Smashing Security
News and views from the world of cybersecurity, hacking, and internet threats
We found 10 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “data breach”.
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107: Sextorting the US army, and a Touch ID scam
December 6th, 2018 | 44 mins 16 secs
app store, apple, bertram fiddle, data breach, ios, marriott, mastercard, microsoft, passport, password, sextortion, touch id
Fitness apps exploit TouchID through a sneaky user interface trick, tech giants claim to have a plan to banish passwords, and you won't believe who was behind a sextortion scam that targeted over 400 members of the US military.
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102: Ethical dilemmas, Girl Scouts, and porn-loving US officials
November 1st, 2018 | 47 mins 42 secs
cars, data breach, driverless cars, friends, girl guides, porn, trolley problem
Who deserves to die in a driverless car crash? Who has been sniffing around the Girl Scouts' email account? And just how long would it take for a geologist to visit 9,000 adult web pages?
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101: Rule 34, Twitter scams, and Facebook fails
October 25th, 2018 | 50 mins 32 secs
bitcoin, cia, data breach, elon musk, facebook, privacy, scam, the good place, twitter
A Facebook friend request leads to arrest, Twitter scams ride again via promoted ads, and adult websites expose their members. Oh, and Graham finds out what Rule 34 is.
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100: IoT failures, and Donald Trump dating disaster
October 18th, 2018 | 52 mins 24 secs
blue peter, data breach, dating, donald trump, iot, privacy, yale
Yes, Smashing Security has reached its 100th episode! Despite our celebratory mood, we don't forget to take a look at the security stories of the last week - including an alarming IoT failure and a dating app disaster for Donald Trump devotees.
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096: Bribing Amazon staff, and blinking deepfakes
September 20th, 2018 | 33 mins 50 secs
amazon, bitcoin, data breach, deepfakes, john mcafee
Amazon staff are being bribed to delete negative reviews and leak data, deepfakes are getting more dangerous, an update on John McAfee's bitcoin bet, and our guest gets a shock...
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093: Abandoned domains and dating app dangers
August 30th, 2018 | 37 mins 18 secs
bomb chicken, data breach, dating, domains, email, gibbons, godless spellchecker, privacy
How do fraudsters exploit abandoned domains to steal your company's secrets? How can you better protect your privacy when looking for love online? And who has the longest arms in the animal kingdom?
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089: Data breaches, ransomware, Bitcoin robberies, and typewriters
August 2nd, 2018 | 44 mins 31 secs
bitcoin, cosco, cryptocurrency, data breach, dixons, legion, port out, ransomware, sim swap, slow burn
Ransomware rears its head again, Dixons Carphone reveals its data breach was almost 1000% worse than they previously thought, a man is accused of stealing five million dollars worth of cryptocurrency through hijacking mobile phones, and a Canadian guy called Norman is rushing to get the typewriters out of storage.
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086: Elon Musk submarine scams and 2FA bypass
July 12th, 2018 | 39 mins 5 secs
caves, data breach, elon musk, justified, rescue, thailand, timehop, what3words, youtube
Crypto scamming Thai cave scoundrels! $25 million to make anti-fake news videos! TimeHop data breach! Phone number port out scams!
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072: Why are firms so cr*p with our private data?
April 5th, 2018 | 33 mins 41 secs
april fool, data breach, grindr, myfitnesspal, panera bread, privacy, vikings, vulnerability
Grindr, MyFitnessPal, and Panera Bread. They've all had data breach scares of varying degrees this week. Some handled the security breaches well, some didn't. We took a look at how well different firms are respecting your data privacy.
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055: Uber, net neutrality, and website hacks
November 30th, 2017 | 28 mins 5 secs
bitcoin, bulletproof, data breach, doctor who, malware, net neutrality, privacy, uber, youtube
Uber covers up a data breach, the noose tightens on net neutrality, and Bulletproof's website spills the data beans.