425: Ryzen Gets Real

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425: Ryzen Gets Real

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Mar 20, 2020

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We take a look at AMD's upcoming line of Ryzen 4000 mobile CPUs, and share our first impressions of Ubuntu 20.04's approach to ZFS on root.
Plus Let's Encrypt's certificate validation mix-up, Intel's questionable new power supply design, and more.

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Mar 20, 2020

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Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every two weeks TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry, and all of us that follow it. Every episode we dedicate a portion of the show to answer audience questions, discuss best practices, and solving your problems.

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Episode 203: TurboHax | TechSNAP 203: Lenovo & Google are victims of DNS hijacking, we’ll share the details, Everyone wants you to secure your data, just not from them & how Turbotax profits from Cyber tax fraud! Plus a great batch of your questions, a fantastic round up & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 194: Best Of TechSNAP 2014 | TechSNAP 194: We look back at this year in TechSNAP. Allan shares his war stories, TrueCrypt shuts down, Heartbleed happens & more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 198: Dude Where's My Card? | TechSNAP 198: Adobe has a bad week, with exploits in the wild & no patch. We’ll share the details. Had your credit card stolen? We’ll tell you how. Plus the harsh reality for IT departments, a great batch of questions, our answers & much much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 223: A Bias to Insecurity | TechSNAP 223: The Hacking Team fallout continues with more zero day patches you need to install, a new attack against RC4 might finally kill it & how to save yourself from a DDoS attack. Plus a great batch of your questions, our answers & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 193: Don’t Fire IT | TechSNAP 193: More and more data breaches are leading to blackmail but the stats don’t tell the whole story. We’ll explain. Plus the latest in the Sony hack, and the wider reaction. Plus a great batch of emails & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 200: Your TechSNAP Story | TechSNAP 200: A new major security breach at a large health insurance firm could expose 10s of millions, a phone phishing scam anyone could fall for & we celebrate our 200th episode with your TechSNAP stories. Then its a storage spectacular Q&A & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 206: Two Factor Falsification | TechSNAP 206: Microsoft takes 4 years to fix a nasty bug, how to bypass 2 factor authentication in the popular ‘Authy’ app. Hijacking a domain with photoshop, hardware vs software RAID revisited, tons of great questions, our answers & much much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 201: Group Problemcy | TechSNAP 201: A 20 year old design flaw in Windows has just been patched & it requires some major re-working of the software. Attackers compromise Forbes.com & why Facebook’s new ThreatExchange platform could be a great idea. by TechSNAP
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Episode 204: Ghost of Crypto Past | TechSNAP 204: We’ll break down the technical baggage that led to the new FREAK SSL flaw & the security ramifications of top executives using personal email accounts… Plus why just need to stop hiding file extensions. Plus some great feedback & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 205: An Uber Mess | TechSNAP 205: Using encryption is a good thing, but its just the start, we’ll explain. Plus how one developer totally owned the Uber app. Then it’s a great batch of your questions & our answers! by TechSNAP
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Episode 213: Blame as a Service | TechSNAP 213: Why a stolen healthcare record is harder to track than you might think, Security pros name their must have tools & blame as a service, the new Cybersecurity hot product. Plus great questions, a huge Round Up & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 211: The French Disconnection | TechSNAP 211: What’s really the key to detecting a breach before its become much too late? We’ll share some key insights, plus a technical breakdown of China’s great cannon & the new New French Surveillance Law that should be a warning to us all & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 212: Dormant Docker Disasters | TechSNAP 212: The man who broke the music business, the major downsides to the container culture & yes, they really are trying to sell you Security Snake Oil. Plus your great questions, our answers & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 220: Homeland Insecurity | TechSNAP 220: Google’s datacenter secrets are finally being revealed & we’ll share the best bits. Why The US Government is in no position to teach anyone about Cyber Security, how you can still get hacked offline, Great questions, a huge round up & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 202: SuperFishy Mistake | TechSNAP 202: Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS connections, we’ll break down how this is possible, the danger that still exists & more. Plus the story of a billion dollar cyber heist anyone could pull off, the Equation group & much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 221: Ripping me a new Protocol | TechSNAP 221: Amazon has a new TLS implementation & the details look great, we’ll share them with you. The technology that powers the NSA’s XKEYSCORE you could have deployed yourself. Some fantastic questions, a big round up & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 207: Lunch Lady Lockdown | TechSNAP 207: Reverse Engineering Incentives to Improve Security. New Jersey school district computers held for ransom & the flash bug that lives on from 2011 with a twist! Plus some great networking questions, drone powered Internet & more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 214: Venomous Floppy Legacy | TechSNAP 214: We explain the Venom vulnerability, what the impact is & the steps major providers are taking to protect themselves. Plus strategies to mitigate Cyber Intrusions, a truly genius spammer, great questions, a huge round up & more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 228: Export Grade Vulnerabilities | TechSNAP 228: Lenovo & HP are caught injecting malware even after you format the drive, Ubiquiti Networks is socially engineered out of 46 million & are we entering the era of Security Research Prohibition? We debate. Plus your questions, the roundup & much, much more! by TechSNAP
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Episode 226: Solving the Flash Plague | TechSNAP 226: Adobe is making changes to Flash to mitigate 0day exploits, with help from Google. Chrysler recalls 1.4M vehicles due to a software flaw, we go inside the “Business Club” cyber crime gang. Plus a great batch of questions, the roundup & more! by TechSNAP
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