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LinkedIn is spying on you, and you agreed to nothing
Episode 462
LinkedIn has been secretly scanning your browser for over 6,000 installed extensions — on every single click you make. It can tell if you're job hunt…
7 hours ago
This man hid $400 million in a fishing rod. Then it vanished
Episode 461
A cannabis-growing, beekeeping, gyrocopter-flying Irishman invested his drug money in Bitcoin back in 2011 - and now sits on a fortune worth $400 mil…
1 week ago
Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie
Episode 460
A disgruntled data analyst decides that the best response to losing his contract is to steal the entire company payroll database and demand $2.5 mill…
2 weeks ago
This clever scam nearly hijacked a tech CEO's Apple ID
Episode 459
In episode 459 of Smashing Security, we dive into a chillingly clever account takeover attempt targeting WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg - involv…
3 weeks ago
How not to steal $46 million from the US government
Episode 458
A Wikipedia security engineer accidentally wakes a dormant JavaScript worm that hadn't stirred since 2024 - and within minutes, giant woodpecker imag…
4 weeks ago
How a cybersecurity boss framed his own employee
Episode 457
When a top cybersecurity firm discovered it had a leak, you would expect the FBI to be called. Instead, the person put in charge of the investigation…
1 month ago
How to lose friends and DDoS people
Episode 456
When the mysterious operator of an internet archiving-service decided to silence a curious Finnish blogger, they didn’t just send a stroppy email - t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Face off: Meta’s Glasses and America’s internet kill switch
Episode 455
Could America turn off Europe's internet?
That’s one of the questions that Graham and special guest James Ball will be exploring as they discuss tech …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
AI was not plotting humanity’s demise. Humans were
Episode 454
AI bots are having existential crises, inventing religions, and allegedly plotting against humanity... or so the internet would have you believe.
We d…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Epstein Files didn’t hide this hacker very well
Episode 453
Supposedly redacted Jeffrey Epstein files can still reveal exactly who they’re talking about - especially when AI, LinkedIn, and a few biographical b…
2 months ago