Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 44

In this edition, Jeff and Dave discuss third parties reading your Gmail, Samsung’s SMS app leaking photos, NYC pranksters, and more.

In the 44th edition of the Kaspersky Lab Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I touch base about some of the finer things in life including ice cream and privacy. The stories we look at focus on “hackers” in NYC, Samsung phones sending pics without users knowing, third parties reading your Gmail, and more. For the full stories that we covered, please click the links below.

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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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