We found 10 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “ukraine”.
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271: Crypto break-in, Google blurring, and mics not muting
April 21st, 2022 | 50 mins 46 secs
apple, cryptocurrency, google, icloud, metamask, microphone, privacy, russia, social engineering, ukraine, zoom
A man loses $650,000 from his cryptocurrency wallet after his Apple iCloud account is hacked, video conferencing apps may not be muting your mic quite the way you imagined, and Google has unblurred military bases in Russia... or has it?
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268: LinkedIn deepfakes, doxxing Russian spies, and a false alarm
March 31st, 2022 | 48 mins 38 secs
ai, autocorrect, deepfake, doxxing, espionage, linkedin, ringcentral, russia, ukraine
Strange goings-on on LinkedIn, Ukraine publishes a list of alleged Russian FSB agents, and police in Pittsburgh investigate an odd report of an active shooter.
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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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266: Cyberflashing, Kaspersky, and secret spies
March 17th, 2022 | 58 mins 21 secs
airdrop, airtag, apple, bluetooth, bsi, cyberflashing, dick pics, eugene kaspersky, germany, kaspersky, osint, russia, ukraine
Germany tells consumers to stop using Kaspersky anti-virus products, OSINT reveals a secret government department (with help from an Apple AirTag), and the UK says it's taking a hard line on cyberflashing.
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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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260: New hire mystery, hacktivist ransomware, and digi-dating
February 3rd, 2022 | 47 mins 40 secs
belarus, dating, insider threat, ransomware, remote working, russia, ukraine
Who's that new guy working at your company, and why don't you recognise him from the interview? How are hacktivists raising the heat in Belarus? And should you be fully vaxxed for your online date?
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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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168: The Bitcoin fraud factory
March 5th, 2020 | 52 mins 10 secs
bitcoin, clearview, cryptocurrency, facial recognition, scam, twitter, ukraine
Fraudsters steal millions from those hoping to jump on the Bitcoin bandwagon, Twitter verifies a fake US politician, and it's another face palm for facial recognition.
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143: Hacking from outer space, Ukrainian cryptomining, and deepfaked Canadians
August 29th, 2019 | 43 mins 34 secs
astronaut, cryptomining, deepfake, jordan peterson, nasa, online banking, power plant, space, ukraine
Was a cybercrime committed on the International Space Station? What on earth were Ukrainian scientists thinking when they plugged a nuclear power station into the internet? And someone has cloned Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson's voice...
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002: Invest in carrier pigeons
January 5th, 2017 | 22 mins 48 secs
android, donald trump, facial recognition, malware, ukraine
Donald Trump talks cybersecurity and explains how to keep your messages top secret, Ukrainian soldiers are being spied upon by Android malware and an artist has devised a novel way of avoiding facial recognition technology. Computer security veterans...