Being aware can go a long way to prevent attacks.

Hacking Humans

Guest Herb Stapleton, the FBI’s cyber division sector chief, joins Dave to talk about the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) annual report and its findings, Joe's story is about an ongoing IRS impersonation scam targeting educational organizations, Dave shares a story from the BBC about people using their pets names as passwords (tell us that hasn't crossed your mind or your keyboard before), and our Catch of the Day comes from the Land Down Under via Gareth and Kingsley. COTD note: Just to be clear their jurisdiction is a single party consent jurisdiction.

Links to stories:

• IRS warns university students and staff of impersonation email scam
• Pets' names used as passwords by millions, study finds

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