Poisoned porn ads, the A word, and why why why Wipro?
Smashing Security17 Huhti 2019

Poisoned porn ads, the A word, and why why why Wipro?

The hacker who lived the high life after spreading malware via porn sites, Wipro demonstrates how to turn a cybersecurity crisis into a PR disaster, and why are humans listening in to your Alexa conversations?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Brian Honan.


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Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.


Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.


Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guest: Brian Honan.

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