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AI Attacks, Fake Hires & the Phish That Fooled LastPass
Description
A hacker didn't need a team of experts. They just needed to convince an AI chatbot they were a penetration tester. What followed was the systematic breach of ten Mexican government agencies, 150GB of stolen data, and records touching 195 million people — more than the entire population of Mexico. That's just one of the stories this week on The Awareness Angle — the weekly cyber news podcast that focuses on the human side of security.
This week we also cover:
- The LastPass phishing campaign that doesn't ask for your password — it warns you someone else is stealing it, then harvests it anyway
- How the TfL hack in 2024 actually affected 10 million people, despite "some customers" being the official line for over a year
- The Odido data breach that triggered AI-voiced compensation scams within days of the data going public
- Why Meta Ray-Ban glasses may have captured intimate moments that ended up reviewed by contractors in Kenya
- How North Korea is using voice changers, Face Swap and AI-generated CVs to get hired by Western companies
- A QR code phishing email so well crafted it uses your company logo and a unique code tied to your email address
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:01 Podcast Intro
00:02:15 Breach of the Week – Star Citizen Data Breach
00:06:28 Hackers Use Claude AI to Breach Mexican Government
00:11:32 Fake LastPass Support Email Phishing Campaign
00:17:33 TfL Hack Affected 10 Million People
00:22:57 Odido Breach Triggers AI Scam Calls
00:27:57 Meta Ray-Ban Glasses Contractor Review
00:36:48 North Korea Using AI to Fake Job Interviews
00:40:51 Phish of the Week – QR Code Unlogged Work Hours
00:45:48 The Admin Password That Wasn't
00:47:22 Free PDF Converters and the 637 Cookies You Didn't Agree To
00:52:36 Dunning-Kruger and Why Users Click
00:55:26 The PayPal Two-Step Scam
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