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Too Long; Didn't Listen
Episode 129
Don't hire a hacker, they might scam you! What works and what doesn't when it comes to protecting your email account? And China's controversial socia…
7 years ago
Shackled ankles, photo scrapes, and SIM card swaps
Episode 128
A bad software update causes big headaches for Dutch police, but brings temporary freedom to criminals. SIM swaps are in the news again as fraudster…
7 years ago
I do love the Dutch
Episode 127
Israel strikes back at Hamas's hacking HQ, a new sextortion email comes with a twist, and Carole saves the world with some help from hacked Roomba va…
7 years ago
Zombie chickens and fast-food victims
Episode 126
What's the worst that can happen if you join a Hollywood hard man's Facebook page? What drove a man to hijack a website's name at gunpoint? And can…
7 years, 1 month ago
Pick of the thief!
Episode 125
WannaCry's "accidental hero" pleads guilty to malware charges, Samsung and Nokia have fingerprint fumbles, the NCSC publishes a list of 100,000 dread…
7 years, 1 month ago
Poisoned porn ads, the A word, and why why why Wipro?
Episode 124
The hacker who lived the high life after spreading malware via porn sites, Wipro demonstrates how to turn a cybersecurity crisis into a PR disaster, …
7 years, 1 month ago
Backups - a necessary evil? (replay)
Episode 123
With Graham incapacitated, we drag an episode out from the archives. In this special "splinter" episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast from Sept…
7 years, 1 month ago
The big fat con at Office Depot
Episode 122
Office Depot and OfficeMax are fined millions for tricking customers into thinking their computers were infected with malware, car alarms can make yo…
7 years, 2 months ago
Hijacked motel rooms, ASUS PCs, and leaky apps
Episode 121
An app leaking private conversations and intimate photographs is ignoring requests to fix the problem, hackers poison a security update sent to ASUS …
7 years, 2 months ago
Silk Road with Deliveroo
Episode 120
Online drug dealers get busted due to poor OPSEC! People are still failing to wipe their USB sticks properly! A potential presidential candidate is o…
7 years, 2 months ago