Smashing Security
A helpful and hilarious take on the week's tech SNAFUs.
Computer security industry veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault chat with guests about cybercrime, hacking, and online privacy. It's not your typical cybersecurity podcast...
Winner of the "Best Cybersecurity Podcast" in 2018, 2019,
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Tech News
Comedy
Hacking hotels, Google’s AI goof, and cyberflashing
Security researchers find a way to unlock millions o...
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Mar 28 2024 53m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroductionChapter 2 18 mins
Hacking hotel keysChapter 3 6 mins
AI search pushes malware and scamsChapter 4 11 mins
Flash!Chapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KiteworksChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 8 9 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 9 1 min
Wrapping up
Bing pop-up wars, and the British Library ransomware scandal
There's a Bing ding dong, after Microsoft (over?) en...
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Mar 21 2024 51m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroductionChapter 2 11 mins
Bing ding dongChapter 3 10 mins
Silence in the libraryChapter 4 1 min
Sponsor: KiteworksChapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 7 6 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 8 15 mins
Featured interview: Jason Meller, KolideChapter 9 1 min
Wrapping up
Stuck streaming sticks, TikTok conspiracies, and spying cars
Roku users are revolting after their TVs are bricked...
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Mar 14 2024 51m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroductionChapter 2 12 mins
Roku revoltChapter 3 8 mins
TikTok conspiracy creationChapter 4 13 mins
A new brmmmmChapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KiteworksChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 8 8 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 9 1 min
Wrapping up
Ransomware fraud, pharmacy chaos, and suicide
Is there any truth behind the alleged data breach at...
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Mar 7 2024 50m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroductionChapter 2 14 mins
Who's frauding who?Chapter 3 7 mins
Pharmacy pandemoniumChapter 4 10 mins
Therapy attack leads to suicideChapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KiteworksChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 8 8 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 9 2 mins
Wrapping up
Wireless charging woe, AI romance apps, and ransomware revisited
Your smartphone may be toast - if you use a hacked w...
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Feb 29 2024 53m
Chapter 1 39 sec
Chapter 2 1 min
IntroductionChapter 3 14 mins
ToastChapter 4 9 mins
Ransomware revisitedChapter 5 12 mins
Romancing AIChapter 6 53 sec
Sponsor: BlackberryChapter 7 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 8 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 9 9 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 10 1 min
Wrapping up
Lockbit locked out, and funeral Facebook scams
Heaven's above! Scammers are exploiting online funer...
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Feb 22 2024 52m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroductionChapter 2 9 mins
Lockbit takedownChapter 3 11 mins
Funeral streaming scams on FacebookChapter 4 57 sec
Sponsor: BlackBerryChapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 8 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 8 15 mins
Featured interview: Keiron Holyome, BlackBerryChapter 9 1 min
Wrapping up
Declaring war on ransomware gangs, mobile muddles, and AI religion
Holy mackerel! AI is jumping on the religion bandwag...
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Feb 15 2024 51m
Chapter 1 28 sec
Chapter 2 2 mins
IntroductionChapter 3 11 mins
Mobile bluesChapter 4 8 mins
RansomwarsChapter 5 12 mins
AI religionChapter 6 54 sec
Sponsor: BlackberryChapter 7 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 8 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 9 9 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 10 1 min
Wrapping up
Hong Kong hijinks, pig butchers, and poor ransomware gangs
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? A compa...
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Feb 8 2024 51m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroductionChapter 2 14 mins
Deepfake dangerChapter 3 7 mins
Ahh, what a shame...Chapter 4 11 mins
Love and lossChapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 10 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 8 1 min
Wrapping up
Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far?
The iPhone security setting that you should enable r...
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Feb 1 2024 58m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroductionChapter 2 16 mins
Turn on this iPhone settingChapter 3 17 mins
Predicting what a criminal looks likeChapter 4 9 mins
Faces - fake or real?Chapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 9 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 8 1 min
Wrapping up
Big dumpers, AI defamation, and the slug that slurped
This week the podcast is more lavatorial than usual,...
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Jan 25 2024 46m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroductionChapter 2 13 mins
Big dumpersChapter 3 7 mins
Defamed by AI?Chapter 4 7 mins
Slug slimes AerCapChapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 10 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 8 2 mins
Wrapping up
Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love
Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly ...
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Jan 18 2024 47m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroductionChapter 2 11 mins
A very British deepfakeChapter 3 8 mins
23andMe blames youChapter 4 10 mins
A pregnant clauseChapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 8 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 8 2 mins
Wrapping up
Chuck Norris and the fake CEO, artificial KYC, and an Airbnb scam
Chuck Norris gives a helping hand to a mysterious cr...
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Jan 11 2024 48m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroductionChapter 2 15 mins
A hyped-up cryptocurrency CEOChapter 3 6 mins
Find something that's pink, right now!Chapter 4 9 mins
AirBNB bait-and-switchChapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 10 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 8 1 min
Wrapping up
Phone hacking, Piers Morgan, and Carole’s Christmas cockup
Piers Morgan is less than happy after a judgement th...
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Dec 21 2023 44m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroductionChapter 2 16 mins
Piers pressureChapter 3 13 mins
Shopper comes a-cropperChapter 4 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 5 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 6 8 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 7 2 mins
Wrapping up
For research purposes only
A hacker bursts the bubble of inflatable fetish fans...
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Dec 14 2023 56m
Chapter 1 1 min
IntroductionChapter 2 13 mins
Like a lead balloonChapter 3 13 mins
WordPress woeChapter 4 10 mins
Hearts and mindsChapter 5 53 sec
Sponsor: Push SecurityChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 8 12 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 9 1 min
Wrapping up
Nuclear cybersecurity, Marketplace scams, and face up to porn
Hacking fears are raised at Western Europe's most ha...
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Dec 7 2023 59m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroductionChapter 2 15 mins
Toxic securityChapter 3 12 mins
Facebook Marketplace scamsChapter 4 14 mins
Facing up to pornChapter 5 52 sec
Sponsor: Push SecurityChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 8 10 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 9 1 min
Wrapping up
Think before you shrink! And our guest is faked
Don't minimise your Teams Meeting video call too has...
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Nov 30 2023 1h 4m
Chapter 1 2 mins
IntroductionChapter 2 15 mins
Keep your desk cleanChapter 3 7 mins
This is a fake!Chapter 4 9 mins
Meta moneyChapter 5 53 sec
Sponsor: Push SecurityChapter 6 1 min
Sponsor: VantaChapter 7 1 min
Sponsor: KolideChapter 8 9 mins
Pick of the week!Chapter 9 15 mins
Featured interview: Adam Bateman, Push SecurityChapter 10 1 min
Wrapping up
Ransomware gang reports its own crime, and what happened at OpenAI?
Who gets to decide who should be CEO of OpenAI? Cha...
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Nov 23 2023 43m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Monetizing Hacked Data and Critiquing SecurityChapter 2 8 mins
Hacking, Ransom, and Reporting BreachesChapter 3 9 mins
Leadership Transition at OpenAIChapter 4 5 mins
Turmoil at OpenAIChapter 5 13 mins
Discussion
Hacking for chimp change, and AI chatbot birthday
Who's more incompetent - the cryptocurrency exchange...
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Nov 16 2023 36m
Chapter 1 13 mins
Crypto Craziness and Chatbot GibberishChapter 2 14 mins
Chatbot Accuracy Assessment in Language ModelsChapter 3 7 mins
YouTube Ads and Alternative PlatformsChapter 4 1 min
Twitter and Podcasts for Smash Security
Trolls, military data, and the hitman and her
A woman's attempt to hire an assassin online backfir...
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Nov 9 2023 1h 4m
Chapter 1 14 mins
The Hitman and HerChapter 2 9 mins
Data Brokers, National Security, and PrivacyChapter 3 11 mins
Tattooed TrollChapter 4 11 mins
Beatles Reunion and Entertainment RecommendationsChapter 5 5 mins
2023 Shadow IT Report FindingsChapter 6 11 mins
Transition to Remote Work in Organizations
How hackers are breaching Booking.com, and the untrustworthy reviews
Workers wonder if their colleagues are actually AI, ...
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Nov 2 2023 41m
Chapter 1 9 mins
Booking.com Scams - Hacker Targeting UsersChapter 2 8 mins
Tips for Improving Security on Booking.comChapter 3 7 mins
Questioning the Authenticity of Reviewed.com ReviewsChapter 4 16 mins
AI-Generated Content and Concerns in JournalismChapter 5 31 sec
Controversy Surrounding Robin Williams' Treatment
Cyber sloppiness, and why does Google really want to hide your IP address?
Ahoy! There's trouble in the South China Seas as Fil...
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Oct 25 2023 54m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Data Breaches in the PhilippinesChapter 2 4 mins
Privacy Concerns With Online CompaniesChapter 3 5 mins
IP Protection and Privacy Relationship SimplifiedChapter 4 4 mins
Google's Two-Hop Proxy and Tracking FutureChapter 5 5 mins
Privacy's Impact on Advertising CompaniesChapter 6 12 mins
Privacy Concerns Surrounding 23andMe Data BreachChapter 7 7 mins
Battery Chickens and Art Musings
What’s cooking at Booking.com? And a podcast built by AI
How hunting for an aubergine could be all it takes f...
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Oct 18 2023 44m
Chapter 1 9 mins
Bookingcom App Messaging and Shopping StrugglesChapter 2 9 mins
Fraud Risks in Booking.comChapter 3 10 mins
AI Podcast Creation and Time SpentChapter 4 14 mins
Cybersecurity Sponsorships & SOC Analyst Appreciation
Four-legged girlfriends, LoveGPT, and a military intelligence failure
Dream girlfriends, AI love scams, and an alleged spy...
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Oct 11 2023 48m
Chapter 1 16 mins
US Army Sergeant's Defection to ChinaChapter 2 8 mins
AI Girlfriend Website Concerns and ComplaintsChapter 3 12 mins
Beware of Bots on Dating WebsitesChapter 4 10 mins
Mental Health and 80s Action Films
Royal family attacked, keyless car theft, and a deepfake Tom Hanks
Is a deepfake Tom Hanks better than the real thing? ...
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Oct 4 2023 1h 8m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Tom Hanks's Concerns With AI TompadChapter 2 7 mins
Ethics of AI and Deep FakesChapter 3 13 mins
Car Hacking and Keyless Entry SecurityChapter 4 12 mins
DDoS Attack on Royal Family WebsiteChapter 5 8 mins
Movie Recommendations and Geeky HobbiesChapter 6 14 mins
Career JourneyChapter 7 51 sec
Mixed Feelings About Tom Hanks
Another T-Mobile breach, ThemeBleed, and farewell Naked Security
Mix TikTok with facial recognition, and you've got a...
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Sep 27 2023 58m
Chapter 1 12 mins
T-Mobile Data Leak IncidentChapter 2 13 mins
Data Breaches and Theme VulnerabilityChapter 3 13 mins
Gossip and Privacy in TikTok AgeChapter 4 10 mins
Automation, Security, and DocumentariesChapter 5 7 mins
Reflections on Naked Security and Goodbyes