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Think Like a Hacker
Episode 16: Cami Kaos talks WordCamps, Meetups and Community
If you’ve ever attended a WordCamp or a WordPress meetup in the last 6 years, that community experience was based on the guidance and support from WordCamp Central and Community Manager Cami Kaos. Cami is the primary contact for the 150 WordCamps and over 600 WordPress meetups taking place around the world this year. Her…
May 24, 2019
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…
May 21, 2019
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. One of his plugins, GitHub Updater, allows you to host WordPress plugins and themes on GitHub instead of WordPress.org. Andy supports numerous WordCamps and is an active member of the WordPress community in southern California. I had the pleasure…
May 16, 2019
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. We also announced a new update to the Wordfence plugin, making an updated two-factor authentication feature available to all Wordfence users. We cover a story about…
May 14, 2019
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. In today’s interview-focused episode we talk to Dave Ryan at WordCamp Orange County. Dave Ryan is an Interdisciplinary WordPress Developer…
May 10, 2019
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. We’re doing things a little different this week, separating the news and our interview into two episodes. In today’s we cover the news and we will share another compelling interview later in the week. In the news we discuss new…
May 8, 2019
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. We follow up on Google Sensorvault, a great interview with Richard Stallman about Facebook and JetBlue’s…
May 1, 2019
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. We examine the changes coming in the AMP project as well as implications of the UK’s new porn age restriction law coming into effect in July. We review a story uncovered by Cisco’s…
April 23, 2019
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. We also look at Google’s Sensorvault and how it’s being used by law enforcement, the fascinating rise and fall of the Bayrob malware gang, and some tips for avoiding a new…
April 17, 2019
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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. We also take a look at quite a few privacy concerns with Grammarly, malware in the healthcare industry, and we discuss privacy concerns with Facebook. I also talk to Brandy Lawson,…
April 10, 2019
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. Kathy and I cover the news. And we have an amazing interview with Raquel Landefeld who is a community organizer for WordPress, co-founder of agency Mode Effect and a well known and loved personality in the WordPress community. Raquel…
April 2, 2019
Episode 4: The Aaron Campbell Interview and the Social Warfare Saga
This week we have an update on the Social Warfare plugin vulnerability, how it was more serious than originally thought, and a feud that has broken out between a security researcher and forum moderators. We also have some interesting data on how WordPress will become more secure soon with code signing. And along with several…
March 26, 2019
Episode 3: The Cory Miller Interview and Active Exploits Target Easy WP SMTP Plugin
This week we have breaking news with a serious vulnerability in the Easy WP SMTP WordPress plugin. We are seeing exploits actively target this vulnerability. We also cover the week’s news with Kathy Zant and have a spectacular interview with Cory Miller where he chats about how he started iThemes, why he sold to Liquid…
March 21, 2019
Episode 2: Mikey Veenstra Talks XSS Vulnerability + The Adam Warner Interview
In this episode Mikey Veenstra, a threat analyst at Wordfence discusses a serious XSS vulnerability in an abandoned cart plugin. We also chat with Adam Warner, a well known figure in the WordPress community. In our interview we chat about Adam’s personal WordPress journey, community engagement success and the future of WordPress. And as always…
March 12, 2019
Episode 1: An Interview with Josepha Haden
Josepha Haden is the Executive Director of the WordPress project at Automattic. She oversees and directs all contributor teams in their work to build and maintain WordPress. Josepha can be found at https://josepha.blog. In our news segment, we talk about recent vulnerabilities in the Freemius library affecting WordPress plugins, the CoinHive shutdown, and why potential…
March 7, 2019