In this week’s episode, David Emm joins David to discuss how smart-homes are monitoring our every move and breath (or so it seems), how Facebook is using AI to sell advertisers possible future purchasing decisions of its users as well as why we need to bring ethics into data and AI.

Also, something about toilet seats.

Below are the links to the stories we discuss:

The SmartHome that spied on me

Facebook reportedly using AI to predict your future

AI ethics

Breaking Facebook’s hold on data

Toilet seat tweet

In this week’s episode, Dave and I talk about how the Facebook fallout has led some raise the idea of paid versions of Facebook and Google, however not everybody think’s it would work.  Also on this week’s episode, ransomware that asks you to pay by playing PUBG (Player Unknown’s BattleGround) and why 99% of cybercrime goes unpunished in the UK.

Below are the links to the stories we discuss:

PUBG ransomware

Google and Facebook must be paid for

Amazon’s voice-sniffing patent

99% of cybercrime escape justice in UK

On this week’s edition of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I dive into some tasty stories for your mind. During our conversation, we discuss the latest changes at Facebook, a data breach at Panera Bread, the fallout from the ransomware that held Atlanta hostage and more. For the full text of the stories we discuss, please visit the links below:

Atlanta enters recovery phase from ransomware

Panera leaks millions of customers’ records

No, Panera doesn’t take security seriously

Facebook deletes hundreds of propaganda-tied accounts

Facebook to make changes to GDPR, won’t guarantee changes to hit US

Stolen credit cards from Lord & Taylor for sale on Dark Web

In this week's episode, Dave and Jeff tackle Facebook privacy (and why we need to read EULA's more carefully before signing up), a new bitcoin fork called Dietbitcoin as well as flat Earth hysteria and disconnecting from social media and work emails after leaving the office. Enjoy!

'Flat Earth' rocketman

Dietbitcoin

Right to disconnect

Facebook data download

In this week's jam-packed episode, Dave and Jeff tackle the elephant in the room: the recent Cambridge Analytica / Facebook fallout. Why is it so significant and what can you do to protect your data.

Also in this episode, school bomb-threat hoaxes, the UK national Lottery suffers account hacks and people are STILL falling for Ethereum scams on Twitter.  

In this special episode, Jeff talks to Thiago Marques, Santiago Pontiroli about how criminals are able to clone chip and pin cards in Brazil.  

The researchers talk about how the criminals are actively selling their tools and how they're even offering guides and tools for wannabe criminals looking to start out in the carding business.

In the 28th edition of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I return to our regularly scheduled programming. In this week’s discussion, we dive into the repercussion of the Yahoo breach, the impact of Bitcoin mining in rural America and more. To read more on the stories we discussed this week, please click the links below.

Fortnite hack story

Bitcoin in rural America

Porn cryptocurrency

Yahoo data breach sue story

In today’s podcast, I sit down with Santiago Pontiroli from Kaspersky Lab’s GReAT team in Latin America to discuss the happenings of the second day of the conference.

During our conversation we recap the conference, discuss the Slingshot APT as well as some of the other news coming out of the conference.

In today’s podcast, I sit down with members of Kaspersky Lab’s GReAT team from Latin America to recap the first day of the 2018 edition of the SAS. During our chat, Thiago Marques, Santiago Pontiroli and I discuss the following topics: 

Matt Tait’s opening keynote. More commonly known as @pwnallthethings on Twitter, Matt took to the stage to discuss the non-new phenomenon that is disinformation. The session set the stage for a day that went all in on False Flags and making the other side miss. 

10 years of GReAT. This session was hosted by Costin Raiu and Vitaly Kamluk discussed the evolution of the team as well as what is next for attribution.

From there, we discuss the Olympic Destroyer malware and the prominence of false flags. The guys also offer their takes on what made the malware so interesting.

We wrap the podcast with a preview of the guys’ presentation on Day 2 of #TheSAS2018.

The Security Analyst Summit 2018 is finally here and Dave and Jeff take a look at what to expect from the two day conference.  Top on the agenda is a look back on 10 years' of SAS as well as a look at key talks and discussions.