Hacking Pixels | Episode 012 | Holiday Security Tips, Podcasting Lessons, Cheap Firewalls, Malicious Photo Frames, Zelda

Welcome to "Hacking Pixels"! Hacking Pixels covers some of the hottest Cybersecurity news from around the internet along with a twist of retro video game nostalgia. This action packed season finale delves into AI, Tech, Holiday Security Tips, Podcasting Lessons, Cheap Firewalls, Jaguar's  Cyberattack, and Malicious Photo Frames with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64 as our featured Retro Video Game. 

 

📚 Time Code Markers

0:01:05 - Intro

0:03:30 - Holiday Tips

0:05:17 - AI Headlines

0:09:15 - Tech Brief

0:12:54 - Cheap Firewalls

0:14:32 - Jaguar Cyberattack

0:16:28 - Malicious Photo Frames

0:18:12 - Retro Game of the Month

0:21:21 - Outro

 

 

📢 Intro Links

 

Actionable Security on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ActionableSecurity

 

Audacity - https://www.audacityteam.org

Rode USB-Mini - https://rode.com/en-us/products/nt-usb-mini

Fiverr - https://www.fiverr.com

 

📢 Tech Brief

 

New Steam Hardware - https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/

 

iPhone Pocket - https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/introducing-iphone-pocket-a-beautiful-way-to-wear-and-carry-iphone/

 

Analogue 3D - https://www.analogue.co/3d

 

2025 Holiday Tech Gift Guide

 

Mod Retro Chromatic - $199 - https://modretro.com/products/chromatic-tetris-bundle

AirPods Pro 3 - $249 - https://www.apple.com/airpods-pro/

iPhone 17 - $799 - https://www.apple.com/iphone-17/

Logitech MX Master 4  -$119 -  https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/p/mx-master-4-mac.910-007575

Stream Deck Neo - $99 - https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck-neo

Anker MagGo Wireless Charging Station - $89 -  https://www.anker.com/products/a25m8-maggo-qi2-wireless-charging-station-magsafe-compatible

 

📢 AI Headlines

 

Anthropic just released Claude Opus 4.5 - here's how it stacks up against other leading models - https://www.zdnet.com/article/anthropic-just-released-claude-opus-4-5-heres-how-it-stacks-up-against-other-leading-models/

 

Chinese DeepSeek-R1 AI Generates Insecure Code When Prompts Mention Tibet or Uyghurs - https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/chinese-ai-model-deepseek-r1-generates.html
AI Is Supercharging Phishing: Here’s How to Fight Back - https://www.securityweek.com/ai-is-supercharging-phishing-heres-how-to-fight-back/

 

Google Launches 'Private AI Compute' — Secure AI Processing with On-Device-Level Privacy - https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/google-launches-private-ai-compute.html

 

 

📢 Top Stories

 

[Story 1 - Cheap Firewalls]

 

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