Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 49

In this edition of the podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss the Black Hat USA conference, a downside of Fortnite coming to Android, the Reddit hack, and our latest report on the state of malware.

For the 49th edition of Kaspersky Lab’s Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I start out by talking about some of the panels I plan on attending at Black Hat USA later this week. As a reminder, we will have a few recap podcasts during the week to cover some of the topics, which include Twitter bot armies, hackable voting machines, and more. On the regular podcast agenda, we discuss a potential downside of Fortnite coming to Android, high speed Internet possibly causing insomnia, the Reddit hack, and some highlights from our Q2 Malware report. For the full stories discussed, please click the links below.

Tips

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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