The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update

Episode 176 This week the update gets dialed in:  First via a new spy tool called Patternz then via a photo contest where we share who rates what in the race at the top. From there we have an update on the “Mother of all breaches”  a newly surfaced collection of over 26 Billion records for you to wonder if you are part of. It’s onto the the US’ efforts to thwart Chinese hacking within critical US...

Episode 175 As you were walking home from work did you ever feel like someone was watching you?  In this weeks’ update we tell you why. We have some disturbing news on a cyber attack where the data from 1 million cancer patients is stolen, and then used to threaten and spam them. Mandiant discovers a Zero-day attack that could have allowed many businesses like hospitals to be compromised for up to...

Episode 174 This week we are pumping, probing, questioning and querying on all fronts. We start with a couple of fan faves from the Consumer Electronics show, but wonder if we’ll get as much use out of them as the V-logging contingent.- click the pic to hear the podcast -From there we siphon out some subtle word-smithing that might mean we are not the only ones left quaking in our boots. Apple, th...

Episode 173 This week we need some space, man. We start with phones and cellphone towers in low Earth orbit, then we move on to one of the most intriguing iPhone compromises we’ve ever heard andwe have heard plenty. Who is behind this one? That’s for you to decide. From there we learn about a Mandiant account hijack (wait aren’t they one of the most elite security companies? Weren’t they the secon...

Episode 172 This week we focus on our amazing kids. From the effect the phone we send them off with “to keep them safe” has, to an amazing 13 year old crushing a 34 year old arcade game. We even end with advice from a Nobel prize winner about what you might not want to study. From, the kids, we turn to Apple and what is going on between them and the world’s biggest democracy. We then follow Apple...

If you missed getting that special someone that special gift, we have more solid ideas for you this week: A concept jet engine and the source code for Grand Theft Auto 5 as possible suggestions. We get some insight on why the compromise of your personally identifiable information is not something to take lightly as well as the world coming to realize that you can build a nuclear program on someone...

Episode 170​ Our first few stories present some unique gifting ideas. Who needs another Rolex when you can give “large”? We get new breach reporting requirements from the US’ SEC and China’s MIIT. Wait, what is this, a competition? In that same vein, we get something less than super from Mr. Cooper. After a court ruling that you cannot be forced to reveal your phone pin, there’s great news from Go...

Episode 169 This week we hang up the phone with a couple of definitive stories, the first coming from a huge US phone company and the last a Dutch phone company that is ripping the title of “The phone to be seen with” out of the hands of Apple, Google and Samsung. Second in our stories this week is a blatant example from the UK of an individual in the public sector courting the private sector. In...

Episode 168 It seemed excessive, but you agreed on the rent and even though it’s “way more” than you wanted to pay, you manage, until you read our first story. Facebook published their quarterly adversarial threat report, and they say that one country is firing up “way more” fake accounts to influence your opinion than just about anyone. asso Security says they discovered “way more” API tokens exp...

Episode 167 This week we start with the dollar bill ranking of the top US Universities for earnings potential We then throw some light on a global disappearing act, first the presenters and then a whole developer conference. This is one you have to hear to believe! From there, in our third story, it’s a thumbs down for the security that fingerprint reader on your laptop is delivering. In at four i...

Episode 166 This week we have a revelation related to a world famous someone who has managed to avoid arrest through the careful application of privacy. We reveal how that may now be at an end. We share how a phone manufacturer who promised to bring Apple’s iMessage to Android ended up with “Nothing” From there a new revelation about how the US Government is using our phones to compromise our priv...

Episode 165 This week we let the cat out of the bag with the FTCs probe into one databroker’s dealings. We follow with our second update that has a cat on a hot tin roof … of your car and just what the automobile manufacturers are collecting from you that is available to the police, but not you. For story three we swing the cat ‘round to the EU to find out a bit more about QWACs, while in Australi...

Episode 164 This week we let you know why you feel so great after staying up all night with us. For our second story, we move into one of the world’s most prestigious resorts only to get no sleep because of its leaks. Our third update covers the blackout of about 31% of the Australian mobile market. In at number four is the nightmare of just how easily a study found it to be to obtain Sensitive Pe...

​We start with the perils of sharing too much on social media and feeling like there's just no recovering from that last round of plastic surgery. Then we touch on a story of an unexpected right hook from the SEC that left one CISO seeing stars.   We smell trouble with high numbers of shortened web addresses being delivered by email, text and message apps. for our third story. At four and five...

For our first story we put on our resting witch face and join the Mozilla Foundation as they reveal their new privacy creep-o-meter. We’re raising spirits in the art community with our second story of the “deadly” Nightshade that might kill off AI replicating your artwork. In story three witches be trippin’ over 23andMe data from another 4 million clients. What a nightmare! The star of our fourth...

Episode 161. In this week’s IT Privacy and Security weekly update... On  first  base is an exciting new use case for AI that will leave you feeling great! On  second  is an update on the largest DDoS attack ever, what it is and what it could mean to you. ​ Third  at bat the US pitches a plan for other countries to adopt a policy of no payments for ransomware. Back at  home plate  we have the newes...

Episode 160. In this week’s IT Privacy and Security weekly update: ​ We start this week with a pause of remembrance to all those innocents caught up in the wars raging across the world. Often the highest price is paid by the most innocent. October may be Cybersecurity month, but in the run-up to the holidays, we think it could also be  “Call your grandparents month”  too. Why? We have an eye opene...

This week we rip the lid off privacy starting with a story about a quiet plan in the UK to catch shoplifters that could end up stealing something critical from us all. From there we share a story from LA where popular food delivery robots are delivering much more than your order. Next on the slate is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act lawsuit against some names more familiar to...

We’d like to start by letting you know that we are taking our first pod-break in over 3 years. We’ll be heading up to the highlands to ruminate before returning on the 3rd. of October. It’s a perfect time to catch up on some of our previous pods Thank you for joining in for the last 157 episodes and we look forward to serving up many more! In this week’s IT Privacy and Security weekly update, epis...

This week it's all about the party and the recovery. We start with the NYPD flying into your party. And end with something that may make all sorts of survellience tech obsolete, for good or for bad. We move onto a blinding new revelation from the UK government and an unexpected verdict out of Texas. From there we go phishing with GoDaddy and discover that some high costs to Germany turn out to...

This week we have a terrific collection of stories for you along with some friendly reminders. As we navigate the heavens we touch on 2FA, Social Media and Rust. We get some interesting insight on the U.S. College Board that all high school students would mark as a “fail”. We discover the perils of a familiar piece of conferencing software and a new initiative from the Taliban that has more than o...

​Get your passport ready, because this week we ignore the Amalfi coast and head straight for the real action! Out of Zurich we have news of Google and a new FIDO2, before heading off to Canada and a wild assertion for a bank there about targeting children's parents. We present the QR code you knew would come, Tesla's insider dealing and how China leveraged Japan's porosity. We bounce b...

This update quite literally “flies” from one end of the globe to the other. We’ve got great updates for your teens out of Boston and Las Vegas, a great primer on finding out what is in some of the privacy policies you are signing off on and a sneaky bit of data collection coming from chip-maker Intel. We have the looming threat of what the UK’s demand for unencrypted encrypted communications might...

This week surprisingly starts with a couple of building maintenance callouts:  one for a flashing X on the roof and the other for a rat in the kitchen. We then feel the jolt of new, shorter breach reporting requirements and solve the mystery of what happened to your air miles. Google confounds us with a little more control over everything it is collecting on us, while White Castle may be consideri...

This week we suggest new habits to improve your security and lengthen your life. We have a friendly update on what that Nigerian Prince who wanted to give you money a few years back is up to now, and what he might be up to shortly if he gets his hands on the latest batch of PHI to go missing. The US and EU are both keeping an eye on a curious new appetite from one party for old chips, a new coin u...