The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable kicks off with talk around the crypto-exchange, JPEX and how they’re being investigated by local authorities. From there, discussion turns to an AI enabled backpack from Microsoft (yes, really), Spotify refusing to ban A.I generated music and fake celebrity nudes are being used to promote a popular shopping site.

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• Hong Kong investigates influencer-backed crypto exchange
• Microsoft patents bizarre AI-powered backpack
• Spotify will not ban AI-made music, says boss
• Fake celebrity photo leak videos flood TikTok with Temu referral codes

Episode 316 of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast kicks off with news that Microsoft suffered at the hands of a data leak, this time a whopping 38TB (yes, terabytes). From there the team look at the recent ransomware attacks against Casino’s in the United States and news that a notorious hacker is trolling the F.B.I.

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• Microsoft worker accidentally exposes 38TB of sensitive data
• Okta Agent Involved in MGM Resorts Breach, Attackers Claim
• Caesars paid millions in ransom to cybercrime group prior to MGM hack
• One of the FBI’s most wanted hackers is trolling the U.S. government

Episode 315 of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast kicks off with a possible U-turn from the British government and end-to-end encryption. From there discussion moves MGM resorts being hit by a cyber-attack. 

Following on from that, discussion moves to Microsoft’s odd decision to add pop-up ads for Edge into Windows and a supermarket in the UK had to recall a brand of snacks, as the website on the packaging led to a, shall we say, ‘not very child friendly’ website.

Also, there’s a discussion with David Emm, security researcher in GReAT about Q2 IT Threat Evolution report from Securelist.

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• Government denies U-turn on encrypted messaging row
• MGM Resorts: Slot machines go down in cyber-attack on firm
• IT threat evolution in Q2 2023
• Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch
• Lidl recalls Paw Patrol snacks after website on packaging displayed porn