Smashing Security

247: Rickrolling submarine secrets

October 14th, 2021  |  49 mins 49 secs

data leak, espionage, facebook, instagram, nick clegg, rick astley, submarine, us navy

A married couple are accused of selling nuclear sub secrets, Facebook continues to make young lives a misery, and a school hacker lets loose one heck of a prank.

246: Facebook has fallen

October 7th, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins

facebook, hospital, instagram, malware, ransomware, ryuk, whatsapp

Facebook suffers a massive (and very public) failure, Britain announces plans for counter-attacking nation states in cyberspace, and there's a tragic story related to ransomware.

244: Facebook Ray-Bans, VPN spies, and AI camouflage

September 23rd, 2021  |  51 mins 22 secs

darkmatter, espionage, expressvpn, facebook, facial recognition, google glass, iphone, ray-ban, spyware, vpn

How much do you trust the people who work at your VPN provider? How are folks fighting facial recognition? And what on earth is Ray-Ban thinking getting into bed with Facebook?

242: ProtonMail privacy questioned, and Banksy blunder

September 9th, 2021  |  56 mins 50 secs

banksy, encryption, facebook, france, nft, privacy, protonmail, switzerland

ProtonMail finds itself in a privacy pickle, the big problem with Facebook's algorithmic amplification, and strange things are happening on Banksy's website.

236: Stingrays, soccer, and smart homes

July 15th, 2021  |  1 hr 36 secs

columbo, facebook, football, iot, privacy, racism, romance scam, smart homes, stingray, twitter

How did investigators ask a romance scammer out on a date, smart homes continue to play dumb, and is it time for social media sites to do more about racist football fans?

227: Phishing foul-up, Twitter tip jars, and Facebook's Apple fury

May 13th, 2021  |  49 mins 9 secs

apple, facebook, ios, paypal, phishing, twitter

Facebook says it's sticking up for the little guys as it picks a fight with Apple, there are testing times on the trains, and Twitter takes a tip.

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.

220: Ransoms, scandals, and glitter bombs

March 25th, 2021  |  47 mins 39 secs

acer, data breach, facebook, glitter bomb, hoax, password, ransomware, revil, sci hub

PC manufacturer Acer might have received a $50 million ransom demand, a warning spreads on Facebook about a trick being used by hackers, and why are the City of London's police not happy about Sci Hub?

215: Sexy cows banned on Facebook

February 18th, 2021  |  47 mins 43 secs

capitol, cows, cryptocurrency, facebook, fbi, meme, scam, sedition hunters

The FBI is hoping that its hunt for Capitol rioters will go viral, a cryptocurrency con lets its perpetrator live the high life... for a while, and just what does Facebook have against cows and a team of cricketers?