Smashing Security podcast #353: Phone hacking, Piers Morgan, and Carole’s Christmas cockup

Piers Morgan is less than happy after a judgement that there is “no doubt” he knew phone hacking was going on at the Daily Mirror, and a shopper comes a-cropper just before Christmas.

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Smashing Security podcast #352: For research purposes only

A hacker bursts the bubble of inflatable fetish fans, Hollywood celebrities unwittingly record videos in a Kremlin plot, and there’s a particularly devious WordPress-related malware campaign.

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Smashing Security podcast #351: Nuclear cybersecurity, Marketplace scams, and face up to porn

Hacking fears are raised at Western Europe’s most hazardous building, why porn sites might soon be scanning your face, and our guest narrowly avoids a Facebook Marketplace scammer.

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Smashing Security podcast #350: Think before you shrink! And our guest is faked

Don’t minimise your Teams Meeting video call too hastily, you might reveal your dirty secrets! Would you be prepared to pay for Facebook and Instagram? And who is being faked to promote cryptocurrency scams?

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Smashing Security podcast #348: Hacking for chimp change, and AI chatbot birthday

Who’s more incompetent – the cryptocurrency exchanges or some of the people who hack them? Plus a closer look at the reliability of AI chatbots.

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Smashing Security podcast #347: Trolls, military data, and the hitman and her

A woman’s attempt to hire an assassin online backfires badly, it’s scary just how cheap it is to buy information about US military personnel, and trolls and tattoos don’t mix.

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Smashing Security podcast #346: How hackers are breaching Booking.com, and the untrustworthy reviews

Workers wonder if their colleagues are actually AI, and we take a deeper look into the curious scams going on via Booking.com.

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Smashing Security podcast #345: Cyber sloppiness, and why does Google really want to hide your IP address?

Ahoy! There’s trouble in the South China Seas as Filipino organisations fail to secure their systems, we take a close look at Google IP protection, and we take a look at just how so much genetic profile data leaked out of 23andMe.

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Smashing Security podcast #344: What’s cooking at Booking.com? And a podcast built by AI

How hunting for an aubergine could be all it takes for you to hand your credit card details over to a scammer, and just how good is a podcast entirely built by AI?

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Smashing Security podcast #343: Four-legged girlfriends, LoveGPT, and a military intelligence failure

Dream girlfriends, AI love scams, and an alleged spy who is said to have made a series of blunders.

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