{"id":28121,"date":"2020-10-14T18:33:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T16:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/transatlantic-cable-podcast-166\/28121\/"},"modified":"2020-10-14T18:33:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T16:33:52","slug":"transatlantic-cable-podcast-166","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/transatlantic-cable-podcast-166\/28121\/","title":{"rendered":"Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 166"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We kick off this week\u2019s edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?s=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>Transatlantic Cable<\/em> podcast<\/a> by looking at an active scam in the UK. As if 2020 was not bad enough, now people need to be on the lookout for scams that are targeting them with travel and refunds that are more prevalent with everyone at home due to COVID-19 \u2014 and the impact on people\u2019s wallets is continuing to get bigger.<\/p>\n<p>From there, we jump across the Atlantic to Springfield, Massachusetts, whose school system was hit with ransomware. The only ones happy in this story were the kids who got an impromptu snow day.<\/p>\n<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"category_for_banner\" value=\"kart\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>We stay in the US for our third story, this about Google\u2019s sharing of crime-related search data with law enforcement. To close things out, we take a look at some leaked source code from Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked the podcast, please consider subscribing or sharing with your friends. For more information on the stories that we covered, please visit the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2020\/oct\/11\/scammers-exploit-covid-to-steal-from-stressed-bank-customers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Scammers exploit COVID to steal from stressed bank customers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/massachusetts-school-district-shut-down-by-ransomware-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Massachusetts school district shut down by ransomware attack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/google-is-giving-data-to-police-based-on-search-keywords-court-docs-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/microsoft\/windows-xp-and-server-2003-compiled-from-leaked-source-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Windows XP and Server 2003 compiled from leaked source code<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16400888\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00a88e\/\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"podcast-subscribe\"><a data-omniture-download-button-type=\"TrialBuilds\" data-omniture-product-name=\"podcast-itunes\" class=\"itunes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/talk-security\/id909407206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/kaspersky-embeds\/img\/button-subscribe-apple.png\"><\/a><a 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