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The hack that messed with time, and rogue ransomware negotiators
Episode 442
Time itself comes under attack as a state-backed hacking gang spends two years tunnelling toward a nation’s master clock — with chaos potentially onl…
5 months ago
Inside the mob's million-dollar poker hack, and a Formula 1 fumble
Episode 441
Basketball stars have allegedly joined forces with the mafia to fleece high-rollers in a poker scam involving hacked shufflers, covert cameras, and a…
5 months, 1 week ago
How to hack a prison, and the hidden threat of online checkouts
Episode 440
A literal insider threat: we head to a Romanian prison where “self-service” web kiosks allowed inmates to run wild. Then we head to the checkout aisl…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
A breach, a burnout, and a bit of Fleetwood Mac
Episode 439
A critical infrastructure hack hits the headlines - involving default passwords, boasts on Telegram, and a finale that will make a few cyber-crooks w…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
When your mouse turns snitch, and hackers grow a conscience
Episode 438
Your computer's mouse might not be as innocent as it looks - and one ransomware crew has a crisis of conscience that nobody saw coming.
We talk about …
6 months ago
Salesforce's trusted domain of doom
Episode 437
Researchers uncovered a security flaw in Salesforce’s shiny new Agentforce. The vulnerability, dubbed "ForcedLeak", let them smuggle AI-read instruct…
6 months, 1 week ago
The €600,000 gold heist, powered by ransomware
Episode 436
Ransomware doesn’t just freeze computers - it can silence alarms too. And when the Natural History Museum in Paris went dark, thieves helped themselv…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Lights! Camera! Hacktion!
Episode 435
When "bad actors" stop being hackers and start being... actual actors.
This week, Graham and special guest Jenny Radcliffe play “Hacker or Ham?” (yes,…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Whopper Hackers, and AI Whoppers
Episode 434
Ever wondered what would happen if Burger King left the keys to the kingdom lying around for anyone to use? Ethical hackers did - and uncovered drive…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
How hackers turned AI into their new henchman
Episode 433
Your AI reads the small print, and that's a problem. This week in episode 433 of "Smashing Security" we dig into LegalPwn - malicious instructions tu…
7 months ago