Why are students faking their own kidnappings? What’s the story behind Garmin’s ransomware attack? And a genetic genealogy website suffers a hack or two.

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, joined this week by Ray [REDACTED].

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Links:

• Tribe of Hackers Podcast.
• Golden State Killer pleads guilty to 13 murders — BBC News.
• Joseph James DeAngelo — Wikipedia.
• Hackers Attacked Two Leading Genetic Genealogy Websites — Buzzfeed News.
• GEDmatch confirms data breach after users’ DNA profile data made available to police — TechCrunch.
• Garmin outage caused by confirmed WastedLocker ransomware attack — Bleeping Computer.
• Charges Announced in Malware Conspiracy — FBI.
• Garmin staggers back online after ransomware attack — Graham Cluley.
• Coronavirus: China warns students over ‘risks’ of studying in Australia — BBC News.
• Chinese students in Australia targeted in virtual kidnapping scam — BBC News.
• Chinese students in Australia are being targeted in kidnapping scams, police warn — South China Morning Post.
• Chinese Students in Australia Are Faking Their Own Kidnappings. Here’s Why — Vice.
• SecondHandSongs.
• Doomsday Algorithm — Just in case you didn’t understand Ray’s explanation…
• Incredibox.
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Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.

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