We found 10 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “hacking”.
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278: Tim Hortons, avoiding sanctions, and good faith security research
June 9th, 2022 | 40 mins 25 secs
hacking, lockbit, mandiant, privacy, ransomware, revil, sanctions, tim hortons, tracking, white hat
Trouble brews with the Tim Hortons app, Mandiant gets in a tussle with a Russian ransomware gang, and should good faith security researchers be at risk of prosecution?
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276: Webcam extortion, Michael Fish, and food foul-ups
May 26th, 2022 | 54 mins 30 secs
browser, food, hacking, michael fish, nude photos, privacy, screencastify, sextortion, supply chain, vulnerability, webcam
A browser extension bug let malicious websites spy on webcams, hackers threaten the global food supply chain, and Michael Fish (not that one...) hacked into his female classmates' online accounts, hunting for nude photos and videos.
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275: Jail for Bing, and mental health apps may not be good for you
May 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
hacking, malware, mental health, privacy, ransomware, telegram, vulnerability
A man hacks his employer to prove its security sucks, Telegram provides a helping hand to the Eternity Project malware, and what the heck do mental health apps think they're up to?
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264: Hacked car chargers, Telegram sextortionists, and secret bossware
March 3rd, 2022 | 47 mins 56 secs
bossware, ev charging, hacking, horizon, post office, russia, sextortion, supply chain, telegram, ukraine
Why might Russian EV chargers be displaying an anti-Putin message? Why are Telegram groups sharing sharing explicit images of women without their consent? And who is watching you in the workplace?
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253: Cybercrime unicorns, HVAC hacks, and NFT piracy - with Mikko Hyppönen
November 25th, 2021 | 48 mins 5 secs
cybercrime, hacking, hvac, nft, password, piracy, vulnerability, wireless
Heating systems are left vulnerable to attack in the high courts, cybercrime unicorns have become a reality (but what are they?), over 15 Terabytes of NFTs are made available for anyone to download ... and Carole reveals her Pick of the Year.
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240: 3D printer hijacks, crypto fails, and a tech billionaire’s revenge
August 26th, 2021 | 51 mins 7 secs
3d printing, cracker, cryptocurrency, divorce, hacking, spaghetti detective, vulnerability
A bug unravels 3D printer security, cryptocurrency sites can't stop getting hacked, and hear our special guest spill a cup of tea while inhabiting his wife's knicker drawer.
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211: Fleeking, COVID-19 hacking, and Bitcoin balls-ups
January 21st, 2021 | 47 mins 23 secs
bitcoin, covid-19, cryptocurrency, data breach, fleek, hacking, michael caine, privacy, vaccine, wales
Your privacy may be at risk if you're on Fleek, hackers not only steal COVID-19 vaccine data but then tamper with it to spread mistrust, and the Bitcoin bungles keep on coming...
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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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191: We are on the bird
August 13th, 2020 | 54 mins 14 secs
byte, hacking, password, privacy, satellite, tiktok, triller, video game
Can a video game help your company's staff choose stronger passwords? Why might satellite-based internet communications be bad for security? And what are the alternatives to TikTok?
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190: Twitter hack arrests, email bad behaviour, and Fawkes vs facial recognition
August 6th, 2020 | 48 mins 40 secs
facial recognition, fawkes, getemails, hacking, ogusers, privacy, twitter
Special guest Geoff White can't resist using the podcast to promote his new book, "Crime Dot Com", but other than that we also discuss the creepy (and apparently legal) way websites can find out your email and postal address even if you don't give it to them, take a look at how the alleged Twitter hackers were identified, and learn about Fawkes - the technology fighting back at facial recognition.