EP 249. Loadsa Money. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 1st., 2025

This week we've got loads of news and loadsa money!North Korean IT workers secretly landed remote jobs at over 100 U.S. tech companies, funneling millions to fund Kim Jong Un’s weapons program.  The operation ran for years undetected—until the FBI knocked on the wrong contractor’s door.Android 16 is getting a stealthy new feature that alerts users when their phone connects to suspicious cell towers.Think your phone isn’t being watched?  Your operating system might soon say otherwise.A massive printer vulnerability affects nearly 700 Brother models and devices from other major brands.Hackers can bypass admin passwords with nothing but a serial number—guess what’s sitting unsecured in your office?Microsoft is phasing out passwords in its Authenticator app, starting a full pivot to biometrics and passkeys.  You’ve got until August 2025 before your autofill feature goes dark.The NIH now requires that all taxpayer-funded research be freely available the moment it's published.  In a surprise move, the Trump administration just fast-tracked open science—seriously.  What?Dozens of pro-Scottish independence X accounts suddenly went dark after Israeli strikes crippled Iranian cyber infrastructure.  Turns out, your favorite “local activist” might have been powered by Tehran.Facebook wants permission to scan your unposted camera roll photos using Meta AI for creative suggestions.  Say "yes", and you’re handing over your private moments—whether you shared them or not.Meta just launched a new AI superlab and is throwing around $10M pay packages to build it.  Zuckerberg’s not just building chatbots—he’s recruiting an AI dream team.Loadsa everything.  Let's go get rich!Find the full transcript to this podcast here.