For the other 50%. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 18th., 2025

EP 234For the other 50%.  The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending March 18th., 20253/18/20250 CommentsEP 234- click the pic to hear the podcast -For our first story, Apparently there’s a 50% chance your password is headlining a hacker convention.  Perhaps it's time to change up from ‘123456' (still the most commonly used password).Starting On March 28, Everything You Say To Your Echo Will Be Sent To Amazon.  Alexa’s new motto: ‘Anything you say can and will be used—to personalize your shopping cart, and we mean potentially anything!’The end of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities With Tough Choice:  Risk Windows 10, embrace Linux, or send Grandma’s old PC straight to the tech graveyard?Then Microsoft flags a new threat draining crypto from top wallets.  Meet StilachiRAT, the malware so enthusiastic about your crypto it’ll snatch it faster than you can configure your wallet software!Chinese Hackers Sat Undetected in a small Massachusetts power utility for months.  Who knew a cozy little power company could double as the perfect 300-day Airbnb for homeless cyber-spies?Anthropic CEO Says Spies Are After $100 Million AI Secrets in a 'Few Lines of Code'.  So when your fortune fits in a handful of lines, hitting Ctrl+C could be the new diamond heist.Finally,  Allstate Insurance gets sued for delivering PII in plaintext.  You’re in good hands with Allstate, we just can't tell you whose.Let's update the other 50%!Find the full transcript to this podcast here.