{"id":18787,"date":"2021-09-15T18:23:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/transatlantic-cable-podcast-219\/18787\/"},"modified":"2021-09-15T18:23:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:23:49","slug":"transatlantic-cable-podcast-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/transatlantic-cable-podcast-219\/18787\/","title":{"rendered":"Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 219"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?s=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kaspersky <em>Transatlantic Cable<\/em> podcast<\/a>, Ahmed, Dave, and I head to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out the app our <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XfR9iY5y94s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">friends down under<\/a> use for their COVID passports is spoofable \u2014 and the researcher who found it has been ghosted by government officials he reached out to. From there, we jump into the world of gangs using Instagram for a variety of illicit activities \u2014 spoiler: Many involve guns that would make a <em>Warzone<\/em> player envious.<\/p>\n<p>After a brief quiz intermission, we get back to the stories, one of which involves an interesting mix of crypto and a press release. In this segment, we look at a press release noting Walmart\u2019s new policy of accepting Litecoin as a payment method. The news set Litecoin\u2019s price soaring, but the news was fake. Seems that press release company will need to enlist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scooby-Doo!_Mystery_Incorporated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mystery, Inc.<\/a>, to learn how it got onto their wires.\u00a0 Our fourth story heads back to Texas for the second week in a row, where it seems the Texas Right to Life website has inadvertently leaked the r\u00e9sum\u00e9s of job applicants.<\/p>\n<p>Sticking with the theme of information leaks, we jump into the world of fast food in the United Kingdom. You see, McDonald\u2019s seems to have accidentally exposed a database password to its Monopoly contest winners. Surprisingly, no interns were hurt in their statement on what went wrong. Naturally, we then close out the podcast debating the toys in Happy Meals.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked what you heard, please consider subscribing and sharing with your friends. For more information on the stories we covered, see the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/spoofing-bug-cybersecurity-vaccine-passports\/169287\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Spoofing bug highlights cybersecurity for digital vaccine passports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/dyvq7y\/instagram-buy-guns-stories-live-gang-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">How Instagram became the epicenter of a violent gang war<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-58545944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fake Walmart news release claimed it would accept cryptocurrency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/09\/07\/texas-right-to-life-website-exposed-job-applicants-resumes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Texas Right to Life website exposed job applicants\u2019 resumes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/mcdonalds-leaks-password-for-monopoly-vip-database-to-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">McDonald\u2019s leaks password for Monopoly VIP database to winners<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20481149\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/00a88e\/\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"podcast-subscribe\"><a data-omniture-download-button-type=\"TrialBuilds\" data-omniture-product-name=\"podcast-itunes\" class=\"itunes\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/talk-security\/id909407206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/kaspersky-embeds\/img\/button-subscribe-apple.png\"><\/a><a 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