Bad bots, cheeky ransoms, and good deepfakes
Ransom acts of kindness are top of our mind, as we also explore how bad bots are hogging more and more of the internet's activity, and look at how deepfakes could be a good thing after all.All this an...
1 Kesä 202251min
Webcam extortion, Michael Fish, and food foul-ups
A browser extension bug let malicious websites spy on webcams, hackers threaten the global food supply chain, and Michael Fish (not that one...) hacked into his female classmates' online accounts, hun...
25 Touko 202254min
Jail for Bing, and mental health apps may not be good for you
A man hacks his employer to prove its security sucks, Telegram provides a helping hand to the Eternity Project malware, and what the heck do mental health apps think they're up to?All this and much mu...
18 Touko 20221h 5min
Hands off my biometrics, and a wormhole squirmish
Clearview AI receives something of a slap in the face, and who is wrestling over an internet wormhole?All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by compute...
11 Touko 202249min
Password blips, and who's calling the airport?
We find out why calls to Dublin airport's noise complaints line have soared, and Carole quizzes Graham to celebrate World Password Day.All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smas...
4 Touko 202250min
Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams
Members of The Bored Ape Yacht Club get that sinking feeling, a face unwittingly launches hundreds of romance scams, and is an as-yet unseen Kim Kardashian sex tape a load of old Roblox?All this and m...
27 Huhti 202250min
Crypto break-in, Google blurring, and mics not muting
A man loses $650,000 from his cryptocurrency wallet after his Apple iCloud account is hacked, video conferencing apps may not be muting your mic quite the way you imagined, and Google has unblurred mi...
20 Huhti 202250min
Bearded Barbie, EDR scams, and hobbyist crime detectives
Pulchritudinous women with glossy long hair are targeting Israeli officials via Facebook - but why? Scammers have found a new way to gain access to your most sensitive information - but how? And armc...
13 Huhti 202251min
