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The fake deepfake, and Estate insecurity
Episode 372
Remember when a US mother was accused of distributing explicit deepfake photos and videos to try to get her teenage daughter's cheerleading rivals ki…
2 years ago
Unmasking LockBitsupp, company extortion, and a Tinder fraudster
Episode 371
The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware is named and sanctioned, a cybersecurity consultant is charged with a $1.5 million extortion, and a romance fra…
2 years ago
The closed loop conundrum, default passwords, and Baby Reindeer
Episode 370
The UK Government takes aim at IoT devices shipping with weak or default passwords, a man spends two years incarcerated after being mistaken for the …
2 years, 1 month ago
Keeping the lights on after a ransomware attack
Episode 369
Leicester City Council suffers a crippling ransomware attack, and a massive data breach, but is it out of the dark yet? And as election fever hits In…
2 years, 1 month ago
Gary Barlow, and a scam turns deadly
Episode 368
Take That's Gary Barlow chats up a pizza-slinging granny from Essex via Facebook, or does he? And a scam takes a sinister turn - for both the person…
2 years, 1 month ago
WhatsApp at Westminster, unhealthy AI, and Drew Barrymore
Episode 367
MPs aren't just getting excited about an upcoming election, but also the fruity WhatsApp messages they're receiving, can we trust AI with our health,…
2 years, 1 month ago
Money-making bots, and Incognito isn’t private
Episode 366
Google says it is deleting your Google Chrome Incognito private-browsing data that it should never have collected anyway. Can a zero-risk millionaire…
2 years, 2 months ago
Hacking hotels, Google’s AI goof, and cyberflashing
Episode 365
Security researchers find a way to unlock millions of hotel rooms, the UK introduces cyberflashing laws, and Google's AI search pushes malware and sc…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bing pop-up wars, and the British Library ransomware scandal
Episode 364
There's a Bing ding dong, after Microsoft (over?) enthusiastically encourages Chrome users to stop using Google, and silence hits the British Library…
2 years, 2 months ago
Stuck streaming sticks, TikTok conspiracies, and spying cars
Episode 363
Roku users are revolting after their TVs are bricked by the company, we learn how to make money through conspiracy videos on TikTok, and just how muc…
2 years, 2 months ago