We found 10 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “vulnerability”.
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238: Fashion captain, fraud family, and DEF CON. D'oh!
July 29th, 2021 | 53 mins 30 secs
def con, fraud family, idor, netherlands, petitpotam, police, privacy, vulnerability
Pygmy hippopotamus bugs, DEF CON's data slip-up, and phishing fraudsters have their collars felt.
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235: REvil returns, TikTok grows, and Gettr defaced
July 8th, 2021 | 59 mins 9 secs
gettr, kaseya, malware, privacy, ransomware, revil, tiktok, vulnerability
A ransomware gang has exploited a security hole in software used by many businesses, and are demanding $70 million for a decryption tool. Plus we take a close look at TikTok, and a website which seems to have entirely ripped-off Twitter.
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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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225: Master of your domain, gripe sites, and John Deere Farmergeddon
April 28th, 2021 | 56 mins 36 secs
argentina, combine harvester, domain, google, gripe sites, iot, john deere, tractor, vulnerability
Google loses its domain in Argentina, how do gripe sites make their dough, and has John Deere solved the cybersecurity problem?
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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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212: Dutch leaks, Peeping Toms, and researchers under fire
January 28th, 2021 | 44 mins 12 secs
apt, cctv, coronavirus, data breach, google, malware, netherlands, north korea, privacy, surveillance, vulnerability
Google warns security researchers that North Korean hackers are pretending to be their buddies, sensitive information connected to Coronavirus testing is available for sale in the Netherlands, and is a Peeping Tom at your home security provider spying on you through CCTV?
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208: Hidden treasure, COVID tracker trauma, and happy holidays with IoT
December 10th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
aliens, christmas, coronavirus, covid-19, iot, privacy, tracking, treasure, vulnerability
Was hidden treasure found with help from a hack? What security lessons can be learnt from a controversial police raid in Florida? And are you ready for safer online get-togethers this Christmas?
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204: Green buttons, Olympic attacks, and... an apology
November 12th, 2020 | 1 hr 12 mins
donald trump, election, legalese, malware, notpetya, olympics, ransomware, the armstrongs, voting machines, vulnerability, xss
Darknet Diaries host Jack Rhysider joins us to discuss a cybersecurity goof in the wake of the US presidential elections, the US finally fingering the hackers responsible for disrupting the Winter Olympics in South Korea, and to take a long hard look at long hard legal mumbojumbo...
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203: Testing times, naming names, and the bald truth about AI
November 5th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
ai, artificial intelligence, cve, doom, examinations, football, naming, privacy, proctoring, raspberry pi, students, vulnerability
Students are being spied on as they do online exams, how did a televised football match reveal the truth about artificial intelligence, and what on earth is the Canny Lumpsucker vulnerability?
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199: A few tech cock-ups, and one cock lock-up
October 8th, 2020 | 55 mins 11 secs
cage, cellmate, coronavirus, covid-19, interview, iot, qiui, sex toy, tengia, tracing, vulnerability
An internet-connected adult toy could leave its users encaged, the official NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app alarms users, and would you be happy if a robot interviewed you for a job?