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📢 Subscribe on your favourite platforms and visit https://linktr.ee/riskycreative for more of ∠The Awareness Angle
This week on The Awareness Angle, Ant Davis and Luke Pettigrew break down a wild mix of stories that show how everyday tools are becoming attack surfaces.
This episode digs into the human habits, design gaps and risky shortcuts that make these attacks possible.
🔓 Google Find Hub Used for Remote Wipe
A North Korean group found a way to hijack Google accounts, track victims and remotely wipe Android devices. Ant and Luke talk through how cloud accounts have quietly become the true kill switch for modern phones.
🤖 The First AI Orchestrated Cyber Attack
A Chinese state linked group jailbroke Claude Code and used it to run eighty to ninety percent of a full intrusion chain. No big team. No complex tooling. Just structured tasks and an AI agent that never gets tired.
💸 Checkout dot com Turns Extortion Into Something Positive
Instead of paying, they donated the ransom amount to cybercrime research at Oxford and Carnegie Mellon. A rare example of turning an attack into something that helps the whole community.
📡 Two Billion Credential Dump
HIBP indexes a massive set of recycled passwords and emails. The boys explain why password reuse is still at the root of so many real world breaches.
🔍 Ofcom Monitoring VPN Usage
A UK regulator tracking VPN use with an unnamed vendor. Ant and Luke get into the privacy implications and why transparency matters.
🚌 Chinese Built Buses That Can Be Stopped Remotely
A strange but worrying discovery in Norway. Even legitimate remote access can become a serious operational risk.
🧠 PlusCIISec Live, clever awareness ideas on LinkedIn, why timeless videos still work, and a worrying text scam that shows how vulnerable people are still the biggest targets for social engineering.
#cybersecurity #securityawareness #phishing #podcast #cloudsecurity #passwords #AIsecurity #infosec
🕒 Timestamps:
- 00:00 Intro and catch up
- 01:52 Breach Watch begins
- 02:27 Doctor Alliance healthcare breach
- 04:02 Synnovis NHS ransomware investigation
- 07:06 DoorDash social engineering breach
- 08:56 Checkout dot com extortion attempt
- 10:10 Synthient credential stuffing dump
- 13:25 Ofcom monitoring VPN usage
- 16:20 Chinese built buses can be remotely stopped
- 21:59 Google Find Hub remote wipe attack
- 25:55 AI orchestrated espionage using Claude Code
- 29:55 Scotland launches cyber observatory
- 31:00 UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
- 35:06 Quantum Route Redirect phishing kit
- 38:11 Awareness Awareness
- 40:59 Think and Share challenge
- 44:34 Right Hand Cyber Halloween posters
- 47:07 Jimmy Kimmel password clip
- 50:16 Leanne Potter on language shaping cyber and AI
- 52:48 Luke’s topic, Lloyds Bank text scam
- 54:40 Ant’s topic, suspicious car finance email example
- 58:20 Wrap up
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By Risky Creative📢 Subscribe on your favourite platforms and visit https://linktr.ee/riskycreative for more of ∠The Awareness Angle
This week on The Awareness Angle, Ant Davis and Luke Pettigrew break down a wild mix of stories that show how everyday tools are becoming attack surfaces.
This episode digs into the human habits, design gaps and risky shortcuts that make these attacks possible.
🔓 Google Find Hub Used for Remote Wipe
A North Korean group found a way to hijack Google accounts, track victims and remotely wipe Android devices. Ant and Luke talk through how cloud accounts have quietly become the true kill switch for modern phones.
🤖 The First AI Orchestrated Cyber Attack
A Chinese state linked group jailbroke Claude Code and used it to run eighty to ninety percent of a full intrusion chain. No big team. No complex tooling. Just structured tasks and an AI agent that never gets tired.
💸 Checkout dot com Turns Extortion Into Something Positive
Instead of paying, they donated the ransom amount to cybercrime research at Oxford and Carnegie Mellon. A rare example of turning an attack into something that helps the whole community.
📡 Two Billion Credential Dump
HIBP indexes a massive set of recycled passwords and emails. The boys explain why password reuse is still at the root of so many real world breaches.
🔍 Ofcom Monitoring VPN Usage
A UK regulator tracking VPN use with an unnamed vendor. Ant and Luke get into the privacy implications and why transparency matters.
🚌 Chinese Built Buses That Can Be Stopped Remotely
A strange but worrying discovery in Norway. Even legitimate remote access can become a serious operational risk.
🧠 PlusCIISec Live, clever awareness ideas on LinkedIn, why timeless videos still work, and a worrying text scam that shows how vulnerable people are still the biggest targets for social engineering.
#cybersecurity #securityawareness #phishing #podcast #cloudsecurity #passwords #AIsecurity #infosec
🕒 Timestamps:
- 00:00 Intro and catch up
- 01:52 Breach Watch begins
- 02:27 Doctor Alliance healthcare breach
- 04:02 Synnovis NHS ransomware investigation
- 07:06 DoorDash social engineering breach
- 08:56 Checkout dot com extortion attempt
- 10:10 Synthient credential stuffing dump
- 13:25 Ofcom monitoring VPN usage
- 16:20 Chinese built buses can be remotely stopped
- 21:59 Google Find Hub remote wipe attack
- 25:55 AI orchestrated espionage using Claude Code
- 29:55 Scotland launches cyber observatory
- 31:00 UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
- 35:06 Quantum Route Redirect phishing kit
- 38:11 Awareness Awareness
- 40:59 Think and Share challenge
- 44:34 Right Hand Cyber Halloween posters
- 47:07 Jimmy Kimmel password clip
- 50:16 Leanne Potter on language shaping cyber and AI
- 52:48 Luke’s topic, Lloyds Bank text scam
- 54:40 Ant’s topic, suspicious car finance email example
- 58:20 Wrap up
https://www.youtube.com/@riskycreative
🟦 https://www.linkedin.com/company/riskycreative
🟩 https://open.spotify.com/user/riskycreative
🔗 https://www.riskycreative.com
🎵 Our Intro and Outro Song (© 16 by falling forever)
https://fallingforever.bandcamp.com/track/16
License: CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0