Smashing Security

209: Vengeful ex-staff, bad Santas, and iOS app nutrition facts

December 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 secs

amazon aws, apple, christmas, cisco, ios, opera, privacy, rogue employee, santa, scam, zodiac killer

Watch out for Santas wearing hoodies! A rogue employee takes down WebEx for thousands of people, and Apple forces apps to show a privacy health warning.

208: Hidden treasure, COVID tracker trauma, and happy holidays with IoT

December 10th, 2020  |  1 hr 11 mins

aliens, christmas, coronavirus, covid-19, iot, privacy, tracking, treasure, vulnerability

Was hidden treasure found with help from a hack? What security lessons can be learnt from a controversial police raid in Florida? And are you ready for safer online get-togethers this Christmas?

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...

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.

001: One cup, two hotel guests

December 22nd, 2016  |  27 mins 46 secs

christmas, technical support

We discuss the pains of providing tech support to family and friends, when writing down your passwords is actually a good idea, and muse on cloud backup services. Cool gadgetry, smart basketballs, below-par hotel services and, of course, Christmas.