Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 140

Dave and Jeff talk about the UK government considering the use of artificial intelligence for espionage, Google’s continued fight against COVID-19 phishing, and more Zoom headaches.

Kaspersky podcast: Google continues to tackle COVID-19-related phishing

In episode 140 of the podcast, Jeff and Dave talk about the UK government’s attempt to tackle terrorism and spying through the use of artificial intelligence. They also look at Google’s fight against COVID-19 spam — there’s a lot of it out there!

In addition, they present some recent Kaspersky research that indicates fraudsters are creating legitimate-looking phishing e-mails pretending to be news about recent online purchases.

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