Episodes

  • 170. AI is writing police reports: Should we be worried?

    170. AI is writing police reports: Should we be worried?
    Oct 1 2024
    Police departments across the country are testing generative AI and large language model software to see if they can cut down on the time officers spend writing reports. But AI seems to have this way of always surprising us, and the benefits it brings to police may have nothing to do with time.
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    34 mins
  • 169. Mic Drop: Election security? Slovakia’s cautionary tale

    169. Mic Drop: Election security? Slovakia’s cautionary tale
    Sep 27 2024
    Leaders from Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft told the Senate Intelligence Committee that they were doing all they could to combat foreign interference ahead of the November election. The senators weren't convinced.
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    16 mins
  • 168. Exclusive: Senator Mark Warner on election fears and all things cyber and intelligence

    168. Exclusive: Senator Mark Warner on election fears and all things cyber and intelligence
    Sep 24 2024
    We sat down with US Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia to talk about election interference, his recent hearing with tech execs on misinformation and disinformation, and the future of cybersecurity.
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    35 mins
  • 167. Mic Drop: TikTok’s day in Appeals Court

    167. Mic Drop: TikTok’s day in Appeals Court
    Sep 20 2024
    TikTok’s lawyers were in a U.S. Court of Appeals this week trying to push back against a law that requires the popular video app to sell its American subsidiary to a non-Chinese owner or be banished from app stores. Alan Rozenshtein, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, and expert in lawfare, explains what’s at stake.
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    15 mins
  • 166. The curious case of Esma Memtimin’s disappearing TikTok videos

    166. The curious case of Esma Memtimin’s disappearing TikTok videos
    Sep 17 2024
    TikTok took down Esma Memtimin’s posts for allegedly violating the platform’s community rules even though her videos were about stickers and current events. A recent study from Rutgers University suggests Memtimin isn’t alone — when researchers compared TikTok’s content with other similar platforms there is a mysterious dearth of posts about subjects Beijing considers hot button issues.
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    34 mins
  • 165. Mic Drop: FIN7 is hiring

    165. Mic Drop: FIN7 is hiring
    Sep 13 2024
    The Russian-speaking cyber gang, FIN7, has fooled red team hackers into doing their dirty work by masquerading as legitimate cybersecurity companies just looking for talent. Silent Push’s Zach Edwards talks about the scam.
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    13 mins
  • 164. The Hunt for FIN7: Hot on the trail of a notorious cyber gang

    164. The Hunt for FIN7: Hot on the trail of a notorious cyber gang
    Sep 10 2024
    Investigators have been chasing the Russian-speaking cyber gang for years — and they’ve stayed just one step ahead. Threat researcher Zach Edwards lays out why bringing gangs like this to justice has always been so hard.
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    37 mins
  • 163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet

    163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet
    Sep 6 2024
    Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership may have smashed TVs in the 1990s, but these days their embracing slickly-produced videos and social media influencers to try to rehab their image abroad. Afghan anthropologist Omar Sharifi unpacks whether its working.
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    14 mins