Keeping Up with the Podcasts!

   I listen to a lot of podcasts.  Probably way to many.

   But podcasts are just such a great way to keep up with timely information in security, technology, news, finance, sports and other topics.  So I listen... a lot!

   I did a post on this topic nearly 6 years ago!  In that post I provided a list of podcasts.  It's way short compared to the list I'll be sharing here.  I also wrote about using podcasts as a learning resource here and here.

   Before I provide the actual list, here are few important notes:

• I’ve tried to put these into categories
• Within each category, the order is not how much I like the podcast but just the order they are in my podcatcher (and that order has little rhyme or reason)
• Yes, I am crazy
• Yes, I do constantly have earbuds in my ears
• I do use a podcatcher that has variable speed and I typically listen at 2.2x! (I still use DoggCatcher)  Yes, we’ve already established that I’m crazy.  And, I have a lot of casts to get through.
• Some of these podcasts may no longer exist.  Since my list is so long, if some drop out of existence I really don’t notice unless they are one of my few top favs.
• I actually left some off – I have an casual interest in real estate investing and subscribe to 6-8 casts on that subject

   With that... let's get to the list!

Seriously, You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

   Fake news and alternative facts aside, the truth really is stranger than fiction.

   We finally get to the point where the only thing left to talk about concerning Yahoo! is their upcoming turbulent buyout by Verizon.  But noooo...

   They're back, with another breach announcement.  This one is from sometime in the 2015/2016 timeframe (am I the only one who is concerned that they can't pin it down better than that????).  It seems to be more limited in scope (i.e. less than the 500 Million users affected last time!).

   We seriously just "finished" talking about this issue.  Normally when an old problem comes back again (like always do), I consider re-running an older post with any needed updates (and rarely are any major updates needed).  But I just posted about Yahoo!'s problems TWO MONTHS AGO!

   This time around the root cause is supposed to be a forged cookie that could be used to access an account without using a password.  Yahoo! is saying that the attackers must have had access to the source code and that a similar method may have been used in the previous attacks.  Maybe... maybe not.

   In other news... the price for Verizon to buy Yahoo! keeps dropping.  Could "free" be far behind?

   You know, the funny thing is that I really like the Yahoo! home page layout with its news summaries.  If they could just protect my account data for more than a month or two we might actually have a service worth salvaging.

   Vote... are you dumping your Yahoo! account or keeping it?

Brexit Protection - click here

   Brexit Protection... or should we call it Brexitection? :-)

   How does Brexit affect your finances?  Do you care?  Plenty of people do.

   And that creates an opportunity for scammers.

   Any time there are major news events, particularly disasters or anything economic, people get worried. and the scammers are right there to play on those fears.

   According to the Telegraph, they have seen emails with subjects such as "Brexit causes historic market drop". These emails have links that supposedly connect to pages with information on how to protect your investments.  Of course, they actually download malware to the victims computer.

   This is a common problem... common because it works.

   We've covered this topic before... and the advice remains the same.  In fact, here are my top 10 email scam tips from a 2013 post!  These are just as relevant today as then.  And they will be relevant years from now: