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.

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...
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...
Simple spelling errors in URLs can expose you to phishing, malware, and other kinds of cyber trickery. In the latest episode of Third Certainty,...
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...
spear phishing
With the arrest of 17-year-old hacker Graham Ivan Clark in Tampa, Florida and more than 30 charges later, we’re starting to get a better...
data leak
A collection of source code from companies including General Electric, Disney, Microsoft, Motorola, Qualcomm, Adobe, Nintendo and Microsoft has been aggregated and posted online.  The...
Email dots, pluses, and burners
If you find your personal email account bombarded with unwanted marketing emails, there’s a good chance your account was compromised in a breach. That...
Garmin ransomware
Navigation and wearable device company Garmin experienced a widespread outage after a successful ransomware attack July 23. Recent reports have confirmed that the outage was...
Chinese covid hacking
The U.S. Justice Department has accused two Chinese hackers of conducting a massive campaign of intellectual property theft, including Covid-19 vaccine research. In the indictment...
Cyberattacks are constantly getting more sophisticated. Barely a day goes by without news of an elite hacking team creating a more stealth exploit--malware, elaborate spear-phishing...