{"id":15690,"date":"2019-04-17T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/transatlantic-cable-podcast-88\/15690\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T09:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T09:59:54","slug":"transatlantic-cable-podcast-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/transatlantic-cable-podcast-88\/15690\/","title":{"rendered":"Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 88"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s episode, David Emm, principal security researcher at Kaspersky Lab\u2019s GReAT, joins David, while Jeff takes some time off to recover from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/tag\/sas-2019\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Security Analyst Summit 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the podcast, David and David look at a new report from Bloomberg that reveals Amazon is using auditors to listen in on Amazon Echo recordings to fine-tune Alexa. They then look at how a UK government agency forgot to use BCC and accidentally sent sensitive personal information to strangers.<\/p>\n<p>They also look at how an app that is supposed to turn your car into a smart car turned out to be not so smart \u2014 it used hard-coded passwords.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy the podcast, consider subscribing and sharing with your friends who need more regular updates on security. For the full text of the stories, please visit the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/amazon-auditors-listen-to-echo-recordings-report-says\/143696\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Amazon auditors listen to Echo recordings, new report says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-47888214\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">UK home office sorry for EU citizen data breach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/04\/08\/social_media_explanation\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">UK preps big Internet content laws<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/tens-of-thousands-of-cars-left-exposed-to-thieves-due-to-a-hardcoded-password\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Tens of thousands of cars left exposed due to hard-coded password<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" 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