Mad Squirrel Tech
This week Javvad and Erich chat about the the week that twitter got hacked and the the social engineering behind the associated Bitcoin scam. We also both look back and wish we had invested when BTC was $35
Facial recognition, the future or a terrible mistake?
Stories covered this week:
Facial recognition technology flagged 26 California lawmakers as criminals. This bill to ban the tech is headed to the Senate:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/14/facial-recognition-technology-flagged-26-california-lawmakers-as-criminals-this-bill-to-ban-the-tech-is-headed-to-the-senate/
California legislature bars facial recognition for police body cameras:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-facial-recognition/california-legislature-bars-facial-recognition-for-police-body-cameras-idUSKCN1VX2ZP
Lawmakers propose indefinite nationwide ban on police use of facial recognition:
https://www.cnet.com/news/lawmakers-propose-indefinite-nationwide-ban-on-police-use-of-facial-recognition/
‘The Computer Got It Wrong’: How Facial Recognition Led To False Arrest Of Black Man: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882683463/the-computer-got-it-wrong-how-facial-recognition-led-to-a-false-arrest-in-michig
How NIST Tested Facial Recognition Algorithms for Racial Bias:
In this episode of the Jerich Show, Erich and Javvad discuss the world of social media and how much data we trade for a few funny videos. **Spoiler alert: It’s a lot**
Guy Who Reverse-Engineered TikTok Reveals The Scary Things He Learned, Advises People To Stay Away From It: https://www.boredpanda.com/tik-tok-reverse-engineered-data-information-collecting/
Social Media Information Breach:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2020/06/26/there-isnt-enough-privacy-on-social-media-and-that-is-a-real-problem/#38ddaad444f1
In this episode of the Jerich Show, Javvad and Erich talk about mental exhaustion, the stressors of being tired and how this can lead to falling for scams and social engineering attacks.
In this episode Javvad and Erich discuss a group of cyber mercenaries that put up shop above a nice little tea shop in New Delhi.
The discussed in the story is here: https://in.reuters.com/article/india-cyber-mercenaries/exclusive-obscure-indian-cyber-firm-spied-on-politicians-investors-worldwide-idINKBN23G1FI
In this episode Erich and Javvad tackle the issue of misinformation in social media and the impacts it can have. We all know that there are lies, damn lies and statistics. Bots are taking over Twitter and other social media sites and posting divisive content to both sides of arguments. It’s never been more important to do your own fact checking and understand what is actually being presented. Also, people are falling for silly stuff due to the hype, so as a public service, Javvad tells us about a device meant to save us from the 5G’s.
In this episode Javvad and Erich talk about scammers and just how low they will go to make a few bucks. We also discuss how some of their stupidity gets them caught
In this episode of the Jerich show, Javvad and Erich tackle the recent issue of the CISSP and Masters degree equivalency bombshell.
In this episode, Javvad talks about an incident where executives were compromised at over 150 companies and Erich talks the mayhem we can expect when returning to work as the economy is reopened
In this episode, Javvad talks about the current post-incident status of Travelex and Erich talks about the City of Torrance, Ca getting hit by Doppelpaymer ransomware
