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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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    068: Malware from outer space! Mar 07, 2018
    Show notes

    If aliens did contact us would it be safe to open the email? Why would MoviePass track film lovers after they leave the cinema? Would you know how to get around Malaysia when your car rental website lets you down? And will Graham please stop talking about text adventure games?

    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, who are joined this week by journalist (and possible spy) James Thomson.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Special Guest: James Thomson.

    Sponsored By:

    • MetaCompliance: People are the key to minimizing your Cyber Security risk posture. MetaCompliance makes this easier by providing a single platform for Phishing, Cybersecurity training, Policy, Privacy and Incident management.Go to smashingsecurity.com/metacompliance Promo Code: SMASHING

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Eurozine discusses disinformation and democracy
    • Malware from Space
    • Interstellar communication. IX. Message contamination is impossible (PDF)
    • MoviePass CEO proudly says the app tracks your location before and after movies
    • CEO Mitch Lowe Says MoviePass Will Reach 5 Million Subs by End of Year
    • MoviePass Privacy Policy
    • GET LAMP: The text adventure documentary
    • Leather Goddesses of Phobos
    • GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary - YouTube
    • Infocom: The Documentary - YouTube
    • Jacaranda Jim - retro text adventure game by Graham
    • Humbug - retro text adventure game for MS-DOS by Graham
    • Warrington Cycle Campaign
    • Cycle Facility of the Month July 2017
    • #WeThePeople LIVE podcast
    • Smashing Security on Facebook
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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    067: Cyber stalking and gun control Mar 01, 2018
    Show notes

    Incognito mode on your browser not as private as you think, consumer spyware companies get hacked, Graham is accused of "multitasking" in his hotel room, and Carole champions the students of Parkland, Florida.

    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, who recorded without a special guest this week.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Sponsored By:

    • LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • How to go 'Incognito' on your web browser, and what it means
    • Your private browsing isn’t as incognito as you want it to be
    • Veil is private browsing for the ultra-paranoid
    • Hacker Strikes ‘Stalkerware’ Companies, Stealing Alleged Texts and GPS Locations of Customers
    • Spy on Your Valentine Using Spy Software
    • How stalking has been made easier by the internet and social networks
    • Trailer Nite
    • Florida student to NRA and Trump: 'We call BS' - YouTube
    • March for our lives
    • Emma González on Twitter
    • Florida Student Who Gave Emotional Gun Control Speech Now Has More Followers Than NRA
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    066: Passwords, pirates, and postcards Feb 21, 2018
    Show notes

    Flight simulators packed with password-grabbing malware, Facebook fighting Russian trolls, and how vulnerability researchers fear being sued.

    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, who are joined this week by special guest The CyberWire's Dave Bittner.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Special Guest: Dave Bittner.

    Sponsored By:

    • Rapid7: InsightIDR is an intruder analytics solution that gives you the confidence to detect and investigate security incidents faster. You can download a 30-day trial by visiting www.rapid7.com/insightidr
    • MetaCompliance: People are the key to minimizing your Cyber Security risk posture. MetaCompliance makes this easier by providing a single platform for Phishing, Cybersecurity training, Policy, Privacy and Incident management.Go to smashingsecurity.com/metacompliance Promo Code: SMASHING

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • FSLabs' A320 installer seems to include a Chrome password extraction tool
    • Flight Simulator Add-On Tried to Catch Pirates By Installing Password-Stealing Malware on Their Computers
    • A320-X DRM clarification - Flight Sim Labs Forums
    • FlightSimLabs Alleged Malware Analysis – Luke Gorman
    • A320-X DRM - what happened - Flight Sim Labs Forums
    • Lawsuits threaten infosec research - just when we need it most
    • Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers
    • Facebook’s secret weapon in the fight against foreign meddling? Postcards
    • Fact-Checking a Facebook Executive’s Comments on Russian Interference
    • Punycode - Wikipedia
    • IDN Safe for Chrome
    • IDN Safe for Firefox
    • IDN Safe for Opera
    • Firefox users - Spot phishing URL's more easily by enabling Show Punycode
    • Privacy.com — (Dave's recommendation, not ours)
    • How to remove your credit card information from your iPhone
    • Change or remove your Apple ID payment information - Apple Support
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    065: Cryptominomania, Poppy, and your Amazon Alexa Feb 15, 2018
    Show notes

    Cryptomining goes nuclear, YouTube for Kids gets scary, and TV ads have been given the green light to mess with your Amazon Alexa.

    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, who are joined this week by special guest Maria Varmazis.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Special Guest: Maria Varmazis.

    Sponsored By:

    • LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.
    • Rapid7: InsightIDR is an intruder analytics solution that gives you the confidence to detect and investigate security incidents faster. You can download a 30-day trial by visiting www.rapid7.com/insightidr

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Government websites hijacked by cryptomining plugin
    • Russian nuclear scientists arrested for allegedly hijacking supercomputer to mine Bitcoins
    • Now that's taking the p... Sewage plant 'hacked' to craft crypto-coins
    • Salon website gives you a choice: turn off your ad blocker or let us mine cryptocurrencies
    • Coinhive review: Embeddable JavaScript Crypto Miner - 3 days in
    • Smashing Security 059: An intro to Bitcoin and Blockchain
    • YouTube Kids app still showing disturbing videos
    • Something is wrong on the internet – James Bridle
    • Amazon Echo Dot ad cleared over cat food order
    • Broadcast Code - ASA
    • Sarah Huckabee Sanders warns Twitter about Amazon Echo after 2-year-old orders $80 Batman toy
    • Cat Food (Amazon Echo Commercial) - YouTube
    • Dinosaur Chess
    • The Furby Organ, A Musical Instrument Made From Furbies - YouTube
    • Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles) - YouTube
    • Poppy introduces a plant - YouTube
    • Poppy is a disturbing internet meme seen by millions. Can she become a pop sensation?
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    064: So just a "teeny tiny" security issue then? Feb 07, 2018
    Show notes

    A Namecheap vulnerability allows strangers to make subdomains for your website, Troy Hunt examines password length, and ex-Google and Facebook employees are fighting to protect kids from social media addiction.

    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, who are joined this week by special guest HaveIBeenPwned's Troy Hunt.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Special Guest: Troy Hunt.

    Sponsored By:

    • MetaCompliance: People are the key to minimizing your Cyber Security risk posture. MetaCompliance makes this easier by providing a single platform for Phishing, Cybersecurity training, Policy, Privacy and Incident management.Go to smashingsecurity.com/metacompliance Promo Code: SMASHING
    • Rapid7: InsightIDR is an intruder analytics solution that gives you the confidence to detect and investigate security incidents faster. You can download a 30-day trial by visiting www.rapid7.com/insightidr

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Namecheap Name Server Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized Users to Create Sub-Domains
    • That’s not how security works, security is not obscurity
    • Update on Recent Hosting Breach - Namecheap Blog
    • Have I been pwned? Pwned Passwords
    • How Long is Long Enough? Minimum Password Lengths by the World's Top Sites
    • Center for Humane Technology
    • Adam Alter: Why our screens make us less happy
    • Ex Facebook, Google Employees Launch Anti-Tech Campaign
    • Social Networking Sites and Addiction: Ten Lessons Learned
    • 'Fiction is outperforming reality': how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth
    • AlphaGo movie
    • In Two Moves, AlphaGo and Lee Sedol Redefined the Future
    • Ubiquiti Networks
    • Basic Crepe Batter Recipe
    • Gateau de crepes
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    063: Carole's back! Feb 01, 2018
    Show notes

    Fitness trackers breaching your privacy, how anyone can create convincing celebrity porn, and how ransomware authors are getting ripped off by scammers.

    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, who are joined this week by special guest Maria Varmazis.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Special Guest: Maria Varmazis.

    Sponsored By:

    • Chess CyberSecurity: Chess CyberSecurity is taking the pulse of the IT nation. Complete their three-minute quiz and you could win amazing prizes - including limited edition t-shirts, wireless headphones, an iPad Pro and a Sony PS4.

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Strava's Global Heatmap
    • Nathan Ruser tweets about Strava's global heatmap
    • Privacy of fitness tracking apps in the spotlight after soldiers' exercise routes shared online
    • Thar she blows: Strava heat map shows folk on shipwreck packed with 1,500 tonnes of bombs
    • Advanced Deanonymization through Strava
    • Fake celebrity porn is blowing up on Reddit, thanks to artificial intelligence
    • Reddit User Outperforms Disney with AI-Generated Princess Leia
    • Fake News Is About to Get Even Scarier than You Ever Dreamed
    • Josh Turner of The Other Favorites - YouTube
    • The Levee by The Other Favorites - YouTube
    • Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
    • United denies woman's attempt to bring peacock onto flight
    • Dexter The Peacock on Instagram
    • Reforestation Drones Can Plant 100K Trees In An Hour
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    062: Tinder spying, Amazon shoplifting, and petrol pump malware Jan 24, 2018
    Show notes

    Your Tinder swipes can be spied upon, Amazon is opening high street stores that don't require any staff, and Russian fuel pumps are being infected with malware in an elaborate scheme to make large amounts of money.

    With Carole on a top secret special assignment, it's left to security veteran Graham Cluley to discuss all this and much much more with special guests David McClelland and Vanja Švajcer.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Special Guests: David McClelland and Vanja Švajcer.

    Sponsored By:

    • LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.
    • CloudBerry Lab: Backup files, folders and system images to the cloud storage of your choice - with built-in 256 bit encryption ensuring your precious data remains private.

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Tinder's Lack of Encryption Lets Strangers Spy on Your Swipes
    • Tinder drift demo - YouTube
    • Using public Wi-Fi - a Smashing Security splinter
    • Watchdog Wednesday: WiFi hackers - BBC
    • Apple drops requirement for apps to use HTTPS by 2017
    • Amazon Go debuts, and its prying cameras foil our shoplifting attempts
    • Hacker Infects Gas Pumps with Code to Cheat Customers
    • Making Blake's Seven 101 - YouTube
    • Jon Alpert Speaks On His Film, "Cuba and the Cameraman" - YouTube
    • Review: ‘Cuba and the Cameraman’ Lavishes Love on a Country … and Castro
    • CARROT Weather on the iOS App Store
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    061: Fallout over Hawaii missile false alarm Jan 17, 2018
    Show notes

    User interfaces and poor procedures lead to pandemonium in Hawaii, hackers are attempting to trick victims into opening cryptocurrency-related email attachments, and yet more pox-ridden apps are found in Android's Google Play store.

    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 special guest Paul Ducklin.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Special Guest: Paul Ducklin.

    Sponsored By:

    • LastPass: LastPass Enterprise simplifies password management for companies of every size, with the right tools to secure your business with centralized control of employee passwords and apps.But, LastPass isn’t just for enterprises, it’s an equally great solution for business teams, families and single users.Go to lastpass.com/smashing to see why LastPass is the trusted enterprise password manager of over 33 thousand businesses.
    • CloudBerry Lab: Backup files, folders and system images to the cloud storage of your choice - with built-in 256 bit encryption ensuring your precious data remains private.

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Hawaii's ballistic missile false alarm and a user interface failure
    • Hawaii missile alert: How one employee ‘pushed the wrong button’ and caused a wave of panic
    • What Hawaii Was Like After the False Nuclear Alarm
    • Cryptocurrency as the lure, an ISO as the attachment – why not open it?
    • Malware Displaying Porn Ads Discovered in Game Apps on Google Play
    • Games with pornographic ads sneak into the Play Store, get 3 million downloads
    • Fake WhatsApp app tricked over a million users
    • @ruanyf on Twitter's picture of a visual display for a Chinese lavatory
    • Police give out infected USBs as prizes in cybersecurity quiz
    • IBM distributes USB malware cocktail at AusCERT security conference
    • IBM has been shipping malware-infected USB sticks
    • Olympus Stylus Tough camera carries malware infection
    • Google Arts and Culture app: How to find which famous painting you look like – and why people don't want to
    • Google Arts & Culture
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    060: Meltdown, Spectre, and personal devices in the White House Jan 10, 2018
    Show notes

    The chips are down, as tech companies struggle to protect against the Meltdown and Spectre flaws. The White House is getting tough on leakers by banning personal devices from the West Wing. And someone has been embedding a Bitcoin wallet into their hand...

    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 technology journalist and broadcaster David McClelland.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Special Guest: David McClelland.

    Sponsored By:

    • CloudBerry Lab: Backup files, folders and system images to the cloud storage of your choice - with built-in 256 bit encryption ensuring your precious data remains private.

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Apple fixes the Meltdown and Spectre flaws in Macs, iPhones, and iPads
    • Spectre? Meltdown? F*CKWIT? Calm down and make yourself some tea
    • Until your anti-virus adds this Registry key, you aren't getting any more Windows security updates
    • Important information about Microsoft Meltdown CPU security fixes, antivirus vendors and you
    • Ouch! Microsoft's Meltdown and Spectre security update bricks some AMD-powered PCs
    • Ripple soars, becomes second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap
    • BICHIP
    • Would you store Ripple and Bitcoin in 'mark of the beast' microchip?
    • Biohacker Summit 2017 – Uniting Technology & Nature
    • Meet the first humans to sense where north is
    • White House bans use of personal devices from West Wing
    • “Fire and Fury” Is a Book All Too Worthy of the President
    • Portal Knights - The award-winning sandbox action-RPG adventure game
    • Portal Knights trailer for Nintendo Switch - YouTube
    • Focus - Productivity Timer on the App Store
    • Casefile: True Crime Podcast
    • Smashing Security on Facebook
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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    059: An intro to Bitcoin and Blockchain Jan 03, 2018
    Show notes

    In this special "splinter" episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast we take a look at Bitcoin and Blockchain. What's all the fuss about cryptocurrencies? How can you protect your Bitcoin wallet? And how does the Blockchain work?

    Lots of questions, and Graham offers to sell his family.

    Listen to the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Peter Ullrich of the "Explain Blockchain" podcast.

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

    Remember: Subscribe 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.

    Special Guest: Peter Ullrich.

    Support Smashing Security

    Links:

    • Bitcoin Resources from Jameson Lopp
    • Mastering Bitcoin book by Andreas Antonopoulos
    • Explain Bitcoin Like I’m Five
    • Bitcoin Exchanges
    • Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison, without parole
    • Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
    • Jaxx mobile cryptocurrency wallet
    • Trezor hardware Bitcoin wallet
    • "Explain Blockchain" podcast
    • Smashing Security on Facebook
    • Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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