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Why You Don't Need to Worry About Your Phone Exploding: Debunking The Exploding Pager Incident

Supply Chain Sabotage: The Exploding Pager Incident, Instagram’s New Teen Privacy Measures

| | Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, education, Episodes, Explosives, Hezbollah, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, lebanon, Meta, Pagers, parental controls, Parents, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, social media, Social Media Safety, Social Media Security, social network, technology, teens, Weekly Edition
In Episode 347, we discuss the recent alarming incidents involving exploding pagers targeting Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, which resulted in multiple casualties. We clarify why this is not a cyber attack and ...
Shared Security Podcast
AT&T Data Breach Hits 110 Million Customers: What You Need to Know

Massive AT&T Data Breach Impact, Meta’s Privacy Policy Updates

| | AI, ATT, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, GDPR, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, Meta, Patreon, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Privacy Policies, Privacy Policy, security, snowflake, technology, Weekly Edition
In episode 339, hosts Tom Eston and Scott Wright discuss the massive AT&T data breach affecting 110 million customers, which is larger than a previous breach from March affecting 73 million customers ...
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Who's to Blame for Hacked Social Media Accounts?

Who’s to Blame for Hacked Social Media Accounts, Spoofed Online Meeting Requests and Malware

| | , Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, google, hacked, Hacking, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, Malware, Meeting Invite, Meta, Microsoft Teams, online, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, rat, RATs, remote-access Trojan, security, social media, Spoofed Online Meetings, spoofing, Teams, technology, Weekly Edition, Zoom
In episode 320, Tom and Scott discuss the contentious issue of who is accountable when Facebook or Instagram accounts are hacked, discussing potential failings on both the user’s and Meta’s part. They ...
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Facebook/Insta FAIL — ‘Anonymous Sudan’ has a Super Tuesday: ‘We Did It.’

| | Anonymous, Anonymous Hacking Collective, Anonymous Sudan, API Authentication, API Authentication Errors, API Authorization, Application DDoS, application-layer DDoS attacks, Cloud DDoS, cloud outage, ddos, DDoS attack, DDoS attacks, Downtime and outages, facebook, Facebook accounts, facebook breach, facebook instagram hack, , Facebook outage, Instagram, Instagram outage, instagram vulnerability, Internet outage, internet outages, InternetOutage, Meta, Meta Networks, outage, Outage Investigation, outages, SB Blogwatch, Storm-1359, Stupidity of Instagram, Threads
Shooper Choosday: Was yesterday’s Meta outage outrage caused by a Russian DDoS? ...
Security Boulevard
Get to Know Me: The Social Media Trend and Its Privacy Risks

‘Get to Know Me’ Privacy Risks, Pros and Cons of Publicly Sharing Ring Doorbell Footage

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In episode 318, we discuss the trending ‘get to know me’ posts on social media platforms like Instagram and the potential risks of sharing personal information publicly, particularly in light of potential ...
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Parental Consent for Social Media: Ohio's Controversial Law

Ohio’s New Social Media Law, Meta’s Link History Feature, 175 Million Passcode Guesses

| | Apple, brute-force attack, children, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, iPhone, Link History, Meta, Ohio, Ohio Social Media Law, Ottawa, passcode, Passcodes, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, social media, technology, Teenagers, Weekly Edition
In episode 312, Tom and Scott discuss the implications of a new law in Ohio that may require parental consent for children under 16 using social media, including the pros and cons ...
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Meta Sued for Ignoring its Underage Kids Problem (Because Money)

| | child, child identity theft, child online privacy, Child Online Safety, Child protection, Child Safety, child security online, children, children online, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), children's privacy, Coppa, facebook, Instagram, Meta, online safety for children, Privacy, privacy children, Rights of Children, Safety Of Children, SB Blogwatch, Won’t somebody think of the children?
Don’t be square: Newly-unsealed COPPA suit says Zuck’s mob knows full well there are loads of users under the age of 13, but did nothing ...
Security Boulevard
Paying Big Tech for Privacy, New Privacy Policy Study, Biden's Executive Order on AI

Paying Big Tech for Privacy, New Privacy Policy Study, Biden’s Executive Order on AI

| | AI, Biden, Big Tech, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Excutive Order, facebook, GDPR, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, Meta, NordVPN, Pay for Privacy, Pay or OK, Pay-or-Ads, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Privacy Policies, Privacy Policy, regulation, security, technology, Weekly Edition
In this week’s episode of the Shared Security Podcast, hosts Tom Eston, Scott Wright and Kevin Johnson tackle a number of topics related to AI, privacy and security. They begin with an ...
Shared Security Podcast
Future-Proofing Your Career: Navigating AI in the Workplace | Is Your Job at Risk?

Is My Boss Spying on Me, Instagram Painting Scam, Kia and Hyundai TikTok Challenge

| | AI, Car theft, Car Thefts, cars, Cyber Security, cybercriminals, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Hyundai, Hyundai Challenge, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, Kia, Kia and Hyundai Challenge, Kia Challenge, Painting Scam, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, scam, Scams, security, social media, surveillance, technology, TikTok, Viral, Weekly Edition, Workplace, Workplace Surveillance
In this episode, we explore the growing trend of AI surveillance in corporations, where cutting-edge technology is used to monitor employees, optimize productivity, and raise ethical concerns. Next, we uncover a disturbing ...
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Meta's Threads and Your Privacy, Airline Reservation Scams, IDOR Srikes Back

Meta’s Threads and Your Privacy, Airline Reservation Scams, IDOR Srikes Back

| | airline, Airline Reservation, alarm, Alarm System, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Data Tracking, Digital Privacy, Eaton, Episodes, facebook, Flight, Fraud, idor, Information Security, Infosec, insecure-direct-object-reference, Instagram, Meta, owasp, OWASP Top 10, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, scam, Scams, SecureConnect, security, Smart Alarm, technology, Threads, Twitter, vulnerability, Weekly Edition
In this episode, we explore the rise of Threads, a new social media app developed by Meta, which has already attracted 10 million users in just seven hours. However, there’s a catch ...
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