A vital infrastructure hack hits the headlines – involving default passwords, boasts on Telegram, and a finale that can make a number of cyber-crooks want the bottom would swallow them entire.
In the meantime we dig into the bit we don’t speak about sufficient: the human value of defending firms from hackers – stress, burnout, and the way higher management tradition may help make safety groups safer and saner.
Plus we are saying a heartfelt “la di dah” to Diane Keaton, and tune in to a freshly re-released slice of pre-Fleetwood Mac historical past for the music-obsessed amongst us.
All this and extra is mentioned in episode 439 of “Smashing Safety” podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and his particular visitor Annabel Berry.
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