Episode 333 of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast dives into news that a site called ‘OnlyFakes’ is offering deepfake photo ID – the team also stay on the AI bandwagon with the next story which talks about the recent furore around illicit AI generated Taylor Swift images.

From there the team discuss two final stories, the first around a virus that was released onto the Valhiem gaming Discord channels, causing havoc as it was spread. The final story looks at a recent Interpol campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Synergia,’ which resulted in 31 arrests and over 1,300 C2 (command and control) servers being taken down.

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• Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs
• Taylor Swift deepfakes spark calls in Congress for new legislation
• Valheim Discord servers locked after hacker releases virus
• Interpol operation Synergia takes down 1,300 servers used for cybercrime

Episode 332 of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that, after the recent AI generated sketch, George Carlin’s estate has decided to pursue legal matters against the creators.  From there, discussion turns to Mozilla’s worry about Apple’s new browser rules and British law makers question the legality of live facial recognition.

To wrap up, the team discuss news around the recent 23andMe data breach.  If you like what you heard, please consider subscribing. 

• George Carlin’s Family Takes This AI Bullsh*t to Court
• Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are ‘as painful as possible’ for Firefox
• British lawmakers question legality of live facial recognition technology
• 23andMe data breach: Hackers stole raw genotype data, health reports

Episode 331 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news regarding “the mother of all data breaches”, consisting of some 26 billion (yes, really) user names. From there the team discuss fake Biden robocalls and a swearing customer chatbot.

To wrap up, the team talk about the latest craze sweeping the gaming world – PalWorld.

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• ‘Mother of all breaches’ data leak reveals 26 billion account records stolen from Twitter, LinkedIn, more
• The Biden Deepfake Robocall Is Only the Beginning
• DPD error caused chatbot to swear at customer
• 'Pokémon with guns' sells 5m copies in three days

Episode 330 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks things off with talk around the potential for A.I poisoning, which could allow malicious actors to turn AI chatbots into ‘sleeper agents’. From there the team talk about eBay and a truly bizarre story involving spiders, cockroaches and death threats, as well as China’s crackdown on casino’s, which has led to an underground boom in crypto-casinos.

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• AI poisoning could turn open models into destructive “sleeper agents”
• Defending reality: Truth in an age of synthetic media
• eBay pays $3m fine in blogger harassment case
• China’s gambling crackdown spawned wave of illegal online casinos

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with Stuxnet – yes, after 20 plus years, we’re still talking about the infamous malware. From there, the team discuss news that artists and journalists are looking to collectively sue OpenAI around copyright theft – let’s see how that turns out.

To wrap up, the team discuss fake news on Twitter X via stolen gold-check mark accounts.

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• Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch government's knowledge
• More non-fiction authors are suing OpenAI and Microsoft
• Experts: 5% Chance AI Kills Us All
• Fake and Stolen X Gold Accounts Flood Dark Web

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that the EU are the next major governmental body to impose AI regulations, as countries around the world race to stay ahead of the technology. From there, the team discuss news that the BBC were able to make a version of ChatGPT which was capable of writing spam and phishing emails. 

From there the team discuss Securelist’s story of the year: Generative A.I and it’s impact on cyber-security.

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• EU agrees landmark deal on regulation of artificial intelligence
• ChatGPT tool could be abused by scammers and hackers
• Story of the year: the impact of AI on cybersecurity

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that hackers are paying to gain access to hotel booking[.]com portals. The hack is apparently so lucrative, they’re now advertising for access on the dark web. Additionally, the team discuss new content restriction laws being discussed in the U.K, with news that photo I.D may be required to access certain sites.

Additionally, this week the team sat down with Vidit Gujrathi, Chess grandmaster and Maher Yamout, Lead Security Researcher at Kaspersky to talk about Chess, cyber-security and how the two are more connected than you might think.

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• Booking[.]com hackers increase attacks on customers
• UK porn watchers could have faces scanned

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast begins with news that General Electric are investigating claims of a data breach, found it was found that an attacker was selling access to the business for just $500.  From there, the team discuss how U.S police forces are returning $9 million in seized crypto assets back to victims of ‘pig butchery’ scams. 

To wrap up the team discuss how to stay safe online with tools like Duck Duck Go and Brave and they also sit down with David Emm to discuss APT predictions for 2024.

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• General Electric investigates claims of cyber attack, data theft
• US cybercops take on 'pig butchering' org, return $9M in crypto
• Cyber-attack leaves home sales in limbo
• How to Make Your Web Searches More Secure and Private
• Advanced threat predictions for 2024

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with two stories around, you guessed it: Artificial Intelligence. To kick things off, the team discuss news that YouTube are testing a tool, allowing selected users to create audio from musicians. The second story focuses on YouTube’s decision to force creators to label when AI content is used in their videos. 

Following that, the team also look at an insightful story around hacking and drug smuggling and how QR codes were (once again) leveraged by criminals in order to dupe victims out of their cash.

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• YouTube tests AI tool that clones pop stars' voices
• YouTube Now Requires Creators To Label AI Content
• How a Hacker Helped Cocaine Traffickers Infiltrate Europe’s Biggest Ports
• Woman targeted in £13k railway station QR code scam

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with META (aka, Facebook and Instagram) will now require political advertisers to mark when they use deepfakes. From there, the team discuss how META and Google are being sued for “spying” in Irish courts. 

To wrap up the team discuss two final stories – the first around the Royal ransomware gang siphoning off over $200M in ransom payments and the second on the recent cyber-attack against DP World – a port operator in Australia.

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• Meta requires political advertisers to mark when deepfakes used
• Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland
• Royal ransomware asked 350 victims to pay $275 million
• Port operator gradually restarting operations around Australia after cyber-attack