This week we re-cap what happened in the world of cyberecurity in 2018, give our predictions for 2019 and talk about the Coast Capital Savings incident and the widening cyber skills gap.

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Welcome to the first episode of 2 dropped tables and a microphone of 2018! We jump right back into the swing of things with a discussion of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities and then we take a look at our crystal balls for our cybersecurity predictions for the coming year. Read More

The guys are one short this week as they take on BlueBorne, KRaCK and a 4G/5G network flaw. Read More

In this episode we talk about the latest named vulnerability OptionsBleed.  Is it all that it is cracked up to be? And is the security news industry headed into chicken little territory with FUD like this? Next up, NIST has released new guidelines for authentication which contain some changes to how we are doing passwords.  We discuss what this means and how businesses and users can adapt. Lastly a couple of articles regarding what incentives are needed for businesses to start taking security seriously raises a topic that we have discussed tangentially on the podcast before.  Is government intervention necessary in some sectors that harbor personally identifiable information? All this, and some goofy laughs ahead, on the 2 Dropped Tables and a Microphone Podcast. Read More

This week we discuss the Equifax data breach, hacking medical devices and the latest leaked NSA tool UnitedRake. Read More

On this episode we discuss Accuweather and other mobile applications sending private data to advertisers, Hacking road signs and the Gazer backdoor. Read More

The boys are back from Def Con! We talk about our experience with def con 25 and what we would do different next year. We also discuss Bill C-59, the 'Clean up' bill for Canada's anti-terrorism bill C-51, what does it contain and does it go far enough? And what you can do to ensure your member of parliament hears your voice on this important issue! It's time to revisit the WikiLeaks Vault 7 releases! It has been a few weeks since we went through the releases coming out of Vault 7 and they just keep on coming!  We get you caught up on some of the scary ones that have come out since we last discussed this topic. All this, and more nerd humour, on tonight's episode of 2 Dropped Tables and a Microphone. Read More