Think your Kindle is harmless? Think again! In this episode, Graham and special guest Danny Palmer unpack a Black Hat Europe talk revealing how a boobytrapped audiobook could exploit the Amazon eBook reader - potentially letting an attacker break into your account and seize control of your credit card.
Plus a blast from 2021's "summer of ransomware" returns to haunt Ireland's Health Service Executive, as victims are offered ā¬750 each.
And because it's the last show before the Christmas break, there's also a Pick of the Week that veers from cosy rom-com comfort to pointy-polygon nostalgia.Ā
All this, and more, in episode 448 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with Graham Cluley, and special guest Danny Palmer.
š š Thanks to everyone for listening to "Smashing Security" during 2025 - we look forward to being back in your ear'oles in early January. Stay safe! š š
EPISODE LINKS:
- Password manager provider fined Ā£1.2m by ICO for data breach affecting up to 1.6 million people in the UK - ICO.
- Trump Administration Turning to Private Firms in Cyber Offensive - Bloomberg.
- Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest - Reuters.
- Once upon an exploit: how fake audiobook led to Kindle takeover - Cybernews.
- Four years later, Irish health service offers ā¬750 to victims of ransomware attack - Bitdefender.
- When Harry Met Sally - Wikipedia.
- When Harry Met Sally trailer - YouTube.
- Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered review - you were never going to smooth these games out - Eurogamer.
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