Eric returns from vacation and Jon makes Hay. Microsoft retires its under sea data center experiment, YouTube attempts to get artists onboard for AI Music, Apple may (or may not) be compliant with the DMA, and a Krebs master class in OSInt. Sleep cleans your brain, and how to make hay. 0:00 - Intro 13:24 - No More Barnacled Servers 16:36 - AI Compo…

Eric is on vacation, so Jon is up late. Panera lost some employee data and Snowflake is updating stuff. Eric enjoys the South Pacific Epcot while Jon looks forward to going to a library. 0:00 - Introduction 9:09 - Panera Fallout 12:04 - Snowflake Fallout 18:22 - Polynesian Cultural Center 23:14 - Klementinum…

Eric graduates his last, and Jon hosts a field trip. Club Penguin fans post inside documents from Disney (among others) and Apple announces how they will securely and privately execute LLMs in the cloud. Wyoming nuclear power plant breaks ground, the Civ7 trailer is released, and Astronaut William Anders passes away in his plane. 0:00 - Intro 14:32…

Eric says goodbye (sorta) to Coke Zero just in time for Chaos Week; aka Last Child Graduating High School. Jon cleans out his barn and discovers the bees are making him honey. Polish Hackers call out train repair shenanigans and Ticketmaster loses 560 million(ish?) user accounts due to(?) a Snowflake database misconfiguration? So many questions. Pa…

Eric grills ribs for Memorial Day, and Jon finds a goose. The internet archive under attack (literally and legally), and essays on programming. Two Mayan fun things ... books and bees. 0:00 - Intro 12:05 - Wayback Attack 16:20 - Essays on Programming 31:25 - Doomsday Match 35:13 - Stingless Beesبقلم Eric Wuehler and Jon King

Eric hangs out downtown and plans a trip to the symphony. Jon is hitting the end of the high school concert season, has opinions on iPad and notes that the bees both giveth and taketh away. While recovering from a long trip, they ask themselves many important questions... Who knew college students would want free laundry services? When did your WiF…

Eric has superlative steak and Jon has ... pizza. Northern lights, concerts, and grafting bees oh my. Microsoft's security priorities, FCC designates Royal Tiger, and Ascension hospitals attacked with/by Black Basta. A Vampire Drone and Wallets everywhere. 0:00 - Intro 16:05 - Top Priority 23:15 - Royal Tiger 27:28 - Ascension Land 32:09 - Vampire …

Eric's on the road again and has irrelevant opinions about Taylor Swift's new music. Jon is surrounded by music and actually watches a show Eric recommended. LockBit gang is doxxed by the FBI. Microsoft's top priority is security. Eric is suprised by Sugar and Jon discovers a new show: Doctor Rakus, Medicine Primate. 0:00 - Introduction 11:58 - Loc…

Eric wins the exercise challenge and Jon's iPad is busted. The FCC is (attempting to) fine carriers for sharing your location data, stats on Google's android app store protections in 2023, and GitHub comments are abused to host malware. For fun we have a Netflix series of the Three Body Problem, and an every-80-years-not-a-normal-nova. 0:00 - Intro…

Jon and Eric make it back from Texas, despite airport security. Nespresso has an open redirect vulnerability, eScan AV delivers updates via HTTP and Cisco has Zero-day fun time. Eric admires vaporizing water without heat while Jon is impressed with a pushing firmware updates to a spacecraft 15 billion miles away... 0:00 - Introduction 2:29 - Briske…

Eric performs Digital Spring Cleaning and Jon mostly works outside. Open source groups are worried about other 'XZ Style' hacks, Roku announces a second security incident, LastPass employee is deepfaked, and LG TV vulnerabilities. Don't expose your TVs to the internet folks. For fun we have an amazing article about deep sea cable repair ships and a…

Eric pulls out the BBQ, taunting the Rain Gods. Jon checks on his bees and deserves a third wire. Hackers lure folks with AI promises from hijacked social accounts while a software supply chain narrowly avoids a big oopsie. Eric dips his toes in hydroponic herb gardening while Jon eyes smart contact lenses (and narrowly avoids an April Fools oopsie…

Eric gets back home from vacation and Jon (tries to) defy range anxiety in his new car. Google has a proposed settlement for their harvesting of incognito browsers and the big AT&T breach has 'encrypted' PINs but are easily reversed. The first Neuralink transplant recipient pulls an all nighter playing Civ6, and we (may) have a record number of bee…

Eric and Jon chat about vacations, Jon looks for whales in Washington while Eric searches for license plates in Utah. Eric finds 3 million hotel room doors can be opened while Jon finds a company playing boths sides. Eric discovers he's a Lightweaver while Jon is an Elsecaller who also likes a whale museums. [NOTE: Eric's travel mic was having issu…

Pi day, wasps about, new 3d printer, Dune 2, and a bee update. Stroustrup objects to the characterization of (modern) C++ as unsafe (but are any projects in C++ fully modern??), Apex Legends tourney participants forced to cheat, swappers come for the eSIMs, and your connected car is probably selling your driving behavior data to insurance companies…

Eric survives a birthday at Benihana, laments the inability to game the system and looks forward to building a new 3D Printer. Jon is giddily gearing up for bee season and educates Eric on Yellowjackets. Roku discovers what its user accounts are worth on the dark web and Jon needs to update his QNAP. Again. The British Library is under-appraised th…

Eric's 'things are breaking' woes continue and Jon has a nice trip to UW. Info stealers are targeting ChatGPT creds, beware cheap IOT devices (like that's new advice), and Anycubic's cloud MQTT service is hacked (or misconfigured). Bumblebees exhibit cumulative culture (!!), Eric says to watch Resident Alien, and Colossal scientists manage to induc…

Eric has a phone again! AT&T: 1, Apple: 0... then discovers wind chimes are not awesome at 4am. Jon puts his woodworking skills to ancient use and starts housing chickens in the bathroom. Don't miss the private lander relaxing on the moon. The White House says "Use Memory Safe Programming Languages" (and there was much rejoicing). Jon does a Huggin…

Eric wardials and Jon fails to locate. Falling for scams is easier than you think and how threat actors are using LLMs. Oregon fails to adopt standard time, NASAs new moon landing, and snapshotting activity on the attosecond scale. 0:00 - Intro 12:48 - Eric Topic 18:26 - {color}{weather event} use of LLMs 29:47 - (Not) Standard Oregon Time 33:28 - …

Sportsball weekend. Jon can't pause TV and he's annoyed. Eric still has negative opinions of JavaScript and adds cell towers to the list. Followup on political ad clones. Eric uses ChatGPT to find missing US States. Almost. LassPass is not a Dating App. Phishception is the word of the day. FTC says Fraud Losses top 10 Billion in 2023. For fun, Eric…

Eric Laser Tags and Jon's bees are (mostly) alive; arrests in a 400m crypto heist that may or may not have been from FTX, and the FBI cleans up old routers infected with a PRC botnet; a Chinese company announces new hyperloop speed record, and the winners of the Scrollprize demonstrate extracting text from papyrus charred by Vesuvius. 0:00 - Intro …

Eric has an eye for pain while Jon admires his bees and discovers upgrade issues with his TV. Google ads can send you to malicious software and Facebook has 2000+ companies send them your data. Doom runs everywhere, including bacteria while gene therapy treats hearing loss for kids. 0:00 - Introduction 9:06 - Google Ads are Risky 15:57 - All your d…

The Oregon Thaw has happened and Eric and Jon can leave their houses. There was much rejoicing. Are or will AI Sleeper Agents be a thing, a President Biden Deepfake encouraging New Hampshire voters to stay home, and an extremely large data breach posted to Have I Been Pwned. For fun, the soon to be demise of the Leap Second, and a hidden city disco…

It is all about the Ice. Kids out of school, but no Snow Days for the WFH crowd - and Jon avoids walking out his front door. Serving a court summons via Bitcoin is now a thing and irritating Mandiant is generally not a good move. Eric shares fun facts about Ice and Jon talks Noble Gas Clusters. 0:00 - Introduction 13:26 - Here's some bitcoin: Oh, a…

Eric struggles with plane and weather issues (thanks Alaska!), and Jon drives in the Snow. Researchers demonstrate Denial of Wrench, the SEC is hacked to promote Bitcoin ETFs so they join the party, and Ransomware in 2023. For fun we have the Peregrine lunar lander and the first (?) person to beat Tetris on the NES. 0:00 - Intro 12:54 - Hacking Con…

Happy New Year! Adult Diapers, what? Eric jumps a car, Jon eats brisket and has a stinkin' dishwasher. Security Best Practices for Earth and Beyond with more Triangulation Details. Eric likes a space picture and Jon shares a handful of the Good Stories you missed in 2023. 0:00 - Introduction 12:31 - Security in Space 19:39 - Triangulation Continuat…

Jon has a relaxing Christmas while Eric faces More Water Issues. Also, tire size matters. The first two Lapsus$ teens are sentenced in the UK, Japan plans to crack down on app stores, Ukraine hacks back for Kyivstar, and SSH servers under attack. What is a Flow Battery and is it better than Lithium Ion, and the Juno space probe will pass close to I…

Eric recounts a 2500 mile roadtrip that includes a kidnapping while Jon enjoys concert week. Eric has a secret shoe shopping habit that has been compromized while Jon moots about a map mess. Garage chemists powered by ChatGPT and the world revolves around checks. 0:00 - Introduction 10:36 - VF Corp's 8-K 18:40 - Google Maps History 24:53 - Chemists…

Eric and Jon depart in two directions on road trips, Vans, Zoo Lights, and Bee Hives. Binance will be scoured for {evil,taxes}, Beeper Blues, and Push Notification spying by governments. A fun bonanza with We Are Bob, Humane, and Cassiopeia A in stereo(-ish). 0:00 - Intro 11:23 - Binance Scouring 18:07 - Beeper Woes 24:34 - Push Notifications Spyin…

Eric gets a new toy and installs a license plate holder thanks to Amazon - and no thanks to Amazon subscriptions. Jon gets his new router table set up and finds a photo frustration. Eric uses an (invalid) excuse to be annoyed with JavaScript while Jon checks in on iOS zero-days and Citrix bugs. The Internation Space Station turns 25, Charlie Munger…

Eric travels for Thanksgiving and Jon goes there and back again. Adversarial ML against LLMs, whether generated code is secure (it's not), the demise of a Crypto Drainer, and a complaint against Meta's new policy of pay-us-so-we-don't-track-you. For fun we have the California Railroad Museum and a video explaining just how Apple's Thunderbolt 4 USB…

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Eric goes to visit family in California, Jon does a lot of driving and preemptively eats pumpkin pie. Fidelity National Financial has an ooopsie. Something something OpenAI something something. Binance is fined despite not being a US company. Eric takes the family to see the aftermath of the Oroville Dam and Jon explore…

Jon constructs and Eric cleans house. Let google send your spam, bipartisan (??) surveillance reform bill, and how AI may change democracy. Quantitatively adults have better attention spans now than 30 years ago, and you should read Seth Ring's novels (start with the Titan series). 0:00 - Intro 10:41 - Quiz Spam 15:32 - Surveillance Reform 21:27 - …

Eric wrote some code and was reminded what "at the speed of government" means while Jon did some travel and acquired discount Halloween candy. Google introduces a real-time code analysis for side-loaded Android apps and Krebs drops some education on how criminal reshipping services work. Eric suggests you check out neal.fun again while Jon avoids f…

Eric hobnobs with forecasters and Jon has an Electrical Mystery. How Kaspersky intercepted 'Operation Triangulation', Apple's new iMessage contact security, what if YouTube just used the tag, and maybe Microsoft shouldn't be putting 'generative AI engagement polls' next to *all* articles. For fun we have the wild flavors of Coke Creations, and the …

The rains have returned, Eric's Electric Car Experiment continues, Jon eats weeds and becomes tired. Despite an Oktaober event, 1Password is ok. IOS (the other IOS) has some issues to work through. A Space Winnebago is looking for a reentry permit from the FAA and Jon wants to buy some uncomfortably cool chairs. 0:00 - Introduction 9:00 - Okta-ober…

Eric gets a car and Jon doesn't quite get into an AirBnB. Sourdough and roast failures. Virtual gaming company hacked via Discord, a part time DJ selling fake or unqualified airplane parts, and Slack's Google Drive integration allows information disclosure. For fun we have roll your own ambient audio (chaos!) and a Marsquake that didn't come from a…

Eric gets some 100 year old sourdough starter and Jon gets an oboe fixed despite the Jason mixup. Microsoft reveals more on a CVE. Have you been squatted? Here Come the Passkeys! Confluence gets a perfect score. Cloud providers weather a DDoS. Eric reveals some astroid dust while Jon goes to watch an eclipse. 0:00 - Intro 9:24 - Microsoft Stuffs 10…

Eric crochets and Jon ... doesn't. Deep fakes of Hanks, Gayle King, and Mr. Beast, Google to enforce eMail security standards to send to gMail users, and highs and lows of reproducing a tricky zero day in the libwebp library. For fun we have the Nimbus EV -- a small three wheeled, two seater electric vehicle and the Nobel Prize in Medicine is given…

Eric goes on a trip to Chicago while Jon drops in at College. Complicated hotel scam and new security features in Windows 11. Eric checks in on OSIRIS-REX and Jon talks about non-Bee Bees. Finally, from the Mostly Security Book Club: We Are Bob and Warbreaker. 0:00 - Introduction 15:06 - Hotel Booking Scam 20:07 - Win11 Security Features 30:01 - SP…

Eric wins the Oregon Zoo Volunteers Cornhole Tournament and Jon visits the Tillamook Forestry Center. A Linux malware was served for more than 3 years without notice, food companies battling Mexican label requirements, stopping trains by playing three tones, and identity theft from 1965 discovered by facial recognition. For fun we have inverse vacc…

Jon spends the weekend waiting for the fence guy, Eric watches a movie. The International Criminal Court at the Hague will prosecute cyberattacks. Microsoft blogs a bit about Storm-0558. Eric finds a really fast EV and Jon discusses fluid dynamics. 0:00 - Introduction 8:50 - TMNT: Mutant Mayhem 12:15 - Cyberwar and the ICC 16:21 - Storm-0558 25:09 …

Jon goes fishing and Eric potlucks. The Momas (meals) and the Papas (pals) both have security problems of different sorts. The government goes on a Duck Hunt to shut down QakBot. For fun we have the New York Times word game 'Connections' and a new method to create adult stem cells by resetting the epigenome. 0:00 - Intro 13:40 - Mom's Meals 17:29 -…

School is back in session! FYI - kites won't fly without wind. Cryptocurrencies continue to make the news for all the wrong reasons and credit companies skirt the law with your personal data. Eric (might) like Open Range while Jon ponders whether insects feel joy and pain. 0:00 - Intro 13:13 - Crypto Startup loses 40 million 17:11 - SIM Swapping fo…

Eric goes camping and Jon repairs his dishwasher. Apple is supporting California's right to repair law, the UK may outlaw end to end encryption and companies are threatening to remove features for residents (see Facebook vs. Canada), and Canary Tokens are awesome. India lands on the moon and you should see the movie Your Name! 0:00 - Intro 10:26 - …

Eric spends 3 times as much to make better rotisserie chicken than Costco while Jon educates on bees and saves some hydrangeas with a couple trips to Lowes. The CSRB looks at Microsoft, Canon printers and Teslas have something in common, great profile of Window Snyder, and Colorado schools lose some data. Eric remind Jon about TV shows and Jon find…

Eric and Jon return from (mostly driving) trips. Eric visits Crater Parks. A settlement for the family of Henrietta Lacks, and no immediate relief from app store fees. Second hand experience of a bank scam, and the most accurate acoustic side channel attack yet. For fun Eric visits Craters of the Moon (and Crater Lake), and an internet superconduct…

Jon and Eric are both out this week - enjoy a look back at a few of their favorite Something Funs! 0:00 - Introduction 0:47 - Bees Survive Notre Dame Fire 2:05 - Fake Good News 4:09 - Where's Waldo 5:20 - Those Damming Beavers 8:47 - Hidden Heroines of Chaos 14:05 - Nikon Small Worldبقلم Jon King and Eric Wuehler

Eric at the Night Market and his Schrödinger rotisserie; Jon at the coast. Microsoft makes useful logs more available, the SEC will require breach notifications within 4 days on an 8-K, and the JumpCloud breach is attributed to North Korea. For fun we have Red Rising book 6, and the space strategy game Stellaris. Enjoy! 0:00 - Intro 6:58 - MSFT Exp…

Eric is tricked into seeing part one of a movie and plans a baseball trip. Jon does pickles. Look for the US Cyber Trust Mark soon! Is your VM licensed for Java? AI summarizes an article with a few hallucinations. Eric enjoys romance novels and Jon hunts neutrinos. 0:00 - Introduction 12:18 - Brisket Saga Followup 13:30 - US Cyber Trust Mark 18:58 …