In our August monthly show co-hosts Kevin Johnson and Scott Wright join Tom Eston to discuss what happens to your social media accounts...after you die! This is a topic we don't hear a lot of discussion about but is very important to understand for your legacy as well as how your friends and family members want to be remembered.

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/08/31/what-happens-to-your-social-media-accounts-after-you-die/

A 21-year-old Virginia native living in Turkey is allegedly behind the massive T-Mobile hack, China adopts a new national privacy law, and is Elon Musk's Tesla Bot just creepy or is it the beginning of "useful AI" that people love and is "unequivocally good".

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/08/30/t-mobile-hacker-identified-chinas-new-privacy-law-tesla-bot-announcement/

T-Mobile suffers another data breach this time impacting 8 million customers, Tinder will start letting users verify their identity to help prevent "catfishing", and Mastercard is finally phasing out magnetic stripes on their cards starting in 2024.

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/08/23/t-mobile-data-breach-tinder-identity-verification-magnetic-stripe-phase-out/

Over $600 million stolen in the largest DeFi cryptocurrency hack in history, attackers are getting around $10k for stolen network access credentials, and why your identity is trapped inside a social network and what this means for the next potential evolution of the Internet...the metaverse! All this and more in this week's episode of the Shared Security Show!

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/08/16/largest-cryptocurrency-hack-in-history-10k-for-stolen-network-access-your-identity-and-the-metaverse/

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CISA announces the new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), the controversy over Apple scanning devices for child sexual abuse material, and Amazon offers you a $10 credit if you enroll your biometric data in their palm print recognition system.

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/08/09/cisa-jcdc-announcement-apples-child-abuse-image-scanning-amazon-pays-you-for-your-biometric-data/

Why rebooting your smartphone is good security hygiene, the FBI reveals top targeted vulnerabilities in the last two years, and details on how a nation state used a "flirty" aerobics instructor to steal data from defense contractors.

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/08/02/reboot-your-smartphone-fbis-top-targeted-vulnerabilities-flirty-account-dupes-defense-contractors/

In our July monthly show we discuss gift card scams! What are the different gift card scams that are out there, how do they work, and details on how to protect yourself from becoming a victim.

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/07/30/how-to-protect-yourself-from-gift-card-scams/

Pegasus spyware and NSO Group are back in the news because of a data leak of 50,000 phone numbers, another "hacker" was arrested for the great Twitter hack of 2020, and how a 16 year old printer vulnerability is affecting millions of HP, Samsung, and Xerox printers.

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/07/26/pegasus-spyware-is-back-twitter-hacker-arrested-16-year-old-printer-bug/

In this sponsored episode from our friends at ClearVPN, Artem Risukhin Content Marketing Manager at ClearVPN, joins co-host Tom Eston to discuss the most popular myths about VPNs. Be sure to watch the YouTube edition for a demo of ClearVPN and don't forget to use discount code "SHAREDSECURITY" to take 40% off your purchase of a ClearVPN subscription!

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/07/21/popular-myths-about-vpns/

Is dream hacking the next big privacy concern or just a new marketing gimmick? Some people may be surprised that TikTok shares data with China, and details on Google Chrome adding HTTPS-first mode and Firefox and easing its blocking of Facebook login buttons. All these topics and more on this week's episode of the Shared Security Show!

Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2021/07/19/targeted-dream-incubation-tiktok-data-sharing-chrome-and-firefox-updates/