A Shot in the Bot with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 7th., 2024

Episode 188

This week we blast off with a couple of stories that would make movies like Top Gun and Armageddon appear tame in comparison. This just might be where reality surpasses fiction.
From there we move to a couple of US healthcare providers that are doing their utmost to help other nation states get familiar with your particulars. One was an actual breach but the other was just dumb.
Then we learn about sharing... or… we learn we are sharing, as it seems that almost 50% of Internet traffic is not even of human origin…. and the growing pain of proving we are human!
Google updates two factor authentication (2FA) so that you don’t have to worry about sim swaps compromising you and finally things to do to lessen the probability that you might have spyware running on your iPhone.
This week’s update is a shot in the bot, but you know what?  You’re going to love it!

Find the full transcript to the podcast here.