Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 210

Dave, Ahmed and Jeff discuss Interpol’s urge for unity over ransomware, a new SolarWinds bug, Right to Repair and much more.

Dave, Ahmed and Jeff discuss Interpol’s urge for unity over ransomware, a new SolarWinds bug, Right to Repair and much more.

In this week’s episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed, Jeff and I are back around the virtual round table to talk all things cyber.

We kick this week’s episode off with the news that Interpol are urging countries to unite against the ransomware pandemic. From there, we look at how a hacker going by the alias ‘integra’ is offering 26.99 bitcoins (nearly $1 million USD at the time of writing) for zero-days and undetectable RATs (remote access Trojans).

From there, we look at a recently patched SolarWinds vulnerability and news that Tencent (a Chinese gaming behemoth) is looking to use facial recognition software to stop children playing past a certain time. To close, we discuss the recent news around the Right to Repair movement in America and Europe.

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