Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss making sure you thank your System Admins (as they’ve been really busy lately), an outage at Cloudflare, hack of UFO VPN and the recent Garmin Cloud outage (Garmin manufactures GPS units and smart watches and provider of maps to airline pilots).If your IT […]
Optrics Insider – Blu-Ray Player Boot Loop, Microsoft Update Changes & Cancelled SSL Certs
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss Samsung’s Blu-ray player boot loop, Microsoft making changes to their updates and why Digicert cancelled 50,000 SSL certificates.Timecodes:0:00 – Intro0:18 – Today’s 3 topics0:45 – Topic 1: Samsung Blu-Ray Player Boot Loop3:19 – Topic 2: Microsoft Update Changes5:56 – Topic 3: DigiCert Cancelling […]
Optrics Insider – F5 Patch Now, Einstein Data Trends & Don’t Scam the Master
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss F5’s announcement to patch their devices now, National Cyber Awareness System’s Einstein Data Trends for May 2020 & don’t scam the master Kevin Mitnick.Timecodes:0:00 – Intro0:19 – Today’s 3 topics0:36 – Topic 1: F5 Patch Now3:54 – Topic 2: Einstein Data Trends7:15 – […]
Optrics Insider – Sophos Breach & Watchguard’s Dark Web Scan Beta
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss a recent Sophos breach notification and Watchguard’s Dark Web Scan beta.Timecodes:0:00 – Intro0:26 – Today’s 3 topics0:42 – Topic 1: Sophos Firewall Buffer Overflow Vulnerability3:56 – Topic 2: WatchGuard’s Dark Web Scan Beta8:52 – Closing remarksLearn more about Sophos’ breach notification:Advisory: Buffer overflow […]
Optrics Insider – The Largest DDoS Attack, Blue Leaks & Dating App Data Breaches & Ripple 20
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack, blue leaks and dating app data breaches and Ripple 20.Timecodes:0:00 – Intro0:20 – Today’s 3 topics0:30 – Topic 1: The Largest DDoS Attack on Amazon Web Service2:29 – Topic 2: Blue Leaks & Dating App […]
Optrics Insider – Contract Tracing App Spoofing, Windows 10 2004 Update & Have I Been Pwned?
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering (https://www.Optrics.com) as they discuss Contact Tracing App spoofing, issues with the latest Windows 10 2004 Update (and why you should wait to update to it) and how an email pwned an IT help desk.Timecodes:0:00 – Intro0:21 – Today’s 3 topics0:39 – Topic 1: Contract Tracing App […]
Optrics Insider – FBI Warns About Malicious Banking Apps, Internet of Troubles, IBM Cloud Down & Malware at Honda Apps
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss the FBI’s warning about malicious banking apps, the “Internet of Troubles”, IBM’s cloud being down for 2 hours plus both Honda and the City of Knoxville being hit by malware.Timecodes:0:00 – Intro0:21 – Today’s 3 topics0:51 – Topic 1: FBI Warning About Malicious […]
Optrics Insider – MS Teams Vulnerability, Windows Bugs Report & COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss a Microsoft Teams Vulnerability, Windows Bugs Report and COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps. Plus as a bonus, Shaun will discuss something to consider when buying an IoT (Internet of Things) device for your home and their hidden costs.Timecodes:0:00 – Intro0:35 – Topic 1: MS […]
Optrics Insider – ThunderSpy, Work from Home Till End of 2020 & QNAP Vulnerability
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss the ThunderSpy vulnerability for Thunderbolt connections, the possibility of working from home till the end of 2020 and into the new year plus a vulnerability that was discovered with QNAP network attached storage (NAS) devices).Timecodes:0:00 – Intro0:20 – Topic 1: ThunderSpy3:08 – Topic […]
Optrics Insider – Apple Mail iOS Bug, Zoom v5 Update& Online Meeting Etiquette
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss work from home PCs and patches, the notable increase in COVID-19 related spam emails as well as CMR (conventional magnetic recording) vs. SMR (shingled magnetic recording) hard drives and what you need to consider when using either for network attached storage (NAS) devices.Prefer […]