Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 77
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:32:31 +0000
In episode 77 of the Kaspersky Lab Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I look at stories that impact consumers from their wrists to their pockets and inboxes. The first story hits home for parents: the insecurity and subsequent recall in the European Union of ENOX Safe-KID-One smartwatches. Continuing, we stay on the insecurity bandwagon and discuss the lack of security in some webcam covers handed out at a conference from the NSA.
Do you think webcam covers that you get from security conferences are secure?
— Kaspersky Lab (@kaspersky) February 6, 2019
After that, we look at an upcoming iOS access change to device gyroscopes, followed by a potential security issue with Gmail that can be exploited by scammers. We close with a post that looks at a recent takedown of DDoS-for-hire services in the UK as part of a global initiative.
As always, we appreciate you tuning in. If you like the podcast, please feel free to subscribe below and share with your friends. Below are the links to the full texts that we discussed.
- EU orders recall of children’s smartwatch over severe privacy concerns
- NSA-branded webcam covers are see-through
- Apple plans to limit accelerometer and gyroscope access in Safari for iOS
- Scammer groups are exploiting Gmail “dot accounts” for online fraud
- Police raids target “hundreds of UK web attackers”
