About this episode

The episode discusses Google's new 'Googlebook', the Canvas security incident, and the implications of screen time in schools with guest Michael Klein.

On this episode, the guys discuss Google's announcement of the new "Googlebook" (a reported merge of Android and Chrome OS), growing controversy and litigation around iReady and screen time in schools, and a debrief of the recent Canvas/Instructure security incident with guest Michael Klein from the Institute for Security and Technology. Unofficial demo of AluminumOS: https://youtu.be/dXmFIfv_tIA?si=Baw0OInBqJf-IkDD The largest segment is a deep dive into the Canvas/Instructure incident with cybersecurity expert Michael Klein. He walks through the timeline (initial unauthorized activity detected April 29; exfiltration via cross‑site scripting of a free‑for‑teachers account; a later attack that posted extortion notes to some users), the involvement of CrowdStrike, the public claims by the ShinyHunters group, and Instructure’s statement about an agreement with the actor. The conversation covers the technical nature of the attack, impacts on confidentiality, integrity and availability (including disruptions to finals/registrar functions), the downstream consequences for integrations with SIS and other edtech systems, and why many institutions remain cautious to reconnect APIs…

People in this episode

Guest: Michael Klein

Topics covered

• Googlebook announcement
• Canvas security incident
• iReady controversy
• screen time in schools
• cybersecurity
• edtech systems

Keywords

• Googlebook
• Canvas
• cybersecurity
• iReady
• screen time
• edtech
• security incident
• AluminumOS

Sponsors

SysCloud, Meter, Fortinet, Incident IQ, ClassLink, NTP

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute for Security and Technology, CrowdStrike, ShinyHunters, Instructure

Products: Googlebook, AluminumOS

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