Botched Bitcoin blackmail, iSpoof, and Meta’s billion dollar data bungle

Botched Bitcoin blackmail, iSpoof, and Meta’s billion dollar data bungle

13 years jail for spoofing scammer, a rogue IT security expert's Bitcoin blackmail goes wrong, and Facebook's eyewatering GDPR fine may be only the beginning of its problems.

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 the Imposter Syndrome Network podcast's Zoë Rose.

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

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040: The show that cost Troy Hunt 14 dollars

040: The show that cost Troy Hunt 14 dollars

Are public figures lying about being hacked? What were online criminals doing with 711 million email addresses? And how could scammers profit from Hurricane Harvey?All this and more is discussed in th...

30 Aug 201747min

039: Woah - are we talking to a cyborg?

039: Woah - are we talking to a cyborg?

Hackers could change emails in your inbox after they are delivered, the web is getting more and more encrypted, and hacked robots can be commanded to umm... stab you.All this and more is discussed in ...

24 Aug 201746min

038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!

038: Gents! Stop airdropping your pics!

WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins (aka MalwareTech) pleads not guilty to malware charges, the Scottish parliament is hit by a brute force attack, IoT smart locks aren't so smart, and.. ahem.. someone is s...

17 Aug 201744min

037: Boobs, dragons and data breaches

037: Boobs, dragons and data breaches

Hackers are holding HBO to ransom after a massive data breach, and have leaked the phone numbers and email addresses of "Game of Thrones" cast members. Has security firm Carbon Black been leaking cus...

9 Aug 201737min

036: Flash? Clunk flush... and hacking security researchers

036: Flash? Clunk flush... and hacking security researchers

A security threat researcher is badly hacked in a revenge attack. Some people want to save Adobe Flash, but is that wise? And a poorly-secured electronic billboard starts displaying offensive images.....

3 Aug 201744min

035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware

035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware

China is forcing people to install smartphone spyware, young cyberoffenders are offered rehab, and robot vacuum cleaners want to sell maps of the inside of your house to tech firms.All this and more i...

26 Jul 201737min

034: The pen is mightier than the password

034: The pen is mightier than the password

The UK government wants you to give your credit card details to porn sites, Ashley Madison offers compensation to the people whose lives it ruined, and an adult website wants you to pass its unorthodo...

20 Jul 201748min

033: 1Password, net neutrality, and spatchcock chicken

033: 1Password, net neutrality, and spatchcock chicken

Is password manager 1Password treating its customers unfairly? Are autonomous cars driving us around the bend? And what is this Net Neutrality thing anyway? All this and more is discussed in the lates...

13 Jul 201742min

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