Pineapple Pager: Wi-Fi Hacking, Spying Smart TVs and a $118K Ad Bill
What does a device shaped like a 90s pager have to do with the Wi-Fi network your laptop joined at Starbucks last month? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem are joined by IT Audit Labs' own Cameron Birkland to get hands-on with the Hak5 Wi-Fi Pineapple Pager, the […]
Episode 50: The 4 Steps to Help a Scam Victim
When someone you love gets scammed, the questions can wait. In this milestone 50th episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze celebrates the occasion with a visit to the Minnesota State Fair, reflecting on family, tradition, and the small businesses that make the fair feel like home, before turning to one of the most important conversations of […]
Don’t Send That Money Back: The Overpayment Scam Explained
A friendly customer, a payment mistake, and a request to send some money back. It sounds harmless, and that's exactly the problem. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze stops at The Mug in Sutherland, NE, to unpack a fake check overpayment scam that nearly cost a small business thousands of pounds, and why the […]
Cybersecurity News: PaperCut Breach, AGI Hype and Patch Tuesday
Nation states are paying top dollar for zero day vulnerabilities, hackers went from an empty lab to domain admin in under four hours, and Nvidia's CEO says we just crossed into AGI. On this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem break down the cybersecurity stories shaping the week and dig […]
26,000 Fake Voicemail Emails Slipped Past Spam Filters
The tools we trust most are often the easiest to fake. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze settles in at Quixotic Coffee to break down a phishing campaign that turned an everyday inbox notification into an attack vector. Attackers impersonated the automatic "you have a new voicemail" emails millions of workplaces send every day, […]
Debit or Credit: Which Card Actually Protects You?
There's a card in most wallets that people reach for out of habit, and it might be the one leaving them most exposed. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze stops by In the Loop Coffee in Minneapolis's North Loop neighborhood to break down something she's heard land again and again in rooms full of […]
Building the Future: AI Coding, Agentic Advisors and Custom Tools
What if your company didn't need a single line of code to build its own CRM, or a board of directors made up entirely of AI agents? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem sit down with Loren Horsager, founder of Model Mind AI, who has been working in […]
Inside the Cyberattack on Minnesota’s Water Systems
We trust dozens of systems we never think about, water, power, the people who keep them running. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze heads to TequeArepa with a member of her team to unpack a story that hits closer to home than most: a coordinated cyberattack on more than 30 community water systems across […]
Freeze Your Credit Before Scammers Steal It
A few minutes on the phone could be the difference between a stolen identity and a scammer hitting a dead end. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze stops by Misfit Coffee in Minneapolis, MN to revisit one of the most overlooked tools in personal cybersecurity: the credit freeze. Inspired by a conversation with the […]
Cyber Warfare on Tap: Water Utility Hacks, Nation-State APTs and Secure Browsers
What happens when nation-state hackers target the water coming out of your tap? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem break down the recent wave of attacks on water utilities across Minnesota and 27 other states, where threat actors got their hands on administrative passwords to programmable logic controllers. […]