Rick Astley and the little birdie scam
Australia's signal intelligence agency calls upon an Eighties popstar to fight terrorism, and a simple act of kindness leads to a woman being scammed for thousands.All this and much more is discussed ...
7 Juni 202359min
.ZIP domains, AI lies, and did social media inflame a riot?
ChatGPT hallucinations cause turbulence in court, a riot in Wales may have been ignited on social media, and do you think .MOV is a good top-level domain for "a website that moves you"?All this and mu...
31 Maj 20231h 16min
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 mor...
24 Maj 202349min
When you buy a criminal’s phone, and paying for social media scams
Personal information is going for a song, and the banks want social media sites to pay when their users get scammed.All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security"...
17 Maj 202341min
Eurovision, acts of war, and Twitter circles
Twitter shares explicit photos without users' permission, one US company can look forward to a $1.4 billion payout seven years after an infamous cyberattack, and how might hackers target Eurovision?Al...
10 Maj 20231h 6min
City Jerks, AI animals, and is the BBC hacking again?
Two unsavoury websites suffer from a worrying leak, scientists are going animal crackers over AI, and the BBC is intercepting scammers' live phone calls with victims.All this and much much more is dis...
3 Maj 202348min
The CEO who also ran IT, Strava strife, and TikTok tall tales
A boss is bitten in the bottom after being struck by one of the worst crimes in Finnish history, Strava's privacy isn't so private, and a private investigator uncovers some TikTok tall tales. All this...
26 Apr 202356min
Tesla workers spy on drivers, and Operation Fox Hunt scams
Graham wonders what would happen if his bouncing buttocks were captured on camera by a Tesla employee, and we take a look at canny scams connected to China's Operation Fox Hunt.All this and more is di...
19 Apr 202336min
