Transatlantic Cable Podcast

In episode 216 of the Transatlantic Cable, Dave, Jeff and Ahmed look at: • Microsoft spills 38 million sensitive data records via careless Power App configs • Here’s the truth behind the biggest (and dumbest) battery myths • Russian spy ship Yantar loitering near trans-Atlantic Internet cables • PayPal to allow UK users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies • Elon Musk says new 'Tesla Bot' will be designed so that you can easily overpower it... just in case Tune in!

In episode 215 of the Transatlantic Cable, Dave, Jeff and Ahmed tackle some thorny issues, including: • Social media fraud: influencers promoting criminal scams • Cryptocurrency heist hacker returns $260m in funds • No need to swap data for drinks, says privacy body • T-Mobile investigating claims of massive customer data breach • Hacking garbage trucks to bring broadband to those in need Like what you heard? Please consider subscribing!

Episode two of the Community Conversations podcast, Jeff talks with Anastasiya Kazakova, a Senior Public Affairs Manager who coordinates global cyber diplomacy projects at Kaspersky and Serge Droz, Member of the FIRST Board and a senior security engineer at Pronton Technologies. The topics of conversation revolve around what working with governments is like, what the future holds for FIRST and incident respondent in general, how to make sure that they remain neutral in cyber ‘firefighting’, and more.

Episode 214 of the Transatlantic Cable has a whole plethora of delights, including: • Apple defends new photo scanning child protection tech • Instagram shuts down fake likes factory • Fake Covid vaccination cards are on the rise in the U.S., Europe • Angry affiliate leaks Conti ransomware gang playbook • This $55 Amazon Smart Soap Dispenser is dumb as dirt If you like what you hear, please consider subscribing!

In episode 213 of the Transatlantic Cable, Dave, Jeff and Ahmed sit down to chat about this week's stories. In this week's show: • Woman who found her video on Pornhub creates app to help others • Instagram makes under-16s' accounts private by default • Android privacy changes include ability to blank advertising ID, and 'safety section' in Play store • Instagram influencer Hushpuppi found guilty of money laundering • Art teacher creates 'Frankenstein's cat' after trying taxidermy for the

Coming back to our regular scheduling, Dave, Jeff and Ahmed look at: • EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable • Babuk ransomware gang ransomed • Kaseya obtains universal decryptor for REvil ransomware • Midori Kuma book • Gun owners’ fears after firearms dealer data breach • Amazon shuts down NSO Group infrastructure Plus an interview with special guests Jodi Leedham from Refuge, Elizaveta Shulyndina and Vladislav Tushkanov both from Kaspersky to talk about image based

In episode one of a short mini-series called Community Conversations, Jeff sat down with Anastasiya Kazakova from Kaspersky to focus on the Geneva Dialogue. This series of podcasts features frank conversations with cyber-heroes who unite people despite everything — growing fragmentation, confrontation, and ever-changing cyber-threats — people are still building communities and uniting folks to work together for the common good. Why are they doing that? And is it working?

On episode 211 of the Transatlantic Cable, Dave and Jeff look at: > Ransomware giant REvil’s sites disappear > LuminousMoth APT: Sweeping attacks for the chosen few > Amazon considered developing Alexa tracking device for children > Twitter verifies at least six fake accounts including a cat > Retail stores are packed with unchecked facial recognition, civil rights organizations say > Buy your own Cold War communications bunker for a cool $695,000

We kick this week’s episode off with the news that Interpol are urging countries to unite against the ransomware pandemic. From there, we look at how a hacker going by the alias ‘integra’ is offering 26.99 bitcoins (nearly $1 million USD at the time of writing) for zero-days and undetectable RATs (remote access Trojans). We then look at a recently patched SolarWinds vulnerability and news that Tencent is looking to use facial recognition software to stop children playing past a certain time.

This week on the podcast, Jeff’s on vacation, so Ahmed and I tackle some thorny cybersec issues on our own. We start with news that EA’s billion dollar franchise, Apex Legends, faced hacking concerns from gamers about the state of TitanFall. From there, we move on to news that Google has banned some developers who placed Trojans inside their apps to scrape Facebook credentials. We also have a quick chat with David Emm, security researcher here at Kaspersky around the recent REvil attack.

Ahmed and Jeff discuss scraped LinkedIn data, PS3 hacks, USA school ransomware, and more on this week’s podcast.

In another bumper episode of the Transatlantic Cable, Jeff, Dave and Ahmed talk about: > AI cameras introduced in London to monitor social distancing and lockdown restrictions > Canon put AI cameras in its Chinese offices that only let smiling workers inside > 50,000 security disasters waiting to happen: The problem of America's water supplies > Google force installs Massachusetts MassNotify Android COVID app

This week, Jeff, Ahmed, and I kick off episode 206 of the Transatlantic Cable with a discussion about Ireland’s law allowing police to force people to unlock digital devices such as phones and tablets. From there, we move on to further discussion of ransomware, with President Biden seeking tougher action on ransomware gangs. To wrap up, we talk about the recent EA hack and Facebook’s singing about WhatsApp privacy cred in a new advertisement.

This week on the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Jeff, Ahmed, and Dave look at a trio of stories based around the recent Colonial Pipeline attack, Covid Vaccines stickers for dating apps + a very special guest. This week's episode also includes a chat with Ken Hollings - writer, broadcaster, and cultural theorist based in London and the author of Welcome to Mars and The Bright Labyrinth. The trio sat down with Ken to talk about the new audio documentary series, Fast Forward.

We open the show with a hidden gem of a crime. British authorities thought they were pursuing a cannabis operation only to find a mining operation. The next story is a look at the FBI integration with Have I Been Pwned and some new site features worth looking into. After that, I sit down with Rainer Bock of our team at Tomorrow Unlocked to learn about their latest — some cool videos are on the way, including an interactive one on Carbanak.