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The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
Into year 7 for this award-winning, light-hearted, lightweight AI privacy and security podcast that spans the globe in terms of issues covered, with topics that draw in everyone from executive to newbie, to tech specialist. For season 7, we've renamed the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update to the AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update to better reflect the content. Your investment of between 15 and 20 minutes a week will bring you up to speed on half a dozen current AI privacy and security…
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- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
The Super Intelligent IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending August 26th., 2025
EP 257. In this week’s Super Intelligent IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update: Halo X's AI-powered glasses redefine digital assistance with real-time…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 256.5. Deep Dive. EP 256 The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending August 19th., 2025 and Something Phishy
Phishing Training Effectiveness: A study of over 19,000 employees showed traditional phishing training has limited impact, improving scam detection by just…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending August 19th., 2025 and ... Something Phishy
EP 256. Freshly Phished this week... A study with thousands of test subjects showed phishing training has minimal impact on scam detection. The results are…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 255.5 Deep Dive. Sweet Thing and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending August 12th., 2025
How AI Can Inadvertently Expose Personal Data AI tools often unintentionally leak private information. For example, meeting transcription software can include…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
Sweet Thing and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending August 12th., 2025
EP 255 For this week's sweet update we start with AI tools that are quietly transcribing your meetings, but what happens when your offhand jokes end up in the…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 254.5 Deep Dive Tea for Six Point Two and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending August 5th., 2025
1. Scrutiny of the "Tea" Dating App The women-focused dating app "Tea" faces backlash after two data breaches exposed 72,000 sensitive images and 1.1 million…
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Tea for Six Point Two with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending August 5th., 2025
EP 254. In this week's update: Despite back-to-back data breaches and legal blowback, women are still queuing up by the millions for Tea. This is one hot…
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EP 253.5 Deep Dive. Buggin' out with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 29th., 2025
Germany’s Tech-Driven Warfare & Ethical Implications Germany is integrating AI, robotics, and human-machine teaming into its military, deploying tech like…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
Buggin' out with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 29th., 2025
EP 253. In this update we find out that... Germany’s military is diving into sci-fi territory with AI-powered robots and spy cockroaches. What futuristic…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 252.5 Deep Dive. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 22nd., 2025 and no Trucks
A single compromised password led to the collapse of 158-year-old UK logistics firm KNP, after hackers—suspected to be the Akira gang—used it to gain access…
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The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 22nd., 2025 and no Trucks.
EP 252. In this week's update: A single compromised password enabled ransomware actors to bankrupt a 158-year-old British logistics firm, exposing the…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 251.5 Deep Dive,. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update, with a side of Fries, for the Week Ending July 15th., 2025
Significant Data Breaches and Vulnerabilities McDonald's AI-driven hiring platform, Olivia (by Paradox.ai), exposed 64 million applicant records due to weak…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update, with a side of Fries, for the Week Ending July 15th., 2025
EP 251. This week's update with a side of Fries.... McDonald’s AI-driven hiring platform faces scrutiny after a critical security flaw exposed millions of…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 250.5 Deep Dive. Cry me an AI. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 8th., 2025
Emerging Trends in Privacy, Security, and AI Decentralized, Offline Messaging with Bitchat Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat is a privacy-first messaging app that bypasses…
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EP 250. Cry me an AI. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 8th., 2025
This week takes us from blueteeth to AI emotional support Jack Dorsey’s innovative Bitchat app pioneers secure, internet-free messaging via Bluetooth…
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EP 249.5 Deep Dive. Loadsa Money. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 1st., 2025
North Korean IT Worker Fraud Scheme: The U.S. Department of Justice uncovered a covert North Korean operation involving IT workers fraudulently securing remote…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 249. Loadsa Money. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 1st., 2025
This week we've got loads of news and loadsa money! North Korean IT workers secretly landed remote jobs at over 100 U.S. tech companies, funneling millions to…
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EP 248.5 Deep Dive. No Telly. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending June 24th., 2025
What are the latest trends in large-scale cyberattacks, and how can individuals help prevent them? Large-scale cyberattacks, especially Distributed Denial of…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 248. No Telly. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending June 24th., 2025
In this week's update: A massive 7.3Tbps DDoS attack overwhelmed a Cloudflare customer’s site with 37.4 terabytes of junk traffic in just 45 seconds…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 247.5 Deep Dive Broken Windows. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending June 17th., 2025
Windows Hello's Facial Authentication Update Microsoft updated Windows Hello to require both infrared and color cameras for facial authentication, addressing a…
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Broken Windows. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending June 17th., 2025
EP 247. ... and in this update, Microsoft has updated Windows Hello to require both infrared and color cameras for facial authentication, improving security by…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 246.5 Deep Dive. OverReach. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending June 10th., 2025
Meta and Yandex covertly tracked Android users through their apps, which listened silently on local ports to intercept browsing data and link online activities…
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Overreach. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending June 10th., 2025
EP 246 ...And in this update, the subject of overreach. Just last week, Meta and Yandex ceased covert tracking practices on Android apps that exploited…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP245.5 Deep Dive. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update Explodes for the Week Ending June 3rd., 2025
Recent digital developments show a growing gap between technological innovation and the protections needed to safeguard privacy, autonomy, and society at…
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The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update "Explodes" for the Week Ending June 3rd., 2025
EP 245 In this week's update: A trove of sensitive Russian nuclear facility documents was unintentionally published through a government procurement site…
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EP 244.5 The "Rain on me" Deep Dive from The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 27th., 2025
Emerging Trends in Technology, Privacy, and Security Recent developments are reshaping our understanding of what technology can achieve—and the risks that come…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
Rain on me. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 27th., 2025
EP 244. In this week's update: AI is rewriting the rules of meteorology, with new models like GraphCast showing potential to accurately predict weather up to…
The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly UpdatePhysical Security Checklist for High-Value Crypto Wallet Signers
What physical security measures are recommended for protecting high-value wallet signers' homes? Recommendations include implementing a high-security safe…
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EP 243.5 Deep Dive. You found What in my What? The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 20th., 2025
Cybersecurity Evolution: Cybersecurity has evolved from early academic and hobbyist roots—like 1970s viruses and 1980s ransomware—to defending against today's…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
You found What in my What? The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 20th., 2025
EP 243. In this week's update: A History of Cybersecurity From Cold War codebreakers to cloud-native firewalls, the story of cybersecurity is a decades-long…
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EP 242.5 Deep Dive Flying with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 13th., 2025
The evolving digital and geopolitical landscape reveals mounting tensions between innovation, privacy, and national security. A proposed $400 million private…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
Flying with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 13th., 2025
EP 242. In this week's update: A luxury aircraft gift from Qatar to Trump highlights the hidden cost of “free” when it comes to retrofitting for U.S…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 241.5 Deep Dive Cheap Sunglasses and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 26th., 2025
Wearable technology like Ray-Ban Meta glasses presents significant privacy concerns by enabling frequent data collection without clear user controls…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
Cheap Sunglasses and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 6th., 2025
EP 241. In this week's update: Smile, You’re Training Zuck’s AI. Meta quietly rewrote the fine print so your Ray-Bans can help train its AI by default—just say…
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EP 240.5 Deep Dive: Thank you. Next. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 29th., 2025
Recent data breaches have had significant impacts. WorkComposer, an employee monitoring app, exposed over 21 million sensitive employee screenshots due to a…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
Thank you. Next. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 29th., 2025
EP 240. For this week's update: A major employee monitoring tool suffered a data breach, exposing over 21 million sensitive screenshots due to a misconfigured…
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EP 239.5 Deep Dive Crocodilus and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 22nd., 2025
“Crocodilus” is a new Android malware aimed at cryptocurrency wallet users, notably in Spain and Turkey but potentially worldwide. It impersonates legitimate…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
Crocodilus and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 22nd., 2025
EP 239. This week: Emerging Android malware “Crocodilus” is targeting crypto wallet users in Spain and Turkey with deceptive apps that hijack seed phrases and…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 238.5 Deep Dive - The IT Privacy and Security 'Times Are a Changin' Weekly Update for the Week Ending April15th., 2025
What personal information was compromised in the Hertz breach? The breach exposed customer names, birth dates, contact info, driver's licenses, payment cards…
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The IT Privacy and Security 'Times Are a Changin' Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 15th., 2025
This week, Hertz lost your driver's license, birthday, and maybe your Social Security number—but don’t worry, it was their vendor’s fault. Boarding passes and…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 237.5 Deep Dive: Artificial General Intelligence and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 8th., 2025
1. Concerns About AGI Development DeepMind’s 108-page report outlines four major risks of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): Misuse: AGI used maliciously…
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Artificial General Intelligence and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 8th., 2025
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…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 236.5 Deep dive - Unexplainable disappearances and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 1st., 2025
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)…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
Unexplainable disappearances and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending April 1st., 2025
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…
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EP 235.5 Deep Dive. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update and a Gene Genie for the Week Ending March 25th., 2025
Privacy Risks of 23andMe Bankruptcy A breach impacting 7 million users, coupled with lawsuits and financial distress, means 23andMe’s 15 million genetic…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update and a Gene Genie for the Week Ending March 25th., 2025
EP 235 The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update and a Gene Genie for the Week Ending March 25th., 2025 3/25/2025 0 Comments EP 235. - click the pic to hear…
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EP 234.5 Deep Dive. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 18th., 2025
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…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
For the other 50%. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 18th., 2025
EP 234 For the other 50%. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 18th., 2025 3/18/2025 0 Comments EP 234 - click the pic to hear…
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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
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…
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Keep it Safe. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 11th., 2025
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…
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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
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…
- The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update
EP 232 You can see for Miles and Miles with The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 4th., 2025
This week: Microsoft’s Copilot is living up to its name—because apparently, once it gets a glimpse of your code, it just can't unsee it. Hackers just turned…
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EP 231.5 The Deep Dive into The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending February 25th., 2025 goes Coconuts
Which AI chatbots pose the biggest privacy risks, and what data are they collecting and sharing? A recent study revealed that all top ten AI chatbots on the…
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The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending February 25th., 2025 goes Coconuts
EP 231 This week we wonder which chatbot takes "sharing is caring" a little too far. Turns out some of them are spilling secrets faster than the office gossip…
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EP 230.5 Deep Dive - The 'Secrets' of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending February 18th., 2025
1. What happened with Elon Musk's DOGE (.gov) website, and why is it significant? DOGE's official website, doge.gov, suffered a significant security breach due…
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EP 230 The 'Secrets' of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending February 18th., 2025
In this week's update: Musk's DOGE website gets more editing than his tweets. Employees sharing secrets with AI chatbots prove humans haven't learned anything…
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EP 229.5 Deep Dive into Trashed; IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for The Week Ending February 11th 2025
Frequently Asked Questions: Privacy, Security, and the State of Tech (Early 2025) 1. What is "SparkCat" and why is it significant? SparkCat is malware…
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Trashed. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for The Week Ending February 11th., 2025
Episode 229 If your seed phrase was in your photo gallery, congratulations! You might have just funded North Korea's next Missile launch. The UK government…
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EP 228.5 Deep Dive The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for The Week Ending February 4th 2025 From DeepSeek to Dispair
What is the primary concern regarding the use of WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging apps recently? Recent reports indicate that spyware, specifically…
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EP 228 The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for The Week Ending February 4th 2025: From DeepSeek to Despair
First, for some, it looks like WhatsApp chats weren’t just end-to-end encrypted—they also came with a side of espionage. Then... your heart monitor might be…