02-Apr-2025 GCHQ Intern’s Spy Tool Fumble, Gmail’s Encryption, and Cutting-Edge Phishing Scams

Welcome back to Hacked dAily, the first AI-Driven Cybersecurity Podcast by Cytadel Cyber! Strap in for your daily dose of digital drama and cyber capers with a sprinkling of humor and sarcasm, because yes—geeks can giggle too. In today’s top saga, a GCHQ intern mistook 'Bring Your Work Home' a tad too literally by pocketing a top-secret spy tool. Instead of just taking office pens, he snagged serious time under the legal spotlight. Next, Google is shedding its procrastinator guise by rolling out end-to-end encryption for Gmail. Now, those risky wedding dance emails about Uncle Bob are secure from prying eyes, and maybe even future archaeology fails. Who knows? Meanwhile, cybercriminals are worthy of an innovation award—if it weren’t for their villainy. Their latest trick involves wily mixes of 'vishing' calls and DLL sideloading. Because who said phishing wasn't an art form? In other news, enterprising ransomware gangs have crafted "EDR killers," turning up the heat on malware with a cocktail of creativity and, well... crime. Just picture hackers sightseeing through your digital defenses. Lastly, a rogue unprotected database has unleashed a flood of AI-generated and deepfake images into cyberspace. Perhaps it simply needed a breath of virtual fresh air, and voilà—chaos and pixels galore! Join us again on Hacked dAily for more tales that make you question if life’s a cyber heist movie after all.This episode is sponsored by Cytadel Cyber. Specialist in Ransomware Readiness Assessments, Threat Intel-Led Red Teaming, AI DeepFakes, AI Voice Cloning and AI Vishing Simulations. Cyatdel helps you test your cyber resilience against the threats of today, keeping your data secure. Checkout cytadel.co.uk for more information.