Microsoft issues warning to unpatched Windows users about worm risk, and how do you delete all traces of yourself off the internet after you murder your podcast co-host?

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, who aren't joined by a special guest this week.

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Links:

• WannaCry ransomware hits systems worldwide — Graham Cluley.
• WannaCry - Who's to blame? — Smashing Security #021.
• Remote Desktop ServicesRemote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2019-0708 — Microsoft.
• A Reminder to Update Your Systems to Prevent a Worm — Microsoft.
• Microsoft practically begs Windows users to fix wormable BlueKeep flaw — Ars Technica.
• Almost One Million Vulnerable to BlueKeep Vuln (CVE-2019-0708) — Errata Security.
• Intense scanning activity detected for BlueKeep RDP flaw — ZDNet.
• Greatest Love Of All (Official Music Video) - Whitney Houston — YouTube.
• DeleteMe.
• Deseat.me.
• Removing Content From Google.
• I want to know how to go about deleting everything about myself online — Reddit.
• Remove yourself from the internet, hide your identity, and erase your online presence — ZDNet.
• Chernobyl Trailer — YouTube.
• The 23-Year-Old Woman Who Pioneered Investigative Journalism — The Atlantic.
• Undercover in an Insane Asylum: How a 23-Year-Old Changed Journalism — YouTube.
• Nellie Bly — Wikipedia.
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