Lights! Camera! Hacktion!

Lights! Camera! Hacktion!

When "bad actors" stop being hackers and start being... actual actors.

This week, Graham and special guest Jenny Radcliffe play “Hacker or Ham?” (yes, Steven Seagal, we’re looking at you), before diving into a campaign which saw an Iranian gang luring Israeli performers with fake casting calls for a serious film. We unpack why positive lures can short-circuit scepticism just as effectively as fear.

Plus, the UK's ICO says students are increasingly hacking their own schools.

Meanwhile, Graham heads to 1960s Oxford with Endeavour, while Jenny investigates the Wirral’s mysterious "Catman".

All this, and more, in episode 435 of the "Smashing Security" podcast.


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012: Eau de Eugene Kaspersky

012: Eau de Eugene Kaspersky

Androids pre-installed with malware - can the supply chain be trusted? Will WikiLeaks help vendors get zero-days fixed? And what on earth has the Kaspersky marketing department dreamt up this time? Gr...

16 Mar 201728min

011: WikiLeaks and the CIA

011: WikiLeaks and the CIA

Has the CIA been using a Weeping Angel to spy on you via your Smart TV? Have WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal been compromised? What is the secret of the SATAN ransomware? And can you avoid having your d...

9 Mar 201733min

010: The dolls must be destroyed

010: The dolls must be destroyed

A creepy teddybear leaks two million voicemail messages, Windows 10 pushes you into only installing vetted apps, and Boeing warns 36,000 employees their personal information could have been exposed af...

2 Mar 201736min

009: False flags and hacker clues

009: False flags and hacker clues

The Lazarus malware attempts to trick you into believing it was written by Russians, second-hand connected cars may be easier to steal, and is your child a malicious hacker?All this and more is discus...

23 Feb 201726min

Macs and malware - a Smashing Security splinter

Macs and malware - a Smashing Security splinter

Do you run an anti-virus on your Mac?  Should you?In this special "splinter" episode (or should it be a "shard"?) regular hosts Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault and Vanja Svajcer discuss the malware th...

21 Feb 201716min

008: I'll give you my Android when you pry it from my cold, dead paws

008: I'll give you my Android when you pry it from my cold, dead paws

Handbags at dawn for CrowdStrike and NSS Labs! Donald Trump's insecure Android phone! File-less malware - is that so new? And StalkScan makes it easier to reveal what Facebook users have been careless...

16 Feb 201728min

Using public Wi-Fi - a Smashing Security splinter

Using public Wi-Fi - a Smashing Security splinter

The tricky problem of public Wi-Fi hotspots.In this special "splinter" episode (or should it be a "shard"?) regular hosts Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault and Vanja Svajcer discuss, and offer some advi...

13 Feb 201721min

007: ASCII art attack

007: ASCII art attack

Printers start churning out ASCII art after a vigilante hacker hijacks 160,000 devices, a researcher reveals how you can get Donald Trump to tweet an embarrassing spoof video of himself, and has your ...

9 Feb 201722min

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