Smashing Security

280: Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI

June 23rd, 2022  |  40 mins 19 secs

ai, data breach, google, hot tub, hot tub time machine, iot, jacuzzi, lamda, privacy, van gogh, vulnerability

Internet-connected jacuzzis find themselves in hot water, and a Google engineer claims that their AI has developed feelings.

270: Bearded Barbie, EDR scams, and hobbyist crime detectives

April 14th, 2022  |  51 mins 1 sec

barbie, catfishing, data breach, dna, edr, facebook, hamas, israel, malware, police

Pulchritudinous women with glossy long hair are targeting Israeli officials via Facebook - but why? Scammers have found a new way to gain access to your most sensitive information - but how? And armchair detectives are helping investigating cold cases involving DNA - but should they?

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?

252: Hotel hacks, workplace spies, and the FBI

November 18th, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min

booking.com, data breach, email, fbi, hotel, middle east, privacy, spyware, surveillance, vinny troia, vulnerability

Booking.com got hacked five years ago, and didn't tell its customers... but now we know who might have been behind it. Bossware rears its ugly head again in the workplace, spying on employees. And did you receive a warning email from the FBI?

248: Press F12 to hack

October 21st, 2021  |  45 mins 31 secs

amazon, data breach, facial recognition, missouri, responsible disclosure, ring, vulnerability

A journalist is threatened with prosecution after choosing to "View Source" on a public webpage, Amazon Ring owners might be in line for a hefty fine if their neighbours complain, and is the school lunch queue a good place for facial recognition?

234: Cozy Bear, dildo scams, and robo hires and fires

July 1st, 2021  |  56 mins 26 secs

amazon, cozy bear, data breach, dildo, flex, malware, microsoft, nobelium

Microsoft warns about a hacking gang that is far from cuddly, algorithms rather than managers are firing people, and our guest receives a surprising email from "Amazon"...

232: Zoomolympics and language matters

June 17th, 2021  |  50 mins 39 secs

blacklist, coq, data breach, ea games, electronic arts, ioc, japan, olympics, videogames, whitelist

Video gaming giant Electronic Arts suffers a hack following slack security, the Japanese Olympics are proving unpopular with everyone apart from cybercriminals, and le coq est mort.

224: The Lazarus Heist, Facebook faux pas, and no-cost security

April 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins

data breach, facebook, lazarus, malware, north korea, pisces, ransomware, sony pictures

Facebook has managed to do the seemingly impossible - and had a data breach about its handling of a data breach. Meanwhile, we chat to the host of the brand new podcast about North Korea's hackers targeting the rest of the world, and discuss if an intern can be trusted to monitor your security.

Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault are joined this week by Geoff White of "The Lazarus Heist" podcast.

222: Facebook, deepfakes, and April Fools scandals - with Nina Schick

April 8th, 2021  |  55 mins 15 secs

april fools, data breach, deepfakes, facebook, privacy

Deepfake expert Nina Schick joins us as we discuss synthetic media, Facebook's latest data fiasco, and some less-than-brilliant April Fool's tricks.

221: God bless his hairy palms

April 1st, 2021  |  49 mins 19 secs

conti, data breach, extortion, fatface, identity theft, malware, mobikwik, privacy, property, ransomware

FatFace stumps up $2 million to its ransomware extortionists, an IT administrator is caught with his pants down, Mobikwik blames its users for a data breach, and we burgle a house... virtually.