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Cyber risk, crypto markets, plainspoken judgment.
Eric English connects current security stories with the realities of running systems, responding to incidents, and protecting networks. The show also keeps one eye on crypto prices, policy mood, and market volatility without turning into coin promotion.
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Cybersecurity & Cryptocurrency Podcast with Eric English is a technology show built around two obsessions: defending systems and watching digital-asset markets move. Eric English approaches both from a practical seat. The security side is strongest when it turns headlines into decisions an IT person might actually face. Ransomware is not treated as an abstract threat. It becomes a sequence of containment, password resets, EDR-only connectivity, VPN restoration, firewall limits, and slow recovery. That same hands-on instinct shows up in home-lab talk about PFSense and OpenSense. Eric English is comfortable getting annoyed by setup friction, default assumptions, and tools that make secure deployment harder than it needs to be. The news range is broad. Recent episodes cover CAPTCHA phishing, Microsoft MFA issues, Apache vulnerabilities, Marriott breach fallout, BeyondTrust, telecom provider hacks, Exchange fixes, Palo Alto concerns, AI data-security risks, and return-to-office mandates. Older episodes point to the show’s longer-running rhythm: DEF CON vulnerabilities, Microsoft RDP, Lenovo issues, AT&T malware allegations, spoofed retail sites, Qualcomm flaws, Siri privacy questions, WPA3 attacks, Zoom, EvilGnome, Slack, and exposed Mongo databases. The crypto half is looser and more market-facing. Bitcoin, Ripple, gold comparisons, downturns, bull-run speculation, and crypto-friendly policy signals all pass through the same personal filter. The show is candid about volatility. It is also wary of promotional noise. Eric English explicitly explains why the show avoids advertising, sponsorships, and random crypto promoters, which gives the market commentary a cleaner editorial boundary. The language is casual, sometimes blunt, and usually impatient with preventable security failures. It suits listeners who like technical news with lived-in operational judgment rather than polished panel talk. It also works for crypto-curious security people who want price and policy chatter without being sold a token. At its best, the show turns messy cyber headlines into plainspoken risk judgment.
Made for: This show fits cybersecurity practitioners, IT administrators, home-lab builders, and technically minded crypto watchers. It especially suits listeners who want practical security commentary alongside market context.
What sets it apart: Its edge is the combination of hands-on IT operations, candid security opinions, and crypto market tracking from one consistent voice. The show also draws a clear line against ads, sponsorships, and promotional crypto guests.
Hack the planet!
A firewall that needs internet before setup? Eric English knows why that would test your patience.
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A home-lab firewall snag opens into a practical episode about setup habits, phishing friction, and Bitcoin's uneasy race with gold.
Cybersecurity and Cryptocurrency Podcast episode 125 is sharpest when it sits with a small but telling setup problem: English prefers to pre-configure a firewall before putting it on a network, yet the PFSense install he describes wants an active internet connection before…
A steady, practical episode on restoring systems after ransomware without rushing access.
Episode 124 finds host Eric English treating incident response as a measured return to connectivity, not a sprint back to normal. Its most useful thread is operational: bring systems up internally first, keep them limited to EDR until threat activity appears gone, restore SaaS…
A broad security briefing lands best when it turns Marriott's breach history into a lesson about follow-through.
Episode 123 covers a busy run of cybersecurity and crypto stories, tying a Microsoft multi-factor authentication bug, Apache vulnerabilities, Marriott's data-breach fallout with the FTC, and BeyondTrust's recent issues to the larger question of how organizations decide what…
Telecom trust, enterprise security drag, and an XRP what-if give Episode 122 a grounded technology angle.
Episode 122 ties telecom providers getting hacked to government agencies urging encrypted communications, landing on a sharp reversal in how much trust legacy telecom systems deserve.
Episode 121 links crypto's post-election surge with wireless-carrier breach uncertainty, Exchange and Palo Alto vulnerabilities, and practical AI data-security questions.
Episode 121 moves through crypto's post-election surge, a still-unclear wireless-carrier breach involving T-Mobile and potentially AT&T and Verizon, then Microsoft Exchange and Palo Alto vulnerabilities.
Technology's mechanisms, power's consequences.
Dave, Joe, and Maria break down phishing kits, deepfakes, and social-engineering scams weekly.
Eric English opens Cybersecurity and Cryptocurrency Podcast episode 125 on May 12, 2025, with a warning about CAPTCHA phishing that now pushes users to run PowerShell commands instead of clicking “I’m not a robot.” He says the payloads are trying to install ransomware, and he recommends non-admin accounts, aggressive patching, PowerShell restrictions, and application allowlisting as practical defenses.
Eric English's April 7, 2025 episode of Cyber Security and Cryptocurrency Podcast focuses on incident response for ransomware, starting with tabletop tests, system isolation, VPN shutdowns, and communication through tools like Signal or Wire instead of company email.
Eric English opens Cybersecurity & Cryptocurrency Podcast episode 123 on December 23, 2024 with BeyondTrust’s remote support SaaS breach, a leaked API key, and a critical command injection flaw that could let an unauthenticated attacker execute OS commands.
Eric English opens Episode 122 of the Cybersecurity and Cryptocurrency Podcast with the irony of telecom providers getting hacked while the FBI and CISA tell Americans to use encrypted calls and chats.
Eric English opens Cybersecurity and Cryptocurrency Podcast episode 121 on Monday, November 18, 2024 with Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft Exchange, a reported wireless-carrier breach, data security and AI, and a crypto market jump.
Eric English questions how CASBs prevent data loss when certificate-pinned applications such as Dropbox require inspection exceptions.
Eric English argues BitSight and SecurityScorecard turn surface scan findings into insurer-facing scores despite misattributed domains and IP addresses.
Eric English says SSO centralizes password and MFA policies across company apps, though one compromised account can expose multiple services.
Eric English discusses cybersecurity news including data breaches and DEF CON vulnerabilities, cryptocurrency topics, and a personal story about taking a wrong job.
Host Eric English discusses recent cybersecurity news including AT&T malware, spoofed Walmart sites, Qualcomm flaw, Siri privacy, and WPA3 hacking, plus VPN vs DNS comparison.
Eric English discusses recent cybersecurity news including Facebook privacy concerns, facial recognition defeat, vulnerabilities in Zoom and Evil Gnome, and cryptocurrency market updates.
Eric English discusses recent events in cybersecurity and cryptocurrency, including D-Link, FCC, Facebook facial recognition, cellular network hacks, GDPR, VPNs, crypto prices, Libra, Bitfinex hack repayment, and Cloudflare incident.