Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 58

In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss Facebook’s Portal, chain letters on Facebook, Google+ being killed, and more.

After a week-long business trip, the Transatlantic Cable podcast returns to its regularly scheduled programming. You know the rules, infosec and hot takes in 20 minutes or less.

In the 58th edition of the podcast, Dave and I bid farewell to Google+, have a surprising conversation about Facebook’s new home video chat service, and discuss another zero-day discovered and disclosed by Kaspersky Lab. For the full text of the stories, please click the links below.

Tips

How to eavesdrop on a neural network

The Whisper Leak attack allows its perpetrator to guess the topic of your conversation with an AI assistant — without decrypting the traffic. We explore how this is possible, and what you can do to protect your AI chats.

The pros and cons of AI-powered browsers

A race between tech giants is unfolding before our very eyes. Who’ll be the first to transform the browser into an AI assistant app? As you test these new products, be sure to consider their enormous impact on security and privacy.