Podcast Episodes

Artificial General Intelligence and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 8th., 2025

Season 5 Episode 237

EP 237. 

DeepMind just released a 108-page manual on not getting wiped out by our own invention.  Highlighting the fact that planning for an AI apocalypse could now be a core business line function.
Si…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

EP 236.5 Deep dive - Unexplainable disappearances and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 1st., 2025

Season 5 Episode 236

1. What are some recent major cryptocurrency hacks, and how were they carried out?

High-profile crypto breaches include Bybit (~$1.5B), Ronin Network ($625M), and Poly Network ($611M). Attackers explo…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Unexplainable disappearances and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 1st., 2025

Season 5 Episode 236

EP 236

For the Biggest Crypto Hacks it turns out “HODL” doesn’t protect you from miscreants with social engineering degrees.
Hackers are now coding in Rust and Go, because multilingual malware is hard…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

EP 235.5 Deep Dive. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update and a Gene Genie for the Week Ending March 25th., 2025

Season 5 Episode 235

Privacy Risks of 23andMe Bankruptcy

A breach impacting 7 million users, coupled with lawsuits and financial distress, means 23andMe’s 15 million genetic profiles could be sold or misused under a new b…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update and a Gene Genie for the Week Ending March 25th., 2025

Season 5 Episode 235

EP 235

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update and a Gene Genie for the Week Ending March 25th., 2025

3/25/2025

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DNA of 15 Million People For Sa…

Published on 9 months ago

EP 234.5 Deep Dive. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 18th., 2025

Season 5 Episode 234

1. Why Should I Change My Passwords Immediately?

Recent studies show that around 50% of online passwords are already compromised, and 41% of successful logins involve breached credentials. Common pass…

Published on 9 months ago

For the other 50%. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 18th., 2025

Season 5 Episode 234

EP 234

For the other 50%.  The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 18th., 2025

3/18/2025

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Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Deep Dive. Keep it Safe. Featuring 21 Crypto scams to avoid. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 11th., 2025

Season 5 Episode 233

EP 233.5

Key Cryptocurrency Threats & Scams
In 2025, crypto remains a hotspot for scams like Ponzi schemes, fake ICOs, pump-and-dumps, phishing attacks, and malicious wallets or exchanges designed to …

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Keep it Safe. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 11th., 2025

Season 5 Episode 233

EP 233

This week...  is seized Crypto Linked to LastPass? Feds pocket $23M in hot crypto—but with hackers still sitting on hundreds of millions, it’s like finding loose change in the couch.
Signal’s bo…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

EP 232.5 Deep Dive - See for Miles and Miles with The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 4th., 2025

Season 5 Episode 232

How did Microsoft's Copilot expose private GitHub repositories, and what are the risks?

Copilot accessed over 20,000 private GitHub repositories due to cached data from when they were public. Even aft…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago