About this episode

This episode discusses Canada's Bill C-22 and its implications for global tech, alongside various cybersecurity issues including phishing campaigns and data breaches.

In this issue: Canada’s Bill C-22 Draws Global Tech Backlash Over Surveillance Demands Microsoft’s Email System Exploited for Months in Phishing Campaign Texas AG Sues Meta Over WhatsApp Encryption Claims — But Experts Are Skeptical AI-Generated npm Malware Targets Claude Users, Exposes Itself With Rookie Mistake 7-Eleven Data Breach Exposes 185,000 Customers’ Personal Information GPG Email Forwarding Returns, Because Plaintext Was Apparently a Bad Idea In this issue: Canada’s Bill C-22 Draws Global Tech Backlash Over Surveillance Demands Microsoft’s Email System Exploited for Months in Phishing Campaign Texas AG Sues Meta Over WhatsApp Encryption Claims — But Experts Are Skeptical AI-Generated npm Malware Targets Claude Users, Exposes Itself With Rookie Mistake 7-Eleven Data Breach Exposes 185,000 Customers’ Personal Information GPG Email Forwarding Returns, Because Plaintext Was Apparently a Bad Idea

People in this episode

Host: Mark E. Jeftovic

Topics covered

• surveillance
• phishing
• encryption
• malware
• data breach
• email security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, Meta, Claude

Products: WhatsApp, npm

Places: Canada, Texas, 7-Eleven

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