In this episode:

Browser Update Scam Takes a Decentralized Turn with Cryptocurrency Blockchain

Micfo LLC CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison Over Wire Fraud

Nurse in Hot Water with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan Over Social Media Posts Criticizing Province’s COVID Mandates

California Data Bill Enables Citizens to Delete PII by Data Brokers

Discord: Playground for Nation-State Hackers

In this episode:

Carbon Passports: A Dystopian Surveillance Threat

Diabetes Drug, Ozempic, Suppresses Patients’ Appetite, Sending Drugstores Nationwide into a Panic

Ancestry Website, 23andMe, Data Stolen in Attack Targeting Jews

Microsoft SharePoint Credentials at Risk Under Fast-Growing Dropbox Campaign

Unmasking Disinformation: Israel-Hamas War and the Battle for Truth

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In this episode:

Security Risks Loom Over Public Zoom Meeting Links

Renowned Authors Fight Back Against OpenAI’s Unauthorized Content Use in LLM Training

Canada Imposes Mandatory Registration for Podcast Platforms Under Government Authority

Canada Faces Cyber Onslaught from Indian Hacker Group

Critical Vulnerabilities Uncovered in WS_FTP Server Software

In this episode:

Xenomorph Malware Spreads to Spanish and American Banks in Latest Campaign

Phishing Campaign Continues to Target Luxury Hotels

Canada leads new UN declaration to fight online disinformation

Rumble resists UK pressure to demonetize Russell Brand amid censorship law

Dr. Fauci’s Role in CIA’s COVID-19 Origins Review Questioned by Republican Congressman

In this episode:

Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team Issues Fix for Two PHP Object Injection Vulnerabilities

Retool Notifies 27 Cloud Customers of Unauthorized Spear Phishing Attack

GitHub Repository Belonging to Microsoft’s AI Research Division Accidentally Exposes 38 TB of Data

DC Appeals Court Upholds Subpoena on Facebook for COVID-19 Misinformation Data

Caesars Entertainment’s Secret Ransom Payment Revealed Amidst MGM Heist

Protecting Your Brand Online: DNS Cyber Security and Its Strategic Imperative

In this episode:

Armed by AI Technology, Hackers Cause a 464% Rise in Email-Based Phishing During the First Half of 2023

COVID-Related Terms Censored on Threads Platform During Renewed Efforts to Double Down on Free Speech

UK’s Online Safety Bill Sparks Debate

Unveiling the Breach: Chinese Hackers Exploit Microsoft’s Signing Key to Breach Outlook Accounts

Mozilla Resolves Firefox and Thunderbird WebP Zero-Day

Protecting Your Brand Online: DNS Cyber Security and Its Strategic Imperative

In this episode:

Key cracking concerns emerge from LastPass breach

X updates its privacy policy to include biometric data verification from premium users to combat identity fraud

Threat actors published the scraped data of 2.6M Duolingo users in August 2023

New crackdown on Saudi free speech online leads to man receiving death penalty

Ransomware Alert: Threat actors exploit MS SQL servers to deploy FreeWorld ransomware

In this episode:

IoT Devices Under Attack: KmsdBot Malware Evolves with Enhanced Capabilities

Potential Transformation of UN Cybercrime Treaty into a “Surveillance Pact” Raises Concerns

Activists Hijack Facebook’s Fact-Checking Program

The Dangers of Government Control of ‘Misinformation

Russian Disinformation Campaign Targets Major Media Outlets

In this episode:

UN Forms “Digital Army” to Combat “Deadly Disinformation”Unveiling Australia’s Misinfo Bill: A Threat to Free Expression and Democracy

ICANN Raises Alarm: UN’s Global Digital Compact on Internet Governance May Overlook Technical Experts

New Variant of Apple Mac OS Malware Called XLoader Has Been Discovered Masquerading as ‘OfficeNote’ Productivity App

Deal Drafted Between TikTok and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Would Greatly Increase Domestic Spying

In this episode:

Identity Theft is on the Rise-Here’s What You Can Do About It

Google’s Controversial Web Integrity API: Is it DRM for the Web?

Zoom Backtracks on Updates that Allowed Indiscriminate Use of Customer Data Without User Consent

AZ Governor Hobbs Asked Twitter to Censor Critics, Emails Reveal

Medical and Social Security Data of Millions in Missourians Compromised in MOVEit Attacks