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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, 10 months ago
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, 10 months ago
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, 10 months ago
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, 10 months ago
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.
All…
7 years, 10 months ago
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, 11 months ago
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, 11 months ago
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, 11 months ago
081: Hacker no-hopers, Wessex Water has a word, and we win an award
The mastermind behind the Owari botnet doesn't seem to have learnt anything from his victims, and someone at Wessex Water forgets to remove an embarr…
7 years, 11 months ago
080: Country bans Facebook, eavesdropping Alexa, and PornHub VPN
The country of Papua New Guinea is planning a month-long nationwide ban of Facebook, PornHub wants to keep your online activities more private, and A…
8 years ago