In this episode, the Naked Security Podcast looks at whether the latest USB hardware proposals will be used to boost security or tighten up anti-piracy controls, investigates an open-source toolkit for bypassing 2FA, and explains how the US government shutdown is affecting online security.
With Anna Brading. Paul Ducklin, Mark Stockley and Matthew Boddy.
This week’s links:
- USB-C Authentication sounds great, so why are people worried?
- 2FA codes can be phished by new pentest tool
- Shutdown hits government websites as certificates begin to expire
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r h k e n n e r l y
You guys gotta up your audio game. On commutes, I can’t understand anything at all (even with earbuds).
Simon McAllister
Clear as a bell for me on laptop speakers and iPhone with earbuds (tested in busy/noisy office environment).
r h k e n n e r l y
No. Poor, amateurish production standards for where Sophos aspire to be. I can point you to any number of tech podcasts with 3 or 4 voices that do it much better.
Echo-y, different volume levels for each person because of one mic (bet the table you’re sitting around is not square), background noises. You’re two-handed podcasts were better audio productions.
The more participants, the more careful & precise your sound engineering has to be for the ear to channel and follow each voice, particularly when dealing with cross-talk & accents (for those of us on this side of the water).
r h k e n n e r l y
No. Substandard audio production. Highly variable.
Audio is all echo-y, levels are uneven, background noise. I expected better. You used to be better.
like when the show was two-handed instead I’d a 4-handed roundtable and each participants had better gear or you used it better.
Still, great info.
r h k e n n e r l y
That was my fault. Or maybe wordpress’, Sri. After I sent the first it didn’t appear as a reply in my feed. I thought, shit> misfire. And let it go.
A day or two later I was back in WP, noticed the Sophos reply to my original message & typed up another response.
As soon as I launched it the app refreshed & my first reply to sophis popped in.
Dunno. Couldn’t unlaunch the second missive.
So apologies all around.
OTOH, I like you guys & the product a lot, which is why I don’t share your podcast. I do repost & share your articles all the time. And I also subscribe to your security products yearly.
Sophos really is my authoritative source on internet & computer security. And I look forward to hearing a podcast with good enough production standards I’ll be proud to share as well.