We found 3 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “browser”.
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276: Webcam extortion, Michael Fish, and food foul-ups
May 26th, 2022 | 54 mins 30 secs
browser, food, hacking, michael fish, nude photos, privacy, screencastify, sextortion, supply chain, vulnerability, webcam
A browser extension bug let malicious websites spy on webcams, hackers threaten the global food supply chain, and Michael Fish (not that one...) hacked into his female classmates' online accounts, hunting for nude photos and videos.
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095: British Airways hack, Mac apps steal browser history, and one person has 285,000 texts leaked
September 13th, 2018 | 42 mins 21 secs
apple, british airways, browser, hacking, mac app store, malware, paul manafort, privacy, trend micro
Malicious script is being blamed for the British Airways hack, Trend Micro's apps are booted out of the Mac App Store for snaffling private data, and Paul Manafort's daughter wants Twitter to remove a link.
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094: Rogue browser extensions, Twitter presence, and how to cheat in exams
September 6th, 2018 | 52 mins
browser, cheating, chrome, examinations, extension, google, mega, privacy, proctoru, twitter
What's the danger when browser extensions go bad? Is Twitter sharing your online status a boon for stalkers? And which of the show's hosts is going to admit to cheating in their exams?