Best Ashley Keski, Paul Ruffalo, Alex Gallegos Podcasts (2025)

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NICE Unpacked 1: Introduction 30:12

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6d ago30:12

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This week in the bucket, an introduction to the NICE Framework. References: "NICE Framework Resource Center | NIST" https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/nice-framework-resource-center "Job Builder | CyberSN" https://cybersn.com/public/build-a-job "CyberSeek" https://www.cyberseek.org/ "The NICE Framework | CISA" https://niccs.cisa.go…

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Won't This Be NICE? 31:07

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This week in the bucket, the largest plaintext password breach in history just happened (unless it didn't), and we introduce a series we will be beginning over the next few episodes. News Stories for Reference: "16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked" https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/06/20/16-billion-apple-facebo…

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It's A Poor Cyber Professional Who Relies Solely On Their Tools 37:12

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This week in the bucket, everyone loves fancy cybersecurity tools, but we explore the pitfalls that can occur when they become the entirety of a cybersecurity program. Connect With Us: Twitter: @theeffitbucket Reddit: r/theeffitbucket E-mail: [email protected] Musical Attribution: "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Cre…

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May the 4th Be With NullBulge 33:13

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This week in the bucket, a Cybersec CEO is charged with uploading malware (quite the opposite of what they are meant to do), a dev in Maryland outsources his own job, and a single guy steals 1.1TB of Slack data from the Mouse. News Stories for Reference: "CEO of cybersecurity firm charged with installing malware on hospital systems" https://securit…

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Tariffs, Capital T, and What They Can't Do For You 36:51

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This week in the bucket, we talk Tariffs; their direct impacts on the cybersecurity industry, how fluctuations in the global economy could leave companies open to cyber attacks, and changing regulations on how technical products will (or won't) be tariffed. Plus, how executive power is being abused to punish those who have spoken out against the Tr…

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Signalgate 38:58

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This week in the bucket, classified conversations leaked by top government officials - fun and informative! News Stories for Reference: "Annotating the Trump administration's Yemen war plans from their Signal group chat" https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/03/politics/yemen-war-plans-signal-chat-annotated-dg/ "The Trump Administration Accidentally…

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Balance Really Is Key 37:14

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This week in the bucket, another healthcare breach, the FTC stops the breach case against MGM, and Switzerland does even more stuff better than the US, as if they didn't already have the market cornered on being better than we are. News Stories for Reference: "560,000 People Impacted Across Four Healthcare Data Breaches" https://www.securityweek.co…

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The Zero Sum Game for Jobs 34:26

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This week in the bucket, Recruiters, Employees, Managers, and the Market all push the need for Degrees, Certifications, and Experience, but new and budding resources don't have the money and time to come equipped with everything. Which pair of focuses wins, and why? Plus, is there really a resource shortage, or is this just another Crowdsourced "fa…

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Little Red Book 37:24

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This week in the bucket, we talk about the TikTok ban. And reinstatement. And possible ban again in 90 days. Connect With Us: Twitter: @theeffitbucket Reddit: r/theeffitbucket E-mail: [email protected] Musical Attribution: "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativeco…

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First Annual Holiday Spectacular (In January) 47:49

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We're back from all having the plague! This week in the bucket, we talk about our best (and worst) stories from our careers in technology. Connect With Us: Twitter: @theeffitbucket Reddit: r/theeffitbucket E-mail: [email protected] Musical Attribution: "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution…

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Delayed Episode This Week 0:37

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Unfortunately one of our hosts decide it would be more fun to get the plague and cough up a lung than it would be to record a new episode. How rude! Connect With Us: Twitter: @theeffitbucket Reddit: r/theeffitbucket E-mail: [email protected] Musical Attribution: "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By A…

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Burn(out), Baby, Burn 1:25:54

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This week in the bucket, researchers can get LLM-driven robots to kill us by telling them they are action movie stars, hackers hang out at the Library of Congress for months, and Ivanti poops the bed (again). News Stories for Reference: "Out of 29 Billion Cybersecurity Events, Phishing was the Primary Method of Initial Attack" https://blog.knowbe4.…

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Trump Won. Now What? 1:16:01

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This week in the bucket, thoughts about what the next four years could look like from a cyber perspective, general complaints about the election, and some comfort shows that make us happy. News Stories for Reference: "Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure" https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cybe…

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Safe Holiday Shopping Spectacular 1:10:53

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This week in the bucket, the Internet Archive continues to have a rough October, Amazon's customers are loving Passkeys, and various tales of online scam woes. News Stories for Reference: "Internet Archive Gets Pummeled in Round 2 Breach " https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/internet-archive-pummeled-round-2-breach "Amazon says 1…

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Oops, All News Stories! 1:09:43

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This week in the bucket, what happens to all the spit data, Lego's website launches a scam product, and scammers take advantage of the hurricane like bottom-feeding scum. News Stories for Reference: "23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data?" https://www.npr.org/2024/10/03/g-s1-25795/23andme-data-genetic-dna-privacy "Largest water …

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The Philosophy of AI 1:09:36

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This week in the bucket, LinkedIn probably trained their AI on your data without asking (hooray!), Kaspersky AV decides the best thing for everyone is to just delete itself, and OpenAI's new model troubleshoots its own issues. News Stories for Reference: "How to stop LinkedIn from training AI on your data" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/0…

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Cyber Hygeine: The Easy, The Advanced, and the Crazy 1:18:02

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This week in the bucket, BleepingComputer misses the mark on Verkada breach, how a potential Harris administration could be tough on cyber crime, and our best tips for staying safe online. News Stories for Reference: "Verkada to pay $2.95 million for alleged CAN-SPAM Act violations" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/verkada-to-pay-295-…

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Plenty of Cyber Careers in the Sea 1:00:39

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This week in the bucket, a massive data breach (again), attackers persuade AI to give up your data, and baking tips for starting a Sourdough. News Stories for Reference: "National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/national-public-data-confirms-breach-exposing-social-security…

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Cybersecurity Clinics 1:20:56

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This week in the bucket, CrowdStrike's RCA reads more like an advertisement, AMI released a private key in code marked "DO NOT TRUST" back in 2016, and how Cybersecurity Clinics are changing the cybersecurity education landscape. Plus, we demonstrate just how little we know about the Olympics. News Stories for Reference: "New CrowdStrike RCA Releas…

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Crowdstrike ran into a problem and needs to restart. 1:00:51

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This week in the bucket, a hacker gets a job, we dig into the aftermath of the Crowdstrike issue that took down 8.5 Million computers, and we reminisce over sci-fi of the 80s and 90s. News Stories for Reference: "North Korean hacker got hired by US security vendor, immediately loaded malware" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/us-security-…

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Special Bulletin #1: CrowdStrike Breaks The Internet 21:18

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Extra! Extra! Pretty much everybody's computer is broken because of a bad update from a security company. Connect With Us: Twitter: @theeffitbucket Reddit: r/theeffitbucket E-mail: [email protected] Musical Attribution: "Special Spotlight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://crea…

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The Eff It Bucket Summer Extravaganza 1:05:18

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This week in the bucket, RADIUS gets blasted, more passwords than there are living people on the planet get released in plain text, and we discuss merch opportunities for the podcast. News Stories for Reference: "New Blast-RADIUS attack bypasses widely-used RADIUS authentication" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-blast-radius-attac…

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What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? 1:07:07

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This week in the bucket, car dealerships are back to pen and paper, Snowflake loses data from a Bank and Ticketmaster alike, and why it's never too late to consider a career in Cyber. News Stories for Reference: "CDK Global works to restore dealer software after hack, but the auto sales fallout still looms" https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cdk-global…

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I Am What IAM 1:24:57

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This week in the bucket, a fired employee deletes 180 virtual servers, a deep-dive into Identity and Access Management, and we log in with our FACES! News Stories for Reference: "Fired employee accessed company’s computer 'test system' and deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000" https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/former-employee-hack-…

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ATS is BS 1:04:08

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This week in the bucket, a study tells us that computers are better at following instructions in order without missing a step, we talk about what it's like to get a job, and Paul makes questionable searches. News Stories for Reference: "New Research Warns About Weak Offboarding Management and Insider Risks" https://thehackernews.com/2024/05/new-res…

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Tik Tok on the (Chopping) Block 57:43

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This week in the bucket, a woman helps hundreds of North Korean IT workers get jobs at US companies, Slack uses all their customer data to train an AI model, the Pros and Cons of the Tik Tok ban, and orange, crusty leaders. News Stories for Reference: "Woman Accused of Helping North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate Hundreds of US Firms" securityweek.co…

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So… Phishing 1:12:02

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This week in the bucket, the government makes ineffective changes, then the government does MORE ineffective things, we discuss what effective technical teams can do to protect themselves from phishing besides training, and terrifying AI art. News Stories for Reference: "The US Government Is Asking Big Tech to Promise Better Cybersecurity" https://…

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Listener Mailbag #1 1:02:20

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This week in the bucket, fallout from the Microsoft source code breach, our favorite sources for cyber security info, and our predictions on the future of the job market. Connect With Us: Twitter: @theeffitbucket Reddit: r/theeffitbucket E-mail: [email protected] Musical Attribution: "Limit 70" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under …

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Like A Rhinestone Salesman 49:48

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This week in the bucket, making a mockery of scam callers, pig butchering, and a whole bunch of terrible pickup lines. News Stories for Reference: "Pig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLPpl2ISKTg "YouTube | Jim Browning" https://www.youtube.com/@JimBrowning "'Pig-butchering': The online sc…

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Potato, Pohtato, Tomato, Cybersecurity 53:26

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This week in the bucket, education continues to be a target for cybersecurity, we talk about some terms that commonly get used (and misused) in the industry, and we catch up on nostalgic Martial Arts properties and horror movies that everyone else saw in 2022. News Stories for Reference: "One reason school cyberattacks are on the rise? Schools are …

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A World of Pure AImagination 56:11

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This week in the bucket, deepfake video scams are on the rise, Golddigger trojan steals biometric data from mobile phones, and we use AI to steal the voice of one of our hosts. Plus, an attraction in Glasgow marketed entirely on the back of AI generated content causes a bit of a commotion. News Stories for Reference: "Deepfake CFO tricks Hong Kong …

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Down The Privacy Rabbit Hole 52:27

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This week in the bucket, a careless snapchat message gets a plane a military escort, Google wants to read your SMS messages, and we don't understand young people or Stanley cups. News Stories for Reference: "Teen in court over Snapchat ‘joke’ that caused fighter jets to flank packed plane" https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/tee…

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Pilot 27:21

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Welcome to the bucket. We're glad you're here! This week in the bucket, three enthusiastic amateurs with a microphone and a dream introduce themselves, talk about the job market, and forget a pneumonic device. Connect With Us: Twitter: @theeffitbucket Reddit: r/theeffitbucket E-mail: [email protected] Musical Attribution: "Limit 70" Kevin Ma…