How to lose friends and DDoS people
When the mysterious operator of an internet archiving-service decided to silence a curious Finnish blogger, they didn’t just send a stroppy email - they allegedly weaponised their own CAPTCHA page to ...
26 Helmi 48min
Face off: Meta’s Glasses and America’s internet kill switch
Could America turn off Europe's internet?That’s one of the questions that Graham and special guest James Ball will be exploring as they discuss tech sovereignty. Could Gmail, cloud services, and criti...
19 Helmi 44min
AI was not plotting humanity’s demise. Humans were
AI bots are having existential crises, inventing religions, and allegedly plotting against humanity... or so the internet would have you believe.We dig into Moltbook, the “AI-only” social network that...
12 Helmi 40min
The Epstein Files didn’t hide this hacker very well
Supposedly redacted Jeffrey Epstein files can still reveal exactly who they’re talking about - especially when AI, LinkedIn, and a few biographical breadcrumbs do the heavy lifting.Sloppy redaction le...
5 Helmi 36min
The dark web's worst assassins, and Pegasus in the dock
In episode 452, a London-based YouTuber wins a landmark court case against Saudi Arabia after his phone was hacked with Pegasus spyware — exposing how a single, seemingly harmless text message can tur...
29 Tammi 45min
I hacked the government, and your headphones are next
In episode 451 of "Smashing Security," we meet the cybercriminal who hacked the US Supreme Court, Veterans Affairs, and more - and then helpfully posted screenshots (and even someone’s blood type) on ...
22 Tammi 45min
From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild
Confusion reigns after claims that data linked to 17.5 million Instagram accounts is up for sale - sparked by a vague post, contradictory statements, and a flood of password reset emails nobody asked ...
15 Tammi 36min
How to scam someone in seven days
Romance scammers have apparently discovered astrology... and Taurus is their secret weapon.In episode 449 of "Smashing Security", we take a look inside an actual romance-fraud handbook - complete with...
8 Tammi 1h 1min
