The Lighthouse IT Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Take a listen to the #LighthouseITPodcast every other week as we discuss both cybersecurity and digital marketing news! It's time to stop dreaming IT. Let's start doing IT.
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 20th, 2024
This week, Matt and Griff discuss Yelp filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google on the grounds of Google unfairly dominating local search and advertising. Also unfortunate for Google, the DOJ recently ruled against them in their recent antitrust case, finding Google to be guilty of maintaining a "trifecta of monopolies" in the search market. Apple is looking to increase the functionality of the AirPods, with the upcoming AirPods Pro 2 including hearing aid features for users with mild to moderate hearing loss. For your weekly dose of schadenfreude, a group of TikTok users thought they figured out a sneaky way to exploit Chase ATMs for free money, only to figure out that actually, they were just committing check fraud. Phishing is one of the most common methods scammers use to trick people into giving them their data, passwords, and money, and the latest version of phishing that is on the rise is malicious QR codes, often pasted over legitimate ones. Halliburton, one of the world's largest energy companies, has filed a report with regulators announcing that they have suffered a data breach, full details of the scope of this breach are still pending. Finally, and most importantly, we need to decide once and for all, what is the best breakfast cereal?
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/google-s-trust-issues-crimetok-cereal-competition-352
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 6th, 2024
This week, Matt and Griff discuss how issues with the Boeing Starliner have led NASA to drop it from use, the approach of Microsoft's new Windows Recall AI feature and the potential cybersecurity risks, the FTC recently imposed a ban on the buying and selling of fake reviews online, the rise of AI and its eager embrace from search engines and the negative effects that it is having on websites, and Chinese state-sponsored hackers were able to breach several US ISPs to steal data and load malware.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/drifting-into-the-void-ftc-review-ban-windows-recall-an-isp-breach-351
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 23rd, 2024This week, Matt & Griff discuss Apple Mail's latest update using AI to create and display summaries of your inbox instead of just the first line of emails. Reddit is strongly hinting at the introduction of paywalls on its site, possibly hiding popular subreddits behind a pricetag. The Google Graveyard grows as Chromecast is discontinued for the new (AI-enabled) Google TV Streamer to be released next month. The largest data breach ever just happened; Jerico Pictures, dba National Public Data, got hacked, leaking 2.9 billion people's personal information, including SSNs. Security awareness company KnowBe4 almost fell victim to a North Korean state actor who used stolen identity and AI deepfakes to infiltrate the company and attempt to inject malware. The Trump presidential campaign also fell victim to a hack, but reports haven't confirmed it to be a targeted attack, though it seems to be from a business email compromise. CrowdStrike president, Michael Sentonas, is one of the few people to accept a PWNIE award in person in recognition of significant blunders in cybersecurity. And finally, the Justice Department is considering breaking up Google after it was found to have an illegal monopoly.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/pii-of-3-billion-leaked-google-monopoly-crowdstrike-s-fail-award-349
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 9th, 2024This week, Matt & Griff discuss the tension in the cybersecurity industry after the Broadcom takeover of VMware threatens massive price hikes. Some items about the CrowdStrike outage and how to recover from it. AT&T has suffered a massive data breach, with data from nearly all its wireless customers exposed. Spotify has ambitions to be more than just a streaming app but its own social network. Reddit now blocks any search engine except Google from displaying its pages in their search results, conveniently just a bit after signing a deal with Google to allow their AI to be trained on Reddit's data. Google also now defaults to not indexing the majority of content, only doing so if they perceive a need for it, which is helpful to stem the tide of AI-generated junk but less great for smaller, more niche content. Lastly, Google has canceled its plans to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome after failing to find a solution to appease advertisers and regulators.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/at-t-data-breach-spotify-social-google-s-indexing-338
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 30th, 2024
You have probably heard about the global outage of many Microsoft devices, but you may not have heard all the details on why. On this special extra episode of The Lighthouse IT Podcast, Matt and Laif discuss everything we now know about the CloudStrike update that accidentally ground thousands and thousands of organizations to a sudden halt.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/special-report-the-cloudstrike-breakdown-337
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 26th, 2024
This week, Griff is nowhere to be seen after he went on that ghost-hunting adventure, but the good news is there is one more member of the Lighthouse team whom you may have not met yet. In the co-host seat this time, we have another one of our Harmony Technical Support staff members, Andrew! Listen to this episode of the podcast to hear about what makes him a vital member of the team and other cool facts about himself. https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/a-new-voice-our-harmony-technical-support-andrew-336
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 12th, 2024
This week, Matt & Griff discuss another open-source web library being used to distribute malware after being bought by a Chinese company.
Also, Adobe was facing some heat after their last Terms of Use update, but they have now promised everyone they are not using user content to train their AI model(s). Of course, that hasn't helped them in the new lawsuit the DOJ and FTC have filed against them for their complicated subscription model and hidden fees, whoops.
On the other side of the pond, the EU is investigating Apple for violations of the Digital Markets Act. On the bright side, Apple announced support for RCS in iOS 18, greatly improving communication features between iPhone and non-iPhone users. Woo! No more green text vs. blue text!
But sadly, the Google graveyard gains another stone as the continuous scrolling feature of the search results page is already ending, so you'll have to click to see the next page and deal with the AI search results slowing page performance instead.
TikTok is focusing on photos with the launch of an image search feature in the TikTok Shop and Whee, their new photo-sharing app.
Instagram Notes is now a thing for short, temporary news updates.
And finally, New York has just enacted two new laws to help protect children from the harmful effects of social media.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/adobe-apple-altercations-no-more-green-texts-open-source-scares-335
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 28th, 2024
This week, Griff has gone missing during a hot air balloon trip, which means it's time once again to meet another member of the Lighthouse team! In the co-host spot this week, Matt has one of our Harmony Technical Support staff, Laif. Together, they talk about Laif's role, how he joined the company, some of his personal interests, and Matt even learns a couple of new things about him!https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/a-new-voice-our-harmony-technical-support-laif-325
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 14th, 2024
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the discovery of last year's cyberattack that caused over 600,000 routers to fail. Windows 11 is set to add an AI feature to track your activities for 90 days, raising privacy concerns. Jack Dorsey left Bluesky and now promotes Nostr as the next big social media platform. Leaked documents reveal details about Google Search and its data collection practices. Lastly, despite their inaccuracy, Google is adding ads to its AI search results.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/google-search-leak-not-so-bluesky-remembering-windows-11-321
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 31st, 2024
This week, Griff (insert zany event here), but the show must go on, and thankfully, there are still more members of the Lighthouse team for you to meet. This week, Matt talks with our Navigate Platform Developer, Mark, about his role within the company before the conversation shifts to them rambling about their love of board games.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/a-new-voice-our-navigate-platform-developer-mark-320
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 17th, 2024
This week, Matt & Griff discuss how time is finally running out for TikTok to be forced to either sell or be banned in the US, Google's plan to phase out third-party cookies is crumbling as they extend their deadline past 2024, LinkedIn introducing several new games onto its platform, some updates to the XZ Utils story!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/xz-utils-update-tiktok-time-s-up-google-s-cookies-linkedin-games-319
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 3rd, 2024
Welcome back to the Lighthouse IT Podcast! We have something a little different for you today. Last month, Matt had such a good conversation with our Operations Manager, Nicole, but that episode was so chock-full of great discussion that we had to break out this conversation into a part two! So, for this episode, we have the rest of their chat here for you to listen to! They go through process improvement, business operations, and a lot about a fantastic new system we are using internally, Odoo!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/our-odoo-journey-thus-far-with-matt-nicole-307
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 19th, 2024
This week, Matt & Griff discuss how some big tech companies have been involved in some shady activities lately. Apple has been accused of holding a monopoly on its App Store, Facebook intercepted messages from Snapchat and colluded with Netflix, and Google has finally agreed to make Incognito mode actually private. Also, Alphabet is looking to acquire HubSpot, while LinkedIn is introducing a TikTok-like video feed. Finally, a Microsoft developer found a supply chain attack within a major code library.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/big-tech-troubles-almost-a-cyber-catastrophe-306
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 5th, 2024This week, Griff has fallen down a well... but that means it's another chance to meet more of the Lighthouse team! This time, Matt talks with our Operations Manager, Nicole, about how she came to work here, how her role has changed, her study of initiatives for increasing employee wellness, Gallup/Clifton strengths, Arthur Brooks, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/a-new-voice-our-operations-manager-nicole-305
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 22nd, 2024
This week, Matt & Griff discuss once again why it is so important to be proactive with your cybersecurity because even the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency isn't immune to hacks. They also go over Change Healthcare's recent hack, how the amount of ransomware victims who break and pay the ransom is down to 29% compared to the 85% it was in 2019, TikTokPhotos, Google updates, BlueSky, Apple's cancellation of Epic Games' developer account as well as some other Apple news, and much more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/ransomware-vs-cyber-extortion-tiktok-vs-instagram-apple-vs-epic-300
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 8th, 2024
This week, Matt & Griff discuss WcDonald's, Bluesky seeing mass signups, statistics on lurkers, Reddit going public and selling user content as training data, some fascinating AB testing stats, and more!https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/wcdonald-s-rddt-bluesky-the-power-of-ab-testing-299
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 23rd, 2024
This week, Griff is missing, but that means Matt gets to talk with fellow Lighthouse team member Sara, who fills our Technical Dispatch role. They discuss her time here at Lighthouse IT Solutions thus far, what she enjoys about it, what she has learned while being here, what she like about Lego, and much more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/a-new-voice-our-technical-dispatcher-sara-289
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 9th, 2024
Welcome back to season five of the Lighthouse IT Podcast! We're glad to have you, and we hope you'll enjoy the changes we are making to the format.
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the release of the Apple Vision Pro, the latest developments in the AI sphere, increased scrutiny on social media companies and their failures to protect children, and the big game making an IT tsunami, and more!https://hub.lighthousesol.com/blog/lighthouse-it-podcast-2/new-year-new-season-286
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 15th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the tactics of hackers, good and bad AI news, some more bad news for Google, some good news for Canada, some very bad news for Bluetooth, the massive growth of TikTok, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-december-15th-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 1st, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss hackers self-reporting their victims, Microsoft’s latest efforts in advancing AI, OpenAI’s drama, Amazon’s auto dealings, Google’s improvements to their Search, bad passwords, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-december-1st-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 3rd, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss drugs via drone, unfortunate open-source news, more unfortunate cybersecurity news from both hackers and end users, Disney’s latest acquisition, Meta’s latest updates, and the Cybertruck.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-november-17th-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 3rd, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss a potential breakup between Reddit and Google, Chrome and Google Map's latest/upcoming new features, Meta’s attempt to align with EU regulations, Musk’s latest aim to turn X into something more than a social media platform, an US executive order on AI, and official fraud charges against SolarWinds for that 2020 hack!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-november-3rd-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 20th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the “Netflix House,” the Microsoft Activision Blizzard merger, Tesla’s open API, X’s design decisions, Google’s AI image generation, Threads’ edits, and more!
Also, Happy National Cybersecurity Awareness Month!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/the-lighthouse-it-podcast-october-20th-2023
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 6th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the big WebP vulnerability, the big new improvement to ChatGPT, people looking to use ChatGPT and similar Large Language Model AI as voiced virtual assistants, websites trying to keep ChatGPT out, and the cost of business verification on social media platforms. Also, Happy National Cybersecurity Awareness Month!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/webproblem-ai-assistants-financially-verified
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 22nd, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the latest insights into Musk’s personality, Apple changing their mind (certainly not due to external pressure or anything), X switching up their financial model, mistakes at MGM leading to ransomware attacks, TikTok & TransUnion partnering up, a whole bunch of bad news for data privacy, and more!https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/changes-at-apple-pay-to-x-dying-data-privacy
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 8th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss several new and old data breaches, hundred year old websites, the latest craziness going on over at Xwitter, Meta changing their advertising, advances in deep-fake technology, and more. https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/data-breaches-and-leaks-and-events-oh-my
This week, Matt & Griff discuss issues with Tesla vehicles (and modern automobiles in general), good/bad news over at X, “epic” legal battles between Epic and Apple, Chrome to use AI to summarize your web content, Netflix finally ending their DVD-by-mail service (seriously thought they did already), Microsoft’s new default font, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/dead-car-data-leak-dvd-deja-vu-x
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 11th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss TikTok challenging Twitter (or X?), Threads slowly dying, Reddit drama carries on, the latest major security patches from Apple and Microsoft, and much more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 28th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss TikTok challenging Twitter (or X?), Threads slowly dying, Reddit drama carries on, the latest major security patches from Apple and Microsoft, and much more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/365-hit-tiktok-texts-stray-threads-sending-xs
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 11th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the latest cybersecurity vulnerabilities, including a huge Fortinet affecting 70% of firewalls, the ongoing debacle around popular social media platforms, Apple's VR headset, and TikTok's influence on book publishers!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/huge-fortinet-bug-booming-booktok-and-twitter-or-threads
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 30th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the ongoing Reddit drama, the ongoing TikTok drama, Squarespace purchasing Google Domains, and the EU's latest push for consumer rights... Oh and also Canada is still on fire. https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/podcasts/reddit-rumbles-tiktok-technicalities-squaredomains
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 16th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the latest news from Apple like the Vision Pro and their gaming initiative, the latest missteps from Reddit, the latest newcomer to the search engine API market, the latest major computer vulnerability this time courtesy of Gigabyte, and consuming vast quantities of taurine.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/lighthouse-blog/apple-gaming-reddit-dying-a-spoonful-of-taurine
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 2nd, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss AI updates from Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia, exploits in Windows & KeePass, legitimate apps turning into spyware, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/lighthouse-blog/ai-advancements-tiktok-troubles-ispy-irecorder
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 19th, 2023This week, Matt & Griff discuss a lot of news about Chromium retiring the SSL padlock, Microsoft trying to get Firefox to use Bing, Wendy's AI-powered drive-thru in Columbus, OH, the Microsoft training videos that have created a huge cult following, and more!
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/lighthouse-blog/chrome-unlocked-ai-taking-orders-and-bing-trying-to-infiltrate-firefox
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 5th, 2023This week, Matt & Griff discuss a new opportunity for the unscrupulous, several vulnerabilities and several patches for them, Apple and Windows latest feature update, threats to internet freedom, and more.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/lighthouse-blog/macOS-Stealer-WordPress-Weakness-Age-Verification-Laws-and-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 21st, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss bans on TikTok, the rise of new social media platform Lemon8, new changes to Twitter, new competition to Twitter, and AI village, and more.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/lighthouse-blog/tweaking-twitter-challenging-instagram-ai-adventures
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 14th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss several things that they could have gone into further detail about such as Apple's spyware patch, Microsoft's vulnerability patch, the breach of MSI, the recent passing of Gordon Moore, but they sure do talk a lot about the 3CX hack.
https://hub.lighthousesol.com/c/lighthouse-blog/hacks-patches-and-a-computer-hero
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 24th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Microsoft's support for Apple users, Amazon (probably) making a web browser, a whole bunch of new/updated AI from many companies, ransomware down but cybercrime way up, and more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/outlook-free-for-mac-new-ai-a-prime-browser-tiktok-countdown
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 24th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff discuss a lot of developments in AI, especially from Microsoft, but also surprisingly from BuzzFeed, a major breach of GoDaddy, advancements in autonomous delivery services, and much more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/bing-search-advancing-ai-robot-deliveries-a-10-million-url
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 8th, 2023
This week, Matt & Griff are back! They discuss the many recent advancements and potential future of AI, two prominent data leaks, reduced ransomware gang profits, an FBI crackdown on cybercriminal assets, the VMware ESXi ransomware, and much more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/back-in-business-lets-talk-ai
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 30th, 2022
This week, totally not robots, 'Matt' & 'Griff' reflect on the year by discussing some of the highlights that have made waves in one big wrap-up to finish 2022 off. We'll be taking a short break until the next one, so stay safe and have a great start to the new year!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/a-totally-not-ai-generated-wrap-up-of-2022
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 16th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Google's infinity scroll, Waze being folded into Google Maps, Microsoft's Teams 2.0, Twitter and their drama, Apple allowing third-party app stores, new attempts to ban TikTok, Amazon and TikTok attempting to copy each other's homework, and much more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/super-app-race-third-party-apple-app-store-google-s-infinity-scroll
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 2nd, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Twitter 2.0, a host of new Google search/maps features, a disguised possible Russian software the U.S. is using, SuperGPS, a new rise in Qakbot, Alexa on life-support, and much more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/google-search-updates-alexa-on-life-support-qakbot-twitter-2-0
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 18th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss a whole lot of Musk & Twitter news, a critical Android flaw, how WordPress hackers improved their SEO, the end of Google Hangouts, the birth of over 8 billion people, and much more.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/post/8-billion-people-android-accident-musky-twitter
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 4th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss lots (and we mean lots) of news about Elon Musk purchasing Twitter, as well as Apple's latest technologies and policies, Microsoft's latest computer, and video games being good for kids.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 21stth, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss we discuss the impending Musk Twitter takeover, Kanye purchasing Parler, what's going on with Meta and their new headset, another round of TikTok copying, Apple becoming a bank, DALL-E 2 integration into Microsoft, Netflix's ad tier, the massive SHEIN data leak, and more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/shein-data-leak-dall-e-in-microsoft-office-and-the-internet-space-race
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 7th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss hackers attempts to subvert MFA, Google's struggles and efforts against TikTok, Microsoft and Cisco fighting vulnerabilities, sliding and expanding computer, hacking tractors, and more.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/upgradable-chromebooks-google-v-tiktok-and-expanding-tablets
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 23rd, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss security breaches at Uber, Rockstar Games, and U-Haul, Apple's newest phone features, Twitter in court, Disney trying AR, and TikTok copying others' homework.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/uber-uhaul-and-rockstar-breaches-apple-features-and-disney-ar-movies
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 9th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss how Oracle was hit by a Class Action lawsuit, LastPass's source code was breached, Starlink partnering with T-Mobile to provide cell signal anywhere, Pinterest's Shuffle app goes viral, Snap laying off 20% of their staff, Deep sea messaging, Android apps going cross-platform, and more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/oracle-lawsuit-lastpass-code-breach-starlink-and-t-mobile-partnership
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 26th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the expected overtake of streaming vs traditional TV, bad news out of Twitter, more bad news out of Apple, even more bad news from Bitcoin ATMs, some interesting TikTok developments, the wild future that is text-to-images, and more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/zero-day-patches-changes-coming-to-social-media-and-text-to-images
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 12th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss Avalara buyout, Amazon vacuums, more Twitter & Musk news, a whole bunch of TikTok news, Slack security slacking, ApplePay developments and more.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/slacking-security-tiktok-taking-over-more-applypay-and-amazon-vacuum
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 29th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Nintendo's new animation studio, Elon Musk & Twitter, Microsoft imitating Facebook, Meta/Facebook/Instagram fumbling about, Snap on desktop, Amazon getting into healthcare, and more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/nintendo-pics-facebook-fumbles-microsoft-changes-and-amazon-healthcare
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 15th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss two different satellite topics, deepfake interviews, the FCC's TikTok concerns, Pinterest Facebook and Twitter's new plans, Amazon's big investments, new Musk Twitter news, and more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/satellites-deepfake-interviews-fcc-v-tiktok-musk-v-twitter
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 1st, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Facebook & Twitter's new directions, Lego building new things, the latest app for influencers, tech workers thoughts on surveillance, Harmony's major blockchain blunder and more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/lego-building-facebook-changing-harmonys-blockchain-blunder
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 17th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss major vulnerabilities in Linux, Meeting Owl, and Android, synthetic skin, questions about AI sentience, Amazon drone deliveries, ad blocking on Chrome vs Firefox, the final retirement of Internet Explorer, and more.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/linux-backdoor-ibank-self-aware-ai-amazon-drone-deliveries
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 3rd, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss a major hole in Microsoft Office, a huge vulnerability in Teslas and other BT devices using proximity authentication, Twitter news, the Apple DIY (except, you can't do it yourself) repair kit, DuckDuckGo's apparently not-so-private browser, modular laptops, and pizza vending machines.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/office-bt-exploits-apple-diy-repair-kit-and-pizza-vending-machines
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 20th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss what's new over at Twitter vs. Musk... again, the CISA warning to MSPs, Meta's new headset and store, Apple discontinuing the iPod and the lighting connector, Edge surpassing Safari, killing the password, Nvidia's totally unexpected release of their GPU's kernel as open-source and more from Netflix, Mastercard, Zyxel, and a cool new product for TRPG players.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/killing-the-password-end-of-ipod-lightning-twitter-vs-musk-and-artrpgs
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 6th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Apple's new self service kit, Microsoft's new VPN feature, the collapse of CNN+, the predicted decline of Netflix, the buyout of Twitter, Europe's reaction to that, phone tracking, cereal in orange juice, and more.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/apples-self-service-kit-minus-cnn-plus-twitter-talk-oj-in-cereal
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 22nd, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Twitter's new feature and continued Elon Musk situation, Meta's new Horizon Worlds and monetization plans, TicTok's new AR development platform, Uber's new offerings, Etsy sellers on strike, a major GitHub hack, DuckDuckGo's new browser, and more.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/twitter-vs-elon-meta-monetized-etsy-sellers-strike-and-malware-as-art
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 8th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss how police traced the hacking group Lapsus$ back to English teenager, how Mailchimp hackers phished cryptocurrency wallets from their clients, how the EU is attempting to help smaller messaging companies, and some Twitter changes that come right after Musk becomes the biggest shareholder.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/lapsus-leaked-mailchimp-breach-elon-edits-twitter-fast-fashion
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 25th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss hacks of Microsoft and Okta, a major vulnerability in Linux, a massive outage at Apple, new phishing dangers for Chrome, a more secure Twitter, Netflix planning to charge for account sharing, and the future is now with invisibility shields.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/microsoft-and-okta-attacked-invisibility-shields-biab-phishing-and-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 11th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss a Russian RaaS group getting exposed, Ukrainian hacktivists, a huge Nvidia ransom that weirdly relates to the recent Samsung Galaxy hack, TikTok extends their videos to 10min, Epic Games buys Bandcamp (for some reason), the new Amazon radio app that lets you be the DJ, Truth Social still not working, and Disney Plus adding an ad tier.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/oops-all-hacks-ft-lapsus-tiktoks-clock-extends-and-disney-plus-adds
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 25th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Peloton fights rust, Google & Chrome bring updates, MoviePass is back, Worldle not Wordle, Truth Social having a rough launch, Emoji URLs in Opera & more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/pelotons-plan-moviepass-the-sequel-chromes-journeys-emoji-urls
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 11th, 2022
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Apple allowing unlisted apps, Facebook's first ever slump in its userbase, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/unlisted-apps-facebook-floundering-semiconductors-soaring-and-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 29th, 2021
This episode is a bit different since it is the last one of 2021! Matt & Griff figured they'd skip out on the news and get right into what they felt was most memorable from this year and what they think 2022 has in store!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/the-lighthouse-it-solutions-podcast-2021-wrap-up
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 17th, 2021
This week, Matt & Griff discuss the widespread log4j vulnerability, Life360 privacy issues on how and why they are selling user data, Mercedes fully self-driving car, Peloton counter marketing, and more!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/log4j-vulnerability-life360-privacy-issues-peloton-marketing-and-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 3rd, 2021
This week, we discuss Windows exploits, the revival of Clippy (kind of), bad news for Meta, advances coming from Apple, shopping at Walmart via a Twitter livestream, the aftermath of the 'Buy the Constitution' movement, and more.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/bad-news-for-meta-good-news-from-apple-return-of-clippy
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 19th, 2021
This week, Matt & Griff discuss hacks on Syniverse, Robinhood, and the FBI, hackers working to get around multi-factor authentication, and crypto-miners working together to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/hackers-using-bots-for-2fa-fbi-email-hack-and-buying-the-constitution
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 5th, 2021
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Facebook and Microsoft's moves to become their own metaverses, LinkedIn releases a new freelance marketplace while simultaneously pulling out of China, along with several other services, in addition to the US banning China Telecom, REvil being forced offline, and more.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/metaverse-more-china-bans-revil-news-and-a-side-of-crypto
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 8th, 2021
This week, Matt & Griff discuss a potential strike in Hollywood, a big Facebook outage, an even larger Twitch hack, the latest Apple exploit, more exploits in popular software, and a little bit of good news as well.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/facebook-down-twitch-hacked-hollywood-strike-apple-exploit
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 24th, 2021
This week, Matt & Griff discuss Taco Bell's subscription service, Microsoft's work hour study, a universal decryptor for old versions of REvil/Sodinokibi, Microsoft accounts going passwordless, and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is here!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/taco-subscription-passwordless-accounts-and-a-lot-of-bugs
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 10th, 2021 This week, we discuss OnlyFans making our last podcast outdated before we even released it, China placing bans on online gaming, the latest developments and threats to cyber-security, the Gift Card Gang, and the NFT from Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann. Also, we promise that this is relevant.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/more-ban-news-gift-card-gang-cyber-attacks-blockchain-art-more
Please note This podcast was recorded before OnlyFans' most recent statement, pulling a complete 180. In other words, the ban we mention in this podcast is no longer happening.
This week, we discuss a potentially fatal flaw in Apple products for people with pacemakers, the Conti Ransomware Operation, Walmart's new GoLocal service, changes in OnlyFans allowed content (and then their swift backpedaling), the revival of Yik Yak, the T-Mobile hack, a new Amazon department store, and the latest report from Facebook.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/t-mobile-hack-yik-yak-back-onlyfans-unbanning-and-more
This week, we discuss a vulnerability in some home & small business routers, the new LOTR series, Salesforce+ the latest video streaming platform, Citizen an app for tracking crime, targeted banning services on Instagram, and Disney's new Star Wars themed hotels.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/big-router-hack-citizen-salesforceplus-star-wars-hotel-and-more
This week, we discuss how Kaseya obtained a decryption key without paying any ransom, the NTLM relay attack called PetitPotam, the HiveNightmare Bug that may leak your passwords, Apple's Zero-Day bug affecting iOS & macOS, and some Olympic advertising drama.
Check out the podcast notes here:
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/kaseyas-ransom-petitpotam-hivenightmare-apple-update-and-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 16th, 2021
Have a listen as we go through the PrintNightmare fix that wasn't a fix, Kaseya releasing a patch to remediate on-premises VSA servers, REvil disappearing from the internet, Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, as well as TikTok not only increasing their video time limit but allowing users to submit video resumes for specific brands.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/printnightmare-nonfix-kaseya-vsa-patch-revil-gone-&-tiktok-to-3min
A few events happened last week that we felt it necessary to talk about them here. Take a listen as we go through PrintNightmare and the huge ransomware attack on Kaseya’s VSA remote management service. (We want to iterate that Lighthouse IT does not use VSA, but this is a huge hit to almost 60 manage service providers just like ourselves.)
Check out the summary here:
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/widespread-msp-ransomware-incident-printnightmare
You can also check out Matt's official statement:
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/statement-regarding-the-kaseya-vsa-breach
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 1st, 2021
Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week, like how MyBook Live Owners wake up to find their NAS Devices Wiped Clean, the pros and cons of a tool like NewsGuard, and Windows 10 is apparently not the last Windows OS. Windows 11 may be though...
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/mybook-live-data-wiped-pros-cons-of-newsguard-last-os-windows-11
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 18th, 2021
Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week, like how VW's data breach impacts 3.3 million, McDonald’s getting hit by a data breach, the ALPACA – a TLS security vulnerability, Twitter Blue officially launched, and HBO Max released an ad-supported version!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/vw-mcdonalds-breach-alpaca-vulnerability-twitter-blue-hbo-max
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 4th, 2021
Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week like how Nestle's getting a run for their money as my favorite QUIK (QUIC), Jailbroken Apple AirTag is Never Gonna Give You Up, Netflix Reportedly Hiring Executive For Expansion Into Video Games, Amazon to buy MGM Studios for $8.45 billion, Brand trust is at an all-time low, & A Burger Chain Advertising on OnlyFans.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/google-quic-not-giving-up-airtag-amazon-buys-mgm-low-brand-trust
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 21st, 2021
Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week like how a security researcher's Twitter account got hacked through WordPress, the group behind the Colonial Pipeline attack issues an apology, the upcoming Twitter Blue subscription service their new tip jar, AT&T Inc. and Discovery Inc. combining forces, and finally, Ohio's Vax-a-million!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/colonial-pipeline-gets-an-apology-twitter-blue-ohio-vax-a-million
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 7th, 2021
Matt and Griff go through exciting stuff this week like Apple's ransomware attack & AirDrop flaw, Verizon selling Yahoo & AOL, Amazon offering email marketing & the return to 'in the flesh' advertising.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/apples-airdrop-flaw-verizon-sells-amazons-email-marketing-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 23rd, 2021
Matt and Griff go through interesting stuff this week like the Semiconductor Shortage, FBI hacking for good, Twitter Spaces and Facebook's response, Netflix in a bad spot, and research proving that your brain needs breaks.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/semiconductor-shortage-fbi-hacks-proving-your-brain-needs-breaks
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - April 9th, 2021
Matt and Griff go through a lot this week, including how the US Army awarded a bid to Microsoft for new augmented reality technology, Cleveland Clinic becoming the first private sector business to purchase Quantum Computer, and some very creative marketing strategies that we've seen recently.
Have a listen and be sure to check out the show-notes here:
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/cleveland-clinic-goes-quantum-microsoft-ar-tech-plus-creative-marketing-strategies
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - March 26th, 2021
Matt and Griff go through a lot this week, including the Windows 10 printing fiasco, Twitter Spaces and changes to their ad management, TVision watching you watch, the Ad Council's biggest campaign ever, and HBO Max with it's new ad supported tier.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/windows-10-printing-fiasco-twitter-spaces-tvision-hbo-max
Matt and Griff go through a lot this week, including the Massive Exploit Discovered in On-Premise Exchange, how the Largest European Cloud Hosting Provider Catches Fire, a Healthy Man Gets Text Message that He's Eligible for Vaccine for being too... Fat, AT&T and T-Mobile ban shared short codes, Burger King + International Women's day, and MTN Dew Deep-Fake with Bob Ross.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/exchange-exploit-the-cloud-on-fire-bob-ross-painting-mtn-dew-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - February 12th, 2021
Join as Matt and Griffin discuss Nick Cage (couldn't resist) as well as how the giant trojan Emotet got hit hard by a multinational attack. Matt also talks about the awesome stuff he's doing to bring Harmony to businesses everywhere. Listen here!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/nick-cage-hitting-emotet-where-it-hurts-business-harmony-everywhere
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - January 29th, 2021 This week, Matt and Griffin discuss the upcoming death of the third-party cookie within Google Chrome and the concerns associated with that, some recent exploits in Apple's iOS (upgrade to 14.4 if you haven't already), the increase in identity fraud we are seeing, and why this Super Bowl may have some very weird commercials. Take a listen!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/death-of-the-third-party-cookie-apple-exploits-superbowl-ads
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - January 15th, 2021
Join Matt and Griff today as they discuss the concerns about infrastructure takedowns, moderation rules, internet policy and more. Should the internet be user-driven vs crisis-driven? Who is responsible for censorship? Are infrastructure takedowns more or less likely to silence other voices? Let's discuss!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/the-concerns-of-infrastructure-takedowns
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 23th, 2020
Join Matt today in a different format as he'd like to thank the people who made 2020 a bit easier. Then, stay tuned as he reconvenes with Griffin so they can go through 2020 together, taking a look at everything Lighthouse IT has been doing.
And did I mention that you can check out the video version here?!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/the-lighthouse-it-2020-recap
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - December 11th, 2020
This week, Matt and Griffin go over the recent attack on the huge cyber security company, FireEye and their Red Team tools. In marketing news, they cover some developments in the influencer marketing world as well as interesting Daytime TV statistics.
Check out our podcast summary here, with all the resources!
THE LIGHTHOUSE IT PODCAST - NOVEMBER 25TH, 2020 For this Lighthouse IT Podcast brought to you on a Wednesday, Matt and Griffin will be asking the question of, "Will 2020 have a normal Black Friday, Cyber Monday, & Giving Tuesday?" The answer may not surprise you... because we suspect it won't be, and you probably suspect the same.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/will-2020-have-a-normal-black-friday-cyber-monday-giving-tuesday
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 13th, 2020
National Cyber Security Awareness Month may have been an onslaught of content for you, so we wanted to just take a moment to recap and give you a behind-the-scenes look at our marketing initiatives. You can still fill out your own Cyber Smart Assessment and we will still help go through it together. So, don't hold off, understand your network's position today! Head on over to the download page.
Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart
https://content.lighthousesol.com/cybersmart
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 30th, 2020
Being National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the podcasts this month will be a bit different! We are covering Training and Habits this week! We go over what it means to #BeCyberSmart and how you can help your business/peers stay safe from cyber criminals. Join us this week by filling out your own Cyber Smart Assessment! We will go through it together this month and at the end, you can submit your assessment to us, and we can review it together! This means you get to understand your network's position and obtain an action plan of how to make it ever more secure. Because after all, your network is only as strong as its weakest link. Still need to download the Secure-IT Cyber Smart Assessment? Head on over to the download page.
Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart
https://content.lighthousesol.com/cybersmart
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 16th, 2020
Being National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the podcasts this month will be a bit different! We are covering Preparedness and Business Continuity this week! We go over what it means to #BeCyberSmart and how you can help your business/peers stay safe from cyber criminals. Join us this week by filling out your own Cyber Smart Assessment! We will go through it together this month and at the end, you can submit your assessment to us, and we can review it together! This means you get to understand your network's position and obtain an action plan of how to make it ever more secure. Because after all, your network is only as strong as its weakest link. Still need to download the Secure-IT Cyber Smart Assessment? Head on over to the download page.
Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart
https://content.lighthousesol.com/cybersmart
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 2nd, 2020
The podcasts this month will be a bit different since it's National Cyber Security Awareness Month! We go over what it means to #BeCyberSmart and how you can help your business/peers stay safe from cyber criminals. Join us this week by filling out your own Cyber Smart Assessment! We will go through it together this month and at the end, you can submit your assessment to us, and we can review it together! This means you get to understand your network's position and obtain an action plan of how to make it ever more secure. Because after all, your network is only as strong as its weakest link. Still need to download the Secure-IT Cyber Smart Assessment? Head on over to the download page.
Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart
https://content.lighthousesol.com/cybersmart
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 18th, 2020
Matt and Griffin discuss Malicious Wallpapers, Phishing Trends, Coors wanting to send you to your Zoom background, Labor Day deals actually focusing on jobs, and the fabled TikTok deal coming to a close!
Want to get straight to the news? Go to the 5:05 minute mark.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/malicious-wallpapers-phishing-trends-zoom-backgrounds-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - September 4th, 2020
Matt and Griffin discuss self-destructing DVDs, more Apple store drama, another win against ransomware, Walmart joining in on the TikTok deal, and the New Facebook.
Want to skip the intro? Go to the 3:00min mark.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/more-apple-store-drama-ransomware-wins-and-the-new-facebook
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 21st, 2020
Matt and Griffin discuss "Proof" that criminals have no boundaries, how Apple gave Epic Games a fortnight before getting kicked off the app store, the launch of Instagram's TikTok competitor (Reels), the uphill battle that TV Ads have had to face, and finally two of the largest influencer ad agencies merging.
Want to skip the intro? Go to the 1:45min mark.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/apple-gave-epic-a-fortnight-influencer-resilience-and-reeling-in-tiktok
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 7th, 2020
TikTok Ban, Chex Quest Revamp, and Unilever Experiments:
Matt and Griffin discuss the possible TikTok ban, what we currently know about it, and what it could mean for marketers. They touch on the huge rise in mobile game downloads that came from COVID, and they also go over some of the interesting experimental marketing efforts many companies, like Unilever, are pushing to get ahead.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/tiktok-ban-chex-quest-revamp-and-unilever-experiments
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 24th, 2020
Matt and Griffin discuss Twitter limiting tweets due to some serious scamming, some popular VPNs had their non-existent logs magically released, Snapchat testing out brand profiles, and Hulu targeting the small business market to allow them to advertise on their platform.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/twitter-stops-tweets-and-hulu-offers-sweets
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 10th, 2020
Matt and Griffin discuss how Microsoft estimates that the global workforce will add 149 million new tech-oriented jobs by 2025, Free/Easy DNSSEC Upgrades for your site, Google's one year SSL certificates, Google testing feature to hide parts of the URL in Chrome’s address bar, and Reddit and Pinterest, It’s Time to Shine.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/phishing-the-fisherman-chromes-url-reddit-pinterests-show-time
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 19th, 2020
Matt and Griffin discuss Breachstortion, reading sound waves through a telescope pointed at a light bulb, Facebook's new email marketing initiatives, and Burgerking Brazil's new 'Lockdown Whopper'!
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/lightbulbs-hearing-you-fb-email-marketing-the-lock-down-whopper
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - June 5th, 2020
Matt and Griffin are back as they discuss how Sign-in with Apple was much easier than we all thought, why it may be a good reason to upgrade to the dreaded Android 10, and what updates Google has been making to the world of SEO.
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/flaws-in-apple-sign-in-upgrading-to-android-10-chromes-core-web-vitals-and-more
The Lighthouse IT Podcast - May 22nd, 2020
This week, Matt and Griffin focus on reviewing topics that continue to appear in all industries, as well as specific ones. Since digital security impacts everyone, if you’re not careful, you could end up being the direct link to a company-wide hack! But on a more positive note, how are marketing and sales efforts looking as businesses begin to reopen and how can we make use of sales tools to hit that bullseye for our goals this year?
https://blog.lighthousesol.com/how-has-covid-19-influenced-security-and-changed-our-marketing-efforts
Check out the video version here!
We cover a lot of great deals that you may have missed, but we would really enjoy getting you setup with some free and discounted offerings.
It’s been a strange trip. Throughout this pandemic, everyone we know has been trying to adjust and find their new path. Thank your friends and clients, staff, vendors, and any supporters. And to those not directly linked to Lighthouse IT, thank you too.
In this episode of the Lighthouse IT Podcast, Matt and Griffin (with special guest Spike, Matt's cat) go over:
- Governor DeWine's decision last Friday,
- what we are doing internally and externally to meet those requirements,
- and review what the new normal will probably look like for many businesses.
We are offering, at no charge, assistance with email marketing and automating employee health assessments!
And if you want to get notified when we release more business insights, sign up here!
https://content.lighthousesol.com/podcast-notifications-signup
This Friday will be a very special video podcast! So stay tuned for that!
In this episode of the Lighthouse IT Podcast, Matt joins Griffin to go over Growing Your Business during COVID-19 (and beyond) then to discuss why building momentum now will be crucial during the next few weeks. We cover a lot, but we hope this demystifies digital marketing for you.
And if you want to get notified when we release more, sign up here!
https://content.lighthousesol.com/podcast-notifications-signup
Stay tuned as we have a very special video podcast coming at the end of next week!
Within this podcast, Matt joins Marketing Specialist, Griffin. Together they reflect on ways Lighthouse IT Solutions has adapted during this crisis. Using their IT knowledge and personal experience, they brainstorm how other businesses can adapt as well as grow at this time.
Join Lighthouse IT's new Podcast as Matt takes, from a business owner's perspective, a look at the current state of affairs. In this short episode, we want to reassure that you are not alone and there are always new business opportunities.
Join as he steps back to alleviate concerns you may have during COVID-19.
Lighthouse IT Solutions will now be releasing podcasts to keep you informed every week! We will be bringing on specialists in many industries to share their insights as well, so stay tuned for information on how your business can adapt in this time of concern.
Lighthouse IT Solutions will now be releasing podcasts to keep you informed every week! We will be bringing on specialists in many industries to share their insights as well, so stay tuned for information on how your business can adapt in this time of concern.