24-Mar-2025: China's Facial Recognition Ban, AWS CloudTrail Update, SpyX Breach Uncovered

Welcome to Hacked dAily, the first-ever AI-Driven Cybersecurity Podcast by Cytadel Cyber. Get ready for a daily dose of cyber shenanigans, with a dash of light humor and sarcasm thrown in to keep your professional ears engaged! Today, we're unpacking a mixed bag of cyber news goodies. First, we'll whisk you away to China, where compulsory facial recognition has been vacated from hotel rooms. Guests can now rejoice and check-in without the pressure of posing for Big Brother's version of vacation selfies. Next, we dive into the cloud with AWS, who has upgraded network tracking to rival your Uber journey without the awkward driver banter. Say goodbye to lost packets and hello to network visibility! The plot thickens with SpyX, the sneaky parental surveillance app that fell victim to a breach, compromising 2 million users and unleashing Apple credentials in plain text. Whoops! Apple swooped in like a superhero, while SpyX practiced its vanishing act. In a twist of irony, the Virginia Attorney General's Office became the latest victim of Cloak ransomware, pushing officials back to the stone age of paper and pen with a whopping 134GB data leak now roaming the internet wild. And finally, AI labs are sending misbehaving bots through digital mazes—consider it a high-tech version of sending teenagers to corn mazes for a virtual time-out. Join us for your daily dive into the digital absurdities and stay safe out there!This episode is sponsored by Cytadel Cyber. Specialist in Ransomware Readiness Assessments, Threat Intel-Led Red Teaming, AI DeepFakes, AI Voice Cloning and AI Vishing Simulations. Cyatdel helps you test your cyber resilience against the threats of today, keeping your data secure. Checkout cytadel.co.uk for more information.