Transatlantic Cable Podcast

In episode 125 of the Kaspersky podcast, Dave and Jeff look at how Las Vegas was hit by a cyber-attack and also how a school in the US lost $2.3 million to hackers.

They also look at what you should do now that Windows 7 is officially dead and also how the NSA warned Microsoft about a major flaw in all versions of Windows.

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To kick off the episode, we head to one of the topics that we closed out the decade with: Amazon’s Ring and how the company is seeking to change the minds of people concerned about privacy. From there we look at two stories concerning ransomware as well as look at how REvil group is holding one to ransom.

To wrap up, we look at how the FBI is seeking help from Apple to unlock the iPhone of a suspect.

In episode 123 of the Kaspersky Transatlantic cable podcast, Dave and Jeff look how New Orleans coped after ransomware struck. How Facebook lost control of employee data and also how Ring(dot)com data is more open that you thought.

They also look at how content moderators on large sites like YouTube and Facebook are often overlooked, but do dirty work in order to keep our timelines clean.

To wrap up, Dave and Jeff tackle the real issue of this time of year - their favourite Christmas movies.

To kick off episode 122 of the podcast Dave and Jeff look at how Evil Corp, a loose coalition of hackers has managed to steal over $100 million from victims – but now the FBI is offering a $5 million reward.

From there, they look at 'hackable' Bluetooth walkie-talkies as well as how scammers are targeting Elder Scrolls online gamers.

To wrap up Dave and Jeff look at how Tinder users are sharing more than their fare-share of information on the dating platform.

We start off looking at smart TVs. Government entities in both the US and Russia have made some moves that are worth keeping an eye on. In the US, it was the FBI talking tape and in Russia, it is on adding software to the devices before purchase.

Dave and Jeff then look at how Ring.com is looking to create an "AI enabled neighbourhood watch" scheme. From there they look at Tik Tok and how they managed bullying on their platform and end looking at fake political ads.

To kick off the 120th instalment, we head to the blog of AV Test, however, which looks at recent vulnerabilities in kids' smartwatches.

For our second topic, we head to New York, where the NYPD had suffered a minor incident with ransomware from a 3rd-party contractor. From there, we jump across the US to take a look at the latest in the case of the Jack Dorsey hackers.

We then look at Black Friday with David Emm and also VR for cows... things are getting strange indeed.

To kick off the 119th edition of the podcast, Dave and I take a look at reported bug in Facebook’s iOS app. Should you be concerned?

Our second story takes a look at the current issues with 5G and the security concerns. From there, we head into the world of DDoS attacks and look at an “attack” on the Labour Party in the UK as well as statistics from our research team for the last quarter.

After the DDoS goodness, we close out the podcast with some good news for law enforcement on the carding sc

As we take on the 118th edition of the Kaspersky podcast, Dave and I take a look to the future with the idea that one day Amazon's Alexa could have arms, legs and eyes.

We also look at new drone registration coming to the UK as well as trying to wrap our heads around Google's project Nightingale.

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Welcome to episode 117 of the Kaspersky podcast!

Our first story heads to the United States and the energy sector. The issue in the story is tied to an energy company that suffered a cyberattack to their firewalls. We then look at how Georgia is using huge amounts of energy to mine bitcoins.

After the first three stories, we deviate from our normal programming. I sit down with Santiago from our research team to discuss his latest research on the world of gaming cheating.

To start, we take a look at a story within the automotive space. There the author puts on his cyber sleuthing hat to realise that the license plates of cars they had used in photos would show up in Google results.

The second story looks at how Facebook have privately funded a police force. We stay on the topic of laws when we discuss the FTC looking for consent with stalkerware apps. We also look at how Samsung have updated their S10 and Note 10 in order to squash the recent fingerprint bug.