We found 7 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “fraud”.
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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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265: The Nigerian supercop and Alexa vs. Alexa
March 10th, 2022 | 54 mins 10 secs
abba kyari, alexa, amazon, bec, drugs, echo, fraud, hushpuppi, nigeria, police, smart speaker, vulnerability
The most famous policeman in Nigeria is in hot water over his links to Hushpuppi, has your Amazon Echo been talking to itself, and can an AI girlfriend save your marriage?
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202: The Wu-Tang Clan are Among Us
October 29th, 2020 | 1 hr 12 mins
among us, aoc, fraud, spam, voting, voting machines, wu-tang clan
Voting machines are under the microscope, scammers are posing as rap stars, and American politician AOC isn't the only one who's been getting into the Among Us game.
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197: Greedy bosses, game cheats, and virtual beheadings
September 24th, 2020 | 52 mins 48 secs
cheating, counter-strike: global offensive, cs:go, doctor who, facial recognition, fortnite, fraud, hacking, pubg, trees, twitter, video game, zoom
Why are Zoom and Twitter making some people disappear? How are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive cheats getting their just desserts? And the founder of a anti cyber-fraud firm is charged with fraud.
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160: SNAFUs! MS Word, Amazon Ring, and TikTok
January 9th, 2020 | 53 mins 6 secs
amazon, amazon ring, dracula, fraud, microsoft word, ricky gervais, the witcher, tiktok
We discuss how Microsoft Word helped trap a multi-million dollar fraudster, how Amazon Ring may be recording more than you're comfortable with, and how teens are flocking to TikTok (and why that might be a problem).
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159: Rap, robbery, and IoT holiday hell
December 19th, 2019 | 55 mins 3 secs
banking, car, christmas, die hard, facebook, fraud, instagram, iot, odometer, rap
A rapping bank worker is accused of stealing from the vault, the devices that can hide your car's true mileage, and why it may be a case of "No No No" rather than "Ho Ho Ho" when it comes to IoT toys this Christmas.
And as Carole sups the mulled wine, Graham has problems with his internet connection...
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074: Smashing Security isn't bullsh*t
April 19th, 2018 | 48 mins 42 secs
action fraud, facebook, fraud, santa clarita diet, scam, social media, wpp
Crime forums on Facebook, fraudsters pose as anti-fraud hotlines, and how big advertising companies are in bed with the rampant data collection of internet giants.