Close the Cybersecurity Backdoors Hackers Use to Target Your Business | Entrepreneurship | Abed Hamdan | Presented by Bitdefender

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Abed Hamdan (2:23)

There's a really famous story on the news. They created a dating app for women's safety. But then turned out that app, they took their passport details and all their information. Turned out this app was coded with zero security. It got hacked and it put women's safety in danger.

Hala Taha (2:38)

Wow.

Abed Hamdan (2:39)

Usually women get targeted like someone leaks explicit videos of an individual.

Well, that video is completely deep fake and it has been happening. They always target the vulnerable. They always target the young. It is a problem and we need some kind of a strict regulation.

Hala Taha (2:54)

We're joined today by Abed Hamdan, founder of GRC Mastery and Content Creator, who's known as the UnixGuy online. He brings more than two decades of experience in cybersecurity and risk.

Abed Hamdan (3:06)

We want to use AI.

We want to be on top of the new technology, but we also need to stop and think, what is it that we're using AI for? What does the AI have access to? More importantly, where's my data going?

Hala Taha (3:17)

What's one thing that entrepreneurs are doing where a hacker is going to say, this is just way too easy?

Abed Hamdan (3:22)

Something I see frequently is a founder says, oh my God, we went live last week. You wouldn't believe it. We expected 200 clients and now we have 2,000. This tells me that this team is extremely busy. They can barely keep up. This is a really quick telltale. There are other things that.

Hala Taha (3:38)

How worried do we have to be about AI agents and their ability to hack our companies or their cybersecurity threats?

Abed Hamdan (3:45)

There are many issues with AI agents. The first one is.

Hala Taha (3:50)

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Now to help us better understand the business of cybercrime and how organizations can protect themselves, we're joined today by Abed Hamdan. Abed, welcome to Young and Profiting Podcast.

Abed Hamdan (4:36)

Hi Hala, thanks for having me.

Hala Taha (4:38)

I am really looking forward to having this conversation about cybersecurity. I feel like all business owners need to protect their businesses. And with AI, cybersecurity is becoming more important than ever. But let's start at the very basics. For the entrepreneurs tuning in, what is something that you think they fundamentally don't understand about cybersecurity?