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Smart guns, smart cars, and smart street lights - oh my!
Episode 196
Kalashnikov unveils its "smart" shotgun, San Diego struggles with its street lights, and a researcher reveals how he found a way to hack every Tesla …
5 years, 10 months ago
Selene Delgado Lopez is not your friend - with Jon Bentley
Episode 195
The Gadget Show's Jon Bentley joins us to discuss the mystery of a Facebook friend you never requested, software updates for the Mercedes S-Class, an…
5 years, 10 months ago
Carry on droning
Episode 194
A Bitcoin bungle causes one user to lose millions, hackers attempt to bribe a Tesla employee into infecting the company's network, and are we ready f…
5 years, 10 months ago
Hacking the CIA, Bridgefy, and college lockdowns
Episode 193
Whatever happened to Crackas with Attitude, perfidious Albion College's approach to locking down Coronavirus, and the Bridgefy mesh messaging app fal…
5 years, 11 months ago
Ritz and robocalls - with Rory Cellan-Jones
Episode 192
A scam involving restaurant bookings at The Ritz is suitably sophisticated, the second wave of UK coronavirus testing apps, and we take a look at one…
5 years, 11 months ago
We are on the bird
Episode 191
Can a video game help your company's staff choose stronger passwords? Why might satellite-based internet communications be bad for security? And what…
5 years, 11 months ago
Twitter hack arrests, email bad behaviour, and Fawkes vs facial recognition
Episode 190
Special guest Geoff White can't resist using the podcast to promote his new book, "Crime Dot Com", but other than that we also discuss the creepy (an…
5 years, 11 months ago
DNA cock-up, Garmin hack, and virtual kidnappings
Episode 189
Why are students faking their own kidnappings? What's the story behind Garmin's ransomware attack? And a genetic genealogy website suffers a hack or …
5 years, 11 months ago
Dinner with Elon Musk and Kris Jenner
Episode 188
Who stopped Twitter's hackers from stealing more money? Why are Covid-19 researchers being told to ramp up their cybersecurity? How can you find out …
6 years ago
Huawei ban, MGM hack, and a contact-tracing cock-up
Episode 187
Login chaos for England's contact tracing service, our drill-down on the Britain's Huawei 5G ban, MGM's blockbuster breach, and how to pronounce "Gig…
6 years ago