096: Bribing Amazon staff, and blinking deepfakes
Amazon staff are being bribed to delete negative reviews and leak data, deepfakes are getting more dangerous, an update on John McAfee's bitcoin bet, and our guest gets a shock...
All this and much much more is discussed in the...
095: British Airways hack, Mac apps steal browser history, and one person has 285,000 texts leaked
Malicious script is being blamed for the British Airways hack, Trend Micro's apps are booted out of the Mac App Store for snaffling private data, and Paul Manafort's daughter wants Twitter to remove a link.
All this and much much...
095: British Airways hack, Mac apps steal browser history, and one person has 285,000 texts leaked
Malicious script is being blamed for the British Airways hack, Trend Micro's apps are booted out of the Mac App Store for snaffling private data, and Paul Manafort's daughter wants Twitter to remove a link.
All this and much much...
094: Rogue browser extensions, Twitter presence, and how to cheat in exams
What's the danger when browser extensions go bad? Is Twitter sharing your online status a boon for stalkers? And which of the show's hosts is going to admit to cheating in their exams?
All this and much much more is...
092: Hacky sack hack hack
Is your used car still connected to its old owner? Just how did Apple manage to identify the teenager hacker who stole 90GB of the firm's files? And why on earth would a firm of lawyers start producing pornographic...
091: Sextortion, Las Vegas hotels, and Alex Jones
Just how did sextortionists get (some) of the digits in your phone number? Why are some hackers saying they won't be going to DEF CON in Las Vegas anymore? And should Alex Jones from InfoWars be banned from Twitter?
All...
090: Fortnite for Android, and the FCC’s DDoS BS
Fortnite players are told they'll have to disable a security setting on Android, the FCC finally admits that it wasn't hit by a DDoS attack, and Verizon's VPN smallprint raises privacy concerns.
All this and much much more is discussed...
089: Data breaches, ransomware, Bitcoin robberies, and typewriters
Ransomware rears its head again, Dixons Carphone reveals its data breach was almost 1000% worse than they previously thought, a man is accused of stealing five million dollars worth of cryptocurrency through hijacking mobile phones, and a Canadian guy...
088: PayPal’s Venmo app even makes your drug purchases public
Websites still using HTTP are marked as "not secure" by Chrome, 85,000 Google employees haven't been phished for a year, and if you're buying drugs via PayPal’s Venmo app you should say goodbye to privacy.
All this and much much...
087: How Russia hacked the US election
Regardless of whether Donald Trump believes Russia hacked the Democrats in the run-up to the US Presidential election or not, we explain how they did it. And Carole explores some of the creepier things being done in the...
086: Elon Musk submarine scams and 2FA bypass
The world has been gripped with the story of that soccer team, those poor boys... but enough about England's World Cup hopes being dashed, it's time for another episode of "Smashing Security".
Crypto scamming Thai cave rescue scoundrels! $25 million...
085: Doctor Who, Facebook patents, and Bob’s Burgers
Doctor Who's TARDIS has sprung a data leak, Facebook's creepy patents are unmasked, and an app to keep women safe on dates has surprising origins.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing...
084: No! My voice is not my password
Who's been collecting the voice prints of millions of people saying "My voice is my password"? Why has it become tougher for law enforcement to scoop up cellphone data? And who's been turning up your central heating?
All this and...
083: Fake email derails clarinetist’s dream
Hell hath no fury like a jealous clarinetist's girlfriend! Your Google ChromeCast could be letting stalkers find out where you live! And why on earth is Graham recommending people write their passwords down in a book!?
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082: World Cup cybersecurity, crypto crashes, and a bang of a password fail
Coinrail cryptocurrency exchange goes offline after hack, Russia appears to be 'live testing' cyber attacks, and Florida stopped running background checks on gun buyers because of forgotten password.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition...
Breach at US Retailer SHEIN Hits Over Six Million Users
Breach at US Retailer SHEIN Hits Over Six Million UsersUS fashion retailer SHEIN has admitted suffering a major breach affecting the personal information of over six million customers.
The women’s clothing company revealed at the end of last week that...
Bug? Feature? Power users baffled as BitLocker update switch-off continues
Microsoft claims issue confined to older kit Three months on, users continue to report that Microsoft's BitLocker disk encryption technology turns itself off during security updates.…
UK issues first-ever GDPR notice in connection to Facebook data scandal
Canadian firm AggregateIQ, linked to the Facebook & Cambridge Analytica data scandal, is the first to be put on notice.
Symantec Completes Internal Accounting Investigation
Symantec announced on Monday that it has completed its internal accounting audit, and while some issues have been uncovered, only one customer transaction has an impact on financial statements.
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Are Colleges Teaching Real-World Cyber Security Skills?
The cybersecurity skill shortage is a well-recognized industry challenge, but the problem isn’t that there are too few people rather that many of them lack suitable skills and experience. Cybersecurity is a fast-growing profession, and talented graduates are in...
