Craig Peterson's Tech Talk

Craig discusses a new Phishing Scam that is targeting Republicans with a legitimate email but that adds an attachment with a nasty trojan payload.   For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0 Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key 5G in the US averages 51Mbps while other countries hit hundreds of megabits Apple’s T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw Verizon Payment Security Report is a Wake-up Call: Time to Refocus on PCI DSS Compliance Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Ominous New Trick --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] Hi, everybody. We're going to be talking about some new Trojan malware that targets Trump supporters. Some new tools that are out there. Ransomware being paid by one of the country's biggest online providers right here. Hey everybody. I'm Craig Peterson. Today we are going to w

Craig discusses one of the security tools he uses and why you should use it too. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0 Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key 5G in the US averages 51Mbps while other countries hit hundreds of megabits Apple’s T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw Verizon Payment Security Report is a Wake-up Call: Time to Refocus on PCI DSS Compliance Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Ominous New Trick --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] Remember everybody, don't open those email attachments.  I'm going to talk about a new tool released out there that if you're involved with security, you probably need it. So here we go. Hi everybody. Craig Peterson here.  I want to talk right now about this great tool that I've been using for decades now, I think. It's called Nmap. Now it's so

Craig discusses why State and Local governments are getting ransomware and who is actually at fault. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0 Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key 5G in the US averages 51Mbps while other countries hit hundreds of megabits Apple’s T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw Verizon Payment Security Report is a Wake-up Call: Time to Refocus on PCI DSS Compliance Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Ominous New Trick --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] Hey, Tyler technologies, you might not have heard of them, but you've almost certainly use them. And we'll tell you why they got nailed by these human-operated ransomware pieces that are floating around there as part of phishing expeditions. Here we go. Hey, thanks for joining me. This is Craig Peterson of course. Tyler tech

Craig discusses 5G and explains how it works why what you may have heard about 5G speeds might have a bit misleading. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0 Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key 5G in the US averages 51Mbps while other countries hit hundreds of megabits Apple’s T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw Verizon Payment Security Report is a Wake-up Call: Time to Refocus on PCI DSS Compliance Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Ominous New Trick --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: Are you as excited about five G as I am? I got some good news and I got some bad news and we're going to explain 5g here because five G, isn't five G, isn't five G.  Why is Europe so much faster? Hey everybody. Thanks for tuning in. You're listening to Craig Peterson. five G held open a couple of different promises. One of the big prom

Craig helps to unravel the mystery behind disk encryption and tells you what you need to know. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0 Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key 5G in the US averages 51Mbps while other countries hit hundreds of megabits Apple’s T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw Verizon Payment Security Report is a Wake-up Call: Time to Refocus on PCI DSS Compliance Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Ominous New Trick --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] Hey, welcome back in this hour, we are going to be talking about security, hardware, security. You might not be aware of it. we're going to be talking about trusted platforms and hardware, encryption, and keys because this is the only thing that's really going to protect you.  Thanks for listening. I'm Craig Peterson. Let's talk a

Craig discusses the vulnerabilities in Apple's T2 Chip. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0 Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key 5G in the US averages 51Mbps while other countries hit hundreds of megabits Apple’s T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw Verizon Payment Security Report is a Wake-up Call: Time to Refocus on PCI DSS Compliance Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Ominous New Trick --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] Hey, if encryption has been really messing you. I'm trying to figure out how do I make these things safe? What is data at rest? What is Data-in-flight? How come we have disc encryption at the hardware level? What does it mean to have a TPM, the T2  what's Apple doing that's what we're talking about right now. Hi everybody. Craig Peterson here. Welcome back. So glad to

Craig discusses the uses of TPM in securing Windows and Linux For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0 Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key 5G in the US averages 51Mbps while other countries hit hundreds of megabits Apple’s T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw Verizon Payment Security Report is a Wake-up Call: Time to Refocus on PCI DSS Compliance Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Ominous New Trick --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] We're going to delve now into the idea behind keeping your data safe on your disks and what are the different regulations about it? Cause there's a few right now that you need to know about. Hi everybody. Welcome back, Craig Peterson  We're talking today, at least this hour about security because of a major security problem that was announced this week, about App

Craig discusses PCI DSS Compliance in businesses and the increasing problem with Android ransomware. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters Nmap 7.90 released: New fingerprints, NSE scripts, and Npcap 1.0.0 Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key 5G in the US averages 51Mbps while other countries hit hundreds of megabits Apple’s T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw Verizon Payment Security Report is a Wake-up Call: Time to Refocus on PCI DSS Compliance Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Ominous New Trick --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] If you have a business that takes credit cards if you. Ever go into a business or use a business online that takes credit cards. There are some special rules that you need to follow called the PCI standards. We'll talk about it. Hi, welcome back. This is Craig Peterson here. Verizon. I'm not sure if you've seen these before,

Good morning everybody! I was on WGAN this morning with Matt Gagnon and started off this morning talking about emails that are targeting Republicans with a particularly nasty trojan.  Then we got into 5G and why the US speeds are so much lower than the speeds in Europe, and then we wrapped it up discussing the Ransomware that has been infecting local and state governments.  Here we go with Matt. These and more tech tips, news, and updates just visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Automated Machine Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] So the whole goal here of five G is twofold. The first goal is we want to be able to have a billion devices connected to our networks and local networks. Plus we also want to have a speed of maybe a gigabit worth of bandwidth. Woo Wednesday morning gremlins. Craig Peterson here. I was on with Mr. Matt Gagnon, this morning and had the weirdest thing happened to me here. I'm on the phone, right? I'm talking to the radio station. I'm being interviewed and all of a sudden the po

Welcome! Good morning, everybody. I was on WTAG this morning with Jim Polito.  We got into a lengthy discussion about some new malware - a trojan that is targeting Trump supporters, specifically.  Then we briefly hit on 5G. Here we go with Jim. For more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com ---  Automated Machine Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] There is a word document attached to that malicious email. That malicious email has in it, in that word document, something called malware. One of the nastiest pieces of malware out there. They're forwarding political information relevant to Republicans.  People are targeting Republicans. Hi everybody. Craig Peterson here. Yeah, that was me on with Jim this morning. We went into quite a bit of detail about this Trojan malware. It's an interesting discussion here. Why is it coming out? What are they saying? What are their subject lines? What's it going to do to you?  Why is it targeting Republicans? So here we go. Jim Polito: [00:00:47]

Craig discusses cybersecurity audits and new vehicle lifespan. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Right To Repair Or A Fight For Survival? Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house Malware Attacks Declined But Became More Evasive in Q2 Elon Musk reveals plans to slash electric battery costs, build $25,000 Tesla Paying ransomware demands could land you in hot water with the feds Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon 'It Won't Happen to Me': Employee Apathy Prevails Despite Greater Cybersecurity Awareness Rise in Remote MacOS Workers Driving Cybersecurity 'Rethink' A Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: With our cars being more and more computerized should we be treating them like a computer? Do we have a right to repair? Should we be expecting upgrades? How long should our car last? We're going to get to that and a whole lot more. Hi everybody. You

Craig discusses new car technology, electric cars, and how long we can expect them to last. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Right To Repair Or A Fight For Survival? Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house Malware Attacks Declined But Became More Evasive in Q2 Elon Musk reveals plans to slash electric battery costs, build $25,000 Tesla Paying ransomware demands could land you in hot water with the feds Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon 'It Won't Happen to Me': Employee Apathy Prevails Despite Greater Cybersecurity Awareness Rise in Remote MacOS Workers Driving Cybersecurity 'Rethink' A Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: From a 50,000-mile model T to a 100,000 mile Chevy in the seventies to nowadays we're expecting maybe as much as a half a million or a million miles out of these newest cars. Hi everybody. Welcome back. You're listening to

Craig discusses Ballot Question 1 coming up in Massachusetts in the next two weeks and a take you may not have been expecting.  Tune in. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Right To Repair Or A Fight For Survival? Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house Malware Attacks Declined But Became More Evasive in Q2 Elon Musk reveals plans to slash electric battery costs, build $25,000 Tesla Paying ransomware demands could land you in hot water with the feds Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon 'It Won't Happen to Me': Employee Apathy Prevails Despite Greater Cybersecurity Awareness Rise in Remote MacOS Workers Driving Cybersecurity 'Rethink' A Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: So with our fancy electronic cars driving around and our electric cars driving around,  how do you repair them? Should you have the right to repair those vehicles? That's the qu

Craig discusses a new home security device from Ring.  The always-on home cam -- get this... it is a drone.  Then he talks about Elon Musk and his 25,000 Completely Autonomous Tesla he will have in 3 years. Plus, you better think twice, or three times before paying that ransom to get your data back. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Right To Repair Or A Fight For Survival? Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house Malware Attacks Declined But Became More Evasive in Q2 Elon Musk reveals plans to slash electric battery costs, build $25,000 Tesla Paying ransomware demands could land you in hot water with the feds Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon 'It Won't Happen to Me': Employee Apathy Prevails Despite Greater Cybersecurity Awareness Rise in Remote MacOS Workers Driving Cybersecurity 'Rethink' A Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: You've been l

Craig discusses the new firmware architecture being used in the newer computers and laptops and why this architecture is preferred. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Right To Repair Or A Fight For Survival? Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house Malware Attacks Declined But Became More Evasive in Q2 Elon Musk reveals plans to slash electric battery costs, build $25,000 Tesla Paying ransomware demands could land you in hot water with the feds Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon 'It Won't Happen to Me': Employee Apathy Prevails Despite Greater Cybersecurity Awareness Rise in Remote MacOS Workers Driving Cybersecurity 'Rethink' A Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: Hey, we've been talking about how computers are everywhere. What can we expect from our computerized cars? What can we expect from computers? Intel has had a monopoly with Microsoft

Craig discusses the problem that many businesses face -- employee apathy and lack of security awareness.  For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Right To Repair Or A Fight For Survival? Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house Malware Attacks Declined But Became More Evasive in Q2 Elon Musk reveals plans to slash electric battery costs, build $25,000 Tesla Paying ransomware demands could land you in hot water with the feds Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon 'It Won't Happen to Me': Employee Apathy Prevails Despite Greater Cybersecurity Awareness Rise in Remote MacOS Workers Driving Cybersecurity 'Rethink' A Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: We've got companies who are investing a lot of money to upgrade the technology, to develop security processes, boost it. Staff yet studies are showing that they're overlooking the biggest piece of the puzzle.

Craig discusses the oversharing attitudes of Millennials and Generation Z, and the importance of paying attention to our networks, how it can lead to malware in businesses, and what can be done to stop it. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Right To Repair Or A Fight For Survival? Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house Malware Attacks Declined But Became More Evasive in Q2 Elon Musk reveals plans to slash electric battery costs, build $25,000 Tesla Paying ransomware demands could land you in hot water with the feds Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon 'It Won't Happen to Me': Employee Apathy Prevails Despite Greater Cybersecurity Awareness Rise in Remote MacOS Workers Driving Cybersecurity 'Rethink' A Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: By the way, to follow up on that last segment. So Millennials and Generation Z are terrible with security. T

Craig discusses Cybersecurity Audits, Compliance, NIST Standards, CMMC, and what is expected of the Department of Defense Contractors and Sub-contractors in this segment. For more tech tips, news, and updates, visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Right To Repair Or A Fight For Survival? Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house Malware Attacks Declined But Became More Evasive in Q2 Elon Musk reveals plans to slash electric battery costs, build $25,000 Tesla Paying ransomware demands could land you in hot water with the feds Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon 'It Won't Happen to Me': Employee Apathy Prevails Despite Greater Cybersecurity Awareness Rise in Remote MacOS Workers Driving Cybersecurity 'Rethink' A Guide to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework --- Automated Machine-Generated Transcript: You might've heard about cybersecurity frameworks? Well, the one that's most in use right now is the NIST cybersecurity framework that helps gui

Good morning everybody! I was on WGAN this morning with Matt Gagnon, and we began talking about Cybersecurity and Businesses.  We discussed some of the new Federal Regulations and how they are cracking down on businesses. We discussed some of the problems with work at home and then we discussed Cybersecurity training and Ransomware and why the Federal Government is now charging companies who pay ransoms  Let's get into my conversation with Matt on WGAN. These and more tech tips, news, and updates just visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Automated Machine Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] Good morning, everybody. Craig Peterson here. Thanks for joining me. And I'd love to know what do you like about the podcast? Maybe something I should do more or something I should do less of just email, me @craigpeterson.com. I'd love to hear from you. This morning, I was on with Mr. Matt Gagnon over there on WGAN, which is a fun time. I love talking to Matt, but now in the political season, of course, most of thes

Welcome! Good morning, everybody. I was on WTAG this morning with Jim Polito.  He had a few questions about VPNs, seems like it is a little confusing for people to understand that they were designed for something completely different than what people are using them for today and that is where the problems are coming from. Then I broke some big news about the Federal Register changes and DOD contractors and sub-contractors that went into effect last night at 5 pm. Then we got a little light-hearted with a brief discussion about Love and Zoom. Here we go with Jim. For more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com ---  Automated Machine Generated Transcript: Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] So that it can be hooked up by any technician to read what's going on. And to at least clear it, if not adjust it. Now, the opponents of this are saying, Hey, wait a minute. Now, do we really want backyard mechanics getting their hands on the software on the internal runnings of our car? Jim Polito: [00:00:22] Yeah. C