What Makes You Interesting to Foreign Spies?
You don't need a security clearance to be valuable to a foreign intelligence officer. What you know, who you know, and what you can access might matter more than you think. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze visits Saint Paul Brewing in St. Paul, MN, right after the annual InfraGard Minnesota meeting at Metro […]
Own the Process: AI Skills, Free Range Agents, and Owning Your IP
What if the most valuable software your company owns isn't something you bought, but the processes your team already knows how to run? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem welcome back Alex Bratton, CEO and Chief Geek of Lextech, founder of AI Why, and author of the new […]
AI Assistant Privacy: How Much Access Is Too Much?
Trust between people builds over time, but AI assistants are asking for all of it on day one. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze settles in at Roots in St. Paul, MN, a youth-led coffee shop and economic development program just down the street from Metro State University, with a tiramisu cold brew before […]
AI Hackers Found a Way Into Your Phone’s Camera
Our phones hold our photos, conversations, locations, cameras, and microphones, and every app we install gets a key to some part of that space. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze takes a detour from coffee to Eldon St. Tea Shop in Reston, VA, ahead of a concert at Wolf Trap. She uses Reston's history […]
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 […]