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041: Hacking Instagram, facial failures, and spying bosses
041: Hacking Instagram, facial failures, and spying bosses

It's easy to phone up a celebrity on Instagram following security breach, facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival can't tell the girls from the b…

8 years, 7 months ago

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040: The show that cost Troy Hunt 14 dollars
040: The show that cost Troy Hunt 14 dollars

Are public figures lying about being hacked? What were online criminals doing with 711 million email addresses? And how could scammers profit from Hu…

8 years, 7 months ago

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039: Woah - are we talking to a cyborg?
039: Woah - are we talking to a cyborg?

Hackers could change emails in your inbox after they are delivered, the web is getting more and more encrypted, and hacked robots can be commanded to…

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038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!
038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!

WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins (aka MalwareTech) pleads not guilty to malware charges, the Scottish parliament is hit by a brute force attack, IoT sma…

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037: Boobs, dragons and data breaches
037: Boobs, dragons and data breaches

Hackers are holding HBO to ransom after a massive data breach, and have leaked the phone numbers and email addresses of "Game of Thrones" cast member…

8 years, 7 months ago

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036: Flash? Clunk flush... and hacking security researchers
036: Flash? Clunk flush... and hacking security researchers

A security threat researcher is badly hacked in a revenge attack. Some people want to save Adobe Flash, but is that wise? And a poorly-secured electr…

8 years, 8 months ago

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035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware
035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware

China is forcing people to install smartphone spyware, young cyberoffenders are offered rehab, and robot vacuum cleaners want to sell maps of the ins…

8 years, 8 months ago

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034: The pen is mightier than the password
034: The pen is mightier than the password

The UK government wants you to give your credit card details to porn sites, Ashley Madison offers compensation to the people whose lives it ruined, a…

8 years, 8 months ago

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033: 1Password, net neutrality, and spatchcock chicken
033: 1Password, net neutrality, and spatchcock chicken

Is password manager 1Password treating its customers unfairly? Are autonomous cars driving us around the bend? And what is this Net Neutrality thing …

8 years, 8 months ago

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032: The iPhone 8, a data breach at the AA, and a mystery no show
032: The iPhone 8, a data breach at the AA, and a mystery no show

The iPhone 8 is on its way and may use 3D facial recognition rather than a fingerprint sensor to lock out intruders, and the UK's Automobile Associat…

8 years, 9 months ago

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