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The Hacks

Thomas Hatch and Jimmy Chunga are The Hacks! Join them every week as they talk about nerd stuff. If you’re into cybersecurity, DevSecOps, SecOps, DevOps, all the Ops, infrastructure automation, network automation, configuration management, and open source then subscribe now. This will be your new favorite podcast! Because we know you’re thinking it...NO, they don’t live in their moms’ basements...this month.

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35:58

Intel vs. AMD, Tom's Version of Sports!

The Hacks ·

2020/10/20

This episode of The Hacks may seem a little bit different. Are Tom and Chunga talking about some new, groundbreaking, innovation in the world of tech? Are they talking about cybercrime and ransomware attacks? Nope... Tom has a "fire in his belly" over a fight/rivalry that's been simmering for a long time between Intel and AMD. He picked sides a long time ago and now he wants all of you to join him! For some context, Tom and Chunga go all the way back to the beginning of this issue and chat about

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43:04

The Dark Web!

The Hacks ·

2020/10/13

The Dark Web. It doesn't have the best reputation. In truth, most people don't even know it exists but for those who do, it's largely considered to be the seedy underbelly of the internet. It's a rotten, dirty place full of thieves, hackers, and predators of all types; or is it? Does the Dark Web deserve the reputation that it has? In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga start at the very beginning. They talk about the origins of the Dark Web and why it was created in the first place. You may

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48:47

Cybercrime: 10-Stats That'll Keep You Up At Night!

The Hacks ·

2020/10/06

Chunga came across an article ZD Net a few days ago. It was about cybercrime and contained a list of ten disturbing facts that they claim will keep you up at night. While Chunga was glued to this article, he thought it'd be a great idea to share these disturbing facts with Tom and see if any of them would indeed cause him to lose sleep. In this episode of The Hacks, we'll see (according to Tom) just how accurate this journalist is when it comes to the growing and increasingly active underworld of

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37:39

BREAKING NEWS! VMware announces the intended...

The Hacks ·

2020/09/30

During this year’s VMworld question and answer, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger announced the company’s intention to acquire SaltStack! In this unique episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga take a personal look back to the very beginning. Back to a time when Tom sat by himself, in his basement, developing a computer program that would end up changing his life and ultimately be used by millions of people around the world. How did Salt and eventually Saltstack shape the person that Tom is today? Did it change

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45:17

Bottom Up, Top Down Change In Tech!

The Hacks ·

2020/09/22

Come prepared to connect with Tom's Zen in this episode of The Hacks. Recently, Tom did a webinar about something he's been really focused on and he wants to discuss it with Chunga. He has a theory called "Top Down, Bottom Up Change". What does that mean? Well, from one end of the spectrum bottom up change means that you have an entire eco-system that is already established; it's evolving and growing almost as if it has a life of its own. This eco-system could be everything from a corporate digital

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40:03

Tom Hatch is the King of SaltConf!

The Hacks ·

2020/09/15

Tom Hatch is many things, to many people. He's the creator of Salt, He co-founded SaltStack and he's also the company's CTO. Once, while teaching his new students at some college somewhere, he even pretended to be Canadian for a full week, just because he loves the movie "Strange Brew"! Although he's been given many titles, nobody (much to his dismay) has ever given him Royal status--until now. Chunga has proudly crowned Tom Hatch as "The King of SaltConf"! Every year, SaltStack hosts a special

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41:03

Hacking the U.S. Power Grid

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2020/09/09

Chunga has been complaining for years that the U.S. Power Grid is extremely vulnerable and could easily be hacked or destroyed. He says every time he tries to talk about it, everyone looks at him like he's crazy... Everyone that is, except Tom. The vulnerabilities that surround the Power Grid are something that has worried Tom for a long time as well and he says Chunga is right to be so concerned. In fact, the U.S. Power Grid is more vulnerable right now, in 2020, than at any other time in our

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46:46

SecOps vs. North Korean Hackers

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2020/09/01

The North Koreans are stealing lots of money. They're very good at it. The truth is if you don't have SecOps (Security Operations) dialed in, and buttoned up from top to bottom, you could be their next target! The world got their first taste of what the North Koreans are capable of back in 2016 when they attacked the Bangladesh Central Bank and nearly stole just under a billion dollars. Because the Central Banks SecOps and IT Operations teams weren't properly aligned, a group of North Korean hackers

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50:36

Creating Irresistible IOT!

The Hacks ·

2020/08/25

Tom and Chunga are talking about IOT (Internet of Things) in this episode of The Hacks! Recently, Chunga read an article which featured industry experts claiming that regardless of size, virtually all IOT development projects will take at least twice as long as originally planned. Tom isn't surprised by this assessment at all. He says people are notoriously bad at understanding the scope and conditions of IOT projects. They're also really bad at understanding how their product will actually be used

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36:20

Cyber Hygiene From the Inside Out

The Hacks ·

2020/08/18

In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga are talking about cyber hygiene. Recently, at Black Hat Virtual, Tom gave a speech about how most companies are focused on dealing with infrastructure vulnerabilities in a way that doesn't actually protect their organization as much as it should. Unfortunately, Tom says when most people look at their digital infrastructure, they build a defense strategy from the outside in; which is the exact opposite of how it should be done. When an organization scans

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40:33

Is the Cloud Ruining Open Source?

The Hacks ·

2020/08/11

There have been some rumblings. To be honest, you could safely say that they're straight-up accusations. Some have even gone as far as to say that there's a conspiracy. There's a growing chorus of tech industry experts that are claiming the cloud is destroying open source. To add fuel to the fire, these accusations aren't just coming from members of open source communities; they're also coming from large companies within the technology industry. The main complaint is that large cloud providers (AWS

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36:24

The Most Common Type of Breach In 2020...So Far.

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2020/08/04

In this episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga are talking about the most common type of breach so far this year. Black Hat Virtual is underway and as part of SaltStacks coverage, we are taking a new look at a report we did at the end of last year called "The State of XOps". When looking at infrastructure security, are things different than they were in 2019? The short answer is yes! Things are very different. The truth is, 2020 is considerably more dangerous. This year, Microsoft, Estee Lauder,

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48:13

Creating an Open Source Business Model

The Hacks ·

2020/07/28

As most of you already know, Tom Hatch created a very popular and widely used open source platform called "Salt". He didn't create this platform with the goal of starting a company. Tom simply created an answer to a problem that he was having. Salt became popular very quickly and as that popularity continued to grow, he began to wonder if it was something he could use to create a business and generate income. So, how did he do it? Creating an open source business model is both dangerous and

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36:59

The Banana Problem. How ubiquitous tech can be a...

The Hacks ·

2020/07/21

Tom Hatch loves to create his own terms for different things. Chunga refers to these terms as "Hatchisms"! One of the more commonly used terms that Tom loves is "The Banana Problem". What is the banana problem? Simply put, the banana problem is what happens when too many things are engineered to be very similar to one another. The tech/software industry has a huge banana problem! Software is omnipresent and most of it--outside of a few small variances--is very similar. It's one of the main reasons

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40:29

Virtual Conferences vs. Live Events. Which Is Better?

The Hacks ·

2020/07/14

Tom and Chunga are excited to welcome Janae Andrus to The Hacks! Janae is a Live Events and Field Marketing expert! As you already know, one of the biggest Covid-19 casualties in the business world has been the live event. Trade Shows, Conferences and Industry Expo's have all been either forced into the digital realm or cancelled altogether. Business and marketing executives in all industries are now scrambling to gain an accurate perspective/opinion about Virtual Conferences in comparison with

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28:43

Does CX Matter to Enterprise Cloud Technology?

The Hacks ·

2020/06/30

The Cloud... It is quickly becoming the standard for modern business. In this episode of The Hacks, Chunga asks Tom the question: "How much does CX (customer experience) matter when it comes to enterprise cloud technology?" After all, it's being used by everyone and yet, for some reason, customer experience doesn't really seem to exist on any widely used or universal level. Why is that? Tom has some theories on why CX has somehow managed to fall through the cracks. Will CX ever become a "thing" for

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39:59

Facial Recognition Fears...Be Afraid!

The Hacks ·

2020/06/24

Tom and Chunga are putting on their tin hats for this episode of The Hacks! They're talking about facial recognition conspiracy theories and a recent event at the Rose Bowl where 30,000 people had their faces scanned and cataloged without their knowledge or consent. While Tom is an expert on info-capture technology, he admits there's a lot he needs to learn when it comes to facial recognition. That said, he does know enough about it to confidently tell people they should be very concerned. How

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27:52

A Preview of SaltStack Enterprise 6.3!

The Hacks ·

2020/06/16

Tom and Chunga welcome a special guest to this episode of The Hacks! SaltStack has just announced the release of Enterprise 6.3 and Mehul Revankar is here to talk about all of the updates and the many new features that are packed into the biggest and best Enterprise release yet! Tom, Chunga and Mehul will also tell you how you can get early access. Listen now! For more about this episode: Reach New Heights With Enterprise 6.3 Follow us on Twitter: @thehackscast Send us an email

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48:16

The Death Star... Who's To Blame

The Hacks ·

2020/06/11

In this special Star Wars episode of The Hacks, Tom and Chunga debate the most catastrophic cybersecurity and IT Operations fail in the history of the Universe! The Death Star was the Empire's ultimate secret weapon--a terrifying, moon-sized, military battle station armed with a planet-destroying super laser. It was 120-kilometers (75-miles) in diameter and when fully staffed, housed approximately 2-million people... It should have been indestructible. Who (internally) was responsible for this

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41:40

Why Do Programming Paradigms Matter?

The Hacks ·

2020/06/02

This is the episode where Chunga gets to help everyone gaze into the spook alley that is the mind of Thomas Hatch. The Hacks are getting philosophical and asking the question, "Why Do Programming Paradigms Matter?" Why does the language of software and it's many variances matter so much to developers and engineers? They also talk about the specifics of what a programming paradigm actually is. For the most part, Tom believes programming paradigms are learned and viewed in a "bottom-up" type of way;

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