Is Your Favourite AI Tool A Risk To Your Data? | The Awareness Angle #16

Is Your Favourite AI Tool A Risk To Your Data? | The Awareness Angle #16

This episode is packed with cybersecurity stories, clever phishing scams, and some big questions about security awareness. Leeds United suffered a five-day cyberattack that led to customer card details being stolen, highlighting how sports organisations are becoming attractive targets for cybercriminals. Meanwhile, automation platform Zapier admitted that an attacker accessed its code repositories due to a misconfigured two-factor authentication setting—another reminder that even basic security measures can fail if they’re not set up properly.

Google is rolling out AI-powered scam detection for Android messages, aiming to stop phishing attempts before they reach users. While this sounds promising, we discuss whether AI is truly the answer or just another tool with its own set of limitations. At the same time, a new report found that nearly 10% of AI prompts from employees contain sensitive data, from customer billing info to security reports. With AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude becoming everyday work assistants, organisations need to think about how they control what employees are feeding into them.

Scammers are still thriving on social media, using deepfake videos of UK celebrities like Martin Lewis to push fake crypto schemes. Despite promises from platforms like Facebook and Google to crack down on these scams, they’re still slipping through. Speaking of things slipping through, Gmail’s phishing protection isn’t as bulletproof as we thought—Luke received a scam email with an attachment, and it landed straight in his inbox with no warnings. We break down why this keeps happening and why security awareness still matters.

We also talk about KnowBe4’s new AudioCasts, which bring security training into a podcast format, and say a sad goodbye to uBlock Origin on Chrome. Google has finally removed one of the best ad blockers, making it harder to browse without being bombarded by ads. If you’re in security awareness or just love keeping up with the latest cybersecurity news, this episode is full of insights you won’t want to miss. Listen now and subscribe to our newsletter for all the latest updates!

💬 Episode 16 Discussion Points


⚽ Leeds United Cyber Attack
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/03/05/leeds_united_card_swipers/

🤖 Employees Are Leaking Sensitive Data To Gen AI
https://www.harmonic.security/resources/from-payrolls-to-patents-the-spectrum-of-data-leaked-into-genai

🚨 Risky Behaviours Make Breach Worse
https://www.theverge.com/news/622026/zapier-data-breach-code-repositories

📱 Android AI Scam Detection
https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/google-rolls-out-ai-scam-detection-for.html

⚖️ Apple Takes Legal Action in UK Data Privacy Row
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rkpv50x01o

🎭 The Scammers Who Conned Savers Out Of £35M Using Fake Celebrity Ads
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rkpv50x01o

🔒 How Secure Are Signal Chats? - LinkedIn Post
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brookska_socialnetworking-signal-osint-activity-7302875231117885440-s39Y

🎙️ KnowBe4 - New Podcast-Like Content
https://blog.knowbe4.com/announcing-audiocasts-a-new-podcast-like-training-content-type

🎤 SANS Security Awareness Summit 2025 - Call for Presentations
https://www.sans.org/mlp/security-awareness-summit-cfp/

🌍 IMPACT USA - CybSafe Conference
https://www.theimpactconference.com/


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