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Episode 432

We unpack how some password managers can be tricked into coughing up your secrets, with a clickjacking sleight-of-hand, what website owners can do to prevent it, and how to lock down your personal pa…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

How to mine millions without paying the bill

Episode 431

In episode 431 of the "Smashing Security" podcast, a self-proclaimed crypto-influencer calling himself CP3O thought he had found a shortcut to riches — by racking up millions in unpaid cloud bills.

Me…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Poisoned Calendar invites, ChatGPT, and Bromide

Episode 430

A poisoned Google Calendar invite that can hijack your smart home, a man is hospitalised after ChatGPT told him to season his food with… pesticide, and some thoughts on Superman’s latest cinematic ou…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Replit panics, and the AI that will kill you

Episode 429

Those of you who tuned in to last week's episode (#428) will have heard the big news from my podcast pal Carole that she's decided to move on from her co-hosting duties on the show.

There have been so…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Red flags, leaked chats, and a final farewell

Episode 428

The viral women-only dating safety app Tea, built to flag red flags, gets flagged itself - after leaking over 70,000 private images and chat logs. We are talking full-on selfies, ID docs, private DMs…

Published on 3 months ago

When 2G attacks, and a romantic road trip goes wrong

Episode 427

In this episode, Graham warns why it is high time we said goodbye to 2G - the outdated mobile network being exploited by cybercriminals with suitcase-sized SMS blasters. From New Zealand to London, s…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Choo Choo Choose to ignore the vulnerability

Episode 426

In episode 426 of the "Smashing Security" podcast, Graham reveals how you can hijack a train’s brakes from 150 miles away using kit cheaper than a second-hand PlayStation.

Meanwhile, Carole investiga…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Call of Duty: From pew-pew to pwned

Episode 425

In episode 425 of "Smashing Security", Graham reveals how "Call of Duty: WWII" has been weaponised - allowing hackers to hijack your entire PC during online matches, thanks to ancient code and Micros…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Surveillance, spyware, and self-driving snafus

Episode 424

A Mexican drug cartel spies on the FBI using traffic cameras and spyware — because "ubiquitous technical surveillance” is no longer just for dystopian thrillers. Graham digs into a chilling new US Ju…

Published on 4 months ago

Operation Endgame, deepfakes, and dead slugs

Episode 423

In this episode, Graham unravels Operation Endgame - the surprisingly stylish police crackdown that is seizing botnets, mocking malware authors with anime videos, and taunting cybercriminals via Tele…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago