They Walked Into the Law Firm, 23andMe Covered It Up & Your AI Can Be Hacked Through a Podcast

Solo episode this week. A fake UK visa website left 100,000 passports in an open folder online. iPhone thieves in London are now threatening victims' families to get them to remove Activation Lock. California has sued the company formerly known as 23andMe, alleging they paid the hacker in secret while telling customers everything was fine. A ChatGPT vulnerability lets attackers hide phishing links inside AI responses. A criminal group called Silent Ransom Group has been physically walking into US law firm offices dressed as IT support and plugging in USB drives. And researchers demonstrate AudioHijack - inaudible commands hidden inside podcasts, Zoom calls and music that AI assistants process as real instructions while you hear nothing.

Plus: a real Amber Alert that looked exactly like a phishing scam because the URL got clipped by a character limit, and how a TikToker's phone home screen told scammers exactly which bank to impersonate when they called him.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:04 SANS Security Awareness Summit - Official Media Partner Announcement
02:15 Flying Solo This Week
02:45 Breach of the Week - UK Visa Portal Leaks 100,000 Passports
04:34 London iPhone Theft - Thieves Are Now Threatening Your Family
09:42 23andMe - California Sues Over the Cover-Up, Not Just the Breach
15:47 ChatGPhish - Attackers Hiding Phishing Links Inside ChatGPT
21:31 Silent Ransom Group - Criminals Walking Into Law Firm Offices
27:36 AudioHijack - The AI Commands Hidden in Sounds You Can't Hear
34:50 Amber Alert Accidental Phishing (Ant's Topic)
39:41 Tom the Tech Chap - Your Phone Screen Tells Scammers Which Bank to Impersonate (Luke's Topic)

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