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'Self Aware' AI, Linux Backdoor, iBank, & Amazon Drone Deliveries

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...

06/17/2022
365 Hit, TikTok Texts, Stray Threads, & Sending X's

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 28th, 2023 This week, Matt & Griff discuss TikTok challenging Twitter which is now X, Threads slowly dying, Reddit drama carries on, the latest major security...

07/28/2023
8 Billion People, Android Accident, & Musky Twitter

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...

11/18/2022
A Totally Not AI-Generated Wrap-Up of 2022

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...

12/30/2022
Apple Gave Epic a fortnight, Influencer Resilience & Reeling in TikTok

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...

08/21/2020
Apple's Self-Service Kit, Minus CNN+, Twitter Talk, & OJ in Cereal

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...

05/06/2022
AriZona stays 99c, Twitter vs Elon, Etsy Sellers Strike, & Malware Art

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, TikTok's new...

04/22/2022
Cleveland Clinic goes Quantum, Microsoft & AR tech, plus creative marketing strategies

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...

04/09/2021
Colonial Pipeline gets an Apology, Twitter Blue, & Ohio Vax-a-million

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...

05/21/2021
Data Breaches, Data Leaks, and "Data Events" Oh My!

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...

09/08/2023
Dead Car Data Leak, DVD Deja vu, Dreddit, Default Fonts, & ±X

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - August 25th, 2023 This week, Matt & Griff discuss issues with Tesla vehicles (and modern automobiles in general), good/bad news over at X, "epic" legal battles between...

08/25/2023
Facebook Down, Twitch Hacked, Hollywood Strike, & Apple Exploit

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...

10/08/2021
Google Search Leak, Not So Bluesky, & Remembering Windows 11

LITS bits: This week, Matt & Griff discuss more details being discovered about an incident from last year where more than 600,000 routers simultaneously died (hint: it was a cyberattack). Windows...

06/14/2024
Google Search updates, Alexa on life-support, Qakbot, & Twitter 2.0

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,...

12/02/2022
Hackers Using Bots for 2FA, FBI Email Hack, & Buying the Constitution

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - Novermber 19th, 2021 This week, Matt & Griff discuss hacks on Syniverse, Robinhood, and the FBI, hackers working to get around multi-factor authentication, and crypto-...

11/19/2021
Huge Fortinet bug, Booming BookTok, & Twitter or Threads

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 14th, 2023 This week, Matt & Griff discuss the latest cybersecurity vulnerabilities, including a huge Fortinet affecting 70% of firewalls, the ongoing debacle...

07/14/2023
Identifying Deepfakes

Have you noticed videos recently of public figures saying outrageous things? Well, you should probably double-check whether they are real videos or if they are completely fabricated. Welcome to the...

05/15/2024
Is a website redesign enough to get you to the top of Google?

You are probably already aware of the fact that a well-made website is a great way for a company to show its self-off and increase its customer base. However, that well-made website is not going to...

02/08/2019
Killing passwords, End of iPod & Lightning, Twitter vs Musk, & ARTRPGs

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...

05/20/2022
Lapsus$ Leaked, Mailchimp Breach, Elon Edits Twitter, & Fast Fashion

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...

04/08/2022
Lego Building, Facebook Changing, & Harmony's Blockchain Blunder

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...

07/01/2022
MGM Hack, Apple & Right-To-Repair, Google Baking-in Cookies & TikUnion

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...

09/22/2023
Microsoft & Okta attacked, Invisibility Shields, BiaB Phishing & more!

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,...

03/25/2022
More Ban News, Gift Card Gang, Cyber Attacks, Blockchain art & more!

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...

09/10/2021
Musk Owns Twitter, Apple Wants More, & Video Games Good for Kids

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, their...

11/04/2022
Netflix House, Microsoft Merger, Tesla Mods, Google SGE, & Gmoji-mail

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 20th, 2023 This week, Matt & Griff discuss the "Netflix House," the Microsoft Activision Blizzard merger, Tesla's API, X's design decisions, Google's AI,...

10/20/2023
Nintendo Pics, Facebook Fumbles, Microsoft Changes & Amazon Healthcare

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...

07/29/2022
Office & BT exploits, Apple 'DIY' Repair Kit, & Pizza Vending Machines

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,...

06/03/2022
Oracle Lawsuit, LastPass Code Breach, Starlink & T-Mobile Partnership

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...

09/09/2022
Outlook free for Mac, new AI, a Prime Browser, & TikTok Countdown

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...

03/24/2023
Peloton's plan, MoviePass the Sequel, Chrome's Journeys, & Emoji URLs

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...

02/25/2022
Pineapple Checkboxes, Social Stats Wrapped, & Buying a Car on Amazon

LITS bits: This week, Matt and Griff discuss the brand new Amazon Auto, which offers to allow you to find and finance a brand new (Hyundai) car, all from your web browser. A California district...

12/27/2024
Reddit vs Google vs AI vs POTUS

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - November 3rd, 2023 This week, Matt & Griff discuss a potential breakup between Reddit and Google, Google's latest and upcoming new features, Meta's latest attempt to...

11/03/2023
SHEIN Data Leak, DALL-E in Microsoft Office, & The Internet Space Race

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 21st, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss the impending Musk Twitter takeover, Kanye purchasing Parler, what's going on with Meta and their new headset, another...

10/21/2022
Satellites, Deepfake interviews, FCC v. TikTok, & Musk v. Twitter

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - July 15th, 2022 This week, Matt & Griff discuss two different satellite stories, deepfake interviews, the FCC's TikTok concerns, Pinterest Facebook and Twitter's new...

07/15/2022
Semiconductor Shortage, FBI hacks, & proving your brain needs breaks!

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,...

04/23/2021
Slacking Security, TikTok Taking Over, More ApplyPay, & Amazon Vacuum

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,...

08/13/2022
Super-App Race, third-party Apple App Store & Google's Infinity Scroll

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...

12/16/2022
The Complete Guide to Strong Passwords and Authentication

As cyber risks become increasingly sophisticated in today's digital world, both individuals and companies face threats like financial loss, data theft, and identity fraud . These dangers are...

06/12/2025
Tweaking Twitter, Challenging Instagram, & AI Adventures

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...

04/21/2023
Twitter stops Tweets & Hulu offers Sweets

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...

07/24/2020
Uber, U-Haul & Rockstar Breaches, Apple Features, and Disney AR Movies

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...

09/23/2022
VW & McDonald's breach, ALPACA vulnerability, Twitter Blue & HBO Max

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 —...

06/18/2021
WebProblem, AI Can Now See & Hear, & Social Financial Verification

The Lighthouse IT Podcast - October 6th, 2023 This week, Matt & Griff discuss the big WebP vulnerability, the big new improvement to ChatGPT being able to see images, people looking to use ChatGPT...

10/06/2023
Windows 10 printing fiasco, Twitter Spaces, TVision, HBO Max & more!

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...

03/26/2021
Zero-Day Patches, Changes Coming to Social Media, & Text-to-Images

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...

08/26/2022
log4j vulnerability, Life360 privacy issues, Peloton marketing & more!

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...

12/17/2021