Episodes

On this week’s Breach of the Week, we're talking CIA and a pretty epic dump of highly sensitive and classified materials including some of the most dangerous hacking tools they've created. Was it a nation state looking to seek revenge? Was it a hacking group that perpetrated the deepest depths of the government's networks? Listen and find out (hint: It wasn't either of those things). Justin gives his thoughts on how this went down, the lack of good policies and procedures, and we talk about the ...

On this week's episode Justin's discussing cyber threat intelligence and why it takes a combination of good systems, smart people, and solid processes to stay ahead of the bad guys. Justin also shared some sources you can use to find intel and some thoughts on how to effectively use that intel including building your platform to manage all the data. You're going to be drinking from a fire hose once you start ingesting intel, so Justin also provides his thoughts on how to make sense of everything...

On this week’s episode we are digging into a specific Maze Ransomware attack that hit one of the biggest security firms on the planet. What does it mean when a security company gets hit, how they'll probably be just fine with their billions of dollars, and whether or not we should cut them some slack. While we don't know how much they ultimately paid the hackers, we know that they estimate the impact to their company to be in the tens of millions of dollars, which for a company of this size is p...

Despite the mediocre R.E.M. pun, this is a good episode. We're covering ShinyHunters and how they got busy in May dumping millions of accounts into the dark web. Zack learns that hacked data doesn't necessarily arrive ready to start using and Justin laments at the fact that hackers only need to be right once and business need to be right 100% of the time. We also talk about the return of Anonymous and who their targeting during their resurgence. Once again, we suggest you let REDSEC, our offensi...

On this week’s episode we're talking to Davis about threat analysis and how he sifts through the noise to help keep organizations safer from security threats. We are covering everything from the alphabet soup of infosec acronyms to why having some human eyes on intel can strengthen information security to what the future holds in threat analysis. Davis sits in the purple side of the house between the REDSEC offensive security team and the groups defending against attacks. Justin also gets anothe...

On this week’s episode we’re talking to Davis about threat analysis and how he sifts through the noise to help keep organizations safer from security threats. We are covering everything from the alphabet soup of infosec acronyms to why having some human eyes on intel can strengthen information security to what the future holds in threat analysis. Davis sits in the purple side of the house between the REDSEC offensive security team and the groups defending against attacks. Justin also gets anothe...

In this week's Breach of the Week episode we talk about a big breach at Nintendo that revealed NNID, Nintendo's ID system, which is linked to other private and payment info. Justin and Zack then discuss everything from the cost of video games to video game streaming. Also, we discuss video game currencies and how big streaming video games is. Like, share, subscribe! Link to story: https://www.cshub.com/attacks/articles/incident-of-the-week-nintendo-investigating-160000-account-breaches Check out...

In this weeks Breach of the Week, Justin and Zack discuss not one, but two, separate breaches at Marriott hotels, one releasing nearly enough data for every person in the United States! Will this stop Justin and Zack from ever staying at a Marriott again or will they cash in those reward points for a future room upgrade? Tune in to find out! You can find more breaches at the privacy rights clearing house: https://privacyrights.org/data-breaches Check out NuHarbor Security for complete cyber secu...

It's graduation season and despite the very strange and challenging times we live in, a lot of awesome and talented students are about to be unleashed into the world and if you're a cyber security company that's trying to attract them, Justin has some thoughts. Maybe you already have a full roster but for some reason you just cannot seem to figure out why your best folks keep leaving, well, Justin has some thoughts on that as well. Attracting and keeping your talent is difficult and expensive. Y...

This week we're again joined by Eric and Randy to hear some war stories. Randy takes us through the time that he immediately accessed a bunch of very critical files while he was hanging out waiting for an engagement to begin. He also discusses how Justin tried to talk him into making a very large statement to let the customer know that they'd been had and how Randy had to talk Justin out of it. Randy also sheds some light on how something as simple as opening up the system to allow for some main...

This week we’re again joined by Eric and Randy to hear some war stories. Randy takes us through the time that he immediately accessed a bunch of very critical files while he was hanging out waiting for an engagement to begin. He also discusses how Justin tried to talk him into making a very large statement to let the customer know that they’d been had and how Randy had to talk Justin out of it. Randy also sheds some light on how something as simple as opening up the system to allow for some main...

Whether you recently graduated or are looking to break into cyber security, you need to check out our hiring and recruiting episode with two of our Talent Acquisition Specialists, Emi and Allie. Should you write a 20-page resume? How important are cover letters? What are companies like NuHarbor looking for? Should you include a recipe for your world-famous spaghetti recipe? We are going to learn what happens behind the scenes after you upload your resume and hit submit and with any luck, help yo...

We live in a world where everything is connected to the internet, even fish tanks, and as we learn in today's episode, that internet connected fish tanks can cause you some real headaches. Justin found a story about a fish tank in a casino that was used to access a lot of sensitive data and Zack reveals why he is no longer welcome at PetSmart. We also explore the potentially lucrative market of protecting internet connected fish tanks. We are just beginning to see how difficult securing your dat...

On this week's episode of Pwned, Justin and Zack are joined by Eric and Randy, two operators from our penetration testing team. This is another long episode and we are spending that time to learn everything about how our team uses white hat techniques to poke, prod, and punch into various systems. They will be discussing the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by adversaries how they simulate attacks, from creating code that will give them credentials to walking in a building and plugging i...

On this week’s episode of Pwned Breach of the Week, we are checking out dating data that found itself on the market, unfortunately it was not interested in starting a new relationship. The data breach resulted in numerous online dating services finding their client information on the dark web for sale to the highest bidder. In an age of increasing online dating, this type of breach can be expensive, revealing, and in some cases, quite embarrassing. Justin provides some helpful tips in how servic...

You would be hard pressed to find a cyber security company that isn't marketing its artificial intelligence capabilities. If you believe the hype, you probably think that AI can block zero day attacks, find the bad guys, and bring them to justice. The reality of what AI can and can't do, is quite different from what you may be seeing in advertisements. While it's not a silver bullet, AI does have a role in cyber security. Can it catch things that the good ol' fashioned human being would otherwis...

On this week’s Breach of the Week, we learn the importance of measure twice, cut once. Why are we sharing this timeless carpentry advice? Well, for one, it is great advice to ensure you don't waste construction materials but for our purposes, the breach this week is about an email sent out with the best of intentions and instead releasing significant PII data. As if you need another reason to check your email, we also talk about an email involving Nicholas Cage and yet another email that reveale...

Welcome to our first GigaByte episode! In this long episode, we are taking a big dive into information and cyber security industry trends with two of our Trusted Security Advisors, Chad, and Travis. They share what they have seen over the last few months, what changed with COVID-19 and what the future holds for the information security industry. As the industry has adapted, so has NuHarbor (in fact, this entire podcast was recorded remotely) and Chad and Travis explain how they have had to use t...

This week we're mixing it up with our Breach of the Week: The Case of the Missing CD-ROM. Yes, CD-ROM. Zack and Justin discuss the theft of a CDROM with PII and ponder why anyone would want to steal a CD-ROM and if they would even have a drive to get the data off in the first place. A real whodunit. Was it the Smithsonian, a confused child, or a Pintrest fail? Tune in to find out. Also, we've already hit 1000 listens for the new season! Thank you to everyone that listens to and enjoys our podcas...

This week we're exploring Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) related to COVID-19 threats. As with many disasters, cyber criminals are hoping to exploit people who are trying to find helpful information online and may be more likely to open sketchy links or email attachments. Therefore, the best ways to protect your organization is to understand what these threats look like, how they work, and who may be behind them, all of which requires that you understand the TTPs being used. So, check o...

On today's episode we're talking COOP, or Continuity of Operations Planning. It's estimated that as many as 50 percent of businesses impacted by a disaster will fail and that number is even higher for small businesses. You're likely operating some form of a COOP plan due to COVID-19 and you may not have even realized it and hopefully you had a plan before everything hit the fan. Unfortunately, we're seeing business close up shop because they were not prepared. COOP at it's most basic level is pl...

Many organizations are finding themselves scrambling to secure their remote workforce due to COVID-19. On this episode, we’re talking remote workforce security best practices and what you can do to keep your team running out of the office. Best case scenario, you planned and exercised for just this situation and your team was ready to make the switch to off site, your staff were trained on how to securely work away from the office, and your system was built to keep your network and data safe bot...

NuHarbor Security announces the relaunch of PWNED – The Information Security Podcast with Justin Fimlaid. Stay tuned for episodes about staying secure while working from home, artificial intelligence, and emerging threats in 5G.