How clicking a single link can cost millions | Ryan Pullen

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🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Is cybercrime getting easier? Cybersecurity expert Ryan Pullen dives into his work investigating massive digital breaches and testing security blindspots — which led to him gaining access to the software controls of a well-known building in London. Learn more about how cybercriminals exploit human vulnerabilities and hear the latest on how to recognize and protect yourself from scams.

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0:12.0	We hear about giant costly cyber attacks. Talk Daily, I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:12.8	We hear about giant costly cyber attacks and assume it's the work of the technically skilled.
0:18.7	But Cybersecurity expert Ryan Pullen points out in his 20 2020 talk from Ted X University of Bristol
0:24.8	that our greatest weaknesses in security don't require technical solutions,
0:29.8	but a far more human- centered one after the break.
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1:21.0	I receive a phone call from somebody who needed my help and they explained to me that this
1:26.9	organization had suffered a cyber attack, more specifically a ransomware attack which is designed to both steal your data and make
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