Technology Today

Technology Today is a tech news podcast hosted by David Herzog, and the news he picks is mostly about security. The format is laid out right at the start. He welcomes everyone, gives the episode number and promises some stories from the world of technology, usually with one practical subject for the home PC attached. Then he starts reading. The stories come from the same few trouble spots. One is a botnet that probes vulnerable servers and kills rival malware on the machines it takes. Another is a phishing scheme that disguises malicious sign-in pages as Microsoft Copilot agents. There is also an FBI flash alert about a ransomware gang that has hit critical infrastructure, and a list of exploited vulnerabilities that federal agencies must patch by set dates. Fake Microsoft quarantine emails that lead to a credential-stealing page turn up too, as do FTC figures on who loses money to fraud. What gives the show its character is the interruptions. Herzog regularly stops mid-report to say what a story means for an ordinary person at a keyboard. After the botnet story he notes that the pattern of breach followed by patch keeps repeating. After the fake quarantine emails he tells the audience, several ways in a row, not to click a link in any email unless they know who sent it. The fraud numbers show younger adults losing money more often and older adults losing larger sums when they do. He turns them into a flat warning that age makes no difference online. The practical subjects stay at the scale of one desk. Updates matter enough to appear in two episode titles, 'Ep 43 Tech News & Make sure you have all of your PC updates installed' among them. Elsewhere he explains what multi-factor authentication is and why it belongs on most accounts. He also goes through how long commonly used passwords take to crack, considers why someone might buy Acronis True Image for a home PC and talks through his next computer build. The delivery is chatty and personal. Openings note the time of year, whether a warm March day or the last week of December, and one stops to congratulate the Cincinnati Bengals on reaching the Super Bowl. The show also runs as video on YouTube. In one episode he holds a diagram of a phishing attack on screen for a moment before reading further. He says openly that he makes the show for informational purposes rather than fame and leaves subscribing entirely up to the audience. The sign-off is warm and familiar: he thanks everyone for listening and watching, then promises to be talking at you soon. For anyone mainly worried about account security, 'Technology Today Episode 45' is a sensible first listen, since its opening names multi-factor authentication as the main subject.