We found 9 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “tracking”.
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198: Chucky the coffee maker
October 1st, 2020 | 1 hr 7 mins
climate change, coffee, cryptomining, hank the cow dog, iot, privacy, ransomware, the beatles, tracking, vulnerability
Coffee machines catching ransomware, Blacklight shines a torch on website tracking, and a woman is freaked out that a complete stranger can turn off her home's security system.
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193: Hacking the CIA, Bridgefy, and college lockdowns
August 27th, 2020 | 58 mins 57 secs
albion college, bridgefy, cia, coronavirus, crackas with attitude, cwa, kane gamble, privacy, shampoo, tracking, vulnerability
Whatever happened to Crackas with Attitude, perfidious Albion College's approach to locking down Coronavirus, and the Bridgefy mesh messaging app falls down when it comes to security.
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176: Hacking hacks and university attacks
April 30th, 2020 | 45 mins 8 secs
coronavirus, financial times, hacking, malware, remote working, surveillance, the independent, tracing, tracking, university, zoom
Journalists spying on their rivals, the NHS rejects Apple and Google's approach to Coronavirus-tracing, and universities are hit by an old-fashioned sexy lady attack.
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175: Zoom deepfakes, Zardoz, and 'Rona tracing
April 23rd, 2020 | 49 mins 45 secs
coronavirus, deepfakes, facebook, privacy, surveillance, tracking, zardoz, zoom
Will deepfake disguises hit a video conference near you, can Coronavirus-tracing apps be trusted, and should Facebook shut down anti-quarantine events?
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170: PornHub, Coronavirus apps, and remote working
March 19th, 2020 | 47 mins 21 secs
coronavirus, malware, pornhub, ransomware, remote working, tracking
It's a self-isolated Coronavirus special as we discuss with our quarantined special guest how COVID-19 is making itself felt in the world of cybersecurity, and we offer tips on how to better protect yourself if you're unexpectedly working from home.
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149: Falling in love with fraudsters
October 10th, 2019 | 46 mins 24 secs
dating, gps, hacking, insider threat, mafia, tracking, yahoo
We take a trip to Staten Island, New York, to hear how a case of cyberstalking resulted in the arrest of 20 alleged mobsters, learn about the nude photo-loving insider threat at Yahoo, and discover how fraudsters might be boosting Match.com's profits.
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142: Mercedes secret sensors, smart cities, and ransomware runs riot
August 22nd, 2019 | 49 mins 31 secs
car, facebook, malware, mercedes, privacy, ransomware, smart cities, tracking
Darknet Diaries host Jack Rhysider joins us to discuss how cities in Texas are being hit by a wave of ransomware, how Mercedes Benz has installed a tracker in your car (but not for the reason you think), the security threats impacting smart cities, and a new feature coming to your Facebook app.
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116: Stalking debtors, Facebook farce, and a cyber insurance snag
February 21st, 2019 | 45 mins 55 secs
back to the future, china, facebook, insurance, malware, nike, notpetya, tracking, vulnerability
How would you track someone who owed you money? What was the colossal flaw Facebook left on its website for anyone to exploit and hijack accounts? And what excuse are insurance companies giving for not paying victims of the NotPetya malware millions of dollars?
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053: Game of Thrones, a major Amazon cloud leak, and web tracking gone crazy
November 23rd, 2017 | 40 mins 31 secs
amazon, baby driver, game of thrones, hbo, paddington 2, privacy, tracking, uber
The FBI think they've identified the HBO hacker, the US military have been caught with a leaky bucket, and web tracking has just got scarier than ever.