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Transatlantic Cable Podcast

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34:53

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #365

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/10/03

Episode 365 kicks off with discussion around Donald Trump’s recent courting of the crypto world. From there talk moves to Mozilla’s recent decision to enable Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA) by default – and that’s got some in the EU worried. To wrap up the team discuss two stories related to A.I – first around Microsoft suggesting that omnipresent AI companions will soon be a thing, and second how AI is now capable of completing CAPTCHA quicker, and more efficiently than any human. How the

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40:16

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #364

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/09/25

Episode 364 kicks off with a chat around the recent furore around Telegram’s problem with unsavoury content. Following that, the conversation moves to a story that might concern people who rely on TOR (The Onion Router), as it’s been disclosed that German police managed to de-anonymise data coming out of an exit node, in order to track and arrest owners of an illegal site. To wrap up, the team discuss news that delivery robots have been acting erratic, with some cases of them running over

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44:31

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #363

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/09/12

Episode 363 kicks off with a discussion around moderation on the popular messaging service, Telegram. From there the team move to discuss how one person managed to siphon off over $10 million from the likes of Spotify and Apple using bots to stream music. To wrap up the team discuss two stories, the first looking at how the Democrats in America are using “brain rot” videos, and the second looks at the seedy underworld of stolen mobile phones. If you like what you heard, please consider subscribing

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37:08

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #362

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/09/05

Episode 362 of the Kaspersky podcast kicks off with discussion around Brazil’s controversial decision to ban Elon Musk’s X platform. From there the team discuss a story from the BBC around the theft of a voice actors voice, which was used on an A.I platform. To wrap up the team discuss how scammers are looking to use sextortion tactics in order for you to cough up bitcoin and Apple’s big problem around ‘face swap’ apps and pornography. If you like what you heard, please consider subscribing. Top

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34:49

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #361

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/08/29

Episode 361 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news around the right to switch off in Australia. From there the team talk about privacy – specifically if you should have to pay to have online privacy. To wrap up, the team discuss how and why a popular game has attracted so much online attention. If you liked what you heard, please consider subscribing. Australians get 'right to disconnect' after hours Should you have to pay for online privacy? Blockbuster Chinese video game tried to

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37:31

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #360

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/08/21

Episode 360 of the transatlantic cable podcast kicks off with news that Nvidia are on the receiving end of a class-action law-suit, alleging that they scraped YouTube videos without creators’ consent. From there, the team discuss news around Taylor Swift AI images being shared by Donald Trump and an additional story around how photography is quickly being swamped by generative A.I. To close, the team discuss a story around how your humble television is being invaded by advertisers. If you like

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24:41

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #359

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/08/15

Episode 359 kicks off with discussion around the recent riots in the U.K. and how the UK government is looking to leverage facial recognition to combat trouble makers. From there, the team discuss a strange story concerning how police forces in the U.S were able to locate a criminal via a lock-screen picture left at the scene of a crime. To wrap up the team discuss news that artificial intelligence is being leveraged to help find the ‘next Olympians’ – however, results may vary. If you liked what

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25:26

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 358

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/08/01

Episode 358 of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast kicks off with news of American Cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 getting duped by a North Korean hacker who successfully when through their HR checks and secured employment! Deepfake bullying being used by children on Snapchat. X/Twitter’s AI bot Grok is now reading your tweets, however there is a fix and we show you how to protect yourself. We close out the episode with news of a data breach at HealthEquity affecting 4.3 million people. If you liked

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24:41

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 357

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/07/23

Episode 357 of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast kicks off with news of the Telegram zero-day vulnerability that went unnoticed for 5 weeks, as well as further CrowdStrike woes with threat actors targeting companies with fake fixes. From there Ahmed & Jag go on to discuss a potential hacktivism hit on Disney in response to Disney’s embrace of AI, and finally wrap up with Elon unveiling human-like robots. If you liked what you heard, please consider subscribing. · Telegram zero-day

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35:08

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #356

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/07/18

Episode 356 of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast kicks off with news around the AT&T ‘mega-breach’. From there the team discuss two stories related to AI – the first looks at how AI is being used to help doctors detect early-onset Alzheimer’s; the team then talk about how K-Pop are looking to use artificial intelligence to write songs and create artwork. The final story discusses how legendary artist Bob Dylan has banned smart-phones in his upcoming gigs – just how that will pan out is anybody’s

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37:10

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #355

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/07/11

Episode 355 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast begins with news that Ticketmaster’s recent data breach is creating more trouble for them than previously thought. Moving from Ticketmaster to TikTok, the next story covers a disturbing new trend on the social media platform, where a “mob attack led by middle schoolers” tormented teachers. To wrap up the team discuss news that Japan has finally “won the war on floppy discs” – surprisingly, Japan is one of the very few countries to be slower than most

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41:25

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #354

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/07/03

Episode 353 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with an ‘interesting’ story involving Microsoft, real-time software recording and sex-toy retailers. To go into more details would just be a spoiler. From there, the team talk about how Facebook are the next business to face EU’s DMA (Digital Market’s Act) legislation. To wrap up conversation moves to how residents in local town meetings across America were being terrorised by people ‘zoom bombing’ calls and town meetings. The final story

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31:04

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #353

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/06/26

Episode 353 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news around ransomware attacks, both in the UK and the US. From there, the team discuss updates around the EU’s new DMA (Digital Market’s Act) and how Apple could be a test case for record fines, if they’re found to have abused their market position. To wrap up, the team look at how some of the biggest names in music are joining forces to sue start up generative A.I companies, who have alleged that they’re infringing copyright on a

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28:45

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #352

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/06/19

Episode 352 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with a story concerning generative AI and hackers, with the hackers taking the side of artists (or so it would seem.) From there discussion turns to the US surgeon general calling for ‘warning labels’ on social media, mainly in part due to the worrying rise in young people’s mental health. To wrap up, the team look at two stories – the first concerning ransomware and hospitals, and the second looking at a recent NHS data breach and black

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29:45

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #351

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/06/12

Episode 351 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast begins with discussion around Microsoft’s controversial ‘Recall’ feature. Following from there, news turns to discussion around Elon Musk’s frustration around Apple’s decision to include ChatGPT in the upcoming iOS 18. To wrap up, the team discuss two news stories. The first covers the arrest of 2 suspects in relation to a smishing campaign, and what the police are calling "an illegitimate telephone mast," converted into a "text message blaster." The

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23:40

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #350

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/06/06

Episode 350 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with surprising news that whilst Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and MidJourney are marketed aggressively, they’re not actually that popular with everyday folk – with just 2% of people in the UK saying they use Gen AI in their day. From there talk moves to news regarding two large data breaches, both of which were hit by the same group “ShinyHunters”. To wrap up, the team discuss a story around Microsoft’s India X account, which was

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25:07

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 349

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/05/29

Episode 349 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with a discussion on Microsoft's newly announced Copilot+ feature for personal computers. This feature, touted to give PCs a "photographic memory," raises significant privacy concerns as it can log everything a user does by taking screenshots every few seconds. Privacy advocates fear the potential for exploitation by hackers and the implications of such extensive data collection. Next, the podcast discusses the recent floods in Rio Grande do

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29:21

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #348

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/05/22

We kick off with news that Google plan to introduce a new AI tool to help detect if you’re being scammed in a phone call – a boon for those who fall prey to scams. From there the team discuss news that Scarlett Johansson isn’t best pleased about the likeness of ChatGPT’s new voice, which sounds eerily familiar to her own. To wrap up the team discuss two stories, firstly around how an ‘AI porn-maker’ (yes people, that’s now a job) accidentally leaked his own customer data. The second story centres

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27:42

The Transatlantic Cable Podcast #347

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/05/15

Episode 347 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast begins with news that Dell have been hit by a data breach, however details on the breach are scarce. Following that the team discuss another data breach, this time affecting Europol. To wrap up the team discuss two stories, the first around Spanish police pulling data on suspects from sources such as Proton mail and Apple. The final story is around Securelist’s latest APT report, looking at Q1 2024. If you liked what you heard, please consider

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30:29

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 346

Transatlantic Cable Podcast ·

2024/05/08

For the 346th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Jag and I dive into a handful of stories that tie back to disinformation, privacy, people persisting, before ending with the WTF story of the week (and perhaps year). We kick things off discussing WhatsApp and encryption, but more importantly how the app’s boss understands that it is being used – even in countries where there are bans on the popular messenger app. From there, we jump into the story from last week that impacts

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