Smashing Security

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?

261: North Korea hacked, DEA cosplay, and Horizon Worlds drama

February 10th, 2022  |  50 mins 42 secs

dea, facebook, meta, metaverse, north korea, social engineering, vulnerability

Who's wearing the pyjamas while they take down North Korea's internet? Is it a case of cop or cosplay in Oregon? And what's to fear about the metaverse?

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.