The $230 million crypto handbag heist, and misinformation on social media
Two men are accused of stealing almost a quarter of a billion dollars from one person's cryptocurrency wallet, but why on earth would they be handing out handbags to strangers? And social media comes...
25 Syys 202435min
TFL security derailed, and is Trump the king of crypto?
Transport for London (TfL) suffers a cybersecurity incident and tells its 30,000 staff they will all have to their identities verified... in-person. Who might have been behind the attack and why? Me...
18 Syys 202437min
A room with a view, AI music shenanigans, and a cocaine bear
It's a case of algorithm and blues as we look into an AI music scam, Ukraine believes it has caught a spy high in the sky, and a cocaine-fuelled bear goes on the rampage.All this and more is discussed...
11 Syys 202433min
The Godfather club, and AirTags to the rescue
There's a whole new dating scam that could mean you end up out of pocket (or beaten up) after a first date with a glamorous admirer, and a woman in Los Alamos uses an Air Tag to entrap a thief.Plus - ...
4 Syys 202454min
Smashing Security presents The AI Fix: An AI cookery dumpster fire, the ARC prize, and a creepy new AI friend
While "Smashing Security" is on its summer holiday, here's a chance to listen to an episode of its sister show - "The AI Fix".In episode ten of The AI Fix, Graham attempts to say "quinoa", Mark draws ...
5 Elo 202441min
CrowdStrike, Dark Wire, and the Paris Olympics
Computers blue-screen-of-death around the world! The Paris Olympics is at risk of attack! And the FBI pull off the biggest sting operation in history by running a secret end-to-end encrypted messaging...
24 Heinä 202454min
Trump assassination conspiracies, Squarespace account hijacks, and the butt stops here
Social media fuels conspiracies galore after Donald Trump is shot at a rally, cryptocurrency websites are hijacked after a screw-up at Squarespace, and our guest takes a close look at bottoms on Insta...
17 Heinä 202455min
Teachers TikTok targeted, and fraud in the doctors’ waiting room
Execs at a health tech startup are sentenced to jail after a massive ad fraud, and a school is shaken after teachers are targeted via TikTok.All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the...
10 Heinä 202448min
