Smashing Security
News and views from the world of cybersecurity, hacking, and internet threats
We found 6 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “apple”.
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069: Cryptomining, China, and Bob Ross
March 15th, 2018 | 42 mins 11 secs
airgap, app store, apple, bob ross, china, cryptomining, mac, mosquito, rubik's cubeHow come Apple's Mac App Store authorised a buggy app that mined for cryptocurrency in the background? How can a Mosquito attack steal data from an air-gapped computer? And is China keeping score on its social media-loving citizens?
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058: Face ID, Firefox, and Windows SNAFUs, plus Bitcoin FOMO
December 21st, 2017 | 42 mins 46 secs
apple, bitcoin, face id, facial recognition, firefox, keeper, microsoft, mr robot, windowsIs Face ID racist? Has Mr Robot infected your Firefox browser? Has Microsoft pushed a buggy password manager onto your Windows PC?
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054: A great big fat macOS bug
November 29th, 2017 | 8 mins 9 secs
apple, high sierra, macos, password, root, vulnerabilityYes, you can log into macOS High Sierra's root account with no password.
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042: Equifax, BlueBorne, and the iPhone X
September 14th, 2017 | 45 mins 47 secs
apple, blueborne, bluetooth, chess, chessable, data breach, equifax, facial recognition, identity theft, iphone x, squinch, vulnerabilityEquifax's shambolic response to its huge data breach, a scary-sounding Bluetooth exploit, and Apple's iPhone X comes with Face ID.
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032: The iPhone 8, a data breach at the AA, and a mystery no show
July 6th, 2017 | 35 mins 26 secs
aa, apple, biometrics, data breach, ear wax, facial recognition, iphone 8The iPhone 8 is on its way and may use 3D facial recognition rather than a fingerprint sensor to lock out intruders, and the UK's Automobile Association claims it hasn't leaked any credit card data, so why is it getting so upset about security researchers publishing screenshots of leaked data?
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Macs and malware - a Smashing Security splinter
February 21st, 2017 | 16 mins 26 secs
apple, mac, malwareDo you run an anti-virus on your Mac? Should you? In this special "splinter" episode (or should it be a "shard"?) regular hosts Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault and Vanja Svajcer discuss the malware threat for Apple Macs and MacBooks. SHOW NOTES:...