Hacking Humans11 Mai 2023

Remedies for infectious computers.

Our guest, CW Walker, Director of Security Product Strategy at SpyCloud, joins to discuss post-infection remediation and ransomware defense. Joe compliments one of his least favorite big tech companies. Joe and Dave share quite a bit of follow-up; one from listener Clayton who writes in about “fast idiots” from a previous episode. The other is from listener Robert, who writes in about the wallet versus smart phone debate, and which is safer. Joe shares a few stories this week, all regarding ATM scams and lost or stolen credit cards including his own sons ATM nightmare. Dave's scary story is on the latest hot topic in the cyber industry: AI, and how families are being scammed by believable voice AI to sound like loved ones. Listener Michael shares this week's catch of the day on an IRS scam he came across in his email. Links to stories: Chase Bank didn't believe customers with accounts drained by ATM 'tap' feature scam Lost or Stolen Credit, ATM, and Debit Cards Family targeted by AI scam using loved one’s voice Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter.

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Digital assets that are cryptographically protected on a blockchain and contain unique identification codes and metadata that makes them one of a kind.

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multi-factor authentication (noun) [Word Notes]

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The fight in the dog.

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machine learning (noun) [Word Notes]

A programming technique where the developer doesn't specify each step of the algorithm in code, but instead teaches the algorithm to learn from the experience.

1 Jun 20216min

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intelligence (noun) [Word Notes]

The process of turning raw information into intelligence products that leaders use to make decisions with.

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