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    Smashing Security

    Stories from the world of hacking, cybersecurity, and rogue AI.

    Smashing Security isn’t your typical tech podcast. Hosted by cybersecurity keynote speaker and industry veteran Graham Cluley, it serves up weekly tales of cybercrime, hacking horror stories, privacy blunders, and tech mishaps – all with sharp insight, a sense of humour, and zero tolerance for tech waffle.

    Winner of the best and most entertaining cybersecurity podcast awards in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Smashing Security has had over ten million downloads. Past guests include Garry Kasparov, Mikko Hyppönen, and Jack Rhysider.

    Follow the podcast on Bluesky at @smashingsecurity.com, and subscribe for free in your favourite podcast app.

    New episodes released at 7pm EST every Wednesday (midnight UK).

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    Copyright: © 2016-2024 Graham Cluley & Carole Theriault

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    Press F12 to hack Oct 20, 2021
    Show notes

    A journalist is threatened with prosecution after choosing to "View Source" on a public webpage, Amazon Ring owners might be in line for a hefty fine if their neighbours complain, and is the school lunch queue a good place for facial recognition?

    All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by The Cyberwire's Dave Bittner.


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/248 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Special Guest: Dave Bittner.

    Sponsored By:

    • 1Password: 1Password has put its 15 years of security experience into creating 1Password University, a fun, dynamic, and free learning resource for people of all skill levels.

    • Broaden your knowledge, starting with the basic building blocks of security. Learn at your own pace and learn how to create form an entire ecosystem of tools and tactics that help keep you safe on the internet.

    • Whether you’re a business leader looking to create a culture of security in the workplace, or you’re just trying to understand why you need a unique password for each account, 1Password University’s growing catalogue of courses has something for you.

    • Visit 1Password University for free online security resources, made for everyone.

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Missouri teachers’ Social Security numbers at risk on state agency’s website — St Louis Post-Despatch.
    • Missouri governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website — Missouri Independent.
    • State of Missouri Addresses Data Vulnerability — State of Missouri Office of Administration press release.
    • Governor Parson Press Conference MO Education Website Hack — YouTube.
    • Doctor set for £100k pay-out after judge ruled neighbour's Ring doorbell cameras breached privacy — Daily Mail.
    • The pandemic is testing the limits of face recognition — MIT Technology Review.
    • ICO to step in after schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue — The Guardian.
    • The most sassy bride in history of Married At First Sight Australia — YouTube.
    • Married at First Sight Australia — All 4. (Series 6 is the one to watch, according to Graham)
    • Dark Air with Terry Carnation — Audioboom.
    • Vigil — BBC iPlayer.
    • Art Bell — Wikipedia.
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

    Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    Rickrolling submarine secrets Oct 13, 2021
    Show notes

    A married couple are accused of selling nuclear sub secrets, Facebook continues to make young lives a misery, and a school hacker lets loose one heck of a prank.

    All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/247 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Special Guest: Maria Varmazis.

    Sponsored By:

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    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Maryland Nuclear Engineer and Spouse Arrested on Espionage-Related Charges — US Department of Justice.
    • Couple charged with leaking US nuclear sub designs — The Register.
    • Facebook will add new safety features, notably for teens, after whistleblower leak — CNBC.
    • Unfollow Everything cease-and-desist letter from Facebook — Louis Barclay.
    • IoT Hacking and Rickrolling My High School District — WhiteHoodHacker.
    • Board Game Arena — Play board games online from your browser.
    • Foundation — Official Trailer — YouTube.
    • Foundation — Apple TV.
    • Film Courage.
    • Film Courage — YouTube.
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

    Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    Facebook has fallen Oct 06, 2021
    Show notes

    Facebook suffers a massive (and very public) failure, Britain announces plans for counter-attacking nation states in cyberspace, and there's a tragic story related to ransomware.

    All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Chris Kirsch.


    And don't miss our featured interview with Attivo Network's Carolyn Crandall.


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/246 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Special Guests: Carolyn Crandall and Chris Kirsch.

    Sponsored By:

    • 1Password: 1Password has put its 15 years of security experience into creating 1Password University, a fun, dynamic, and free learning resource for people of all skill levels.

    • Broaden your knowledge, starting with the basic building blocks of security. Learn at your own pace and learn how to create form an entire ecosystem of tools and tactics that help keep you safe on the internet.

    • Whether you’re a business leader looking to create a culture of security in the workplace, or you’re just trying to understand why you need a unique password for each account, 1Password University’s growing catalogue of courses has something for you.

    • Visit 1Password University for free online security resources, made for everyone.
    • Attivo Networks: It’s time to get serious about preventing and detecting credential abuse, privilege escalation, and entitlement exposures.

    • Attivo Networks gives you visibility on identity exposures, vulnerabilities, and attack paths from endpoints to Active Directory to the cloud - all while creating an active defense, delaying and derailing attacks, empowering the defender and eliminating an attacker's advantage.

    • Learn more and kick credential attacks to the curb, by visiting attivonetworks.com

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Update about the October 4th outage — Facebook Engineering.
    • More details about the October 4 outage — Facebook Engineering.
    • Facebook Whistleblower Says Company Chooses ‘Profits Over Safety’ All The Time — Vice.
    • Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image — The New York Times.
    • Conspiracy Theories About Facebook Outage Spread Even Without Facebook — Vice.
    • Facebook outage: what went wrong and why did it take so long to fix after social platform went down? — The Guardian.
    • A Hospital Hit by Hackers, a Baby in Distress: The Case of the First Alleged Ransomware Death — Wall Street Journal.
    • Baby's Death Alleged to Be Linked to Ransomware — Threatpost.
    • US unites 30 countries to disrupt global ransomware attacks — Bleeping Computer.
    • Interpol urges police to unite against 'potential ransomware pandemic' — Bleeping Computer.
    • More than 20,000 arrests in year-long global crackdown on phone and Internet scams — Interpol.
    • Lancashire partners welcome NCF to the North West — Lancashire Enterprise Partnership
    • National Cyber Force to be based in Samlesbury — BBC News.
    • BoardGameGeek.
    • I Expect You To Die — Schell Games.
    • Midnight Mass — Netflix.
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

    Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    The Julian Assange assassination plot, and IoT toilets Sep 29, 2021
    Show notes

    While Julian Assange was killing time in the Ecuador's embassy in London, the CIA were trying to dream up ways to kill him, and urine trouble if you put your trust in an IoT lavatory.

    All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by nobody at all.


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/245 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Sponsored By:

    • 1Password: Around 80% of business data breaches result from weak or reused passwords. Using 1Password can close the gaps in your company’s security, combat shadow IT, and help your employees stay both productive and secure, wherever they are.

    • 1Password makes the secure thing to do the easiest thing to do.

    • Instant control, effortless management. Quickly deploy 1Password to a single team, multiple teams, or your entire enterprise. Provision employees using trusted systems, respond quickly to domain breach reports, and offer every business user a free 1Password Families account for work-from-home security.

    • Find out more and try 1Password free for 14 days at 1Password.com

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks — Yahoo News.
    • The seven-year itch: Assange's awkward stay in the embassy — The Guardian.
    • Assange Held Legal Meetings in Ladies' Toilet Due to Paranoia: Report — Business Insider.
    • Julian Assange smeared faeces on walls of Ecuadorian embassy, interior minister claims — The Independent.
    • Julian Assange: Why Ecuador ended his stay in London embassy — BBC News.
    • Julian Assange dragged from Ecuadorean embassy — BBC News.
    • The smart toilet era is here! Are you ready to share your analprint with big tech? — The Guardian.
    • Assume Nothing - Hack Attack — BBC Sounds.
    • The Art Museum — Phaidon.
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

    Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    Facebook Ray-Bans, VPN spies, and AI camouflage Sep 22, 2021
    Show notes

    How much do you trust the people who work at your VPN provider? How are folks fighting facial recognition? And what on earth is Ray-Ban thinking getting into bed with Facebook?

    All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Mark Stockley.


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/244 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Special Guest: Mark Stockley.

    Sponsored By:

    • 1Password: Around 80% of business data breaches result from weak or reused passwords. Using 1Password can close the gaps in your company’s security, combat shadow IT, and help your employees stay both productive and secure, wherever they are.

    • 1Password makes the secure thing to do the easiest thing to do.

    • Instant control, effortless management. Quickly deploy 1Password to a single team, multiple teams, or your entire enterprise. Provision employees using trusted systems, respond quickly to domain breach reports, and offer every business user a free 1Password Families account for work-from-home security.

    • Find out more and try 1Password free for 14 days at 1Password.com

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Three Former U.S. Intelligence Community and Military Personnel Agree to Pay More Than $1.68 Million to Resolve Criminal Charges Arising from Their Provision of Hacking-Related Services to a Foreign Government — Department of Justice.
    • DarkMatter.
    • Ex-NSA cyberspies reveal how they helped hack foes of UAE — Reuters.
    • Daniel Gericke and ExpressVPN – Official Response — ExpressVPN.
    • Trust, but verify: An in-depth analysis of ExpressVPN's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week — ZDNet.
    • Facebook debuts its Ray-Ban Stories smart sunglasses — TechCrunch.
    • Facebook warned over ‘very small’ indicator LED on smart glasses, as EU DPAs flag privacy concerns — TechCrunch.
    • Mark Zuckerberg introduces Ray-Ban Stories — YouTube.
    • Computer Vision Dazzle Camouflage — CV Dazzle.
    • Researchers Defeated Advanced Facial Recognition Tech Using Makeup — Vice.
    • Dodging Attack Using Carefully Crafted Natural Makeup — YouTube.
    • How to Play the Piano by James Rhodes — Amazon UK.
    • Music and the inner self, TEDx talk by James Rhodes — YouTube.
    • Yamaha P-45 — Thomann.
    • Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History by Lewis Dartnell — Amazon UK.
    • Life Lines — BBC Radio 4.
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

    Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    Breaking news, Apple zero-clicks, and bad blood Sep 15, 2021
    Show notes

    A Walmart press release says it's jumping aboard the cryptocurrency bus - but is it true? Theranos's Elizabeth Holmes goes on trial, and have you updated your Apple gadgets to protect against the latest NSO Group spyware attack?

    All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Host Unknown's Thom Langford.


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/243 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Special Guest: Thom Langford.

    Sponsored By:

    • 1Password: Around 80% of business data breaches result from weak or reused passwords. Using 1Password can close the gaps in your company’s security, combat shadow IT, and help your employees stay both productive and secure, wherever they are.

    • 1Password makes the secure thing to do the easiest thing to do.

    • Instant control, effortless management. Quickly deploy 1Password to a single team, multiple teams, or your entire enterprise. Provision employees using trusted systems, respond quickly to domain breach reports, and offer every business user a free 1Password Families account for work-from-home security.

    • Find out more and try 1Password free for 14 days at 1Password.com
    • Attivo Networks: It’s time to get serious about preventing and detecting credential abuse, privilege escalation, and entitlement exposures.

    • Attivo Networks gives you visibility on identity exposures, vulnerabilities, and attack paths from endpoints to Active Directory to the cloud - all while creating an active defense, delaying and derailing attacks, empowering the defender and eliminating an attacker's advantage.

    • Learn more and kick credential attacks to the curb, by visiting attivonetworks.com

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Fake Walmart news release claimed it would accept cryptocurrency — BBC News.
    • Alerts and story on Walmart to accept Litecoin payments withdrawn — Reuters.
    • NOTICE TO DISREGARD - Walmart Inc. — Globe Newswire
    • Walmart Statement in Response to Fake Litecoin Press Release — Walmart.
    • Litecoin Foundation ‘Screwed Up,’ Lee Says of Walmart Snafu — Bloomberg.
    • Walmart-Litecoin Pact Hoax Jolts Crypto Market — YouTube.
    • Official statement from Litcoin Foundation — Twitter.
    • Apple rushes to block 'zero-click' iPhone spyware — BBC News.
    • Pegasus: Spyware sold to governments 'targets activists' — BBC News.
    • Smashing Security #237: NuNa, NuNu, NaNa — Podcast episode where we previously discussed NSO Group's activities.
    • The rise and fall of Theranos: so many lessons in a drop of blood — The Conversation.
    • Theranos Didn’t Just Harm Investors — Bloomberg.
    • Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes 'lied and cheated', trial hears — BBC News.
    • Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Is on Trial. Silicon Valley Is Watching — Wired.
    • #susanalbumparty: The ad campaigns that accidentally (or not) launched filthy hashtags — BBC.
    • ‎Bad Blood: The Final Chapter — Apple Podcasts.
    • "The Trip" trailer — YouTube.
    • TraffickCam.
    • 101 Great Cuss/Swear Word Alternatives — WeHaveKids.
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

    Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    ProtonMail privacy questioned, and Banksy blunder Sep 08, 2021
    Show notes

    ProtonMail finds itself in a privacy pickle, the big problem with Facebook's algorithmic amplification, and strange things are happening on Banksy's website.

    All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by The Cyberwire's Dave Bittner.


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/242 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Special Guest: Dave Bittner.

    Sponsored By:

    • 1Password: Around 80% of business data breaches result from weak or reused passwords. Using 1Password can close the gaps in your company’s security, combat shadow IT, and help your employees stay both productive and secure, wherever they are.

    • 1Password makes the secure thing to do the easiest thing to do.

    • Instant control, effortless management. Quickly deploy 1Password to a single team, multiple teams, or your entire enterprise. Provision employees using trusted systems, respond quickly to domain breach reports, and offer every business user a free 1Password Families account for work-from-home security.

    • Find out more and try 1Password free for 14 days at 1Password.com
    • Privacy.com: Privacy.com lets you buy things online using virtual cards instead of having to use your real ones, protecting your identity and bank information on the internet. Right now, new customers will automatically get $5 to spend on their first purchase. Go to privacy.com/smashing to sign up now.

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after order by Swiss authorities — TechCrunch.
    • Important clarifications regarding arrest of climate activist — ProtonMail.
    • Information for Law Enforcement Authorities — ProtonMail.
    • Tweet by Andy Yen, founder of ProtonMail.
    • Why Facebook Won’t Stop Pushing Propaganda — Mother Jones.
    • Fake Banksy NFT sold through artist's website for £244k — BBC News.
    • A fake Banksy sold for $330K is a perfect symbol of a wild NFT market — The Next Web.
    • Banksy was warned about website flaw before NFT hack scam — BBC News.
    • McCartney 3,2,1 - Trailer — YouTube.
    • Classic Albums — BBC Four.
    • Backyard Coaster POV | Little Thunder — YouTube.
    • Inside the Most Impressive Backyard Roller Coaster I've Ever Seen: Little Thunder — Coaster 101.
    • Pre-owned Rides for sale.
    • Netflix Drops Trailer for New Norwegian Vampire Comedy Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes — Netflix.
    • Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes — Netflix.
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

    Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals Sep 01, 2021
    Show notes

    How to find your match on the Bumble dating app, convicted criminals make money out of cryptocurrency, and there are concerns about data in Afghanistan.

    All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/241 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Special Guest: Maria Varmazis.

    Sponsored By:

    • 1Password: Cybercrime is at an all-time high, and it’s not slowing down, so why should you? This August, you’re invited to Security Summer School, a brand new webinar series hosted by the 1Password team.

    • Learn from security experts at top organizations, hear about sizzling security trends, and get quick tips for building a culture of security at home and work.

    • Get exclusive perks like 1Password swag for attending events, enjoy the chance to network with top security leaders, and much much more. Find out more and enroll now.
    • Privacy.com: Privacy.com lets you buy things online using virtual cards instead of having to use your real ones, protecting your identity and bank information on the internet. Right now, new customers will automatically get $5 to spend on their first purchase. Go to privacy.com/smashing to sign up now.

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Vulnerability in Bumble dating app reveals any user's exact location — Robert Heaton.
    • How Tinder keeps your exact location (a bit) private — Robert Heaton.
    • The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices — The Intercept.
    • A U.S.-built biometric system sparks concerns for Afghans — NBC News.
    • This is the real story of the Afghan biometric databases abandoned to the Taliban — MIT Technology Review.
    • Sweden must give Bitcoin worth €1.3 million back to drug dealers after costly legal misstep — Euronews.
    • Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool — Netflix.
    • What We Do in the Shadows — BBC iPlayer.
    • Watch What We Do in the Shadows — Hulu.
    • Radio Garden.
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

    Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    3D printer hijacks, crypto fails, and a tech billionaire’s revenge Aug 25, 2021
    Show notes

    A bug unravels 3D printer security, cryptocurrency sites can't stop getting hacked, and hear our special guest spill a cup of tea while inhabiting his wife's knicker drawer.

    All this and much much more can be found in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by BBC cybersecurity correspondent Joe Tidy.


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/240 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Special Guest: Joe Tidy.

    Sponsored By:

    • 1Password: Cybercrime is at an all-time high, and it’s not slowing down, so why should you? This August, you’re invited to Security Summer School, a brand new webinar series hosted by the 1Password team.

    • Learn from security experts at top organizations, hear about sizzling security trends, and get quick tips for building a culture of security at home and work.

    • Get exclusive perks like 1Password swag for attending events, enjoy the chance to network with top security leaders, and much much more. Find out more and enroll now.
    • Attivo Networks: It’s time to get serious about preventing and detecting credential abuse, privilege escalation, and entitlement exposures.

    • Attivo Networks gives you visibility on identity exposures, vulnerabilities, and attack paths from endpoints to Active Directory to the cloud - all while creating an active defense, delaying and derailing attacks, empowering the defender and eliminating an attacker's advantage.

    • Learn more and kick credential attacks to the curb, by visiting attivonetworks.com

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • We Broke Into A Bunch Of Android Phones With A 3D-Printed Head — Forbes.
    • Wake up this morning and see this on my 3D printer (I use octoprint and now I’m scared) — Reddit.
    • What’s *THAT* on my 3D printer? Cloud bug lets anyone print to everyone — Naked Security.
    • A detailed analysis of the security incident last night — The Spaghetti Detective.
    • The PewDiePie Hackers: Could hacking printers ruin your life? — BBC News.
    • The $600 million Poly Network hacker's Q&A — Twitter.
    • Crypto hacker offered reward after $600m heist — BBC News.
    • Hackers steal nearly $100m in Japan crypto heist — BBC News.
    • Altsbit Crypto Exchange Gets Hacked, 'Almost All Funds' Are Gone — Bitcoinist.
    • Bitpoint Exchange Hacked for $32 Million in Cryptocurrency — CoinDesk.
    • Coincheck: World's biggest ever digital currency 'theft' — BBC News.
    • The Inside Story of Mt. Gox, Bitcoin's $460 Million Disaster — Wired.
    • Buying a pink NFT cat was a crypto nightmare — BBC News.
    • Hearings Continue In Case Of Wealthy Robotics Founder Sued By His Wife For ‘Indefensible’ Sale Price Of His Startup — Forbes.
    • Google ‘founder’ created revenge site against estranged wife — New York Post.
    • Billionaire investor who helped launch Google is accused of 'divorce terrorism' in bitter break-up — Daily Mail.
    • Cracker (British TV series) — Wikipedia.
    • Cracker — BritBox.
    • K&F Concept 4K WiFi 30MP Trail Camera Game Camera with 940nm Infrared Outdoor IP66 Waterproof Hunting Infrared Night Vision Camera — K&F Concept.
    • Keeping the Wolf Out — BBC Radio 4.
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

    Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
    TikTok vigilantes, sloppy IoT, and Wikipedia woe Aug 18, 2021
    Show notes

    The Great Londini has gathered a two million strong army to out TikTok trolls, there's a bad supply chain vulnerability in many IoT devices, and how did Wikipedia pages end up covered in Nazi swastikas?

    All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by John Hawes (who has a very controversial Pick of the Week...)


    Visit https://www.smashingsecurity.com/239 to check out this episode’s show notes and episode links.


    Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or on the Smashing Security subreddit, or visit our website for more episodes.


    Remember: Follow us on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening!


    Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


    Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


    Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

    Special Guest: John Hawes.

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