What does cyberwarfare really look like behind the headlines? This week, Roo sits down with Hayley Benedict, a cyber intelligence analyst at RANE, to explore the evolving world of digital conflict. From hacktivists to disinformation specialists, Hayley shares how nation states, criminals, and ideologically driven groups are blurring lines — and why data theft, disruption, and doubt remain the weapons of choice. 🎙️🛰️

In Crash Course, we cut through some industry jargon to explain Zero Trust: never assume, always verify. And in Watchtower Weekly, ransomware gets a 2025 upgrade. We cover LunaLock’s dystopian AI threats against artists, bargain-bin ransoms disrupting Swedish municipalities, and a UK car line halted by a hacker crew mash-up.

Plus, #Ask1Password tackles 1Password vs. Apple Passwords, and Hack or Hoax?! brings another almost-too-believable tale. 🧠🕵️‍♂️📺

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

Old-fashioned ransomware has had a glow-up.

• Artists&Clients hit with “AI training” extortion twist
• Sweden’s municipalities knocked offline for just 1.5 BTC
• Hackers linked to M&S breach claim responsibility for Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack
• Courts have halted Pa. Attorney General’s Office cases after a ransomware attack 

👨‍🏫  Crash Course

This week: Zero Trust

• Watch: What is Zero Trust Security?
• Listen: Random but Memorable episode 12.7

🎙  Guest Interview – Hayley Benedict, RANE

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• Show_boat’s tips for guarding against IoT vulnerabilities

Plus, join us for another instalment of our new security game, Hack or Hoax! 

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Want to work in cybersecurity but don’t know where to begin? Or just curious what it takes to break into the field? This week, we’re joined by the internet’s very own Heath Adams, better known as The Cyber Mentor. He demystifies the application process and what it takes to build a career in cybersecurity – no matter your background. 👩‍💻💼

In Crash Course, you’ll learn about Security Fatigue and why we should all be talking about it. You’ll understand why it’s affecting so many people in the industry and how to spot the early warning signs. Plus, in Watchtower Weekly we unravel the latest in IoT vulnerabilities, and why your TV could be part of a botnet. 📺🤖

We also share an extra juicy hacking story in Hack or Hoax?! 🧃

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

When Your TV Joins a Botnet: The Latest in IoT Vulnerabilities

• Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home
• 1 Million Third-Party Android Devices Have a Secret Backdoor for Scammers
• Google is taking the hackers to court over a major Android fraud ring
• Google sues alleged hackers behind BadBox 2.0 botnet which has infected millions of devices
• Google Gemini AI Bot Hijacks Smart Homes, Turns Off the Lights
• FBI – Home Internet Connected Devices Facilitate Criminal Activity

👨‍🏫  Crash Course 

This week: Security Fatigue

• 1Password Report – The Burnout Breach: How employee burnout is emerging as the next frontier in cybersecurity

🎙  Guest Interview – Heath Adams – The Cyber Mentor

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• 📲 Follow TCM Security on LinkedIn

🗣 #Ask1Password – Ask Roo Anything!

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This episode is a family-friendly extravaganza as we unpack the secrets to secure digital parenting. We’re joined by Alanna Powers, a research specialist from the renowned Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI). 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒🎧 Whether you’re a parent, guardian, aunt, uncle, or family friend, today’s episode is fully loaded with tips and advice to help your family navigate the digital world with confidence.

In Watchtower Weekly, we dig into this topic further and explore how kids around the world are being exposed — and protected — in the online age. Plus, we walk through how to get the most out of 1Password Families in our newest segment: Crash Course. 👨‍🏫

Don’t worry, it’s not all about the kids! You’ll also learn how to create answers to security questions in 1Password, and hear us play a very spooky smart-enabled round of Hack or Hoax?! 💡👻

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

Digital Childhood: How Kids Are Being Exposed — and Protected — in the Age of Data.

• AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children
• Columbia University data breach impacts nearly 870,000 individuals
• PowerSchool Cybersecurity Incident
• Children’s Online Privacy Code
• YouTube to be included in Australia's teen social media ban
• UK proxy traffic surges as users consider VPN alternatives amid Online Safety Act

👨‍🏫  Crash Course 

This week: 1Password Families

How to use the family plan to your advantage.

• 1Password Support: About 1Password Families

🎙  Guest Interview – Alanna Powers

• 📄 FOSI Guide: 7 Steps to Good Digital Parenting
• 👉 Visit: fosi.org
• 📲 Follow Alanna Powers on LinkedIn

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Ethical hacker Rachel Tobac joins us to answer a juicy question: How would she hack someone reasonably security savvy like Matt? 🕵️‍♀️💻

In this episode, we dive headfirst into the evolving world of social engineering, with useful tips on how to spot the latest scams and techniques. From AI-generated voice clones to terrifyingly convincing video deepfakes, Rachel breaks down the red flags — and how to fight back. 🚩💥

In Watchtower Weekly, we reveal how AI is showing up in every corner of cyber crime. 🤖💣 Plus, we dive into the importance of recovery codes and how to create them in 1Password.

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

Scams and hacking in the age of AI.

• A quarter of CISOs have experienced an AI-powered attack
• Ripple Issues Red Alert as XRP Scams Resurface
• Molly-Mae targeted by AI scam as she issues warning to fans over TikTok video
• LameHug malware uses AI LLM to craft Windows data-theft commands in real-time

👨‍🏫  Crash Course 

This week: Social engineering.

Get up to speed on social engineering and why it’s so effective. 

• 1Password blog: Hacking 101: What is social engineering?

🎙  Guest Interview – Rachel Tobac

• 👉 Visit: socialproofsecurity.com
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We're back with a brand-new season of Random but Memorable! ✨🎉 

We’re kicking things off with our highly requested productivity special — an hour jam packed with tips, tricks, and time-saving strategies to help you get the most out of 1Password.

1Password’s Allie Dusome joins the show to share her favorite keyboard shortcuts and lesser-known features that can supercharge your workflow — all while keeping your data safe and secure.

Plus, we debut our brand-new Crash Course segment and introduce a thrilling new security game: Hack or Hoax? 🕵️‍♂️💥

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

How Social Engineering + Third Parties Are Powering Modern Breaches:

• These 3 Airlines Were Cyberattacked In The Last 3 Weeks
• Cyber attack on M&S involved 'sophisticated impersonation', chairman says
• A Group of Young Cybercriminals Poses the ‘Most Imminent Threat’ of Cyberattacks Right Now
• Retail cyber attacks: NCA arrest four for attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods

🎙  Guest Interview – Allie Dusome

• 1Password blog – Improving productivity and minimizing cybersecurity costs for distributed team
• 1Password blog – Balancing information security and productivity in the age of AI 
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WE NEED YOU! Our 2025 listener survey is now live, and we’d love to hear from you. Whether you’ve been with us from episode one or just joined the chaos, your feedback will make the show even better.

💬 Do you have a favourite episode? Do you secretly skip a segment? Now’s your chance to let us know — honestly, we want to hear it all.

💙 As a thank you, we’re giving three lucky listeners a free year of 1Password just for taking part. The survey takes less than five minutes and you can stay anonymous if you want to (but you’ll need to pop in your email address to enter the giveaway).

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📅 Giveaway ends: July 18, 2025

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Thanks for listening — we’ll be back with a brand-new season soon!.

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Giveaway terms and conditions: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to participants who are age of majority where they reside. To enter, please fill out the above survey and enter your email address at the bottom of this form. All questions are optional. 3 winners will be randomly selected to receive 1 free year of 1Password for their existing plan. The winners will be notified via email within 14 days after the giveaway ends and must respond within 30 days to claim the prize. 1Password reserves the right to modify or terminate the giveaway at any time. Personal information collected will only be used for giveaway administration. The giveaway runs from July 1st, 2025 - July 18th, 2025.

Random but Memorable turns 150! 1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ (It’s official, we’re old.) 👵👴

To celebrate, we play some special messages submitted by you – our listeners and customers – along with our own 1Password employees. We’re even sharing some crowdsourced 1Password tips for good measure.

We also host a very special Archive Edition of Watchtower Weekly. We look back at some of the historic news stories we covered in 2018 and reflect on how the world of cybersecurity has changed. 🌎🗞️

And we’re not done yet! We keep the party going and bring back our most beloved Random but Memorable game. Any guesses which one it is?! 🤫🃏 

🏰  Watchtower Weekly - From The Archives

• Dec, 2018: PewDiePie printer hackers strike again
• Dec, 2018: Unlocking Android phones with a 3D-printed head
• May, 2019: Google, WhatsApp, and Apple slam GCHQ proposal to snoop on encrypted chats

🃏 Play Your Passwords Right

• 19 billion leaked passwords reveal deepening crisis: lazy, reused, and stolen

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AI has taken us into uncharted territory. 🧭🗺️ In this episode, we invite 1Password’s Chief Product Officer, Abe Ankumah, to share how the security industry can navigate this tectonic shift. Settle in as Abe explains some of the security challenges associated with agentic AI, and how 1Password is thinking about them.

In Watchtower Weekly, we discuss government officials reusing weak passwords and the neurotech companies selling you brain data. Yikes. 🧠📉 

Stay tuned, as we announce a very special giveaway for our 150th Episode Special. We’re giving YOU the chance to win some very special prizes and appear on the show! 🎙️🎉

1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ 150th Episode Giveaway 🎉

We’re giving YOU the chance to win some 1Password swag. 15 winners will win some 1Password swag and 1 lucky winner will ALSO win 1 year of 1Password for free. 

To enter the giveaway, all you need to do is record an audio voice note for us to play on our 150th Special. 2 minutes is plenty! 

Share either:

• A brief reason why you love listening to Random but Memorable.
• How 1Password has helped you in your personal or professional life.
• Your favorite 1Password tip that you’d love folks to know about.

Send your voice notes to [email protected] by 12am (ET) on 28th May. You can include your name or remain anonymous. The winning voice notes will appear in our 150th Episode. 

Full terms and conditions below. 

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

• Neurotech companies are selling your brain data
• Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

🎙  Guest Interview – Abe Ankumah

• 1Password blog – AI and productivity are changing how we approach cybersecurity
• 1Password blog – Extended Access Management for AI agents
• 1Password – Meet the Team: Abe Ankumah
• 📲 Follow Abe Ankumah on LinkedIn

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Giveaway terms and conditions:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to participants who are the age of majority where they reside. To enter, send us an audio voice-note to [email protected] with your Random but Memorable/1Password stories or tips. 15 winners will be selected to receive a 1Password swag bag. 1 winner(s) will be randomly selected to receive 1 free year of 1Password Families, valued at approximately $59.88 USD. Any voice-notes we include on the podcast will win a prize. The winners will be notified via direct message or email within 14 days after the giveaway ends and must respond within 30 days to claim the prize. 1Password reserves the right to modify or terminate the giveaway at any time. By accepting the prize, the winner agrees to allow 1Password to use their name, and voice for promotional purposes. Personal information collected will only be used for giveaway administration. The giveaway runs from May 20th, 2025 (12:00AM ET) - May 28th, 2025. (12:00AM ET) 

It’s our World Password Day Special! 🌎🔤 Tune in as we answer all your burning questions about passwords, passkeys, 2FA and more. 🔥

In Watchtower Weekly, we debate why your next security hire might be an algorithm. Sticking with the password theme, we then discuss why Gen Z still reuse passwords despite being aware of the security risks.

If that wasn’t enough, in Alternative Security Questions we ask Roo, Sara, and Matt what they would hoard in a zombie apocalypse. 🧟‍♀️

Want to discuss anything we’ve talked about on today's show? You can head over to 1password.community. 

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

• RIP, Google Privacy Sandbox
• Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm
• Gen Z know the risks but still reuse passwords

🌍  World Password Day Special

• 👉 1Password blog – World Password Day 2025: Why the future is passwordless (but not password-free)

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What’s the best thing small businesses can do to improve their security posture? 👩‍💼📊 Our guest this week, Tarah Wheeler, breaks-down why small businesses are particularly vulnerable to hacks, breaches, and ransomware, and the common mistakes they’re making.

In Watchtower Weekly, we lift the lid on “SignalGate” and the rise of a new QR code phishing technique: Quishing. 🐟🤷‍♂️ Plus, we walk through 1Password’s Travel Mode feature in #Ask1Password. ✈️📱

Want to discuss anything we’ve talked about on today's show? You can now head on over to 1password.community. 

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

• SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever
• With QR Code Redemption Set to Surge, Cybercriminals will Increase Their Quishing Attacks
• 1Password blog: QR codes: what are the security implications?
• Someone hacked ransomware gang Everest’s leak site

🎙  Guest Interview – Tarah Wheeler

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