Transatlantic Cable Podcast

For the 85th edition of the Kaspersky Lab Transatlantic Cable podcast, we kick things off looking at the latest victims of the LockerGoga. From there, we jump into the op-ed from Mark Zuckerberg looking to lawmakers to regulate Facebook – yes, you read this right. After Zuck’s take, we look at the recent take downs of hate speech before diving into the issues with Toyota. To wrap things up, we look at the malware targeting the torrents of popular TV shows like Game of Thrones.

It seems like Facebook unfortunately has made it to the forefront for the 84th edition of the Kaspersky Lab Transatlantic Cable podcast.

We kick-off looking as the latest in the saga between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica; according to British lawmakers, Facebook may have known about the data-scraping before previously disclosed. To continue with the bad news for the social media giant, a new report notes that the company had stored user passwords in plaintext.

All this and more in episode 84!

For this week’s edition of the Kaspersky Lab Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I split our time between sides of the Atlantic.

To begin we look at the latest news out of Norway on the ransomware infection that struck aluminum producer Hydro. From there, we stay in Europe to look at a piece of EU legislature that will increase the collaboration of countries when it comes to preparing for European-wide cyberattacks. To close, we look at how scooter sharing in California is causing concern.

We kick off the 82nd edition of the Transatlantic Cable podcast with a pair of stories concerning Facebook. We then hop over to the Land Down Under where police have nabbed a guy who was selling logins for Spotify, Netflix and Hulu online. Following that story, we take a look at the ongoing battle between Respawn Entertainment and cheaters.

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The latest Kaspersky podcast kicks off looking at the latest with Facebook. Unlike many past weeks, this is not about a privacy snafu, but rather a rumored cryptocurrency coming from the social media giant along with one from Telegram. From there we look at a story that shows a paltry number of computers being upgraded to the latest version of Windows 10.

We then look at a fine levied on TikTok by the FTC before closing out with a story on YouTube’s comment problems.

Episode 80 of the Kaspersky Lab Transatlantic Cable podcast starts off looking at the fallout from a student who caused some serious harm to his former university. What caused the damage might surprise you – hint: it can fit in the palm of your hand.

From there, we look at the low percentage of Americans who take precautions to protect their identities. Following that story, we look at the latest research from Kaspersky Lab that focuses on the threats that face users of adult websites.

To kick things off, Dave and Jeff look at some proposed legislation in the UK in regards to Facebook, following the serious discussion, Dave and Jeff relax by taking a look at some of the more comical stories of the week, including internet connected shoes (yes, really) and lightsaber duelling in France.

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In episode 78 of the transatlantic cable podcast, we start by discussing the recent news about compromised accounts at OK Cupid. There wasn’t a data breach, but this brings us to a conversation on data and concerns for our younger colleagues on data security.

From there, we jump to Amazon’s recent acquisition of Eero and what this means for Smart Home devices. To wrap things up, we keep our focus on the IoT and look at industrial refrigerators and what their default passwords mean for users.

On this special episode of the Kaspersky Lab Transatlantic Cable podcast, we will continue to preview the upcoming Security Analyst Summit (#TheSAS2019). The conference will take place in Singapore on April 8-11, 2019.

In the 77th edition of the Kaspersky Lab Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and Jeff look at stories that impact consumers from their wrists to their pockets and inboxes. For the first story, they hit home for parents looking at a story on the insecurity and subsequent recall in the European Union of ENOX Safe-KID-One smartwatches. Then they stay on the insecurity bandwagon and discuss the lack of security in some webcam covers handed out at a conference from the NSA.

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