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# When Governments Fall, Security Fails First

We're diving into what happens to information security during regime change, and why the biggest threats aren't external hackers.

With ongoing turmoil in Venezuela and Iran dominating headlines, we examine the security implications that rarely make the news:

**What collapses first?** Access control. Encryption key ownership. Governance structures that held security together.

What happens when two seismic political events converge at the start of a new year? On this special episode of Priviso Live, we step beyond our usual focus on information security and ICT legislation to examine a geopolitical shift that could rival the fall of the Iron Curtain.

The popular uprising in Iran and the controversial US extraction of Venezuela's Maduro aren't isolated incidents—they're interconnected threads in a rapi...

Welcome to a special year-end episode of Priviso Live, your weekly magazine on information security, ICT legislation, and AI. Join hosts Lyn, Stephen, and Kayla as they skip the headline-grabbing ransomware attacks and regulatory dramas to bring you the truly bizarre stories from 2025 that deserve a second look.

AI-Generated Kidnapping Scams: The FBI warns about deepfake hostage videos so convincing that victims are transferring...

South Africa's ransomware crisis is intensifying, and attackers aren't taking a holiday break. This week on Priviso Live, we unpack the alarming industry analysis showing why South African organisations remain dangerously exposed, with poor patch cycles, weak identity controls, and inadequate backups creating a perfect storm during the festive season when security teams are stretched thin.

We dive into the explosive political fa...

Join hosts Lyn, Stephen, and Kayla as they tackle the pressing security challenges heading into the festive season, plus the year's most significant developments in AI and cloud security.

This Episode Covers:

The Security Budget Crisis: Nearly half of organizations face flat or reduced security budgets despite rising threats. The sobering reality? Teams are stretched thin, with only a third believing they have adequate skills...

This week we're unpacking five major stories that showcase just how intertwined technology, security, and regulation have become.

We kick off with Cloudflare's second major outage in less than a month—a 25-minute incident that impacted 28% of their global HTTP traffic. Ironically, this disruption occurred while they were implementing security improvements to protect against a React vulnerability. We'll explore why their promised...

Silly season is almost upon us, and the team responds with an episode brimming with AI news and insights.

What happens when one of the world's leading cryptography organisations loses the key to its own election? Or when an AI model produces more security vulnerabilities because you mentioned Tibet? This week's Priviso Live tackles the fascinating intersection of artificial intelligence, security failures, and the accelerating a...

Europe's digital privacy protections face their biggest challenge yet. The EU's new Digital Omnibus package proposes sweeping changes to GDPR, potentially flipping cookie consent from opt-in to opt-out and allowing AI training on personal data without explicit permission. While Brussels promises €5 billion in savings for businesses, privacy advocates warn of a "major rollback" that could dismantle fundamental digital rights. For So...

This week's episode hits close to home—literally. We dive into a ransomware attack on the Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements by the international NightSpire gang, who claim to have stolen 20GB of sensitive data, including personal information of housing applicants. Despite official statements calling it a "minor breach," the incident exposes critical vulnerabilities in South African public sector cybersecurity.

In a twis...

In our latest episode, we unpack four stories that reveal the complex intersection of technology, accountability, and governance in today's digital landscape.

**🔍 The Mamdani "Hack" That Fooled Millions**

How did a simple news broadcast get misinterpreted as a cyberattack? We dive into the viral incident from NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's victory celebration that spread across Instagram, X, and TikTok for two days before fa...

The numbers are staggering: five weeks of production halted. Three major UK plants shut down. 5,000 businesses impacted across the supply chain. A projected loss of £1.9 billion.

This isn't a hypothetical scenario—it's the reality Jaguar Land Rover faced following a Category 3 cyber-attack, with full recovery not expected until January 2026.

In this week's episode of Priviso Live, Lyn, Stephen, and John unpack what this incid...

In this week's episode, we unpack:

✅ The F5 Breach Reality Check – Source code stolen, vulnerability intel compromised, and US regulators issuing emergency directives. If you run F5 gear (or your suppliers do), this is your wake-up call. We break down the immediate actions: inventory, logging, patching, and the vendor contract clauses you should've had in place yesterday.

✅ AI's Shadow IT Problem – Fresh data reveals 43% of emplo...

What happens when 40% of the world's computers are about to lose security support? Join Stephen and John on Priviso Live as they tackle the Windows 10 end-of-support crisis that's unfolding right now in October 2025. With hundreds of millions of devices still running an operating system that's about to stop receiving patches, are we witnessing the birth of the next Windows XP nightmare?

But that's just the beginning. The hosts d...

Think your organisation has until 2038 to worry about the next Y2K? Think again. The Year 2038 problem isn't just lurking in the future—it's already breaking systems today. Any software calculating dates beyond 2038, from 30-year mortgages to long-term infrastructure planning, could be falling over this bug right now.

In Episode 56 of Priviso Live, Lyn, John, and Stephen tackle the critical intersection of legacy vulnerabilities...

Join Lyn, John, and Stephen as they celebrate one year of Priviso Live with an action-packed anniversary episode that cuts through the noise of cybersecurity, privacy law, and emerging tech threats.

What You'll Discover:

- The Johannesburg CCTV controversy comes full circle. Remember that heavy-handed by-law forcing residents to register private security cameras? We revisit what happened when citizens fought back—and won.

- The...

When UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new national digital ID system on September 26th, he probably didn't expect 1.6+ million petition signatures in opposition within 24 hours. But that's exactly what happened.

🔍 This week, we dive deep into the controversy that has split opinion across Europe:

From fake cellular towers in South Korea stealing subscriber data to emergency protests outside Downing Street – this episode...

*"AI Intelligence, Virtual Ministers, and the Evolution of Cyber Threats"*

This week, Lyn, John, and Stephen dive deep into the most fascinating AI developments reshaping our digital landscape. From groundbreaking government experiments to concerning privacy revelations, Episode 53 explores how AI is fundamentally changing everything we thought we knew about technology, security, and society.

*🍎 Apple's Privacy Paradox* - Ne...

From AI-powered cyberattacks to governments elected via Discord – this week's tech landscape is wilder than fiction.

**🔍 What's Inside:**

**🌍 Africa Under Siege:** The continent faces 3,239 weekly cyber attacks per organisation – the highest globally. With education sectors hit hardest at 4,178 incidents weekly, and South Africa seeing a 26% spike, the digital battleground is intensifying.

**🤖 The s1ngularity Attack:** ...

From devastating supply chain attacks to China's baffling firewall blackout, and the human toll of South Africa’s retrenchment crisis—this week’s Priviso Live dives deep into the security stories shaping our digital and economic reality.

💥 We unpack the SalesLoft/Drift compromise—a breach that exposed sensitive data across platforms like Salesforce, hitting even cybersecurity giants. What went wrong, and how did Okta dodge the bu...