Smashing Security

Scammers from Africa are preying on US businesses, a drug dealer makes a mistake when hiding his Bitcoin fortune, and the Coronavirus pandemic is causing scams to soar and raising questions about faci...

26 Feb 202056min

How to stop dick pics on Twitter, and a new way bad guys are extorting money from websites earning cash from Google ads.All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Secur...

19 Feb 202042min

Wi-Fi hopping malware, the return of Ashley Madison extortion scams, and should social media be doing anything about cheapfakes?All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "S...

12 Feb 202048min

A gallery is tricked into giving millions to a fraudster, software tells doctors to push opioids onto patients, and an artist finds a novel way to trick Google Maps into thinking there's a traffic jam...

5 Feb 202034min

Should possessing malware be illegal in itself? How did a Russian cryptocurrency exchange millionaire lose his fortune? And what on earth are Amazon Ring doorbell cams up to now?All this and much much...

29 Jan 202058min

A hospital gets hacked because of an ex-employee's grudge, robocalls are on the rise, and we share a scary story about the future of facial recognition.All this and much much more is discussed in the ...

22 Jan 202052min

The man who hacked the UK National Lottery didn't end up a winner, Japanese Love hotel booking tool suffers a data breach, and just what is 23andMe planning to do with your DNA?All this and much much ...

15 Jan 202042min

We discuss how Microsoft Word helped trap a multi-million dollar fraudster, how Amazon Ring may be recording more than you're comfortable with, and how teens are flocking to TikTok (and why that might...

8 Jan 202053min