Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 56

In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss predators heading to Fortnite, Firefox telling you if you have been hacked, and more.

For the 56th edition of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Jeff and Dave dive into a lot of new trends — some alarming, some good — that have popped up over the week.

For the bad news, the guys take a look at how sexual predators are using Fortnite to stalk victims, how fake support scams are swindling Brits out of money, and how developers can still read your Gmail along with a secret sync. On the bright side, Firefox has teamed up with Have I Been Pwned to tell users if their data has been exposed in a data breach.

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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