We found 10 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “vulnerability”.
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248: Press F12 to hack
October 21st, 2021 | 45 mins 31 secs
amazon, data breach, facial recognition, missouri, responsible disclosure, ring, vulnerability
A journalist is threatened with prosecution after choosing to "View Source" on a public webpage, Amazon Ring owners might be in line for a hefty fine if their neighbours complain, and is the school lunch queue a good place for facial recognition?
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243: Breaking news, Apple zero-clicks, and bad blood
September 16th, 2021 | 48 mins 26 secs
apple, cryptocurrency, litecoin, malware, nso group, spyware, theranos, vulnerability, walmart
A Walmart press release says it's jumping aboard the cryptocurrency bus - but is it true? Theranos's Elizabeth Holmes goes on trial, and have you updated your Apple gadgets to protect against the latest NSO Group spyware attack?
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240: 3D printer hijacks, crypto fails, and a tech billionaire’s revenge
August 26th, 2021 | 51 mins 7 secs
3d printing, cracker, cryptocurrency, divorce, hacking, spaghetti detective, vulnerability
A bug unravels 3D printer security, cryptocurrency sites can't stop getting hacked, and hear our special guest spill a cup of tea while inhabiting his wife's knicker drawer.
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239: TikTok vigilantes, sloppy IoT, and Wikipedia woe
August 19th, 2021 | 51 mins 56 secs
iot, nazi, realtek, swastika, the great londini, tiktok, vigilante, vulnerability, wikipedia
The Great Londini has gathered a two million strong army to out TikTok trolls, there's a bad supply chain vulnerability in many IoT devices, and how did Wikipedia pages end up covered in Nazi swastikas?
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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?