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When rivals hack, and "extreme" baby monitors
Episode 111
Why a business spat resulted in Liberia falling off the internet, how the US Government shutdown is impacting website security, and the perplexing wo…
7 years, 2 months ago
What? You can get paid to leave Facebook?
Episode 110
Twitter and the not-so-ethical hacking of celebrity accounts, study discovers how you can pay someone to quit Facebook for a year, and the millions o…
7 years, 3 months ago
Grinches target Amazon and Reddit, stealing Christmas from the poor
Episode 109
Join us for our special Christmas episode as we tell tales of printer hacking, website defacement, Grinches, and how Google is snooping on your priva…
7 years, 3 months ago
Hoaxes, Huawei and chatbots - with Mikko Hyppönen
Episode 108
The curious case of George Duke-Cohan, Huawei's CFO finds herself in hot water, and the crazy world of mobile phone mental health apps.
All this and m…
7 years, 3 months ago
Sextorting the US army, and a Touch ID scam
Episode 107
Fitness apps exploit TouchID through a sneaky user interface trick, tech giants claim to have a plan to banish passwords, and you won't believe who w…
7 years, 4 months ago
Google Maps, Fed phishing, and Grinch bots
Episode 106
How are scammers stealing your money through Google Maps? Why did the FBI create a fake FedEx website? And how are US senators hoping to stop Grinch …
7 years, 4 months ago
Facebook, Nietzsche, Tesla, and Nicole
Episode 105
Tesla takes customer service a step too far, is it a romantic gesture or stalking when you email 246 women called Nicole, and Carole finds herself in…
7 years, 4 months ago
The world's most evil phishing test, and cyborgs in the workplace
Episode 104
Does your employer want to turn you into a cyborg? Was this phishing test devised by an evil genius? And how did a cinema chain get scammed out of mi…
7 years, 4 months ago
An Instagram nightmare, crazy iPhone deaths, and election hack claims
Episode 103
One travel blogger finds you don't have to be Kylie Jenner to be targeted by an Instagram hacker. When 40 iPhones at a hospital mysteriously die, wha…
7 years, 5 months ago
Ethical dilemmas, Girl Scouts, and porn-loving US officials
Episode 102
Who deserves to die in a driverless car crash? Who has been sniffing around the Girl Scouts' email account? And just how long would it take for a geo…
7 years, 5 months ago