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Jon King and Eric Wuehler

From commentary on current events to random musings, they chat (mostly) about security and technology topics. However, life is more than just the day job, there's always something fun to wrap up the show.

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  • S1 · E461
    Saturday · 24 min

    461: Terrifying Clown

    Eric and Jon are on the road again -- Jon back from a trip (sailing!?) and Eric does fall cleaning. Agents are abusing wiki[mp]edia and Chrome has another serious issue warranting a quick patch. For fun we have bizarre 80s ad choices for non-existent hardware, and the Schooner Adventuress. 0:00 - Intro 6:31 - Vandalizing Wikipedia 11:54 - More Chrome Bug Fun 17:04 - Mimic Systems 20:02 - Sound Experience

  • S1 · E460
    October 1 · 18 min

    460: AI Takeover, Vol. 1

    With Jon and Eric both unavailable this week, they asked the question, "What would happen if you asked Gemini Notebook to create a Mostly Security podcast episode about Mostly Security using the Mostly Security format?"

  • S1 · E459
    September 25 · 20 min

    459: Welcome to the Jungle

    Eric rides the rails and Jon fishes the seas. A NightmareStresser is powered off and your favorite bands "never before heard bootleg" might be AI. Scientists name a new snake after Slash and archaeologists uncover 38 people in an unlooted tomb. 0:00 - Introduction 7:57 - NightmareStresser 10:48 - AI music in your feed 14:36 - Welcome to the Jungle 17:24 - Chimú Tomb

  • S1 · E458
    September 19 · 21 min

    458: Twitch Streamer

    Eric reads and one of Jon's dogs has a vet scare. A Zero Click Zero Day on Pixel phones, and a third party Twitch Chrome extension harvesting bearer tokens. For fun we have the Nikon small world (in motion!) and what happens after a dinosaur eats a bird that ate a fish. 0:00 - Intro 7:13 - Zero Click 10:45 - "Enhanced" Viewing 14:47 - Nikon Small World 16:42 - DinoBirdFish

  • S1 · E457
    September 11 · 33 min

    457: Be Skeptical

    Coyote vs ACME and frustration then fishing. Faster Chrome updates. Identity verification company breach. Big Patch Tuesday. Breaking Botnets. Teaching fruit flies to play DOOM and Mario 64. Bee relics in fossilized Owl pellets. 0:00 - Introduction 10:59 - Faster Chrome 13:40 - ID Verification Oops 19:23 - Big Patch Tuesday 23:28 - Breaking Botnets 26:25 - Fruit flies play DOOM 29:56 - Bee relics

  • S1 · E456
    September 4 · 21 min

    456: Unhinged

    Eric complete's another road trip and listens to a "book". Jon gets some electrical work done. ClickFix has a sibling, TerminalFix. Chrome fixes a lot of things and more details emerge from the Hugging Face incident. Scientists may or may not have discovered a WIMP. Jon observes a partial lunar eclipse. 0:00 - Introduction 5:35 - TerminalFix 8:52 - Chrome 152 11:39 - Hugging Face fallout 15:39 - WIMP discovery 18:39 - Partial Lunar Eclipse

  • S1 · E455
    August 29 · 27 min

    455: Monty Python Sketch

    Eric wraps up his latest app, and Jon finishes his latest project. Half a million Californians have signed up for DROP so far, Botnets in your car, and Ring's new encrypted video strategy. For fun you can make your own Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck or check out NASA's latest Dish. 0:00 - Intro 6:49 - Half a Million 9:28 - Head (Unit) Botnet 12:31 - Throw Away the Key 18:46 - Cyberdeck 23:36 - Dish Muscle

  • S1 · E454
    August 22 · 29 min

    454: Saw Talk

    Eric celebrates and Jon debugs saws. NASA captures images of impact site, CISA warns of four exploits across Microsoft, VMWare, and Apple, and OpenAI pauses Astra training to harden model containment. Voyager I nears one light day distance, and Moderna/Merck announce promising, personalized melanoma vaccine results. 0:00 - Intro 9:48 - Lunar Impact 12:21 - Exploits in the Wild 14:59 - Astra Paused 22:07 - Light Day Approaching 25:23 - Cancer Vaccine (??)

  • S1 · E453
    August 15 · 31 min

    453: Ruptosis

    Eric rediscovers a love of time. Jon returns from Alaska and fixes a trailer. California drops DROP on the public. Update your Zoom client, folks. Flatworms with exploding cells and the Kenai Fjords are cool. 0:00 - Introduction 11:39 - DROP 15:30 - Zoom Bug 21:25 - Exploding Cells 24:28 - Kenai Fjords

  • S1 · E452
    August 8 · 31 min

    452: 100% Chance Of Impact

    Jon's on Vacation and Eric holds down the Oregon (Coast) Fort. Agents are getting their own wallets and identity, while the last two Chrome milestones release more security fixes than the previous 23 combined. For fun [?] NASA tracks SpaceX rocket debris impacting the moon, and Jon visits Denali National Park. 0:00 - Intro 10:29 - Stable Agent Coins 15:02 - Chrome Fixes 19:50 - Lunar Impact 23:28 - Denali National Park

  • S1 · E451
    August 1 · 34 min

    451: Fahrenheit

    Eric tests health bands, Jon makes pickles. More on OpenAI playing a game of thermonuclear war. Logos are back! The Scam Economy is bigger than you think. Lost civilizations discovered beneath the Amazon. Octopuses are cool! 0:00 - Introduction 11:35 - OpenAI Revisited 16:44 - Squidbleed 19:48 - The Scam Economy 26:57 - Hidden Amazon 30:34 - Octopuses are cool

  • S1 · E450
    July 25 · 24 min

    450: AI Finds A Way

    Eric's on vacation making apps, and Jon deconstructs a tree. Ransomware targeting Coca Cola's protein milk, and OpenAI's next model escapes to HuggingFace. The wonders of prehistoric squirrel coprolites, and the coming launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. 0:00 - Intro 7:57 - Shredded Protein Milk 11:37 - Motivated Model Mayhem 18:09 - Squirrel Coprolites 21:04 - Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

  • S1 · E449
    July 17 · 25 min

    449: Space Raspberries

    Eric needs a vacation. Jon discovers industrial sprinklers. Humans are optional. Grok takes it all. World Cup memes are fun. Space tastes like raspberries. 0:00 - Introduction 4:39 - Humans are Optional 9:24 - Grok All the Things 16:34 - World Cup Memes 21:03 - Space tastes like raspberries

  • S1 · E448
    July 11 · 30 min

    448: Plunar Eclipse

    Eric and Jon on the road again. HalluSquatting ... is a thing (?). Agents can be extremely persistent and exhibit malware like behaviors. The FBI seizes domains from NetNut residential proxy hosting botnet infrastructure. For fun you have a monthly Satellite Puzzler and New Horizing waking up from a nice long nap far past Pluto. 0:00 - Intro 4:09 - HalluSquatting 12:21 - Agent Persistence 15:59 - NetNut Proxy Seizure 23:45 - Satellite Puzzler 26:00 - New Horizons Wakes Up

  • S1 · E447
    July 3 · 37 min

    447: Redonkulous

    Eric's watching World Cup while Jon is driving his tractor in the dark. Fable 5 is back. Blocking the bad guy is dead. Hide My Email doesn't. Phantom squatting is now a thing. Eric describes the Great Giraffe Escape. Jon synthesizes a spud cell. 0:00 - Introduction 6:04 - Fable 5 is Back! 9:17 - Let's Work Together! 14:32 - !(Hide My Email) 19:02 - Phantom Squatting? 27:51 - Giraffe Escape! 31:48 - Spud Cell?

  • S1 · E446
    June 27 · 33 min

    446: Skin Of Banality

    Eric and Jon both return from travels, and the World Cup proceeds on Telemundo. UniFi issues exploited in the wild, and WhatsApp used as a malware delivery vehicle via hacked accounts. Google Wallet will allow TSA Touchless ID and if you're in NYC, visit the Frick Collection. 0:00 - Intro 13:54 - Network Issues 16:42 - WhatsApp Delivery Vehicle 24:39 - TSA + Google Wallet 29:16 - The Frick Collection

  • S1 · E445
    June 19 · 32 min

    445: Law of the Tongue

    Jon sees a movie. Not to be outdone, so does Eric. World Economic Forum reports on AI Fraud. Microsoft patches a Rogue Planet. A zombie spider may be the Last of Us. Whales have a phonetic alphabet. Humans and Orcas used to work together until #Greed. 0:00 - Introduction 9:07 - AI Fraud is Number One 17:08 - Rogue Planet 23:09 - Zombie Spiders 25:49 - Whale Speak 30:02 - Greedy Humans

  • S1 · E444
    June 13 · 41 min

    444: Malicious Beaver

    Eric sleeps and the ad experiment goes poorly. Jon does too much driving and not enough email reading. Meta's support AI hands out accounts when prompted, Microsoft releases another record breaking patch Tuesday, and what it's like working with Fable (and an unlimited token budget?). Toronto releases the Beavers, and why shouldn't a robot have All The Legs? 0:00 - Intro 15:00 - AI Blunder 21:14 - Record Breaking Tuesday 24:39 - Fable Studio 32:16 - The Great Beaver Quest 36:30 - Dynamic Isotropy Maximization

  • S1 · E443
    June 6 · 38 min

    443: Pump Up the Volume

    Eric is in the home wedding stretch, or, something like that and tries out Apple Ads. Jon has eight queens and eventually ended up at the symphony. Checking in with the rise of inference theft and account token theft (unrelated) with a quick Hermes sidetrack. Eric puts out fires with sound and Jon digs down near Notre Dame. 0:00 - Introduction 15:05 - Rise of Inference Theft 20:07 - Lows of Token Theft 26:13 - Hermes 28:31 - The Sound of Fire Suppression 33:01 - Notre Dame Dig

  • S1 · E442
    May 30 · 27 min

    442: Potato Tomato

    Eric passes a life milestone, and Jon does not (yet). The foam peddler might get stuffed, and Mythos consequences continue. Multiple (useless?) web funs, and the greatest (currently) living composer. 0:00 - Intro 8:27 - Shredded Foam 11:31 - More Mythos 18:29 - Discernment 19:18 - Edge Experiment 20:28 - Cursor Camp 22:00 - Jon Fun

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