We found 10 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “cryptocurrency”.
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279: Encrypted notes, and a deadly case of AirTag spying
June 16th, 2022 | 36 mins 50 secs
airtag, apple, blockchain, cryptocurrency, encryption, kgb, relationships, soviet union, surveillance
How did a saxophonist sneak sensitive information in and out of the Soviet Union? How might an Apple AirTag have led to murder? And isn't the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain doing just great?
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274: Hands off my biometrics, and a wormhole squirmish
May 12th, 2022 | 49 mins 10 secs
biometrics, carl sagan, clearview ai, cryptocurrency, domain, facial recognition, wormhole
Clearview AI receives something of a slap in the face, and who is wrestling over an internet wormhole?
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272: Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams
April 28th, 2022 | 50 mins 23 secs
bored ape yacht club, cryptocurrency, instagram, kardashians, kim kardashian, online dating, roblox, scam, wallet
Members of The Bored Ape Yacht Club get that sinking feeling, a face unwittingly launches hundreds of romance scams, and is an as-yet unseen Kim Kardashian sex tape a load of old Roblox?
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271: Crypto break-in, Google blurring, and mics not muting
April 21st, 2022 | 50 mins 46 secs
apple, cryptocurrency, google, icloud, metamask, microphone, privacy, russia, social engineering, ukraine, zoom
A man loses $650,000 from his cryptocurrency wallet after his Apple iCloud account is hacked, video conferencing apps may not be muting your mic quite the way you imagined, and Google has unblurred military bases in Russia... or has it?
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269: Trezor Deep Throat, a CCTV stalker, and Amazon's list of banned words
April 7th, 2022 | 50 mins 9 secs
amazon, cctv, cryptocurrency, data breach, hardware wallet, mailchimp, malware, phishing, stalking, trezor
There's monkey business involving cryptocurrency thieves and MailChimp, a stalker exploits his ex-partner's CCTV cameras, and what are the naughty words Amazon doesn't want its staff using?
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267: Virtual kidnapping, two helipads, and a naughty Apple employee
March 24th, 2022 | 53 mins 50 secs
apple, banking, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, fraud, kidnapping, malware, npm, open source, protestware, russia, supply chain, ukraine
A Russian bank tells its customers to stop installing security updates, an Apple employee ends up in hot water, and learn our tips to avoid being virtually kidnapped.
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254: A dead hamster, a brass pen, and The Beatles
December 2nd, 2021 | 37 mins 53 secs
charity, cryptocurrency, get back, hamster, mr goxx, peter jackson, quadriga, the beatles
Cryptocurrency traders suffer a hamster-related loss, beware of charity scammers this holiday season, and do you have the patience to sit through Peter Jackson's eight-hour Beatles documentary?
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250: Yes, you heard that correctly. Two hundred and fifty
November 4th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
2fa, cryptocurrency, job hunting, paypal, sms, social engineering, squid game
A game about Squid Game pulls the rug from under cryptocurrency investors in what appears to be a scam, PayPal hackers use a devious trick to break into 2FA-protected accounts, and have you received a job offer that's too good to be true?
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243: Breaking news, Apple zero-clicks, and bad blood
September 16th, 2021 | 48 mins 26 secs
apple, cryptocurrency, litecoin, malware, nso group, spyware, theranos, vulnerability, walmart
A Walmart press release says it's jumping aboard the cryptocurrency bus - but is it true? Theranos's Elizabeth Holmes goes on trial, and have you updated your Apple gadgets to protect against the latest NSO Group spyware attack?
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241: Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals
September 2nd, 2021 | 47 mins 40 secs
afghanistan, biometrics, bitcoin, bumble, cryptocurrency, dating apps, privacy, stalking, taliban
How to find your match on the Bumble dating app, convicted criminals make money out of cryptocurrency, and there are concerns about data in Afghanistan.