Technado with Don Pezet

Our old friend Zach Hill from the YouTube channel I.T. Career Questions joined us this week as we kicked off a month focussed on getting started in the IT field. Zach also gave his views on a 128MB memory stick marketed as an “anti-5G” device. In other news, the team discussed the issues with the Windows 10 May 2020 update, a beefier Raspberry Pi, OpenSSH deprecating SHA-1 logins, the Blue Mockingbird malware gang, and an ongoing Russian hacking campaign.

We go behind the scenes on this week’s episode to talk to Megan Brewster, the person responsible for scheduling all our great guests on Technado. Megan also gave her thoughts on a strange odometer-based conspiracy theory in our new segment, Tin Foil Hat Time. In the news, the crew discussed faster SD cards, Microsoft’s new Windows Package Manager, the confusing Microsoft Lists, and eBay’s port scanning policy.

We go behind the scenes on this week’s episode to talk to Megan Brewster, the person responsible for scheduling all our great guests on Technado. Megan also gave her thoughts on a strange odometer-based conspiracy theory in our new segment, Tin Foil Hat Time. In the news, the crew discussed faster SD cards, Microsoft’s new Windows Package Manager, the confusing Microsoft Lists, and eBay’s port scanning policy.

Dennis Hunter is an instructor at Cisco, Cyber Synergy Consulting Group, and Wake Technical Community College. He joined the Technado team this week to talk about his tech journey, give insight into Cisco’s Stealthwatch, and help breakdown the European breach that led to supercomputers mining cryptocurrency. In other news, the team discussed IBM’s sponsorship of distributed computing to fight COVID-19, Chrome blocking resource-draining ads, and the Edison Mail app mixing up users’ mailboxes.

Dennis Hunter is an instructor at Cisco, Cyber Synergy Consulting Group, and Wake Technical Community College. He joined the Technado team this week to talk about his tech journey, give insight into Cisco’s Stealthwatch, and help breakdown the European breach that led to supercomputers mining cryptocurrency. In other news, the team discussed IBM’s sponsorship of distributed computing to fight COVID-19, Chrome blocking resource-draining ads, and the Edison Mail app mixing up users’ mailboxes.

PowerShell, I am your father. That’s right – Jeffrey Snover, the father of PowerShell was this week’s guest on Technado. We talked about where the original idea came from, as well as what he’s working on now at Microsoft. He also responded to some mean tweets from the haters. In the news, the team discussed the new Caddy Web server, an update to Google Authenticator for 2FA, Xiaomi’s data leak, and how favicons can hide malicious code.

PowerShell, I am your father. That’s right – Jeffrey Snover, the father of PowerShell was this week’s guest on Technado. We talked about where the original idea came from, as well as what he’s working on now at Microsoft. He also responded to some mean tweets from the haters. In the news, the team discussed the new Caddy Web server, an update to Google Authenticator for 2FA, Xiaomi’s data leak, and how favicons can hide malicious code.

The Technado with Don Pezet team is celebrating Powershell all this month, and what better way to kick it off than with ITProTV Edutainer Mike Rodrick? Mike talked about all the new features in PowerShell 7 and how they compare to previous versions. In other news, the panel discussed the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, the Windows 10X release plan, Backblaze’s slashing of S3 prices, and a zero-day exploit in the Sophos firewall.

The Technado with Don Pezet team is celebrating Powershell all this month, and what better way to kick it off than with ITProTV Edutainer Mike Rodrick? Mike talked about all the new features in PowerShell 7 and how they compare to previous versions. In other news, the panel discussed the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, the Windows 10X release plan, Backblaze’s slashing of S3 prices, and a zero-day exploit in the Sophos firewall.

Chris Morales is the Head of Security Analytics at Vectra, and joined the podcast this week to talk about incident response and threat management programs. He also discussed an interesting research report on privileged access. In this week’s Who Got Pwned, the team looked at Nintendo accounts being hacked with proceeds laundered through Fortnite currency. In other news, they discussed why Microsoft doesn’t trust Thunderbolt, an Australian coronavirus tracking app, and Wifi 6E.

Chris Morales is the Head of Security Analytics at Vectra, and joined the podcast this week to talk about incident response and threat management programs. He also discussed an interesting research report on privileged access. In this week’s Who Got Pwned, the team looked at Nintendo accounts being hacked with proceeds laundered through Fortnite currency. In other news, they discussed why Microsoft doesn’t trust Thunderbolt, an Australian coronavirus tracking app, and Wifi 6E.

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) grad student and DoD contractor William York joined the Techando crew to talk about security and his recent presentation at BSides in Tampa, FL. In the new WTF segment, the crew discussed how the 5G conspiracy spread across Europe and into the US. In the news, they talked about GitHub moving to a free model for teams, Fedora 33 enabling Systemd-Resolved, and why you shouldn’t share your high school senior photos (or anything) on Facebook.

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) grad student and DoD contractor William York joined the Techando crew to talk about security and his recent presentation at BSides in Tampa, FL. In the new WTF segment, the crew discussed how the 5G conspiracy spread across Europe and into the US. In the news, they talked about GitHub moving to a free model for teams, Fedora 33 enabling Systemd-Resolved, and why you shouldn’t share your high school senior photos (or anything) on Facebook.

Digital forensics expert Dan Young joined the Technado crew this week to share his expertise and tell us about QuoLab’s software. He told the team about all of the COVID-19 related scams, including a malware version of the Johns Hopkins pandemic map. In other news, the crew discussed Microsoft moving to digital-only events, moving China Telecom out of the US, a critical VMware bug, and the truly sad news that we won’t get new emojis in 2020.

Digital forensics expert Dan Young joined the Technado crew this week to share his expertise and tell us about QuoLab’s software. He told the team about all of the COVID-19 related scams, including a malware version of the Johns Hopkins pandemic map. In other news, the crew discussed Microsoft moving to digital-only events, moving China Telecom out of the US, a critical VMware bug, and the truly sad news that we won’t get new emojis in 2020.