What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast
What the Hack? Podcast

Data Security

The latest on data breaches and cybersecurity and data security by Adam K Levin.

Black Lives Matter malware
The U.S. and global protests of the killing of George Floyd are being used to spread malware according to the cybersecurity non-profit organization abuse.ch.  The...
lax cybersecurity
CIA-developed hacking tools stolen in 2016 were compromised by an organizational culture of lax cybersecurity, according to an internal memo. In a 2017 memo recently...
BlueLeaks
269 gigabytes of potentially sensitive data collected from more than 200 police departments across the country were leaked online last week. The data, called “BlueLeaks,”...
Contact tracing malware
Phony contact-tracing apps meant to mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic are installing ransomware on mobile devices. One app billed itself, “The Covid-19 Tracer...
Ransomware
We're not even halfway through 2020, and already it's been a record-breaking year for ransomware attacks. Barely a week goes by without reports of a new strain or variant...
Domain hack
There is no overestimating the value of your company's domain name. Whether you work for a big brand or run a mom-and-pop dot-com, the goal...
GPS location tracking
The NSA has issued a cybersecurity advisory about the use of location data on personal devices, social media accounts, mobile applications, as well as...
Simple spelling errors in URLs can expose you to phishing, malware, and other kinds of cyber trickery. In the latest episode of Third Certainty,...
Windows 7 EOL
The FBI warned in a private industry notification published August 3 that companies and organizations still using Windows 7 are at risk. Microsoft’s end of...
Business Email Compromise
Cybercriminals are increasingly registering email addresses with legitimate services and using them in the commission of business email compromise (BEC) attacks. A recent study of...