Smashing Security

145: Apple and Google willy wave while home assistants spy - DoH!

September 12th, 2019  |  44 mins 21 secs

alexa, android, apple, dns, doh, google, home assistant, https, ios, malware, nintendo wii, siri

Apple is furious with Google over iPhone hacking attacks against Uyghur Muslims in China, DNS-over-HTTPS is good for privacy but makes ISPs angry, and concern over digital assistants listening to our private moments continues to rise.

144: Google helps the FBI, Twitter Jack’s hijack, and car data woes

September 5th, 2019  |  51 mins 34 secs

android, car, doctor who, fbi, google, jack dorsey, location services, privacy, terrance dicks, twitter

Should Google really be helping the FBI with a bank robbery? What's the story behind the Twitter CEO claiming there's a bomb in their offices? And how much does your car really know about you?

And we mourn the loss of Doctor Who legend Terrance Dicks...

143: Hacking from outer space, Ukrainian cryptomining, and deepfaked Canadians

August 29th, 2019  |  43 mins 34 secs

astronaut, cryptomining, deepfake, jordan peterson, nasa, online banking, power plant, space, ukraine

Was a cybercrime committed on the International Space Station? What on earth were Ukrainian scientists thinking when they plugged a nuclear power station into the internet? And someone has cloned Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson's voice...

142: Mercedes secret sensors, smart cities, and ransomware runs riot

August 22nd, 2019  |  49 mins 30 secs

car, facebook, malware, mercedes, privacy, ransomware, smart cities, tracking

Darknet Diaries host Jack Rhysider joins us to discuss how cities in Texas are being hit by a wave of ransomware, how Mercedes Benz has installed a tracker in your car (but not for the reason you think), the security threats impacting smart cities, and a new feature coming to your Facebook app.

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?

140: Love, PINs, and 8chan

August 8th, 2019  |  54 mins 51 secs

8chan, banking, cloudflare, dating, monzo, passcode, pin, romance scam, the boys

Is the PIN you use for your bank card secure? How did one woman get duped into giving a romance scammer $200,000? And Cloudflare and other online services take aim at a vile corner of the internet...

139: Capital One hacked, iMessage flaws, and anonymity my ass!

August 1st, 2019  |  47 mins 59 secs

amazon, capital one, data anonymization, data breach, gdpr, imessage, ios, iphone, legend of zelda, steve jobs, vulnerability, walter isaacson

Capital One gets hacked, critical vulnerabilities are found in iMessage, and data anonymization may not be as good as we hope. But listen up, we also discuss the Legend of Zelda, a biography of tech giants, offer advice for escaping an angry moose, and are introduced to... Penelope?

138: Logic bombs, brain data exploitation, and Digga D tweets

July 25th, 2019  |  49 mins 52 secs

brain, digga d, drill rap, garfield, hacking, hoverboard, knots, logic bomb, metropolitan police, neuralink, siemens, spreadsheet, twitter

Logic bombs in Excel spreadsheets, how should we protect our brain data from big companies, and how did bizarre messages about Drill rap end up on the Metropolitan Police's Twitter account and website?

137: Porn trolling lawyers, Insta hacking, and Ctrl-Alt-LED

July 18th, 2019  |  44 mins 8 secs

hacking, instagram, keyboard, lawyers, porn, vulnerability

Erection your honour! Lawyers find themselves behind bars after they make porn movies in an attempt to scam internet users, boffins in Israel detail a way to steal data from an air-gapped computer, and Instagram coughs up $30,000 after a researcher finds a simple way to hack into anybody's account.

136: Oops, we created Iran's hacking exploit

July 11th, 2019  |  49 mins 59 secs

business email compromise, deepfake, deepnude, iran, malware, outlook, privacy, trevor noah, vulnerability, webcam, zoom

Mac users of the Zoom video conferencing app are warned their webcams could be hijacked, security firms warn of how scammers are deepfaking audio to steal from businesses, and our guest owns up to the role he played in an Iranian cyberattack against US organisations.

135: Zombie grannies and unintended leaks

July 4th, 2019  |  56 mins 26 secs

android, apollo 11, chillow, dark, facebook, fediverse, iot, malware, pillow, smart lock, twitter

We take a bloodied baseball bat to Android malware, and debate the merits of a social media strike, as one of the team bites the bullet and buys a smart lock for the office.

134: Sextortion, silicone face masks, and a DDoS doofus

June 27th, 2019  |  47 mins 3 secs

belgium, ddos, fire bomb, france, scam, sextortion

Scammers steal millions by impersonating a French politician, we offer fashion tips for DDoS attackers, and hear how a small town fought a sextortionist preying on young women.

133: Cookie cock-ups, Hong Kong protests, and smart TV virus scans

June 20th, 2019  |  56 mins 25 secs

china, cookies, firechat, gdpr, hong kong, ico, malware, samsung, smart tv, telegram, tiananmen square

We head to Hong Kong to look at how technology has helped anti-government protesters (and how China has tried to disrupt it), Samsung is skittish over whether to tell TV owners to virus-scan their devices, and you won't believe whose website is not GDPR-compliant.

132: CBP cyber attack, an iPhone privacy boost, and Twitter list abuse

June 13th, 2019  |  48 mins 14 secs

apple, cbp, data breach, firestorm, gerry anderson, ios, iphone, troll, twitter

United States Customs and Border Protection had sensitive data stolen, but the hackers didn't have to breach its network. Apple has ambitious plans to make iPhone users safer online. And trolls are using Twitter lists to target their victims.

131: Zap yourself from the net, and patch now against BlueKeep

June 6th, 2019  |  34 mins 14 secs

bluekeep, chernobyl, malware, microsoft windows, nellie bly, privacy, vulnerability, wannacry

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

130: Doctored videos, Bcc blunders, and a diva

May 30th, 2019  |  48 mins 10 secs

data breach, deepfakes, email, facebook, fake news, gdpr, google, malware, privacy, samantha-antoinette smith, twitter, video

You won't believe who had to report themselves to the data protection agency for a breach, or who has been sharing doctored videos of political rivals, or how much money you can make selling a laptop infected with malware... and how Carole gets her diva on.