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Episode 73: Jessica Roy Was *That* Close to Stopping Her Identity Thief Nov 28, 2022

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Jessica Roy’s wallet was stolen in a bar and soon her identity was stolen, too. Listen to this cyber-savvy reporter’s saga about doing everything right to protect herself while crime after crime was being committed in her name. And that was before things took a turn for the worse.

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Episode 72: Malcolm Nance Saw the Signals of his Typosquatters Nov 21, 2022

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Question: What happens when you try to make money off an international crisis by posing as a former Navy signals intelligence guy? Answer: Not much. Just back from Ukraine, Malcolm Nance is a high profile legionnaire, which made him a target for scammers.

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Episode 71: Al Franken Holds a Mock Senate Hearing on Privacy with Siri and Alexa Nov 14, 2022

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No deep fake here. This week, Al Franken does his own impersonations of Bernie Sanders, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Sherrod Brown and Susan Collins in this mock Senate Hearing featuring Siri (played by the actual voice-over talent Susan Bennett) and Al’s fellow SNL alum Laraine Newman playing the part of Alexa.

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Episode 70: Jennifer Kraus Gets a Call from her Mom Nov 07, 2022

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Jennifer Kraus knows her way around the world, and is not an easy target for scammers, which is why they targeted her mother. Scams these days slip and slide from analog to digital. The one that we’re talking about today cost about $1000. It arrived via snail mail and email to the same home.

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Episode 69: Adam Burley Discovers a Serious Hack Disguised as Something Avoidable Oct 31, 2022

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You have heard us talk about two-factor authentication, and if you’re not using it wherever possible you should be. Having said that, hackers know how to get around it these days. In this episode, cybersecurity professional Adam Burley is back to tell us the story of a hacked C-suite client whose situation was more sophisticated than it seemed at first.

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Episode 68: Philippa Ward’s Support Call Ransacks Her Computer Oct 24, 2022

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Philippa’s business software wasn’t working right, so she Googled for tech support and called the first number listed. Almost immediately, hackers were in her computer looking for sensitive data. This week we explore a new attack vector: online ads and business listings used as lures for unsuspecting victims, and how to avoid getting “got” by them.

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Episode 67: Fumiko Talks Poison Cheesecake and Toxic Boyfriends Oct 17, 2022

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WTH superfan Fumiko dated a sniper she met on the triathlon circuit who was not awesome and left her with questions that Oprah could have answered with great aplomb, but she asked us because, well… We don’t know. But we’re super grateful to have a superfan.

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Episode 66: Deviant Ollam Picks the Lock to Adam’s Heart Oct 10, 2022

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Penetration testing may sound a little skeevy, but it is a term of art in the security business. Physical penetration testing….well. Deviant Ollam is a big name in that world with well-documented adventures in getting into places that are supposed to be, well, impenetrable.

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Episode 65: Beau Gets Hacked on the Way to the Big House Oct 03, 2022

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This week Beau goes on a road trip to the Big House in Michigan where he ran afoul of a parking scam outside the third-largest sports arena in the world. We’re going to have to call this one a limited bandwidth / zero available parking scam. Check it out.

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Episode 64: Chris Hutchins’s Travel Hacking Gets Hacked Sep 26, 2022

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If you have never listened to Chris Hutchins explain how to get free travel, you’ve probably been paying too much for your vacations. Turns out, a threat actor was listening to him and stole his miles. Download this week’s episode to hear how he hacked the situation to score even more points.

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