254: A dead hamster, a brass pen, and The Beatles

Cryptocurrency traders suffer a hamster-related loss, beware of charity scammers this holiday season, and do you have the patience to sit through Peter Jackson's eight-hour Beatles documentary?

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are flying solo this week.

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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

• How Stanley Kubrick Staged the Moon Landing — The Paris Review.
• The Day the World Didn't End — NASA.
• Does Finland Exist? Many Don't Think So — The Culture Trip.
• Mr Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster beating human investors — BBC News.
• Mr Goxx's Twitch channel — Twitch.
• RIP Mr. Goxx: Cryptocurrency trading HAMSTER DIES of unknown causes — Daily Mail.
• Epstein’s death proves feeding ground for conspiracy theories — Financial Times.
• Smashing Security episode 114: Darknet Diaries, death, and beauty apps — In which we discussed the Quadriga case.
• Find QuadrigaCX’s missing $190 million, and you could win a $100,000 bounty — Graham Cluley.
• Fraud: Charities warned to be extra vigilant over coming months — UK Fundraising.
• Donate safely this Giving Tuesday — FTC.
• Watch The Beatles: Get Back — Disney +
• The Beatles: Get Back trailer — YouTube.
• Kaweco Brass Sport pen.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff