TechSNAP

Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast.

About the show

Systems, 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 286: Botnet of Things | TechSNAP 286

    September 29th, 2016  |  2 hrs 6 mins

    Krebs is hit with DDoS attack & then gets kicked off of Akamai. We’ll tell you about the record breaking details, Firefox puts it foot down, picking NFS or Samba…

    Your questions, our answers, a packed Round Up & much more!

  • Episode 285: OpSec for Script Kiddies | TechSNAP 285

    September 22nd, 2016  |  1 hr 1 min

    The FBI arrests the script kiddies that hacked the CIA director, how Dropbox hacks your Mac & the guys behind a DDoS for hire service get busted.

    Plus great questions, our answers, a rockin roundup & more!

  • Episode 284: Buffalo Overflow | TechSNAP 284

    September 15th, 2016  |  1 hr 17 mins

    Massive drive failures after a datacenter gas attack. A critical MySQL vulnerability you should know about & is Cisco responsible for the death of an MMO?

    Plus great questions, our answers & much more!

  • Episode 283: I Can't Believe It's Not Ethernet | TechSNAP 283

    September 8th, 2016  |  1 hr 23 mins

    How a modified USB ethernet adapter can steal credentials, a new compression algorithm from Facebook that might be legit & the terrible terrible security of a consumer NAS.

    Plus great questions, our answers, a fun roundup & much, much more!

  • Episode 282: The Shadow Knows | TechSNAP 282

    September 1st, 2016  |  1 hr 33 mins

    The ShadowBrokers release a batch of the NSA’s tools & we dive in. A Google login issue allows for credential theft & researchers map the Netflix content delivery network!

    Plus great feedback, follow up, a rockin' roundup & much, much more!

  • Episode 281: iPhishing Expedition | TechSNAP 281

    August 25th, 2016  |  1 hr 22 mins

    iOS targeted malware in the wild, the simple approach to hacking electronic safes & how digital forensics prove a journalist was framed.

    Plus your great questions, a packed round up & much more!

  • Episode 280: Microsoft’s Golden Ticket | TechSNAP 280

    August 18th, 2016  |  1 hr 38 mins

    Microsoft 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 11th, 2016  |  1 hr 8 mins

    Why 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 4th, 2016  |  1 hr 32 mins

    How 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 28th, 2016  |  1 hr 29 mins

    We’re in 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 21st, 2016  |  1 hr 19 mins

    A 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 14th, 2016  |  1 hr 25 mins

    A 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 7th, 2016  |  1 hr 28 mins

    On 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 encrypted & talk about the shortcomings of the MD5 checksum. Plus the feedback & more!

  • Episode 273: Make Ads GIF Again | TechSNAP 273

    June 30th, 2016  |  1 hr 37 mins

    Project 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 23rd, 2016  |  2 hrs 7 mins

    What’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 16th, 2016  |  1 hr 58 mins

    Why 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 & much more!