48: Entering the metaverse, with Jaeson Schultz

Today we're going full steam into the metaverse and Web 3.0.  Joining us to discuss his research on this topic is Jaeson Schultz, Technical Leader for Cisco Talos Security Intelligence & Research Group. Taz and Hazel have a great conversation with Jason about the evolution of the metaverse, as well as the security implications, such as rising numbers of scams going after people’s cryptowallets, and the ethical concerns that are potentially popping up.For more on this topic, have a read of Jason's in depth research on the metaverse and Web 3.0  here.Jason has over 20 years specialising in thwarting abuse of security protocols like SMTP, HTTP/S, and DNS. He's a former manager of the SpamCop DNSBL which has been taking the fight to the spammers for over a decade.He's also assisted in design and development of the Cisco IronPort Anti-Spam content scanner and he’s also developed some of the architecture & content detection for Cisco’s Web Security Appliance, Cloud Web Security, and Next Generation Firewall products. Most recently as Technical Leader for Talos, he conducts security research, speaks at conferences, and authors blogs and whitepaper publications.