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 280: Microsoft’s Golden Ticket | TechSNAP 280
August 18, 2016 16:03 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBMicrosoft leaks their golden key, allowing attackers to unlock secure boot systems, a security breach at Oracle exposes hundreds of companies & Linux has an embarrassing networking stack bug. Plus your questions, our answers & a packed round up!
Episode 279: The Internet is Dying | TechSNAP 279
August 11, 2016 14:08 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBWhy the Internet needs it’s own version of cancer researchers, bypassing chip and pin protections & the 2016 Pwnie Awards from Blackhat! Plus your questions, our answers & much, much more!
Episode 278: Dangerous Dangling Quotes | TechSNAP 278
August 05, 2016 01:48 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBHow to get an SSL certificate for other people's domains, how to decrypt HTTPS traffic with some javascript & the latest storage reliability report. Plus great questions & a rocking round up!
Episode 277: Internet Power Struggle | TechSNAP 277
July 29, 2016 05:55 - 1 hour - 41 MBWe’re in the middle of an epic battle for power in cyberspace & Bruce Schneier breaks it down. PHP gets broken, PornHub gets hacked & the disgruntled employee who wiped the router configs on his way out the door. Plus great emails, a packed round up & more!
Episode 276: Bitmap Pox | TechSNAP 276
July 22, 2016 02:19 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBA new vulnerability in many websites, Oracle's Outside In Technology, Turned Inside-Out & the value of a hacked company. Plus your questions, our answers, a really great round up & much more!
Episode 275: Ending Ransomware | TechSNAP 275
July 15, 2016 01:41 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBA potential solution to Ransomware, the 15 year bug that cost CitiGroup $7 Million dollars, Dropbox’s new middle out compression & another flaw that affects all versions of Windows. Plus your questions, our answers, a packed roundup & more!
Episode 274: Windows Exploit Edition | TechSNAP 274
July 08, 2016 03:30 - 1 hour - 40.5 MBOn this weeks episode we cover a UEFI firmware bug that is affecting computers including ThinkPads, tell you how your windows box can be totally pwned even if it's fully encrypted & talk about the shortcomings of the MD5 checksum. Plus the feedback, the roundup & more!
Episode 273: Make Ads GIF Again | TechSNAP 273
July 01, 2016 01:49 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBProject Zero lays into Symantec's enterprise products, the botnet you’ll never find & the poor security of HTML5 video ads. Plus your questions, our answers & much more!
Episode 272: Game of File Systems | TechSNAP 272
June 24, 2016 02:58 - 2 hours - 58.4 MBWhat’s got Windows admins in a Panic? Total chaos my friends, we’ll tell you why. Extensive coverage of Apple’s new filesystem, Ransomware that might just impress you… Your great questions, our answers, a packed round up & much, much more!
Episode 271: Apple Pretend Filesystem | TechSNAP 271
June 17, 2016 02:51 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBWhy didn’t Apple choose ZFS for its new filesystem? We journey through the long history of ZFS at Apple. Plus how the BadTunnel bug can hijack traffic from all versions of Windows & should we worry about Intel’s management tech? Plus great questions, a huge round up & much more!
Episode 270: Signature Bloatware Updates | TechSNAP 270
June 09, 2016 18:18 - 1 hour - 34.8 MBThe bloatware shipping on those new computers is way, way worse than you probably thought, Internet exposed printers & the thrilling story of reverse engineering an ATM skimmer. Yes that’s really a thing. Plus great questions, our answers & more!
Episode 269: 10,000 Cables Under the Sea | TechSNAP 269
June 03, 2016 00:24 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBWindows exploits for sale at a great price, how the Internet works, yes, seriously & it's awesome! Plus we solve some of your problems, a great roundup & more!
Episode 268: PIS Poor DNS | TechSNAP 268
May 27, 2016 01:38 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBIs the “Dark Cloud” hype, or a real technology? Using DNS tunneling for remote command and control & the big problem with 1-Day exploits. Plus your great question, our answers, a breaking news roundup & more!
Episode 267: My Kingdom for a VLAN | TechSNAP 267
May 20, 2016 01:39 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBA typo stops a billion dollar bank hack, a vulnerability in 7zip that might surprise you & the best solutions for secure remote network access. Your great questions, our answers, a packed round up & more!
Episode 266: Curl Sleeper Agent | TechSNAP 266
May 13, 2016 03:40 - 1 hour - 46 MBZero-day exploits striking over 100 systems, if you think copying links to bash scripts from the internet is okay, maybe you shouldn't be root & the day Google automated itself off the internet. Plus your questions, our answers, a huge round up & more!
Episode 265: Insecure Socket Layer | TechSNAP 265
May 06, 2016 04:37 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBA critical flaw in that bit of software tucked far far away that you never think about… Until now, we explain why ImageTragick is a pain. More OpenSSL flaws & fraudsters stealing tax data from the motherload. Plus great questions, our answers, a packed Round up & more!
Episode 264: On Target | TechSNAP 264
April 28, 2016 13:58 - 1 hour - 39.6 MBThis week, Chris & allan are both out of town at different shenanigans, but they recorded a sneaky episode for you in which they recap the Target breach, from when the news broke to the lessons learned and everything in between!
Episode 263: One Key to Rule Them All | TechSNAP 263
April 21, 2016 18:44 - 1 hour - 32.4 MBThis week, the FBI says APT6 has pawned the government for the last 5 years, Unaoil: a company that's bribing the world & Researchers find a flaw in the visa database. All that plus a packed feedback, roundup & more!
Episode 262: rm -rf $ALLTHETHINGS/ | TechSNAP 262
April 15, 2016 02:38 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBFind out why everyone's just a little disappointed in Badlock, the bad security that could be connected to the Panama Papers leak & the story of a simple delete command that took out an entire hosting provider. Plus your batch of networking questions, our answers & a packed round up!
Episode 261: Holding Hospitals Hostage | TechSNAP 261
April 07, 2016 16:51 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBFind out about another hospital that accidentally took advantage of free encryption, researchers turn up a DDoS on the root DNS servers & the password test you never want to take. Plus your batch of networking questions, our answers & a packed round up!
Episode 260: Pay to Boot | TechSNAP 260
March 31, 2016 23:03 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBNew Ransomware locks your bootloader & makes you pay to boot. Malware with built in DRM? We’ll share the story of this clever hack. Plus some great questions, our answers, a packed round up & more!
Episode 259: Can You Hack Me Now? | TechSNAP 259
March 25, 2016 01:54 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBVerizon Enterprise gets breached & the irony is strong with this one, details on the NPM fiasco & why the SAMSAM is holding up the doctor. Plus some great questions, a packed round up & much, much more!
Episode 258: Metaphorically Exploited | TechSNAP 258
March 18, 2016 01:11 - 1 hour - 33.5 MBThe theoretical Android flaw becomes reality, a simple phishing scam hits some major companies & why your PIN has already been leaked. Plus great questions, our answers, a rocking round up & much, much more!
Episode 257: Fixing the Barn Door | TechSNAP 257
March 10, 2016 18:04 - 1 hour - 37.1 MBWe’ll tell you about the real world pirates that hacked a shipping company, the open source libraries from Mars Rover found being used in malware & Microsoft’s solution for that after-hack hangover. Plus great questions, a packed round up & much more!
Episode 256: Open Server Sadness Layer | TechSNAP 256
March 04, 2016 01:22 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBOpenSSL issues a major security advisory, we break down the important details, then go in depth on the real world impact of these flaws. Plus some great storage and networking question, a packed round up & much, much more!
Episode 255: Dip the Chip | TechSNAP 255
February 26, 2016 01:50 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBWhat’s taking the states so long to catch up to the rest of the civilized world and dip the chip? Turns out it's really complicated, we explain. Plus keeping a Hospital secure is much more than following HIPAA, and an analysis of Keybase malware. Plus great questions, our answers, and much much more!
Episode 254: Weaponized Comic Sans | TechSNAP 254
February 19, 2016 03:02 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBA common vulnerability is impacting Firefox, LibreOffice, and others, the 7 problems with ATM security, and the Enterprise grade protection defeated with a batch script. Plus some great questions, our answers, a rockin roundup, and much much more!
Episode 253: Cisco's Perfect 10 | TechSNAP 253
February 12, 2016 01:56 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBCisco has a wormable vulnerability in its Firewall appliances, crimeware that allows unlimited ATM withdrawals & the big problem with the Java installer. Plus great questions, a rocking round up & much, much more!
Episode 252: Hot Norse Potato | TechSNAP 252
February 05, 2016 02:41 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBA new openSSL exploit, cyber security firm Norse implodes & the Windows Hot Potato flaw that’s been around for over a decade. Plus great questions, our answers, a rockin round up & much, much more!
Episode 251: A Look Back On Feedback | TechSNAP 251
January 28, 2016 16:10 - 1 hour - 36.9 MBSince Allan is off being fancy at FOSDEM, we decided that now would be a good time to celebrate the audience & feature some of the best feedback we've had over the years!
Episode 250: Lights out Management | TechSNAP 250
January 21, 2016 18:10 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBThe bizarre saga of Juniper maybe finally be coming to a conclusion, details about SLOTH, the latest SSL vulnerability that also affects IPSec and SSH & the attack on the Ukrainian power grid made possible by malware. Plus your questions with a special theme, a rockin roundup & much more!
Episode 249: Internet of Threats | TechSNAP 249
January 15, 2016 01:03 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBA Critical OpenSSH flaw can expose your private keys, a new WiFi spec for IoT devices, that has all the classic issues & Intel’s SkyLake bug. Plus your feedback, our answers, a rockin’ round up & so much more!
Episode 248: Virtual Private Surveillance | TechSNAP 248
January 08, 2016 03:23 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBWe break down the Bicycle attack against SSL, the story of Brian Krebs’s PayPal account getting backed & the scoop on the Juniper Saga. Plus some great questions, our answers, a news breaking round up & much more!
Episode 247: Snappy New Year! | TechSNAP 247
December 31, 2015 16:13 - 2 hours - 61.1 MBWe take a look back at some of the big stories of 2015, at least, as we see it. Plus the round up & more!
Episode 246: Allan's Favorite Things | TechSNAP 246
December 24, 2015 17:44 - 2 hours - 59.2 MBIt’s a collection of Allan’s favorite moments from TechSNAP past. Plus the week’s new stories in the roundup & much more!
Episode 245: Insecurity Appliance | TechSNAP 245
December 18, 2015 03:49 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBMeet BOOTTRASH the Malware that executes before your OS does, the hard questions you need to ask when buying a security appliance, Project Zero finds flaws in Fireeye hardware. Plus some great audience questions, a big round up & much, much more!
Episode 244: Finding Nakamoto | TechSNAP 244
December 11, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBBitcoin’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!
Episode 243: SpyFi Barbie | TechSNAP 243
December 04, 2015 02:50 - 1 hour - 44 MBThe US Government is offering free penetration tests, with a catch, we break down the VTech Breakin & the only sure way to protect your credit online. Plus great questions, a big round up with breaking news & much more!
Episode 242: A Keyboard Walks into a Barcode | TechSNAP 242
November 26, 2015 16:56 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBA research team finds various ways to attack LastPass, how to use a cocktail of current Android exploits to own a device & hacking a point of sale system using poisoned barcodes! Plus some great questions, our answers, a rockin roundup & much, much more!
Episode 241: Double ROT-13 | TechSNAP 241
November 20, 2015 01:05 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBEncryption & privacy took quite a beating this week in the wake of the Paris attacks. We come to its defense. Your ISP heard you like backdoors, so they put a backdoor in your backdoor, the story of the social RAT & more!
Episode 240: Zero-Days Of Our Lives | TechSNAP 240
November 12, 2015 18:19 - 1 hour - 39.2 MBThe first remote administration trojan that targets Android, Linux, Mac and Windows. Joomla and vBulletin have major flaws & tips for protecting your online privacy from some very motivated public figures. Plus some great questions, a rockin' roundup & much, much more!
Episode 239: PLAID Falls Out of Fashion | TechSNAP 239
November 05, 2015 15:51 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBCISA provides no solutions, just new excuses. The new Australian smartcard system is a total disaster & why Google’s URLs are so crazy. Plus some great questions, our answers, a rockin' round up & much, much more!
Episode 238: Certifiable Authority | TechSNAP 238
October 29, 2015 22:42 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBTalkTalk gets compromised, Hackers make cars safer & Google plays hardball with Symantec. Plus a great batch of your questions, a rocking round up & much, much more!
Episode 237: A Rip in NTP | TechSNAP 237
October 23, 2015 02:34 - 2 hours - 57.6 MBThe OpenZFS summit just wrapped up and Allan shares the exciting new features coming to the file system, researchers warn about flaws in NTP & of course we've got some critical patches. Plus a great batch of questions, a rockin' round up & much, much more!
Episode 236: National Security Breaking Agency | TechSNAP 236
October 16, 2015 02:15 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBHow the NSA might be breaking Crypto, fresh zero day exploit against Flash with a twist & Keylogging before computers. Plus a great batch of your questions, a rocking round-up & much more!
Episode 235: Catching the Angler | TechSNAP 235
October 09, 2015 02:32 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBDebug mode exposes sensitive data, Cisco’s Talos group exposes the Angler exploit kit & how a Microsoft exposed Conficker with an egg hunt. Plus some great feedback, a huge round up & much, much more!
Episode 234: Key Flaw With GPL | TechSNAP 234
October 01, 2015 17:38 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBD-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!
Episode 233: Dukes of Cyber Hazard | TechSNAP 233
September 24, 2015 15:18 - 1 hour - 35 MBLet’s Encrypt hits a major milestone, F-Secure publishes their investigation into “The Dukes” & we dig into Tarsnap’s email confirmation bypass. Plus a great batch of your questions, a rocking round up & much, much more!
Episode 232: Hardware Insecurity Module | TechSNAP 232
September 17, 2015 19:31 - 1 hour - 29.7 MBHow Groupon made the switch to FreeBSD & why. Researches extract keys from a hardware module & Intel’s new CPU backed malware protection. Plus your questions, a great roundup & more!
Episode 231: Leaky RSA Keys | TechSNAP 231
September 10, 2015 13:05 - 1 hour - 35 MBRed Hat highlights how leaky many open source RSA implementations are, Netflix releases Sleepy Puppy & the Mac is definitely under attack. Plus some quick feedback, a rockin' roundup & much, much more!