seem to get things right.
Episode 328: LetsEncrypt is a SNAP | TechSNAP 328
July 19, 2017 06:49 - 1 hour - 44 MBThe recent ‘Devil’s Ivy’ vulnerability has caused quite a rash in the security journalism community. Is it as bad as poison ivy or just a bunch of hyperbole? We discuss. Plus you’ve heard of public key encryption, but what lies beyond? We cover some possible alternatives and the problem of identity. Then Dan’s got the latest on his Let’s encrypt setup including a brand new open source tool you too can use!
Episode 327: Unsecured IO | TechSNAP 327
July 12, 2017 08:14 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBGNUPG has just released a fix for a dangerous side-channel attack that could expose your private key, a leak of NASDAQ test data was picked up by real news organizations and caused a bit of a panic & the fascinating story of a security researched who managed to take over all .io domains with a little sleuthing and a few domain registrations. Plus Dan's got so much new stuff it has its own segment, and of course your feedback, a fantastic round-up & so much more!
Episode 326: Broadband from Space | TechSNAP 326
July 05, 2017 06:54 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBA new satellite broadband ISP has approval to serve the US, are their low-latency claims too good to be true? UK Law enforcement claims that visiting the dark web is a potential sign of terrorism, watch out tor users! Then we follow a Krebs’ deep dive into the wild world of robocalls. Plus Dan’s latest Let’s Encrypt updates, your fantastic feedback, a robust roundup & so much more!
Episode 325: Google Reads Your Email | TechSNAP 325
June 28, 2017 04:25 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBWe go to air just as a massive cyberattack strikes Europe, Google stops reading your email, well sorta maybe & we discuss the latest debate over US government access to overseas data. Plus some fantastic feedback, a robust roundup & so much more!
Episode 324: DNS Mastery | TechSNAP 324
June 21, 2017 06:07 - 1 hour - 47 MBWe’ve got the latest on the ‘Stack Crash’ vulnerability affecting a UNIX OS near you. Plus thanks to a recent RNC data leak we’ve got your name, address, birthday & a lot more personal information! Then Dan does a deep dive on his DNS infrastructure, some recent improvements & his integration with Let’s Encrypt. Plus some fantastic feedback, a robust roundup & so much more!
Episode 323: Comment & Control | TechSNAP 323
June 14, 2017 11:27 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBDan's back from BSDCAN with peanut butter, taps, and a new library that's the source of all truth. Then we've got the story of Britney Spears latest career move: controlling botnets through Instagram comments & Dan teaches us about steganography and how it helped catch an NSA leaker. Plus some fantastic feedback, a robust roundup & so much more!
Episode 322: #NotMyInternet | TechSNAP 322
June 07, 2017 04:33 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBWe discuss who really controls the internet & just how centralized and potentially vulnerable it has become. Plus the latest security letdowns from Windows 10, the story of a questionably ethical hacker & Zomato's data breach. Plus some fantastic feedback, a robust roundup & so much more!
Episode 321: A Burrito Stole My Money | TechSNAP 321
May 31, 2017 05:37 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBNot only is the UK leaving the Eurozone, they are starting their own internet, this time with more surveillance! Then we’ve got some top tips on getting recruited by the Israeli NSA & the details of some new WannaCry wannabes that may be infecting a windows server near you. Plus some fantastic feedback, a robust roundup & so much more!
Episode 320: Kill Switch Engage | TechSNAP 320
May 24, 2017 02:18 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBWe've got another round of WannaCry analysis, the latest on the FCCs battle over Net neutrality. Then IPv6 Tunnels & you, a 2017 check-in. Plus some fantastic feedback, a robust roundup & so much more!
Episode 319: When IT Security Cries | TechSNAP 319
May 17, 2017 05:38 - 1 hour - 36.8 MBThe WannaCry Worm has brought the world to tears. We've got the latest details, conspiracy theories, fallout & some tissues. Plus a keylogger that may be hiding in your audio driver, some great hardware recommendations from the audience, your great feedback, a hard hitting round up & so much more!
Episode 318: All Drives Die | TechSNAP 318
May 10, 2017 04:42 - 1 hour - 36.3 MBTurns out you've been doing passwords wrong, but don't worry, we've got the latest and greatest guidance from NIST. Plus the latest numbers from BackBlaze with some interesting conclusions about enterprise drives. Then the details about that google docs worm everyone's talking about, some top tips to stay safe & so much more!
Episode 317: Some Fishy Chips | TechSNAP 317
May 03, 2017 09:53 - 1 hour - 45 MBIntel's patched a remote execution exploit that’s been lurking in their chips for the past nine years, we’ve got the details & some handy tips to check if you’re affected. Then Dan does a deep dive into friend of the show Tarsnap: what it is, how to use it & why it’s so awesome. Plus we discuss when we use external services versus building ourselves & a few tips for lightweight backup solutions that might work for you. Then your fantastic feedback, a riotous roundup & so much more!
Episode 316: PHP Steals Your Nuts | TechSNAP 316
April 26, 2017 07:04 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBThe squirrels have gotten in the mailbag as the guys discuss an unfortunate new vulnerability in Squirrelmail. Plus an interesting new entrant to the anonymous domain name space from some of the internet’s most famous rabble rousers. Then Dan & Wes get just a bit jealous of Canada’s new take on net neutrality & more!
Episode 315: Tales of FileSystems | TechSNAP 315
April 19, 2017 04:57 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBWe’ve got the latest gossip on Apple’s brand new filesystem & why you should care! Plus Dan dives deep into the wonderful world of ZFS and FreeBSD jails & shows us how he is putting them to use in his latest server build. Plus it’s your fantastic feedback, a riotous roundup & so much more!
Episode 314: Cyber Liability | TechSNAP 314
April 12, 2017 10:13 - 1 hour - 48 MBWe cover some fascinating new research that can steal your phone’s PIN using just the on-board sensors. Then we cover how computer security is broken from top to bottom and Dan does another deep dive, this time on everyone’s favorite database, PostgresSQL. Plus it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!
Episode 313: Wifi Stack Overfloweth | TechSNAP 313
April 05, 2017 09:04 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBYour Wifi Stack is under attack! But dont worry, Apple’s got the patch & we’ve got the story. Then the latest ATM hacking tips that will only cost you $15 & Dan does a deep dive into Let’s Encrypt! Plus it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!
Episode 312: Privacy is Dead | TechSNAP 312
March 29, 2017 08:34 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBThis week, we sell your private browsing history to the highest bidder! Oh wait, that’s your ISP! We cover the latest rollback of internet privacy regulations in the US, plus the surprisingly uplifting story of script kiddies getting their day in court, Dan does a not-so-deep dive into ZFS & explains why you should already be using it. Plus it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!
Episode 311: Check Yo Checksum | TechSNAP 311
March 22, 2017 09:11 - 2 hours - 55.8 MBThe guys break with the usual format & turn things over to Dan for a deep deep dive on Bacula! Then it’s the latest Yahoo hack news & a few more reasons you should already be using ZFS. Plus it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!
Episode 310: Don’t Panic & P your S | TechSNAP 310
March 15, 2017 06:10 - 1 hour - 40.3 MBWe crack open Vault 7 & are a little let down by what's inside, give you one more reason you should already be using ZFS & just when you thought you could trust your phone again, we’ve got the story of preinstalled Android malware. Then it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!
Episode 309: Bad Boy Backups | TechSNAP 309
March 08, 2017 05:48 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBWe’ve got the sad story of cloud-enabled toys leading to, you guessed it, leaking customer’s personal information! Plus a case of backups gone bad, but this time, it’s a good thing! Then it’s your feedback, a huge roundup, and so much more!
Episode 308: Cloudy with a Chance of Leaks | TechSNAP 308
March 01, 2017 05:40 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBGoogle heard you like hashes so they broke SHA1, we've got the details. Plus we dive in to Cloudflare's data disaster, Dan shows us his rack, your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!
Episode 307: State Sponsored Audiophiles | TechSNAP 307
February 22, 2017 05:44 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBThe details on the latest WordPress vulnerability, then the surprising, or perhaps not so surprising takeover of a cybersecurity firms website & watch out, hacker's may be using your microphone to steal your data! Plus a packed roundup, your feedback & so much more!
Episode 306: Metadata Matters | TechSNAP 306
February 15, 2017 08:11 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBThe latest on just who has access to your private email, Dan dives deep on the GitLab Postmortem & did you know that Transport for London has been tracking your wifi? We’ve got the details. Plus a packed roundup, your feedback & so much more!
Episode 305: Gambling with Code | TechSNAP 305
February 08, 2017 07:52 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBWe’ve got the latest on GitLabs data disaster, a clever new method to cheat at the slots & a new Netgear exploit thats coming for your network! Plus your feedback, a giant roundup & much, much more!
Episode 304: Three C's to Tweet By | TechSNAP 304
February 01, 2017 09:25 - 1 hour - 45 MBThe guys cover Dropbox bugs that could be holding on to your deleted files, explain what the heck ATM ‘shimmers’ are & talk about how to keep your secret identity secret. Plus your feedback, a packed roundup & much more!
Episode 303: DDos Mafia | TechSNAP 303
January 25, 2017 06:42 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBA remote vulnerability in Ansible has been patched, the latest updates on the Mirai botnet, our first TechSNAP challenge, your feedback, a gigantic roundup & so much more!
Episode 302: Internet of Voice Triggers | TechSNAP 302
January 17, 2017 15:43 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBThe Github enterprise SQL scare, malware that lives in your browser, Dan’s mail server war story, your feedback, a righteous roundup & more! Note: This is a shorter episode because the hosts are new and the first recording was also a double episode recording, expect them to get longer as the guys get more comfortable!
Episode 301: The Next Generation | TechSNAP 301
January 11, 2017 05:22 - 38 minutes - 17.9 MBMalware that evades blocking systems and getting into BSD for the first time. Plus a fresh round up, your questions & much, much more!
Episode 300: 2089 Days Uptime | TechSNAP 300
January 06, 2017 05:11 - 2 hours - 61 MBHow the hack of DigiNotar changed the infrastructure of the Internet forever, changing the way we think about security & how to hide malware in a PNG. Plus a packed round up, great emails & more in a packed 300th episode!
Episode 299: Fancy Bear Misfire.apk | TechSNAP 299
December 30, 2016 02:44 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBPHPMailer puts almost every PHP CMS at risk, the Fancy Bear Android Malware that has a complicated past & the new botnet that likes brag. Plus great questions, a packed round up & much, much more!
Episode 298: Best of 2016 | TechSNAP 298
December 22, 2016 18:40 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBWe've given the Jupiter Broadcasting staff the holidays off, so lets take this moment to have a look back at some of the best moments of TechSNAP in 2016!
Episode 297: The Bourne Avalanche | TechSNAP 297
December 16, 2016 04:19 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBThe Malvertising campaign that targets routers, script kiddies get a talking to & the Avalanche crime ringleader is on the run. Plus your questions, a packed round up & more!
Episode 296: Schoolhouse Exploits | TechSNAP 296
December 09, 2016 05:39 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBProject Zero breaks the chain, we share stories from our mischievous past & malware as a service gets busted. Plus your great questions, a packed round up & much, much more!
Episode 295: Shift+F10 and Done | TechSNAP 295
December 02, 2016 03:58 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBA researcher accidentally roots Microsoft Azure’s Red Hat Update Infrastructure, newly discovered router flaw in-the-wild & hacking Windows 10 by holding down the shift key. Plus your questions, our answers & a great round up!
Episode 294: Turkey.deb | TechSNAP 294
November 25, 2016 02:37 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBThe Debian packaging flaw that exposes your server, we go over the state of the Internet... report that is & hacking 27% of the web. Plus some great questions, a fantastic round up & much, much more!
Episode 293: Root in 70 Seconds | TechSNAP 293
November 18, 2016 07:49 - 2 hours - 57.7 MBGet a root shell by holding down enter, comprising a Linux desktop using an NES & PoisonTap, the impressive little hacking tool. Plus your great questions, a poppin’ round up & much, much more!
Episode 292: Unix Security Trifecta | TechSNAP 292
November 10, 2016 16:51 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBIt’s a trifecta of Unix vulnerabilities, our concerns with LessPass & a very valuable vulnerability. Plus your questions, our answers, a spicy round up & much, much more!
Episode 291: Nuclear IoT Toaster | TechSNAP 291
November 03, 2016 08:50 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBWe go deep into sophisticated modular malware & meet the manufacturer who vows to recall their IoT devices used in recent attacks. Plus home server questions, a fun round-up & more!
Episode 290: Internet Snow Day | TechSNAP 290
October 28, 2016 00:27 - 1 hour - 38.2 MBA large managed DNS provider was taken down by a DDoS, we'll tell you all about Dyn’s big outage. Then we beat the dead dirty CoW, answer your questions, a breaking news round up & more!
Episode 289: Long Broken SSL History | TechSNAP 289
October 21, 2016 07:25 - 2 hours - 74.1 MBSpreading the DDoS Disease & selling the cure, we have the audit results of TrueCrypt’s replacement & a comprehensive history of the most important events that shaped the SSL ecosystem. Plus your great questions, our answers & much... Much MORE!
Episode 288: Internet of Default Passwords | TechSNAP 288
October 14, 2016 08:48 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBThe Internet of Things is the Internet of Terrible, we’ll round up the week’s stories & submit the TechSNAP solution to you the audience. Plus the security cost of Android fragmentation, great questions & a packed round up!
Episode 287: Open Source Botnet | TechSNAP 287
October 07, 2016 04:21 - 2 hours - 60.9 MBThe Source code for a historic botnet has been released, the tale of a DNS packet & four ways to hack ATMs. Plus your hard questions, our answers, a rockin' roundup & more!
Episode 286: Botnet of Things | TechSNAP 286
September 30, 2016 03:15 - 2 hours - 58.2 MBKrebs is hit with DDoS attack & then gets kicked off of Akamai. We’ll tell you about the record breaking details, Firefox puts it foot down, picking NFS or Samba… Your questions, our answers, a packed Round Up & much more!
Episode 285: OpSec for Script Kiddies | TechSNAP 285
September 22, 2016 15:34 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBThe FBI arrests the script kiddies that hacked the CIA director, how Dropbox hacks your Mac & the guys behind a DDoS for hire service get busted. Plus great questions, our answers, a rockin roundup & more!
Episode 284: Buffalo Overflow | TechSNAP 284
September 16, 2016 00:28 - 1 hour - 35.7 MBMassive drive failures after a datacenter gas attack. A critical MySQL vulnerability you should know about & is Cisco responsible for the death of an MMO? Plus great questions, our answers & much more!
Episode 283: I Can't Believe It's Not Ethernet | TechSNAP 283
September 09, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBHow a modified USB ethernet adapter can steal credentials, a new compression algorithm from Facebook that might be legit & the terrible terrible security of a consumer NAS. Plus great questions, our answers, a fun roundup & much, much more!
Episode 282: The Shadow Knows | TechSNAP 282
September 02, 2016 02:21 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBThe ShadowBrokers release a batch of the NSA’s tools & we dive in. A Google login issue allows for credential theft & researchers map the Netflix content delivery network! Plus great feedback, follow up, a rockin' roundup & much, much more!
Episode 281: iPhishing Expedition | TechSNAP 281
August 26, 2016 02:49 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBiOS targeted malware in the wild, the simple approach to hacking electronic safes & how digital forensics prove a journalist was framed. Plus your great questions, a packed round up & much more!