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091: Sextortion, Las Vegas hotels, and Alex Jones
091: Sextortion, Las Vegas hotels, and Alex Jones

Just how did sextortionists get (some) of the digits in your phone number? Why are some hackers saying they won't be going to DEF CON in Las Vegas an…

7 years, 7 months ago

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090: Fortnite for Android, and the FCC's DDoS BS
090: Fortnite for Android, and the FCC's DDoS BS

Fortnite players are told they'll have to disable a security setting on Android, the FCC finally admits that it wasn't hit by a DDoS attack, and Veri…

7 years, 8 months ago

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089: Data breaches, ransomware, Bitcoin robberies, and typewriters
089: Data breaches, ransomware, Bitcoin robberies, and typewriters

Ransomware rears its head again, Dixons Carphone reveals its data breach was almost 1000% worse than they previously thought, a man is accused of ste…

7 years, 8 months ago

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088: PayPal’s Venmo app even makes your drug purchases public
088: PayPal’s Venmo app even makes your drug purchases public

Websites still using HTTP are marked as "not secure" by Chrome, 85,000 Google employees haven't been phished for a year, and if you're buying drugs v…

7 years, 8 months ago

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087: How Russia hacked the US election
087: How Russia hacked the US election

Regardless of whether Donald Trump believes Russia hacked the Democrats in the run-up to the US Presidential election or not, we explain how they did…

7 years, 8 months ago

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086: Elon Musk submarine scams and 2FA bypass
086: Elon Musk submarine scams and 2FA bypass

The world has been gripped with the story of that soccer team, those poor boys... but enough about England's World Cup hopes being dashed, it's time …

7 years, 8 months ago

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085: Doctor Who, Facebook patents, and Bob's Burgers
085: Doctor Who, Facebook patents, and Bob's Burgers

Doctor Who's TARDIS has sprung a data leak, Facebook's creepy patents are unmasked, and an app to keep women safe on dates has surprising origins.

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7 years, 9 months ago

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084: No! My voice is not my password
084: No! My voice is not my password

Who's been collecting the voice prints of millions of people saying "My voice is my password"? Why has it become tougher for law enforcement to scoop…

7 years, 9 months ago

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083: Fake email derails clarinetist's dream
083: Fake email derails clarinetist's dream

Hell hath no fury like a jealous clarinetist's girlfriend! Your Google ChromeCast could be letting stalkers find out where you live! And why on earth…

7 years, 9 months ago

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082: World Cup cybersecurity, crypto crashes, and a bang of a password fail
082: World Cup cybersecurity, crypto crashes, and a bang of a password fail

Coinrail cryptocurrency exchange goes offline after hack, Russia appears to be 'live testing' cyber attacks, and Florida stopped running background c…

7 years, 9 months ago

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