Transatlantic Cable Podcast
337 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsKaspersky Lab’s security experts discuss recent news and give their advice on the topics of computer and smartphone protection.
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The Transatlantic Cable #248
April 28, 2022 17:02 - 30 minutes - 55 MBWelcome to episode 248 of the Transatlantic Cable. In this week’s episode Dave and Ahmed look at some of the more unique or interesting stories to come out of the tech / info-sec world. To kick things off, they look at a breaking story about how BAYC (Bored Ape Yacht Club, to you and me) is reeling after a hack on their Instagram account led to the theft of quite a few NFTs. From there, they look at how an actor’s guild is getting increasingly concerned about AI and deep-fakes, calling ...
The Transatlantic Cable #247
April 21, 2022 11:05 - 25 minutes - 46 MBWelcome to episode 247 of the Transatlantic Cable, where we talk about all the recent info-sec related news you might have missed this week. To kick off, the team look at a story around NFTs – in recent weeks, the overall trading volume of non-fungible tokens has dropped dramatically, but that didn’t faze the owner of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet – who was asking for $48M, however initial trading suggested it would only reach $6,800 – not great. From there, Dave and Ahmed move on to a more ...
The Transatlantic Cable #246
April 15, 2022 14:05 - 19 minutes - 36.6 MBWelcome to episode 246 of the Transatlantic Cable - we start off this episode from Isle of Wight, where its Council's electric vehicle chargers were hacked to show a porn site! Then we move to Shanghai, where the latest lockdown comes with a creepy robot creature scuttling through the empty streets. Also, Bored Apes goes Hollywood with a Coinbase-produced movie trilogy. Also, some good news for cryptocurrency fans as the UK Treasury has announced that it will regulate some cryptocurrencies...
The Transatlantic Cable #245
April 06, 2022 12:06 - 20 minutes - 37.4 MBOur streak of a two-man booth for the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, with Ahmed and Jeff kicking things off in the cryptocurrency world. More specific, we discuss some proposed legislation in the EU that would remove a level of anonymity for all transactions. While we have some fun with the topic, this is something that has been brewing and will be an interesting topic to follow. From there, we discuss Borat – unfortunately not the Sacha Baron Cohen flick – a new RAT making the rou...
The Transatlantic Cable #244
March 30, 2022 13:30 - 33 minutes - 60.6 MBEpisode 244 of the Transatlantic Cable, Dave and Ahmed look at some of the more unusual infosec stories doing the rounds. Starting out, the team look at one of the more well read stories of the week, which focuses on the arrest of the alleged mastermind of the Lapsus$ gang. Following that, Dave and Ahmed move to a story that might have Honda owners concerned, as a PoC hack shows how hackers are able to break into their cars. The final stories focus on the NFT / metaverse world, with the ...
The Transatlantic Cable #243
March 23, 2022 11:22 - 31 minutes - 57.3 MBEpisode 243 of the Transatlantic Cable kicks off with the teams (current) favourite topic: NFTs. The first story focuses the news that WinAmp (remember them?) is auctioning off their original skin as an NFT, with the majority of the proceeds going to charity. The second story looks at Heineken’s response to the NFT craze. The final story talks about the recent news that NFTs are now trending down 80% of their current price – has the bubble burst? Following on from that, the look at news...
The Transatlantic Cable #242
March 17, 2022 14:23 - 29 minutes - 53.4 MBWelcome to the Transatlantic Cable - a podcast that dives into hot topics in the security news and industry each week. Episode 242 of the Transatlantic Cable starts with Conti ransomware gang’s internal chat logs, day-to-day operations leaked. Then we jump to a REvil ransomware gang update as a member was extradited to U.S. to stand trial for Kaseya attack! And then a surprising return of Limewire! But now it's selling NFTs! And the NFT frenzy continues when a $1 million clipart rock NFT a...
The Transatlantic Cable #241
March 10, 2022 13:53 - 40 minutes - 73.5 MBEpisode 241 of the Transatlantic Cable kicks off with two ransomware stories. The first looks at what happened when two ransomware gangs attacked the same victim, at the same time. The second looks at the recent news around Samsung and Nvidia, allegedly hacked by the Lapsus$ gang. From there, the team talk about NFTs and the metaverse, with the first story sure to raise the frustrations of petrol-heads as an artist blew up a $250,000 Lamborghini to create NFTs to sell digitally – yes, we...
The Transatlantic Cable #240
February 24, 2022 12:40 - 29 minutes - 54.7 MBEpisode 240 of the Transatlantic Cable crash lands with 3 stories on NFTs. The first looks at a recent attack on NFT site OpenSea, which was the target of a phishing scam – the total damage is reported to be close to $2 million. The second story is around the EU and its drive to ‘de-anominize’ crypto payments. The final NFT/crypto-related story looks at how a university in South Korea is exploring how to turn faeces into cold hard crypto. To wrap up, the closing story is around the U.S....
The Transatlantic Cable #239
February 16, 2022 13:56 - 36 minutes - 67.7 MBWhen you think you have seen it all, the Internet comes back and proves you wrong. That is also the case when it comes to this week’s episode of the Transatlantic Cable. To start off the podcast, Ahmed, Dave and I discuss a new problem that Roblox is facing. Now, we aren’t talking bugs or trivial threats, but rather some adult conversations and content happening on the platform for kids. While the company notes that there are problems that they are going to address, it still begs to the qu...
The Transatlantic Cable #238
February 11, 2022 09:49 - 45 minutes - 82.6 MBFor the 238th episode of the Transatlantic Cable, Dave, Jeff and Ahmed peruse some of the more interesting cyber-related stories of the week. They start by looking at a light-hearted story around Facebook’s metaverse, weddings and Covid. From there, they focus on two cryptocurrency stories. The first one looks at a notorious influencer who allegedly scammed his followers out of $500,000 via a rug-pull, and now won’t return the funds. The second story is perhaps a little more light-hearted ...
The Transatlantic Cable #237
February 03, 2022 16:12 - 37 minutes - 69.2 MBFor the 237th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed and I ask Dave to dive back into the NFT sea for a pair of stories, both of which center around OpenSea. The first story comes to us from Vice where Joseph Cox looks into an issue where NFTs may be running third party code without the user’s awareness – in some instances obtaining a IP address for people viewing an NFT. The second story discusses a bug in OpenSea where hackers are able to buy NFTs for previous prices...
The Transatlantic Cable - episode 236
January 27, 2022 11:54 - 37 minutes - 68.2 MBTo kick off the latest edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed and I ask Dave the status of his Covid-19 NFT. Unfortunately, he was too busy recovering from the actual virus to create his own NFT. However, we stay on the topic of NFTs for a pair of articles. The first is with our friends on Twitter and how users can now have their profile picture be of an NFT that they have purchased. If that wasn’t enough, we then head to Britain where Julian Lennon is selling off some...
The Transatlantic Cable - episode 235
January 20, 2022 10:23 - 1 hour - 113 MBTo start off this week’s episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Dave, and I talk cryptocurrency. Unlike most of our chats on the digital currency, we focus on the criminal aspect of it. More accurately, our conversation centers on a new report of the nearly $400 million North Korea is alleged to have stolen in the past year. We have some fun going through the report, but we also discuss its implications. Staying in the world of cybercrime, we then discuss the further-ranging ...
NFT farts in a jar and malware-loaded USBs delivered to your door.
January 13, 2022 09:55 - 1 hour - 110 MBWith the New Year firmly behind us, Dave, Jeff and Ahmed start to look at some of the more quirky stories of the last few days in the latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable. To kick things off, we look at the roller-coaster that is the price of bitcoin (and to a larger extent, crypto prices in general) and wonder how much further things can slide, from there we discuss the recent news that SEGA isn’t going to pursue NFTs (for now) due to the negative feedback from gamers. Following that...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 233
January 05, 2022 10:18 - 22 minutes - 41.7 MBHappy New Year and welcome to the first Transatlantic Cable podcast of 2022. With Dave still out, Ahmed and I take on this episode as a two-man show. To kick things off, we reflect on the Christmas holiday and this year’s “it” toy, the Chatter Bluetooth Telephone from Fisher-Price. This toy is pretty cool, and it lets users actually talk with it over Bluetooth. Unfortunately, the connection is not as secure as one would hope. From there, we head to the world of mobile chat apps for a sto...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 232
December 16, 2021 11:51 - 31 minutes - 58.5 MBThis week on the Transatlantic Cable podcast, our good friend Ahmed is a bit under the weather, so we return temporarily to our original podcast line-up. We jump right in with the story everyone’s been talking about: Log4J. We start out with an overview of what is going on there and then hop into a second story about botnets leveraging the vulnerability. After that, we discuss a case of fat fingers causing an NFT to be sold for $3,000 — sounds like no big deal, but it was valued at $300,00...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 231
December 09, 2021 09:35 - 36 minutes - 66.5 MBAfter a brief hiatus in old Constantinople, Ahmed and I rejoin David just in time for the 131st edition of the Transatlantic Cable podcast. To kick things off, we dive into The Sandbox metaverse and a sale of land to be the neighbor of Snoop Dogg – yes the dogfather. Believe it or not, one of the NFTs purchased for this digital version sold for a whopping $450K – so yes, you read that right, the cost of a home in many US markets for a plot in the Snoopverse; what a time to be alive. ...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 230
December 02, 2021 11:20 - 1 hour - 114 MBWelcome to the 230th episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast. Due to travel commitments, Ahmed and Jeff are unable to attend this week’s episode. Filling in is the ever dependable Jag. To start, we look at an interesting story look at the Australian government’s impending policy, which will force social media companies to ‘unmask’ online trolls. From there, we look at a story around facial recognition for goats in China (yes, really.) After that, rather unique story, David sits down w...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 229
November 24, 2021 11:54 - 27 minutes - 49.7 MBWelcome to the 229th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast. Ahmed, Dave and I start by looking into the world of NFTs. In this tale, it seems that a pirate site will allow users to download any NFT that has been bought and sold. Please tell me again, how a NFT site can be fooled by CTL-Right Click? From there, we dive into the Metaverse, where Facebook is rolling out their clone of the Oasis. Now, while they say that the haptic gloves will help make digital handshakes and ...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 228
November 17, 2021 11:16 - 21 minutes - 40.1 MBEpisode 228 of the Transatlantic Cable take a look at some more serious stories this week, including news of REvil arrests. To begin with, Dave, Jeff and Ahmed jump on news that Twitter “vigilantes” are trying to be good cop, by hunting down crypto-scammers in the DeFi (decentralized finance) world, but not all is as it appears. From there discussion moves onto how, briefly, a scammer was able to hit number one spot in Google for ‘OpenSea’ – which is a legitimate site for the trading of N...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 227
November 10, 2021 16:09 - 35 minutes - 64.5 MBIn this week’s jam-packed episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Jeff, Ahmed, and I tackle some prickly topics. To begin, we look at how the FBI is making some serious noise about DarkSide, offering $10 million for the capture of gang members. From there we have a look at Facebook shutting down its controversial facial recognition system. After that, it’s two stories about crypto: the first a scam having to do with Squid Games cryptocurrency and the second looking at how the mayor-e...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 226
November 03, 2021 12:57 - 38 minutes - 71.3 MBTo open episode 226, we hit the road running, discussing a $10 billion hit on social media channels, caused by Apple. In this story, we take a look at the business impact Apple’s app-tracking policy has had on major social networks including Facebook, Snapchat, and more. From there, we discuss Facebook’s change to Meta. Our third story takes us back to school, with a trip to Harvard, where there is a bit of tomfoolery and black hat SEO going on with the university’s self-publishing system....
Community Conversations Podcast - Episode Four
November 02, 2021 12:43 - 27 minutes - 51 MBWelcome back to the Community Podcasts, a mini-series on the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast. Joining me again as our co-host for this series is Anastasiya Kazakova, a Senior Public Affairs Manager who coordinates global cyber diplomacy projects at Kaspersky. As a reminder, the Community Podcasts is a short series of podcasts featuring frank cyber diplomacy conversations with cyber-heroes who unite people despite everything – growing fragmentation, confrontation, and cyber threats – ...
Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 225
October 28, 2021 12:50 - 41 minutes - 76.7 MBWith Dave on vacation, our APAC head of social media joins Ahmed and me for this week’s edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast. A warm welcome to Jag Sharma. To kick off the conversation, we revisit the topic of REvil — again. This week, we look at the FBI’s infiltration of the ransomware gang and how the new approach differs from the usual. Although of course we discuss the news, we also debate the merits of the live-blogging the gang has been doing as well. From there, Jag ...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 224
October 21, 2021 10:08 - 1 hour - 117 MBTo open the 224th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Dave, and Jeff discuss the targeting of researchers by some state-backed hackers. We first mentioned this story a few months back, but this week we’re rekindling the debate on researchers being targeted after Twitter banned some phishing accounts. From there, we head into our first quiz — spoiler alert, Dave and I fall victim to Ahmed’s trickery. We then welcome Maria Namestnikova, head of GReAT Russia, to dis...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 223
October 14, 2021 11:34 - 32 minutes - 59.5 MBWe kick off the Transatlantic Cable podcast this week with the recent Twitch data breach. Details are still scarce, but the topic is on the collective lips of the infosec community. From there, Jeff, Ahmed, and Dave move on to Facebook’s decision to crack down on its marketplace sales of Amazonian rainforest plots. How that will work in practice remains to be seen. Moving on, we talk about Google’s recent decision to send out authenticator keys to more than 10,000 people it identified as h...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 222
October 07, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 62.3 MBWe kick off episode 222 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast with a discussion of the recent Facebook outage, including possible causes. Sticking with Facebook, we delve into the whistle-blower story and details being leaked about the social media behemoth. From there, we move on to concerning news about a recent CoinBase hack involving some 6,000 accounts. Details are scarce, but if you use CoinBase for your crypto, it might be wise to check your account. Following that, we look at a stor...
Community Conversations Podcast - episode three
October 01, 2021 13:08 - 28 minutes - 51.6 MBWelcome back to the Community Podcasts, a mini-series on the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast. As always, my co-host for this series is Anastasiya Kazakova, a Senior Public Affairs Manager who coordinates global cyber diplomacy projects at Kaspersky. As a reminder, the Community Podcasts is a short series of podcasts featuring frank cyber diplomacy conversations with cyber-heroes who unite people despite everything – growing fragmentation, confrontation, and cyber threats – there are ...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 221
September 30, 2021 11:44 - 1 hour - 118 MBThis week on podcast, Jeff, Ahmed and I start off by looking at how Facebook have apparently shelved the idea of an Instagram for children, after mounting pressure from privacy advocates. From there we look at a bizarre story about involving a hamster and crypto-currency, quickly followed by news from China that crypto is effectively banned in the country. Moving from there we take a look at two stories from the Washington Post, the first talking, quite concerning story about office work...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 220
September 23, 2021 09:59 - 30 minutes - 55.6 MBThis week on the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Dave, and I kick things off with some ransomware. No, it is not another company getting hit, but rather some good news. In this post from Graham Cluely, victims of REvil ransomware attacks may find some relief — in the form of a universal decryptor for the ransomware. Some victims can breathe a sigh of relief. From there, we jump to a tale involving unlocking AT&T cellular phones. It might seem like a weird news item, but this ...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 219
September 15, 2021 12:25 - 43 minutes - 79.7 MBTo kick off the 219th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Dave and I head to Australia. You see, the app that our friends down under have in place for their Covid Passports is able to be spoofed and the researcher who found it has been ghosted by government officials he reached out to. From there, we jump into the world of gangs and how they are using Instagram for a variety of illicit activities – spoiler many involve guns that would make a Warzone player envious....
Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 218
September 09, 2021 14:28 - 24 minutes - 44.7 MBWith David on holiday, Ahmed and I are holding down the fort for this week’s Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast. We open the show with a pair of stories about Apple. In the first, the company is holding off on the rollout of its controversial CSAM — for now. Then, we look at the aftermarket for iPhone chargers, which includes the OMG Cable, a charger with a built in hotspot that steals credentials, and Ahmed continues his habit of making me look dumb with his obscure trivia. G...
Ethics in Cybersecurity
September 03, 2021 12:48 - 1 hour - 151 MBIf you scroll through the headlines in cybersecurity, you will often see topics that grab the readers’ attention. Correct me if I am wrong, but you’ve probably read a lot about State-sponsored APT attacks, ransomware, bug bounty programs, disclosure of 0Days, zero day usage, what color hat a hacker is. While I could go on with topics, I think that we are on the same page. One of the things that we often don’t discuss when it comes to this topic is what is and what is NOT ethical. Subscribe...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 217
September 02, 2021 09:30 - 41 minutes - 76.6 MBThis week on the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Dave, and I start out in the Far East with a look at South Korea’s investigation of the fees Google and Apple charge vendors for in-app purchases. The article spurs some debate; we three have pretty distinct opinions about the platform-versus-developer situation. From there, we head to California, where a man has been arrested for hacking into iCloud accounts for profit. Our third story takes us to the United Kingdom, where...
The Transatlantic Cable - Episode 216
August 25, 2021 12:42 - 36 minutes - 67.2 MBThis week on the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Dave, and I discuss a number of topics that really run the gamut — from spy ships to the robot apocalypse, Bitcoin, and more. Kicking things off is a story from Tom Spring on Threatpost about how Microsoft Power App configurations have led to the leak of more than 38 million sensitive records. We also debate why private is not the default option and actually invites user error. From there, we jump into some cell-phone-battery...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 215
August 19, 2021 11:40 - 36 minutes - 66.4 MBThis week on the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Dave, and I discuss John Oliver’s recent monologue on ransomware and why it’s a good PSA to share with friends and family. We then take a look at the world of malicious social media influencers — in this case from the United Kingdom, where an investigative reporter identified an “influencer” who was selling phishing texts through his social networking accounts. From there, we jump into the world of crypto and a hacker stealin...
Community Conversations Podcasts, episode two
August 13, 2021 14:47 - 28 minutes - 52.6 MBWelcome back to the Community Podcasts, a mini-series on the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast. Joining me again as our co-host for this series is Anastasiya Kazakova, a Senior Public Affairs Manager who coordinates global cyber diplomacy projects at Kaspersky. As a reminder, the Community Podcasts is a short series of podcasts featuring frank cyber diplomacy conversations with cyber-heroes who unite people despite everything – growing fragmentation, confrontation, and cyber threats – ...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 214
August 12, 2021 12:22 - 55 minutes - 101 MBThis week on the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Dave, and I confirm once more how bad I am at trivia and then also cover a handful of some serious security related stuff. To kick off the podcast, we discuss Apple’s new photo scanning practice meant to battle child pornography with AI. We stay in the realm of photography to look at Instagram shutting down a like farm. For our third story, we discuss the dark market for COVID-19 vaccination cards. We have some strong feeling...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 213
August 05, 2021 12:04 - 32 minutes - 59.1 MBIn this week’s episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast Jeff, Ahmed, and I look at some of the more interesting stories to come out of the cybersecurity space this week. We start on a sombre note, with a story of a woman who found a video of herself on Pornhub. After getting the content taken down, she began working with a team to create an app that uses AI to help women find content that includes their faces. Following that, we discuss some recent news about Instagram, which is defaulti...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 212
July 29, 2021 14:09 - 1 hour - 120 MBOn this week’s edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Dave, and I discuss a variety of topics. We kick off the program with a story from the EU and a new look at making Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies more trackable. The proposed changes in the EU could take up to two years to enact, and we have a lot of questions. From there, we jump to a story about a ransomware hit on ransomware group Babuk. After that, it’s Dave’s interview about the dangers of image-based se...
Community Conversations Podcasts, episode one
July 24, 2021 08:15 - 47 minutes - 87.5 MBEarlier in the week, we teased a miniseries called the Community Podcasts, which you’ll find right alongside the Transatlantic Cable podcast. I will remain your faithful host, and Anastasiya Kazakova of our Government Affairs office will join me. This series of podcasts features frank conversations with cyberheroes who unite people despite everything — growing fragmentation, confrontation, and ever-changing cyberthreats — people are still building communities and uniting folks to work tog...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 211
July 22, 2021 09:53 - 51 minutes - 94.5 MBWith Ahmed on vacation, the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast returns this week to its original lineup. Dave and I kick off this week’s episode with a look at the latest from REvil and its victims. (Spoiler alert: Despite the quiet, things are not great.) From there, we head to Southeast Asia, where LuminousMoth has been targeting government organizations. Instead of giving you our hot takes and thoughts on the APT action, we discuss the research and actor with senior Kaspersky securit...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 210
July 14, 2021 11:19 - 42 minutes - 77 MBIn this week’s episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Jeff and I are back around the virtual round table to talk all things cyber. We kick this week’s episode off with the news that Interpol are urging countries to unite against the ransomware pandemic. From there, we look at how a hacker going by the alias ‘integra’ is offering 26.99 bitcoins (nearly $1 million USD at the time of writing) for zero-days and undetectable RATs (remote access Trojans). From there, we l...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 209
July 08, 2021 09:31 - 50 minutes - 92.7 MBThis week on the podcast, Jeff’s on vacation, so Ahmed and I tackle some thorny cybersec issues on our own. We start with news that EA’s billion dollar franchise, Apex Legends, faced hacking concerns from gamers about the state of TitanFall, Respawn’s first foray into the FPS genre. From there, we move on to news that Google has taken the ban-hammer to some developers who placed Trojans inside their apps to scrape Facebook credentials. Other stories this week include discussion about APT...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 208
July 01, 2021 14:45 - 50 minutes - 92.2 MBFor the 208th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave’s gone missing, and Ahmed and I debate whether it is leisure or if something more nefarious is going on. We don’t quite get to the bottom of it, but we do cover a wide array of topics, from a political sex tape leaked on OnlyFans to PS3 leaks and ransomware in US schools. We start with the electoral scene in New York state, where a user on Onlyfans and Twitter leaked a BDSM video of politician Zack Weiner and ...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 207
June 24, 2021 10:29 - 54 minutes - 99.8 MBWelcome to the 207th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast! This week, Dave, Ahmed, and I chat about a number of topics — and we also have some changes to our big board of quiz points. We kick things off with a pair of stories about AI and surveillance. The first is from the UK, where AI can now tell authorities if people were adhering to social distancing guidelines. The next is about a Chinese company using smile recognition for employees entering the office. Smile for the...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 206
June 17, 2021 09:36 - 47 minutes - 108 MBThis week, Jeff, Ahmed, and I kick off episode 206 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast with a discussion about Ireland’s change in stop and search law, including a new law allowing police to force people to unlock digital devices such as phones and tablets. From there, we move on to further discussion of ransomware and the recent G7 talks, with US President Biden seeking tougher stances on ransomware gangs. We also touch on the JBS meat processing company’s recent decision to pay ransom to ...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 205
June 10, 2021 10:58 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThis week on the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Jeff, Ahmed, and I look at how the DarkSide gang was able to use an old VPN account to breach the Colonial pipeline network. Moving on, we also chat about two related stories, including one in which lawmakers try to force companies to disclose attacks and one about the FBI reclaiming some of the $4.4 million ransom DarkSide has collected. We also discuss a story about Apple AirTags, which the company is planning to update based on fears that st...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 204
June 03, 2021 14:59 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBWe open the show with a hidden gem of a crime. British authorities thought they were pursuing a cannabis operation only to find a mining operation. The next story is a look at the FBI integration with Have I Been Pwned and some new site features worth looking into. After that, I sit down with Rainer Bock of our team at Tomorrow Unlocked to learn about their latest — some cool videos are on the way, including an interactive one on Carbanak. Unfortunately, we also have to discuss the latest ...