A Hong Kong employee sits through what seems like a routine video call with colleagues and the CFO. Everything looks normal. Then comes the urgent wire transfer request. $25 million later, the horrifying truth emerges: every face on that call was fake, generated by AI.
This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, host Ed McNamara sits down with Erich Kron, Security A ... Show More
Feb 2026
When AI Can’t Afford to Be Wrong: Inside Bot Auto’s Autonomous Trucking Mission
Everyone’s talking about AI that writes code and answers questions. But what happens when AI has to operate in the physical world, where mistakes don’t just generate weird sentences, they have real consequences? On this episode of Innovation Heroes, host Ed McNamara sits down wit ... Show More
27m 22s
Feb 2026
The Quantum Security Threat: Get Ready Today for Tomorrow's Tech
The encryption protecting your most sensitive data has as an expiration date. Nation-states are harvesting encrypted traffic right now, stockpiling it until quantum computers become powerful enough to crack it in seconds. In this episode, Ed McNamara sits down with Brad Bowers, S ... Show More
27m 6s
Dec 2024
Stopping Deepfake Threats Through Identity Verification
In this episode, Aaron Painter, CEO at Nametag, joins me in discussing the Deepfake fraud phenomenon and how organizations and individuals should protect themselves from such scams. A recent study conducted by finance software provider Medius finds that over 53% of businesses in ... Show More
33m 28s
Oct 2024
The Deepfake Dilemma: The Technology, Policy, and Economy
<p>Deepfakes—AI-generated fake videos and voices—have become a widespread concern across politics, social media, and more. As they become easier to create, the threat grows. But so do the tools to detect them.</p><p>In this episode, Vijay Balasubramaniyan, cofounder and CEO of Pi ... Show More
34m 59s
Sep 2024
Beware of AI Voice Cloning Scams: Protect Yourself
As AI technology advances, scammers are increasingly using voice cloning to impersonate trusted individuals, leading to a rise in fraudulent activities. Victims are often tricked into sending money or sharing sensitive information.Learn how these scams operate, the warning signs ... Show More
45m 54s
Jan 2021
As B2C interactions shift online, call centers become new fraud vector.
Guest Umesh Sachdev of Uniphore talks with Dave about how call centers are becoming the new fraud vector, Dave's story involves an email that has a Trump scandal .jar file attached that's really a RAT, Joe has a story about hackers spoofing a victim's phone number making emergenc ... Show More
39m 28s