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USB our Guest - Cyber security Best Practices and News

This Cyber Security podcast is intended to help people better protect themselves from Cyber criminals by offering quick tips and hacking news summaries.
USB our Guest is the cyber security podcast you have been looking for. Offering quick tips and attack overviews, 5-10 minutes in length and intended to help people better protect themselves from Cyber criminals. From 2FA to Zero-Days and everything in between. USB Our guest is a resource to help demystify cyber security and how it affects you.

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Phishing Myself... Repeatedly or I'll click on that... from 2022-11-18T11:47:15

In this video Episode of USB our Guest, I Phish myself Repeatedly. 

Today I wanted to do something a little different and something I've wanted to do for a while. I'm getting phished...

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LastPass Breach or Developers are the worst.... from 2022-10-10T11:02:03

This episode cover the LastPass breach that occurred in August. Links to the LastPass blog and articles referenced in the show are below. You can also find me on twitch at Listen

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Russia / Ukraine Cyber War discussion with Stefan from Tech Hatters from 2022-04-06T00:02:19

I sit down with Stefan from the Tech Hatters Discord for a discussion on the Russia / Ukraine Cyber War. Stefan is a University student working in the industry. Please see all the links for...

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Russia / Ukraine Cyber War discussion with Stephan from Tech Hatters from 2022-04-04T03:08:25

I sit down with Stefan from the Tech Hatters Discord for a discussion on the Russia / Ukraine Cyber War. Stefan is a University student working in the industry. Please see all the links for...

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Log4shell, Log4j exploit or Log4what, is that a new crossfit trend? from 2022-02-19T13:43:39

Today’s episode covers the vulnerability affecting Java logging package, Log4j. This episode took a little longer to make than expected due to its complexity. Please see links below used to crea...

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Twitch Gets Hacked or Source Code! Get your Source Code here! from 2021-10-14T10:29:21

Today's episode covers the recent Twitch hack. yikes. 


The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked

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EA Hack or The bad guys forgot to do something... from 2021-08-29T14:38:42

This episode is about the recent EA/Electronic Arts hack that occurred on June 6th. 

TL:DR/L - only download from Legit game retailers. 

Hackers Steal Wealth of Data from...

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Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack or Backup, Shmackup... from 2021-06-19T15:12:51

Today’s episode is about the Ransomware attack that occurred on May 7th that forced Colonial Pipeline to shut down its operations.

A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang - Listen

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The FBI is remotely hacking hundreds of servers or Why Hello, I didn’t see you there... from 2021-05-28T10:13:17

Today’s episode covers the FBI’s Unprecedented helpful remote hacking of Hafnium infected servers.

The FBI is remotely hacking hundreds of computers to protect them from Hafnium- Listen

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Gamers, Modders and RATs and Take your negative K/D like we all have from 2021-05-22T12:52:36

Today's episode is about cheaters or modders getting infected with RAT’s or a Remote Access Trojans. 

Tech Republic - Malicious attack now targeting video gamers and modders Listen

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RAT's or Remote Access Trojans and Stop Clicking Links from your Moms from 2021-04-17T13:56:38

Today’s episode covers RATs or Remote Access Trojans. There is a great article on DarkReading that gives an overview of what RATs do and I’ll include it in the show notes. In This episode we wil...

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Allwin of ITPodcast.club Interview from 2021-04-09T12:49:30

Today's episode is a little different. We have the opportunity to speak to the host of ITPodcast.Club, available on major podcasting platforms and who is in their last year of university. This e...

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Alwin of ITPodcast.club Interview from 2021-04-09T10:49:30

Today's episode is a little different. We have the opportunity to speak to the host of ITPodcast.Club, available on major podcasting platforms and who is in their last year of university. This e...

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Microsoft Server Exchange Hack from 2021-03-30T11:15:45

Today’s episode covers the Microsoft Server Exchange Hack. So disclaimer here, this is a fairly technical hack. The purpose of this episode is to give you a high level overview of the hack, a ti...

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Silver Sparrow as discovered by Red Canary from 2021-03-11T11:52:50

Silver Sparrow as discovered by Red Canary

RedCanary's silver sparrow discovery - https://redcanary.com/blog/clippi...

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CD Projekt Red's CyberPunk2077 Breach from 2021-03-03T11:21:54

Hello and welcome back to USB our Guest Cyber Security tips. Today's episode is about CD Projekt Red's CyberPunk2077 Breach. Spoiler, they tell hackers 'no thank you' to ransom demands and resto...

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Zero-Day Exploits - Recently Windows from 2021-02-18T01:26:47

Today's episode covers Zero Days. What are they, why you should know about them and what you should do when you hear about them. Recent Windows Zero day - https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilitie...

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RoboCalls with Dominic from 2021-02-01T12:00:52

Today's Episode is an interview with my son Dominic. I had the chance to sit down and talk to him about Robo-calls.


Never give someone from a Robo-call your personal identifiable info...

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Coronavirus Scams from 2021-01-22T12:22:55

Today's topic is Coronavirus Phishing Scams. https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/06/help-covid-19-contact-tracers-not-scammers https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments https://...

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AnimalJam Passwords with Rosie from 2021-01-22T11:02:43

This episode I get to interview my daughter and pick her brain on Animal Jam and Passwords. A little longer than usual but Rosie drops a truth bomb about passwords and I couldn't be more proud Listen

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Software Updates from 2020-11-15T15:00:36

This episode is about Software Updates and why they are important to install asap. 

Norton anti-virus article mentioned in the episode. Listen

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Shodan.io from 2020-10-18T16:44:38

This episode covers Shodan.io the search engine for the Internet of Things. 

Please see the website https://danielmiessler.com/stud...

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The website haveibeenpwned.com from 2020-10-09T01:50:59

Today's episode covers the website https://haveibeenpwned.com 

Troy hunt created haveibeenpwned.com with the simple idea that there should be...

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Whaling from 2020-09-30T10:27:34

Today's episode is about whaling. What is it and what can you do to thwart an attack. There is a great article on Rapid7's Blog on whaling. Find it here. Listen

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Backups from 2020-09-21T00:32:13

Today's Episode covers Backups. What are backups, why you should use them and how to do them. 

Find the PC mag article referenced in the podcast at Listen

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What is Ransomware? from 2020-09-13T16:00:20

Today's Episode covers Ransomware. What is it and how can you protect yourself from it. 

Find the knowbe4 article we referenced in the show at Listen

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What is SMiShing? from 2019-08-21T07:00

Today's episode cover tips to keep you safe from a SMiShing attack.

From the Norton Website. What is Smishing and how to protect yourself from an attack?

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What is Spear Phishing ? from 2019-08-20T07:00

In this episode we explain what exactly is spear phishing.

KnowBe4 website 

https://www.knowbe4.com/spear-phishing/

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Phishing from 2019-08-19T07:00

This episode is about Phishing and how to avoid being phished

From the FTC website - How to Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams

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Virtual Private Networks or VPNs from 2019-08-16T06:00

In this Flash Briefing we cover Virtual Private Networks or VPN's

PC Mag - The Best VPN services for 2019

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Public Wi-Fi use warnings and suggestions from 2019-08-15T07:00

In this episode we cover warnings and suggestions when using public Wi-Fi

Norton website - The Risks of public Wi-Fi

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Utility Company Scam Calls from 2019-08-14T10:48

This Flash Briefing is about Utility Company Scam Calls.

Federal Trade Commission website - Empower yourself against utility scams - by Lisa Lake
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Social Security Administration RoboCall Scams from 2019-08-13T07:00

Tips to avoid being scammed by a SSA RoboCall

Federal Trade Commission - Getting Calls from the SSA?
https://www....

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Credit Card RoboCalls from 2019-08-12T07:00

Tips to help avoid being scammed by a Credit Card RoboCall. 

FCC robo-calls website
https://www...

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Hacking Humans and CyberWire Podcasts from 2019-08-09T07:00

 Today's tip is about the Hacking Humans podcast by Cyberwire with Dave Bitner and Joe Carrigan.  

Hacking Humans podcast by Cyberwire with Dave Bitner and Joe Carrigan
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knowbe4's blog from 2019-08-08T07:00

knowbe4 blog web address as referred to in this episode https://blog.knowbe4.com/

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VirusTotal Website from 2019-08-07T02:47:42

In this episode we explain how to use the VirusTotal website to help protect your computer from viruses. 

Virus Total virustotal.com

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2FA - 2 Factor Authentication from 2019-08-06T07:00

Two-Factor Authentication: What is it and why do I need it to stay safe online?
https://blog.trendmicro.com/two-factor-authentication-what-is-it-and-why-do-i-need-it-to-stay-safe-online/&nbs...

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Password Managers from 2019-08-02T07:00

THE 4 BEST PASSWORD MANAGERS TO SECURE YOUR DIGITAL LIFE
https://www.wired.com/story/best-password-managers/ 

1Password
https://1password.com/

dashlane
https://www...

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Creating Passwords from 2019-08-01T07:00

In this Flash Briefing we cover tips for creating secure passwords from the experts at knowbe4.com

Use the website  https://howsecureismypassword.net/  to check how strong your ...

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Password Best Practices from 2019-07-31T07:00

We cover some password best practices in this flash briefing

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Flash Drives from 2019-07-30T03:31

Never plug a USB flash drive into your computer that is not your own.

Malicious Code could be saved on the flash drive and programmed to run keyloggers or backdoors when plugged in.

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