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Bing pop-up wars, and the British Library ransomware scandal
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…

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Stuck streaming sticks, TikTok conspiracies, and spying cars
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…

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Ransomware fraud, pharmacy chaos, and suicide
Ransomware fraud, pharmacy chaos, and suicide

Episode 362

Is there any truth behind the alleged data breach at Fortnite maker Epic Games? Who launched the ransomware attack that caused a fallout at pharmacie…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Wireless charging woe, AI romance apps, and ransomware revisited
Wireless charging woe, AI romance apps, and ransomware revisited

Episode 361

Your smartphone may be toast - if you use a hacked wireless charger, we take a closer look at the latest developments in the unfolding LockBit ransom…

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LockBit locked out, and funeral Facebook scams
LockBit locked out, and funeral Facebook scams

Episode 360

Heaven's above! Scammers are exploiting online funerals, and LockBit - the "Walmart of Ransomware" - is dismantled in style by cyber cops.

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2 years, 1 month ago

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Declaring war on ransomware gangs, mobile muddles, and AI religion
Declaring war on ransomware gangs, mobile muddles, and AI religion

Episode 359

Holy mackerel! AI is jumping on the religion bandwagon, ransomware gangs target hospitals, and what's happened to your old mobile phone number?

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2 years, 1 month ago

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Hong Kong hijinks, pig butchers, and poor ransomware gangs
Hong Kong hijinks, pig butchers, and poor ransomware gangs

Episode 358

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? A company in Hong Kong suffers a sophisticated deepfake duping, be one your guard from pig butchers as V…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far?
Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far?

Episode 357

The iPhone security setting that you should enable right now, the worrying way that AI is predicting what criminals look like, and we play a game of …

2 years, 2 months ago

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Big dumpers, AI defamation, and the slug that slurped
Big dumpers, AI defamation, and the slug that slurped

Episode 356

This week the podcast is more lavatorial than usual, as we explore how privacy may have gone to sh*t on Google Maps, our guest drives hands-free on B…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love
Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love

Episode 355

Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly profiting from a cryptocurrency app? Were 23andMe right to blame their users after a data breach?…

2 years, 2 months ago

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