We found 10 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “twitter”.
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259: Techquilibrium and mediocre linguistic escapades
January 27th, 2022 | 42 mins 48 secs
addiction, brand new cherry flavor, dopamine, it's a knockout, mental health, smartphone, twitter, wordle
Wordle - good or bad for the world? Whatever your opinion, at least someone wants to spoil players' fun. Meanwhile, we take a look at the threat mobile phones can pose to your mental health.
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255: Revolting receipts, a Twitter fandango, and shopkeeper cyber tips
December 9th, 2021 | 53 mins 27 secs
antiwork, ecommerce, printer, privacy, small business, twitter, vulnerability
"Demonically" possessed devices print out antiwork propaganda, advice on how to secure your store, and is Twitter's new photo privacy policy practical?
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251: PrawnHub, Tesla recall, and IoT luggage
November 11th, 2021 | 41 mins 59 secs
angling, dns, iot, pornhub, privacy, tesla, twitter, vulnerabilities
Fishing fanatics find themselves in deep water, Teslas go haywire after an update, and is there actually some good news about IoT?
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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?
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233: Peloton problems, romance regret, and Weiner woes
June 24th, 2021 | 1 hr 22 mins
peloton, romance scam, treadmill, twitter, ukraine, vulnerability, zack weiner
We take a look at why Peloton is being accused of ransomware-like behaviour, how one man lost $250,000 in a romance scam, and how a chap called Weiner has found himself in a political pickle.
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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.
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218: Microsoft, McAfee, and mayhem
March 11th, 2021 | 49 mins 52 secs
cryptocurrency, hafnium, john mcafee, malware, microsoft, microsoft exchange server, twitter, vulnerability
Is it the end of the road for John McAfee? Is PornHub more legitimate than Facebook? And do you know as much as you think you do about the Microsoft Exchange Server mega-hack?
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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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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.
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188: Dinner with Elon Musk and Kris Jenner
July 23rd, 2020 | 1 hr 2 mins
binance, coinbase, coronavirus, cryptocurrency, elon musk, hacking, kanye west, russia, stalkerware, twitter, vaccine
Who stopped Twitter's hackers from stealing more money? Why are Covid-19 researchers being told to ramp up their cybersecurity? How can you find out if your smartphone is infected with stalkerware? And who does Graham think he is turning down a celebrity dinner invite?