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📢 This Week on The Awareness Angle
A council incident affecting thousands of residents, emergency alerts taken offline, a vishing breach at Harvard, fake Windows updates, AI voice scam stories, and an industrial scale Black Friday campaign tricking shoppers everywhere. Luke is off sick, so Ant takes you through a busy week in cyber on his own.

We dive into AI generated shopping scams, a password trick that had Reddit arguing for hours, and a correction to a widely shared Gmail story that shows why verifying details still matters.

In this episode:

• London councils hit by a cyber incident that slowed services
• Emergency alert systems in the United States disrupted after a cyber attack
• Harvard alumni data exposed after a vishing breach
• A SIM swap case that led to financial loss and emotional pressure
• The UK budget leak caused by a predictable URL
• Fake Windows update screens used to deliver malware through ClickFix
• Black Friday and Cyber Monday scams using hundreds of fake brand sites
• AI voice scams and how criminals can copy a voice with seconds of audio
• AI generated shopping scams and fake Etsy style listings
• A password trick involving colons that confused stealer logs
• The Gmail smart features correction and what really happened
• A preview of Ant’s session with Layer Eight on Champions programmes

If you work in cyber, tech, IT, risk or you simply want to stay ahead of common scams, this episode gives you clear context that helps you protect yourself and the people around you.

👋 About us
Ant Davis helps people make sense of the human side of cybersecurity through Kindred Cyber, a people centred security service that focuses on behaviour, culture and clear communication.
Luke Pettigrew is an experienced security professional with a strong background in user education for one of the UK’s largest online retailers. Together they turn complex cyber news into simple stories and practical advice.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro and Luke is off sick
01:02 London Councils cyber incident
03:15 OnSolve Code Red emergency alert breach
06:55 Harvard vishing breach
10:25 What the Hack SIM swap case from Joe Tidy
16:33 OBR Budget leak caused by a predictable URL
21:18 ClickFix fake Windows update malware
27:55 Black Friday fake brand giveaways
35:40 CIISec Live event recap
42:38 TikTok default password coffee machine
44:18 TikTok AI kidnap scam voice cloning
48:35 Corridor Crew AI shopping scams
52:00 Password tip using a colon
53:02 Gmail smart features correction
55:10 Layer 8 champions report preview
56:30 Closing

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🎵 Music
Intro and outro song: https://fallingforever.bandcamp.com/track/16