Signalgate sucks, and the quandary of quishing

Signalgate sucks, and the quandary of quishing

QR codes are being weaponised by scammers — so maybe think twice before scanning that parking meter. And in a blunder so dumb it makes autocorrect look smart, the White House explains how it leaked war plans on Signal because an iPhone mistook a journalist for a government insider.

Plus! Don't miss our featured interview with Josh Donelson of Material and Tony Albano from Google, about detection and response in today's AI-driven world.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

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Hong Kong hijinks, pig butchers, and poor ransomware gangs

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Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far?

Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far?

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Big dumpers, AI defamation, and the slug that slurped

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24 Jan 202446min

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Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love

Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly profiting from a cryptocurrency app? Were 23andMe right to blame their users after a data breach? And Indian men have hard feelings after falling fo...

17 Jan 202447min

Chuck Norris and the fake CEO, artificial KYC, and an Airbnb scam

Chuck Norris and the fake CEO, artificial KYC, and an Airbnb scam

Chuck Norris gives a helping hand to a mysterious cryptocurrency CEO who may have separated investors from over a billion dollars, generative AI creates a nightmare for those wanting to Know Their Cus...

10 Jan 202448min

Phone hacking, Piers Morgan, and Carole’s Christmas cockup

Phone hacking, Piers Morgan, and Carole’s Christmas cockup

Piers Morgan is less than happy after a judgement that there is "no doubt" he knew phone hacking was going on at the Daily Mirror, and a shopper comes a-cropper just before Christmas.All this and more...

20 Des 202344min

For research purposes only

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A hacker bursts the bubble of inflatable fetish fans, Hollywood celebrities unwittingly record videos in a Kremlin plot, and there's a particularly devious WordPress-related malware campaign.All this ...

13 Des 202356min

Nuclear cybersecurity, Marketplace scams, and face up to porn

Nuclear cybersecurity, Marketplace scams, and face up to porn

Hacking fears are raised at Western Europe's most hazardous building, why porn sites might soon be scanning your face, and our guest narrowly avoids a Facebook Marketplace scammer.All this and much mu...

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