Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 315

In episode 315 the team discuss UK government U-turns, MGM hit by cyber-attack & Microsoft popups

In episode 315 the team discuss UK government U-turns, MGM hit by cyber-attack & Microsoft popups

Episode 315 of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast kicks off with a possible U-turn from the British government and end-to-end encryption. From there discussion moves MGM resorts being hit by a cyber-attack.

Following on from that, discussion moves to Microsoft’s odd decision to add pop-up ads for Edge into Windows and a supermarket in the UK had to recall a brand of snacks, as the website on the packaging led to a, shall we say, ‘not very child friendly’ website.

Also, there’s a discussion with David Emm, security researcher in GReAT about Q2 IT Threat Evolution report from Securelist.

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