October is cybersecurity awareness month. In this episode, Kate and Ben discuss cybersecurity awareness both on an individual and business level as well global and nation state level. 

Resources/Research:

• “Cybersecurity statistics in 2024” by Mehdi Punjwani and Sierra Campbell. Published in USA Today website October 4, 2024 and available on https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/vpn/cybersecurity-statistics/
• “Iranian cyber operation targeting the Trump campaign is likely still underway, FBI official says” by Dan De Luce. Published in NBC News website September 6, 2024 and available on https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/iranian-cyber-operation-targeting-trump-campaign-likely-still-underway-rcna170003
• “FBI Director Chris Wray warns Congress that Chinese hackers targeting U.S. infrastructure as U.S. disrupts foreign botnet “Volt Typhoon’” by Robert Legare Olivia Gazis, Nicole Sganga. Published in CBS news website January 31, 2024 and available on https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-hackers-pose-danger-american-infrastructure-innovation-fbi-director-warning/
• "America's Cyber Defense Agency". Published in Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency website and available on https://www.cisa.gov/  

Books: 

• Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg
• Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency by Andy Greenberg
• This is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nichol Perlroth

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