Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 287

Spam bots, GoDaddy hack, Twitter SMS 2FA and new research around kids’ attitudes to phishing – it’s the Transatlantic Cable!

Spam bots, GoDaddy hack, Twitter SMS 2FA and new research around kids’ attitudes to phishing – it’s the Transatlantic Cable!

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable starts with news that GoDaddy, one of the largest web hosting services, was hacked back in 2020 and the attackers were able to gain access to the back end of millions of websites, helping them to push malware and steal credentials.

Moving from there, the team look at news of the recent removal of SMS 2FA (two-factor authentication) from Twitter, sparking a fierce debate in the infosec world. There’s also discussion around spam bots in Instagram and the (final) death of Internet Explorer 11.

The team was also lucky enough to chat to David Emm, principle security researcher at Kaspersky, about new research around kids’ attitudes to fraud and security online.

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Cracked in under a minute: (nearly) every other password

We’ve revisited our study on the crackability of real-world passwords leaked on the dark web — originally conducted two years ago. The findings are sobering: nearly every other password can be cracked in under a minute, and three out of five take less than an hour. How can we move away from insecure passwords?

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