Collaborate Disseminate
iPhone photos come back from the dead! Scarlett Johansson sounds upset about GPT-4o, and there’s a cockup involving celebrity fakes.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity vetera… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #373: iPhone undeleted photos, and stealing Scarlett Johansson’s voice
Remember when a US mother was accused of distributing explicit deepfake photos and videos to try to get her teenage daughter’s cheerleading rivals kicked off the team? Well, there has been a surprising development. And learn how cybercriminals have be… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #372: The fake deepfake, and Estate insecurity
The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware is named and sanctioned, a cybersecurity consultant is charged with a $1.5 million extortion, and a romance fraudster defrauded women he met on Tinder of £80,000.
All this and much much more is discussed in the … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #371: Unmasking LockBitsupp, company extortion, and a Tinder fraudster
The UK Government takes aim at IoT devices shipping with weak or default passwords, an identity thief spends two years in jail after being mistaken for the person who stole his name, and are you au fait with the latest scams?
All this and much more … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #370: The closed loop conundrum, default passwords, and Baby Reindeer
Leicester City Council suffers a crippling ransomware attack, and a massive data breach, but is it out of the dark yet? And as election fever hits India we take a close eye at deepfakery.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #369: Keeping the lights on after a ransomware attack
Take That’s Gary Barlow chats up a pizza-slinging granny from Essex via Facebook, or does he? And a scam takes a sinister turn – for both the person being scammed and an innocent participant – in Ohio.
All this and more is discussed in the latest e… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #368: Gary Barlow, and a scam turns deadly
MPs aren’t just getting excited about an upcoming election, but also the fruity WhatsApp messages they’re receiving, can we trust AI with our health, and who on earth is pretending to be a producer for the Drew Barrymore TV show?
All this and much m… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #367: WhatsApp at Westminster, unhealthy AI, and Drew Barrymore
Google says it is deleting the your Google Chrome Incognito private-browsing data that it should never have collected anyway. Can a zero-risk millionaire-making bot be trusted? And what countries are banned from buying your sensitive data?
All this … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #366: Money-making bots, and Incognito isn’t private
Security researchers find a way to unlock millions of hotel rooms, the UK introduces cyberflashing laws, and Google’s AI search pushes malware and scams.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podca… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #365: Hacking hotels, Google’s AI goof, and cyberflashing
There’s a Bing ding dong, after Microsoft (over?) enthusiastically encourages Chrome users to stop using Google, and silence hits the British Library as it shares its story of a ransomware attack.
All this and more is discussed in the latest editio… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #364: Bing pop-up wars, and the British Library ransomware scandal