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Category: Podcasts
Podcast Episode 15: So. Much. News!!
In this week’s news we have a lot to cover. We talk about an intrusion at StackOverflow, a proposal to modify the WordPress plugin guidelines, how Chinese hackers are getting better at stealing US cyber secrets, ethical issues of firms promising ransomware solutions that only include paying the ransomware, a breach on the Joomla extension ...
Podcast Episode 14: Interview with Trauma Surgeon and Plugin Dev Andy Fragen
Dr. Andy Fragen is a trauma/acute care surgeon as well as a prolific WordPress plugin author.
Podcast Episode 12: Major WhatsApp Vulnerability and Other News
This week in our news-focused episode we cover the WhatsApp zero-day vulnerability that allegedly was used to infect phones with malware by simply calling a phone with the app.
Podcast Episode 11: The Dave Ryan Interview
Today we’ve published episode 11 of Think Like a Hacker. As we mentioned earlier in the week, we’ve switched to a new format beginning this week, separating the news and our interview into two episodes.
Podcast Episode 10: WordPress 5.2 Security Enhancements and Other News
Today we are pleased to bring you the tenth episode of Think Like a Hacker.
Podcast Episode 9: The Jon Brown Interview and Vulnerabilities, The Dark Web, Scams, Oh My!
We cover quite a few news stories this week, including two plugins requiring immediate updating due to disclosed vulnerabilities, what we can expect from WordPress version 5.2 and a dark web marketplace that appears to have exit scammed users.
Podcast Episode 8: We Go Deep on Coffee, Hackable Child Trackers and More
This week we look at Troy Hunt’s pen testing results with the TicTocTrack watch and the privacy issues of tracking our kids.
Podcast Episode 7: The Tyler Lau Interview, Assange, Thought Experiments, AirBnB Scams and More
This week we look at the Assange arrest, an irresponsible security researcher affecting the WordPress community and do a bit of a thought experiment.
Podcast Episode 6: The Brandy Lawson Interview, The News and Facebook Rants
This week we follow up on two stories from last week, the Pipdig P3 plugin and Jetpack suggestions found within the WordPress plugin dashboard.
Podcast Episode 5: The Raquel Landefeld Interview & The Pipdig Story
This week I chat about the Pipdig controversy in full with Mikey Veenstra and Kathy Zant.
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