Collaborate Disseminate
Roku users are revolting after their TVs are bricked by the company, we learn how to make money through conspiracy videos on TikTok, and just how much is your car snooping on your driving?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest editi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #363: Stuck streaming sticks, TikTok conspiracies, and spying cars
Is there any truth behind the alleged data breach at Fortnite maker Epic Games? Who launched the ransomware attack that caused a fallout at pharmacies? And what’s the latest on the heart-breaking hack of Finnish therapy clinic Vastaamo? All this … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #362: Ransomware fraud, pharmacy chaos, and suicide
Your smartphone may be toast – if you use a hacked wireless charger, we take a closer look at the latest developments in the unfolding LockBit ransomware drama, and Carole dips her toe into online AI romance apps. All this and much much more is d… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #361: Wireless charging woe, AI romance apps, and ransomware revisited
Heaven’s above! Scammers are exploiting online funerals, and Lockbit – the “Walmart of Ransomware” – is dismantled in style by cyber cops.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veter… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #360: Lockbit locked out, and funeral Facebook scams
Holy mackerel! AI is jumping on the religion bandwagon, ransomware gangs target hospitals, and what’s happened to your old mobile phone number?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybe… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #359: Declaring war on ransomware gangs, mobile muddles, and AI religion
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? A company in Hong Kong suffers a sophisticated deepfake duping, be one your guard from pig butchers as Valentine’s Day approaches, and spare a moment to feel sorry for poor ransomware gangs.
All this and … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #358: Hong Kong hijinks, pig butchers, and poor ransomware gangs
The iPhone security setting that you should enable right now, the worrying way that AI is predicting what criminals look like, and we play a game of face fake or real…
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #357: Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far?
This week the podcast is more lavatorial than usual, as we explore how privacy may have gone to sh*t on Google Maps, our guest drives hands-free on Britain’s motorways (and is defamed by AI), and ransomware attacks an airplane-leasing firm.
Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly profiting from a cryptocurrency app? Were 23andMe right to blame their users after a data breach? And Indian men have hard feelings after falling for a money-for-sex scam.
All this and much much mo… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #355: Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love
Chuck Norris gives a helping hand to a mysterious cryptocurrency CEO who may have separated investors from over a billion dollars, generative AI creates a nightmare for those wanting to Know Their Customer, and a determined journalist finally gets thei… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #354: Chuck Norris and the fake CEO, artificial KYC, and an Airbnb scam