Dave Bittner

198: Chucky the coffee maker

October 1st, 2020  |  1 hr 7 mins

climate change, coffee, cryptomining, hank the cow dog, iot, privacy, ransomware, the beatles, tracking, vulnerability

Coffee machines catching ransomware, Blacklight shines a torch on website tracking, and a woman is freaked out that a complete stranger can turn off her home's security system.

191: We are on the bird

August 13th, 2020  |  54 mins 14 secs

byte, hacking, password, privacy, satellite, tiktok, triller, video game

Can a video game help your company's staff choose stronger passwords? Why might satellite-based internet communications be bad for security? And what are the alternatives to TikTok?

168: The Bitcoin fraud factory

March 5th, 2020  |  52 mins 10 secs

bitcoin, clearview, cryptocurrency, facial recognition, scam, twitter, ukraine

Fraudsters steal millions from those hoping to jump on the Bitcoin bandwagon, Twitter verifies a fake US politician, and it's another face palm for facial recognition.

159: Rap, robbery, and IoT holiday hell

December 19th, 2019  |  55 mins 3 secs

banking, car, christmas, die hard, facebook, fraud, instagram, iot, odometer, rap

A rapping bank worker is accused of stealing from the vault, the devices that can hide your car's true mileage, and why it may be a case of "No No No" rather than "Ho Ho Ho" when it comes to IoT toys this Christmas.

And as Carole sups the mulled wine, Graham has problems with his internet connection...

150: Liverpool WAGs, Facebook politics, and a selfie stalker

October 17th, 2019  |  51 mins 22 secs

elizabeth warren, facebook, football, instagram, liverpool, privacy, selfie, stalker

Footballers' wives go to war over Instagram leaks, it turns out fake news is fine on Facebook (just so long as it's in a political ad), and things take a horrific turn in Japan, as a stalker uses a scary technique to find out where his pop idol lives.

141: Black Hat and Bridezillas

August 15th, 2019  |  51 mins 30 secs

black hat, cable, camera, crown sterling, dslr, encryption, iphone, lightning, malware, ransomware, time ai, vulnerability

Say cheese to ransomware on your camera! A sponsored speech at Black Hat causes uproar, and should you trust that Lightning cable you're about to plug into your MacBook?

122: The big fat con at Office Depot

April 4th, 2019  |  48 mins 44 secs

car alarm, facial recognition, malware, office depot, officemax, pc health check

Office Depot and OfficeMax are fined millions for tricking customers into thinking their computers were infected with malware, car alarms can make your vehicle less secure, and facial recognition in apartment blocks comes under the microscope.

109: Grinches target Amazon and Reddit, stealing Christmas from the poor

December 20th, 2018  |  46 mins 58 secs

amazon, bigfoot, christmas, google, grinch, hacking, paul mccartney, pewdiepie, printer, reddit, ringo starr, t-series, womble, youtube

Join us for our special Christmas episode as we tell tales of printer hacking, website defacement, Grinches, and how Google is snooping on your private YouTube videos.

097: Dash cam surveillance, robocall plague, and Zoho woe

September 27th, 2018  |  44 mins 14 secs

dash cam, domain, iot, phishing, privacy, robocall, vulnerability, zoho

Why was Zoho's website taken offline by its own domain registrar? How are dash cams making you less secure? And why are robocalls on the rise in the United States?

077: Why Paris Hilton doesn’t use iCloud, lottery hacking, and Facebook dating

May 9th, 2018  |  39 mins 54 secs

dating, facebook, hacking, icloud, kingdom rush, lottery, paris hilton

Paris Hilton's hacker gets 57 months in the clink, we hear the story of the man who hacked the lottery and almost got away with $16.5 million, and Facebook thinks it is the perfect partner to find you a date.

066: Passwords, pirates, and postcards

February 22nd, 2018  |  39 mins 31 secs

credit card, facebook, flight simulator, idn, malware, password, phishing, punycode, russia, vulnerability

Flight simulators packed with password-grabbing malware, Facebook fighting Russian trolls, and how vulnerability researchers fear being sued.