The Clean and Fresh Smelling IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week Ending January 23rd. 2024

Episode 175As you were walking home from work did you ever feel like someone was watching you?  In this weeks’ update we tell you why.We have some disturbing news on a cyber attack where the data from 1 million cancer patients is stolen, and then used to threaten and spam them.Mandiant discovers a Zero-day attack that could have allowed many businesses like hospitals to be compromised for up to 2 years before a patch was delivered.Microsoft’s executive suite got hacked by a Russian intelligence agency.Troy Hunt adds another 71 million emails addresses to his “haveIBeenPwned” database, which means, now is a great time to check and see if your emails are among them.We finish with stories about a couple of devices that are making the news:  One detects skin cancer using AI and the other seemed to be minting Monero while it cleans your socks.This week’s IT Privacy and Security Update is full of surprises, but each and every one is delivered to you “Clean and Fresh smelling”! Find the full transcript to this podcast here.