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Two Guys and an Opinion

A weekly Business, Education and Technology podcast featuring Richard Neale
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A weekly Business, Education and Technology podcast featuring Richard Neale
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This week's episode is (nearly) all about those pesky passwords that won't  go away and how one industry giant told Richard how he can't wait for them to 'Die'!We explore the concept of the 'password-less' future, how Coinbase got hacked by som
Back by zero demand, as if they never went away, REvil's back and up to their old tricks.  Was it as simple as a nice summer break or something more sinister?Also - is it time we rewrite the rules of business continuity and incidence recovery p
In this week's roundup of our industry's SNAFU's, we delve into the 'Worst Vulnerability Ever Found' in a cloud provider, the largest fine ever dealt out by the Irish Data Protection Commission, and LockBit strikes again!Notes:The WhatsApp stor
SEASON 2! We're back and we're bold!  And bald....Vlad and Richard pick from where they left off at the end of Season 1.  But now with added edginess!  Unlike the rest of the world, the bad guys don't seem to have taken a summer break; the most
In this final episode of the season, we cover two of the most notable cyber incidents in recent weeks; PrintNightmare and the Kaseya breach.  As a result, we lament the problem of the  'soggy middle' taking the 'tickbox' approach to cybersecuri
VENDOR SPOTLIGHT:KnowBe4In another of our sub-series where we focus on a particular vendor in our portfolio, we welcome Javvad Malik, a Security Awareness Advocate from KnowBe4.It's a given that the majority of successful cybersecurity breaches
This week we talk about the concept of 'SOC Burnout' and the need for companies to recognise the condition and support the analysts.  Tenuously related to SOC burnout, we examine (destroy!), the 'Artificial Intelligence' myth that Cybersecurity
This week's episode is dominated by the snafu at Fastly that brought the Internet to its knees.  And following the news this week that the FBI was able to 'recover' a significant portion of the ransom paid to the DarkSide gang after the inciden
In this second episode of our sub-series of 'VENDOR SPOTLIGHT's, we introduce Agari - a leading vendor delivering enterprise email security by leveraging unique AI technology to protect your organisation and your inbox.We're joined by Chris Spe
In this episode we cover the cybersecurity news from the past two weeks which is again dominated by more ransomware attacks wreaking havoc across the private and public sector alike...However, in a break from the norm Vlad and I go toe-to-toe o
In a break from the norm, this week we're focussing purely on a single vendor that recently joined our portfolio: rThreat.  We're delighted to be joined by Dany Applegate, their Co-Founder and Head of Marketing.rThreat specialises in Breach and
In this episode we discuss one heck of an 'own-goal' that leads to a rather embarrassing situation for an unlucky student.  And could we actually see the beginning of the end for Ransomware?  We cover the newly formed Ransomware Task Force and
In this episode we discuss this week's New Kids on the Block-chain; QLocker and their rather well-executed and profitable Ransomware debut.Also covered is the no. 1 attack vector for these increasingly well-organised gangs and what your organis
Breaking news this week:  A Pulse Secure VPN zero-day vulnerability found with NO FIX!We unpack what that means for the thousands of customers out there and what measures could be put in place to be in a Permanent State of Readiness should you
Now you may be forgiven for thinking that this episode is a montage of  3 or 4 of our previous podcasts...  but alas, no...We do however visit some old friends like SolarWinds,  Travelex  and HAFNIUM as  they all become topical again following
BAE.  No, not the aerospace company, your kid's bestie or the Danish for 'poop', but in fact an exciting and emerging capability in the war on cybercrime.Breach and Attack Emulation.  This is the real deal. It may sound crazy, but we're saying
In a shocking turn of events, Richard gets triggered regarding the seemingly inexorable rise and rise of Ransomware attacks on organisations big and small.  Vlad stays uncharacteristically calm!We discuss the facts and figures of cyber breaches
In this episode we're joined by James Linton, AKA Sinon_reborn, AKA the Email Prankster.  James shot to fame in 2017 following a series of audacious and outrageous email scams that targeted international banking institutions, high-profile polit
Yes, yes... you DO need another acronym!  Or more specifically, an initialism!  In this episode we introduce the concept of P.S.R.  A 'Permanent State of Readiness'.Achieving PSR from an information and / or cybersecurity point of view should b
BREAKING NEWS!This week's brief podcast is recorded live from the front line of a potentially breached customer.  Following on from last week's announced 'HAFNIUM' attacks on vulnerable Microsoft Exchange on-premise servers, we perform in-depth
With the fallout of the Solarwinds breach continuing to grab the headlines, we discuss the concept of 'supply-chain compromise' and why it's such a favoured attack vector.Also covered is the highly sophisticated zero-day exploit chaining attack
An action packed week in the world of cyber incidents leads us to explore what a DDOS attack is and what happens when you're not prepared!  Vlad gets uncomfortable with 5000 firemen and in the end it was Agatha all Along!Notes:Agatha All Along!
This week we feature our first guest speaker, Michael Stout.  Michael is an internationally focused information security consultant, lecturer, and mentor. With a background in ethical hacking and senior management, he specialises in helping com
This week's episode provides an antidote to last week's main story; well we get about half way anyway!  We're imparting our hard won experience and war stories concerning vulnerability management  programs and how to hopefully get it right firs
In this episode we study in detail, (apologies, Richard rambled!), the shocking story of the demise of Travelex due in no small part to a highly successful ransomware attack. We cover just how avoidable these incidents are by dealing with those
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