Smashing Security

153: Cybercrime doesn’t pay (but Uber does)

November 7th, 2019  |  49 mins 50 secs

blackmail, cctv, data breach, insider trading, iot, ransomware, uber, washington dc

The cybercrime lovebirds who hijacked Washington DC's CCTV cameras in the run-up to Donald Trump's inauguration, the truffle-snuffling bankers at the centre of an insider-trading scandal, and the hackers that Uber paid hush money to hide a security breach.

152: Cats, hoodies, and rent

October 31st, 2019  |  54 mins 22 secs

art, cats, dogs, edward snowden, hoodies, iot, pet feeders, rent, vulnerability

What's the problem with IoT-enabled pet feeders? Can hacking ever be illustrated without a hoodie? And just how are landlords using smart home technology to snoop upon their residents?

135: Zombie grannies and unintended leaks

July 4th, 2019  |  56 mins 26 secs

android, apollo 11, chillow, dark, facebook, fediverse, iot, malware, pillow, smart lock, twitter

We take a bloodied baseball bat to Android malware, and debate the merits of a social media strike, as one of the team bites the bullet and buys a smart lock for the office.

118: The 's' in IoT stands for security

March 7th, 2019  |  42 mins 49 secs

absher, didgeridoo, fleabag, iot, jibo, saudi arabi, skiing, snoring, vulnerability

Twerking robot assistants, an app from Saudi Arabia that lets men track women, and a gnarly skiing security snarl-up!

Oh, and find out how a didgeridoo could change your life and that of your loved ones.

113: FaceTime, Facebook, faceplant

January 31st, 2019  |  45 mins 50 secs

apple, facebook, facetime, iot, iphone, japan, privacy, vulnerability

A FaceTime bug allows callers to see and hear you before you answer the phone, Facebook's Nick Clegg tries to convince us the social network is changing its ways, and IoT hacking is big in Japan.

111: When rivals hack, and "extreme" baby monitors

January 17th, 2019  |  40 mins 56 secs

baby monitor, botnet, ddos, government, iot, liberia, mirai, ssl, tls, toto, vulnerability

Why a business spat resulted in Liberia falling off the internet, how the US Government shutdown is impacting website security, and the perplexing world of extreme IoT devices.

100: IoT failures, and Donald Trump dating disaster

October 18th, 2018  |  52 mins 24 secs

blue peter, data breach, dating, donald trump, iot, privacy, yale

Yes, Smashing Security has reached its 100th episode! Despite our celebratory mood, we don't forget to take a look at the security stories of the last week - including an alarming IoT failure and a dating app disaster for Donald Trump devotees.

097: Dash cam surveillance, robocall plague, and Zoho woe

September 27th, 2018  |  44 mins 14 secs

dash cam, domain, iot, phishing, privacy, robocall, vulnerability, zoho

Why was Zoho's website taken offline by its own domain registrar? How are dash cams making you less secure? And why are robocalls on the rise in the United States?

084: No! My voice is not my password

June 28th, 2018  |  33 mins 54 secs

biometrics, domestic abuse, hmrc, iot, privacy, smartphone, spying, voice prints

Who's been collecting the voice prints of millions of people saying "My voice is my password"? Why has it become tougher for law enforcement to scoop up cellphone data? And who's been turning up your central heating?

039: Woah - are we talking to a cyborg?

August 24th, 2017  |  46 mins 1 sec

cyborg, dominos, https, iot, nfc, overcooked, robot, ropemaker, vulnerability

Hackers could change emails in your inbox after they are delivered, the web is getting more and more encrypted, and hacked robots can be commanded to umm... stab you.