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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, 2 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 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, 3 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, 4 months ago
Hijacked homes, porn passports, and ransomware regret
Episode 119
A $150 million mansion is hijacked online, Brits will soon have to scan their passport to watch internet porn, and are organisations right to pay up …
7 years, 4 months ago
The 's' in IoT stands for security
Episode 118
Twerking robot assistants, an app from Saudi Arabia that lets men track women, and a gnarly skiing security snarl-up!
Oh, and find out how a didgerido…
7 years, 4 months ago
SWATs on a plane
Episode 117
Why is Tampa's mayor tweeting about blowing up the airport? Are hackers trying to connect with you via LinkedIn? And has Maria succeeded in her attem…
7 years, 4 months ago